No friend codes on Wii!

[Pilot_51]

I heard this on a podcast from last month on ScrewAttack.com.

Apparently Nintendo is working on a way to eliminate friend codes for Wii games. It would be done by simply sending your Mii to your friends. Since there's millions of different possible combinations, and then slapping a name onto it, the chances of an exact duplicate is almost impossible. I'm assuming just in case, there's a unique code encoded with the Mii too, such as the main Wii friend code or a randomly generated code or even a unique code assigned by one of Nintendo's servers. I'm not exactly sure how much they would expand on it and how well 3rd parties would embrace it, but I have a good idea what their target is, which is to make adding friends a lot easier than before.

I haven't heard of this from anywhere else, so it's possible this might not be true, but ScrewAttack looks like a large site with many well-made podcasts so I doubt they would make this stuff up. I'm just surprised I didn't hear about it sooner, considering the podcast went out a month ago and I haven't heard about this anywhere up until I listened to it today .

Has anyone else heard of this? Have I been living under a rock the past month?

[Yoshi]

This is gonna be so cool...

[bignds]

Its most likely an educated guess. This is has pretty much been in use since strikers came out, they just need to expand on it, i've got my mii linked to my strikers account.

[DSDude]

Now all we need is for Nintendo to allow sex diseases in Mii's, so if you share your Mii's unprotected, it spreads. What an awesome thing that would be.

But in all seriousness, this is a very cool idea.

[Mormon]

Originally Posted by DSDude

Now all we need is for Nintendo to allow sex diseases in Mii's, so if you share your Mii's unprotected, it spreads. What an awesome thing that would be.

But in all seriousness, this is a very cool idea.

That's freaking genius lol.

[Wraith]

but sadly impossible, why would Nintendo allow that to be made when they preach about friend codes.

[Pilot_51]

I haven't heard them preach about friend codes, but I have heard them preach about online safety by preventing strangers from contacting kids, and this should be just as good.

[yez]

man thats not genius thats stupid what are they going to have visual cutscenes of the disease spreading where little kids of all ages will learn things at a much earlier age then they must learn these things at!?