Nintendo Takes it a Step Further with Wii Codes! Yay!

[Pai Pai Master]

Today's Smash Bros. Dojo megaton announcement comes with a price:

Smash Bros. will not only require Friend Codes, but you also have to register friends as "Smash Friends" for the game. And we already hated Wii Codes enough.

And I’m happy that this is compatible with SD cards. You don’t have to worry about size, so make as many stages as you like.
Also, if you’ve finished registering someone as both a Wii Friend and a Smash friend, you’ll be able to send custom stages to each other.

Nintendo. Taking 1 step forward to take 2 steps backwards. But oh well. Custom stages in Smash Bros. is enough to make up for it, but hopefully such a thing doesn't spread to other games.

[Aidryen]

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The Wii is a waste of money and space anyways, sell it and buy something better with the money.

[Pai Pai Master]

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Hardly. Smash Bros. Player v3.0 will be very worth the money once this game is out. But let's not go there. It's not very large either, so it's not a huge waste of space.

[Feba]

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Aidryen: If you hate video games and are starving, maybe. my wii is both a great use of space and money.

as to topic: Interesting, should be neat to see these in practice. Although I understand who Nintendo is making wii codes for, I just wish they'd give us an option to disable it on the parental control screen for a better option.

[Aidryen]

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Aidryen: If you hate video games and are starving, maybe. my wii is both a great use of space and money.

I guess... if you are 10. It was fun for like the first 2 hours but that's about it. Smash Brothers might be alright, but all in all i think the wii was very disappointing

[Feba]

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also, downloadable stages means that it is possible to have at least some form of downloadable content on this one. Which could mean downloadable characters, trophies, and so on.

[Pai Pai Master]

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Indeed. There's a recent quote from an internet site interviewing a Nintendo exec, where he claims that people love Wii Codes, so he doesn't see any reason to stop doing them.

I'd like to meet one person who LOVES Wii Codes. They're the most archaic, overly-complicated concept ever. Like...World Passes x50. Just build a friends list a la Xbox Live or PlayStation Network, and if you don't want to play with people you don't know, don't add them. Genius!

And Aidryen, games don't have to be focused for adults to be good.

[Feba]

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i think the wii was very disappointing

Maybe if all you played was Wii Sports, and you have absolutely no idea why people play video games, I guess.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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I'm not seeing the problem here. So Nintendo wants you to form another unique personal network for yet another game. This is new? Its strange, but nothing really different from before.

I mean, you can keep your systems like Xbox Live and PS3 have, where strangers can kick you from their games for *gasp* winning. Least my friends won't kick me or quit out when I beat them in a 4-on-1 CTF match in Halo.

[Pai Pai Master]

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I think it's ridiculous, and redundant, to have to add the impossible-to-remember Wii Codes of your friends, and give them yours to register as well, and confirm eachothers registrations, and then have to register them as "Smash Friends" in the game on top of that.

And yeah, if you don't want to play with strangers on Xbox Live or PSN, you don't have to. Nintendo's philosophy for Wii Codes is that it keeps people from being forced to play with strangers...which is prevented in Xbox Live or PSN anyways.

[Feba]

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BBq: Have you ever tried to remember a 16 digit code?

See, if I go to another computer, I *always* know my important friend's AIM, MSN, or whatever. I put in their name, and go.

With Wii Codes, I have to learn the code or write it down, hope I can remember it or remember to have the paper with me, put it in, and then WAIT FOR THEM TO CONFIRM IT, and then add me, and then they have to wait for ME to confirm.

[Ameroth]

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I agree with Feba on the idea of being able to disable the requirement of Wii codes. They seem like they are probably a good thing for young gamers, but there gets to be a point where I think I'm old enough to game with who ever I want and not be forced to go through an arduous process of swapping 16-digit codes around and confirming and re-confirming.

[Raydeus]

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I'm tempted to buy a Wii just for Umbrella Chronicles alone (I bought a cheap gamecube just for Remake and Zero in the past after all).

But yeah that's completely off-topic since I never got into Smash. Bros. the few times I tried the game.

[Feba]

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Raydeus, well, it is a game that you either love or hate.

I mean, the only people I'VE ever met that hate it are godless communist killing machines, but hey, I'm sure you're different.

[Pai Pai Master]

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I agree, Smash Bros., particularly Brawl, is like, the gamers' game. Brawl is like, ultimate fanservice edition of the universe. I suppose I can understand if you don't like it, but I'm sure that means you kick puppies.