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The following is an editorial that reflects the views and opinions of the writer:
Single Code per Console
I have great news for Wii fans everywhere. Nintendo has announced that the Wii's friend codes will be determined only by each system, instead of the system and game combo that determined the DS friend codes.
When Nintendo first announced that the Wii would use the friend code system, gamers around the globe were left scratching their heads as to why Nintendo would choose this system, assuming it would follow the same path as the DS. However it was recently announced that every Wii console would have a separate friend code attached to it. Although gamers as a whole may prefer this to the DS system I personally cannot understand why Nintendo would use the friend code system when there are other methods which would have made much more sense.
"Asking for your user name and password...would have been unacceptable."
One method which I would have been very much in favor of is the use of a username and password to log onto Nintendo's Wi-Fi servers. Tomoaki Kuroume, who oversees all areas of interface development, explained why Nintendo chose not to use this system. "If we allowed everyone to have their own account, you would need to enter a password to use the console. To switch on Wii and be presented with a screen asking for your user name and password...well for me, that would have been unacceptable."
Is it just me or does it seem like the people over at Nintendo didn't even try to work a way around that problem. I can find at least one quick and easy solution right now.
You start up your Wii for the very first time. While you're getting all the initial stuff set up, (clock, date, screen position, etc.) you would eventually come to a screen asking you to set up a Wi-Fi account. You'd input a username and a button combination as your password, then these settings would be saved to your system and the Wiimote you were using. This way every time you start up your Wii you would be logged on automatically without even knowing it, which would work around the problem Mr. Kuroume brought up of "(needing) to enter a password to use the console". The only time you would need to really use your password would be if you tried to log on to your account on different system. However I've devised a way around this as well. Remember how I mentioned that your Wi-Fi account would be saved to the remote? This way by simply bringing your controller with you when wanting to log onto your account on a new console, your log in details would be automatically transferred to the system.
The use of a username system such as this would create a much more immersive online environment similar perhaps to Microsoft's Xbox Live.
I am personally not a fan of the friend code system and know almost no people who like it and am still baffled as to why Nintendo chose to use it again. Either way there's no way around it and Nintendo won't be changing anything either, but a universal friend code definitely an improvement, although it may not be the most efficient way.
