Wii to use game-specific Friend Codes

We all got a sense of false hope when we saw the code in our Wii’s system settings and thought the Wii would have one ID per Wii console, unlike the system in place for the DS.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the case. I received an e-mail today explaining the following:

There will not be unified gamer tags or codes for Wii online games. Users will have to register with each title separately, as is already the case with the DS and the Wii´s first online title, ´Pokemon Battle Revolution´.

This exclusive information comes from GameSpy´s PR people after I asked them to go into the details of them providing the Wii´s online service. The
correspondence is on my blog.

Sigh…I understand the whole basis for using the Friend Code system. Really, Nintendo has good intentions in doing so. Then again, the politicians had good intentions with the No Child Left Behind Act. Unfortunately, the Friend Code system, like NCLB, is not practical.

Hit the link below to read the rest of the confirmations about Friend Codes on the Wii from GameSpy. Thanks to Falafelkid for the tip!

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