Wii U to drop friend codes

Holly Green — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:22:04 +0000

During the roundtable session with Ubisoft featuring the Wii U, The Tanooki was among those privy to the revelation that the Wii U, thankfully, will be dropping the friend codes. The tedious process, long hated by Nintendo fans, will be swapped out in favor of a single gamertag, and friend lists, sans the serial numbers. Ubisoft hopes to utilize this feature into a wider online functionality in Ghost Recon Online, possibly hosting leaderboards, parties, and activity feeds of your Wii U friends’ activity on your WiiPad. As wonderful as that sounds, I think I’m thankful enough for the lack of friend codes alone!

No friend codes for Monster Hunter Tri in US

Jason Leavey — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:18:28 +0000

Good news to everyone who hates friend codes. Although unconfirmed at first, Capcom has announced that they will not be using friend codes when Monster Hunter Tri launches in the US in Spring 2010.

Capcom Community Specialist Shawn Baxter confirmed that the title will be hosted on Capcom-owned servers not Nintendo’s. As a result, friend codes are scrapped, and going online is done straight from the game’s menu. The game will have its own friend lists.

The jury is still out as to whether or not Capcom will charge for online play. In Japan, they had to implement a Pay & Play service because of the cost for hosting the online interactions. However, the game is not nearly as much of a phenomenon here in the U.S. as in Japan. Either way, the game releases early next year to the delight of a nation.

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