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In today's 3D edition of the Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter JoetheArachnid figures we need a post where new 3DS owners can exchange their friend codes. What a lovely idea. Let's run with it. More »
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The Friend Code, the bane of every modern Nintendo gamer's existence, is getting a major overhaul with the release of the 3DS, allowing friends to find friends with little to none of the hair-pulling frustration that is currently involved. More »
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Nintendo's clumsy method for connecting Wii and Nintendo DS players to others online, the dreaded Friend Code system, may be returning for the Nintendo 3DS if a report from magazine Famitsu is accurate. More »
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You spend your days playing with them. Maybe they're your backup in a first-person shooter. Perhaps they heal your World of Warcraft guild raids. You count on them, and they count on you, but do you count them as friends? More »
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Vicarious Visions, developers of the Wii version of Guitar Hero, have some good news for Nintendo's long-suffering online gamers: Guitar Hero 5 won't be using Friend Codes. More »
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Friend codes on the Wii are enough of a pain in the ass for casual titles that those anticipating the few multiplayer FPSes on the console — like, say, The Conduit — are positively dreading what they'd do to that online experience. Exchanging codes with one friend is bad enough. Sixteen? Oh, lawd. More »
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Leigh Alexander has an interesting proposal (one that will never, ever happen, but interesting nonetheless): two versions of the Wii console to rid the system of the pesky Friend Code system (which is, as Alexander points out, frequently a pain in the ass): More »
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Many of you have probably come across the Calloftheday's video game boxes gone honest, but we wanted to point them out for those of you who haven't. Not all of them are side splitters, but we enjoyed this response to Star Wars Galaxies (and really, all Star Wars games) pictured here. We also enjoyed the "Same Shit, Different Year" title for Fifa 2008 or MotoGP's "Don't Drive After Playing This Game." More »
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It may not have the allure of a new character announcement, say, Mega Man or Bubbles from Clu Clu Land, but I'm sure there are many Super Smash Bros. fans looking forward to inputting a series of Friend Codes in the Wii version. The Smash Bros. Dojo writes today of the exciting, and quite expected, implementation of Friend Codes that make online play in Super Smash Bros. Brawl possible. Absolution from claims of the corruption of minors is just a fun side effect. The Dojo even offers up helpful hints for Friend Code transmission: "Write a note, do it over the phone, or send it by e-mail." Brilliant! More »
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Boxer Albert Liaw got hit a few too many times. After suffering a stroke and brain injury, 34 year-old Liaw was left in a wheelchair with slowed speech and little movement in his left arm. The Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital is using the Nintendo Wii to help patients like Liaw recover. Instead of real world rehabilitation like throwing a ball or stretching putty, patients are guided through rounds of Wii Sports with help from therapists. They forget about their pain and simply enjoy playing the games — Sometimes for hours at a time! Virtual reality rehab expert and Rutgers University professor Dr. Griogore Burdea remarks: More »
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Reports are coming in the upcoming Pokemon Battle Revolution game, already released in Japan, has its own separate friend code for participating in online battles, above and beyond the current, system-specific friend code every Wii has. This pretty much means that after going through the trouble of exchanging friend codes, you have to do it all over again if you want to play online with your friends with Pokemon. More »
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We've been getting tipped today that Nintendo will end it's current implementation of the "Friend Code" system, one that requires players to have a unique code for every Wi-Fi Connection game they want to play with people they know. According to a number of sites, Nintendo of Europe has "confirmed" that the Wii will have a single unique identifier and that you'll be able to join online games with friends in a simpler fashion. More »
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We hope you love entering long strings of arbitrary characters into your Wii when you want to multiplayer because Nintendo has no plans to drop the more obnoxious element of the DS's otherwise excellent WiFi service when they port it over to their new console. From an IGN interview with Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development's general manager, Takahashi Tezuka: More »
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