Blog Nintendo Revolution are claiming the scoop on today's saddest news:

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.

Before you go reaching for a noose, though, keep in mind this isn't CONFIRMED, by either GameSpy or Nintendo: this contact is supposedly just a GameSpy PR rep, not someone from the organisation itself. So yeah, it's possible, but until that official message comes, there is always hope.

I for one am going to need a little more substantial confirmation on this one before I go lining up a dining chair under my roof beams. We've asked GameSpy for confirmation, we'll let you know when they get back to us. Luke Plunkett

Eds Note: Tom at Eurogamer let us know that he just spoke to Nintendo UK, and this is true.

BREAKING: No unified gamer tags or codes for Wii online [Nintendo Revolution]

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