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Shino
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 Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:55 am Post subject: Our Online pain that is Nintendo continues... |
This is horrible news in my opinion. It's just straight up annoying.
The Wii will function like the NDS for online games.
This means that for every new game you buy that has online capabilities, you have to insert new friend codes. No unified friends list. 
| 1up wrote: | Wii Friend Codes to be Title Specific
And the pain that is Nintendo DS Wi-Fi returns.
By Patrick Klepek, 03/14/2007
This first sentence was originally a long string of expletives, but apparently 1UP would fire me, so I'm reduced to simply passing along this sad news: Wii Friend Codes for online play will be title specific. In other words, you need to register every one of your buddies with a new set of random numbers every time you purchase a new game with online connectivity, according to a GameSpy interview with Wii: Definitive Speculation.
GameSpy will be providing the middleware tools for Nintendo and third-parties to bring Wii online.
Falafelkid: Just one last question to make absolutely sure I have got this right, please. If I have a friend roster in one game, that roster will not be available to me in any other game. I have to build up an entirely new list for each title, right?
GameSpy: The answer to your question is yes, for the Wii friend lists are game specific.
Nintendo should send free batteries for the time it's going to take to punch the numbers in. But, will the inevitable hardcore uproar cause Nintendo to change their stance on this? Probably not. They've committed to this format for the Nintendo DS, it hasn't wavered, and all along the company's indicated they'd be following the same philosophy on Wii.
Too bad it's a philosophy that makes online play more frustrating than intuitive. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: |
Ok I noticed a bit of a play on words here in the interview.
| Quote: | | The answer to your question is yes, for the Wii friend lists are game specific. |
Now correct me if i'm wrong but Friend "Lists" are very much different from "codes" Is there any way to confirm it as it's a VERY big difference. It's one thing if yes you put in a code at a time, but could it mean just putting in the list you have as well? It just seems like this has a few too many holes to be considered concrete.
I see the same stories on other sites and it seems like they're making a more unassumed deal of this than what it most likely is. The most that can be said, is to just wait and see it for ourselves. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: |
*hugs his xbox360 with xbox live goodness* |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject: |
*hugs his too* and that is what I think is going to determine this cycle of consoles, which really is sad. I really wanted Nintendo to win this generation, but with online "support" like this, it's doubtful. M$ is trying to unify gaming (even if it is so it can have another monopoly) with Vista and Live titles being cross compatible, while Nintendo seems to want to fragment the experience further. Someone needs to tell them that it's ok to emulate others to some extent, and the LIVE experience is great. Hopefully they will at least use the DS as a voice chat interface for the Wii since it comes out next month and the DS is confirmed to be able to connect to the Wii. *crosses fingers and toes and other things*
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I think everyone should send the same poll question "Do you think the Wii should have unified friend lists?" answers "OF COURSE!" and "I dont play online, so no, but otherwise OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!" |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:31 pm Post subject: |
To me, nothing could be worse than the Wii Classic controller NOT being compatible with GC games.
I mean, come on, how fucking stupid was that?!! |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:05 am Post subject: |
Ya know...with all the friggin miis you can have on your Wii, why not just have an interface that lets you pick up a mii, drop it in a slot and boom....instant friends list. Who wants me on ther Corporate team....I solve problems....i'm a hustler. |
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Shino
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:45 am Post subject: |
| Girkon wrote: | Ok I noticed a bit of a play on words here in the interview.
| Quote: | | The answer to your question is yes, for the Wii friend lists are game specific. |
Now correct me if i'm wrong but Friend "Lists" are very much different from "codes" Is there any way to confirm it as it's a VERY big difference. It's one thing if yes you put in a code at a time, but could it mean just putting in the list you have as well? It just seems like this has a few too many holes to be considered concrete.
I see the same stories on other sites and it seems like they're making a more unassumed deal of this than what it most likely is. The most that can be said, is to just wait and see it for ourselves. |
See bolded text!
Who cares if it's a friends list or a code or whatever. It still a list per game which is ... useless.
Live has a unified friends list. Even PSN does to an extent from what I understand. Nintendo is just doing this WRONG! |
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