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Upcoming game ditching Friend Codes?

by David Hinkle on Jan 14th 2009 9:58AM

We imagine going against Nintendo is a bit like going against the mob. Don't talk out against Friend Codes and you won't find your house burned down. You know, that kind of thing. And, if the latest IGN Nintendo Voice Chat Podcast is to be believed, a "major" upcoming game will be doing away with Nintendo's antiquated system.

So, which game is it? Well, speculation first moved to The Conduit, but Joystiq confirmed with inside sources that it would indeed utilize Friend Codes. Which upcoming online-compatible major game could it be? Well, we're not sure, so toss us your guesses.

[Via Joystiq]

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Tags: friend-codes, releases, sega, the-conduit

Reader Comments (30)

Damn my feeble brain, other than The Conduit I can't think of any major games that are online compatible. Could it be a brand new game we don't know about yet? I hope so.

Same here. The only major games I have on my mind at the moment are madworld and the conduit. I was hoping the conduit would not have friends codes because from the looks of it that seems to be the only thing that is negative about the game

It's from IGN. It's gonna be Kid Icarus. Lol.

oh snap!

My guess would be "none of them." Nintendo is pretty deadset on this idiotic system.

I'm guessing Monster Hunter Tri.

Thank god if this is true.

Friend Codes could be less of a pain in the butt if there was only ONE global friend code that apply to all games.

You are completely right.
Why the hell every game has a friend code ? It would be better to have a friend code for each Mii at least.

I agree with you, DaIllest. I think its going to be Monster Hunter 3. Also though its because that's the only other "big" Wii game I can think of off the top of my head that's has online support (after The Conduit...*sobs at friend codes and "voice chat").

You guys are all wrong! Its totally going to be Halo 3 for the wii : p. Master chief with the waggle is going to be so great...

Bah, if I want a generic FPS, I'll just play one on my computer.

God I hope not. If Halo comes to Nintendo I'm selling my Wii for crack money.

This is sad. He was obviously joking (hence the :P) and you guys downrate him and reply...

Thanks esposch for being the only one who replied to my comment who wasn't a moron. I was obviously joking. Everyone and their mom knows halo will never come to the wii. It tends to be a joke in the gaming community of idiots asking gaming shops "when will halo come out on the wii?" Obviously some people take themselves a little too seriously to see a joke when it smacks them in their faces.

It's Monster Hunter. They already said it would have no Friend Codes. It's not like they said it was a game we don't know about yet or anything.

It's not like IGN hasn't pulled this crap before, talking about something everyone knows, but being all mysterious about it.

TMNT or Monster Hunter Tri

What else could it be?

ONE game.

I welcome the change, but if it's just another system that isn't universal across all games, it'll just be another - albeit, better - id to add to a long list of game independent ids.

Have any games already done this? Did MoH:H2 have friend codes?

It didn't have Friend Codes, no...you used EA's proprietary service for it. But, you did have to add people by their EA name if you wanted to hook up with them - if I remember correctly, you couldn't add people that you just played in a random match with... (could be wrong on that)

"Major game" to the media is something like carnival games 2.
We need more frequent non mini game releases

My guess is Punch-Out. Boxing online, it is really the perfect way to get people playing together.

I agree! There's little time to offend the "younger, more impressionable" audience while you're pummeling the hell out of one another 3 minutes at a time... :)

I say Mario Party 9!! WOOO!! You will be able to play online! jk. I don't know.

Maybe a EA-published game. Medal of Honor Heroes 2 uses names instead of friend codes.

EA`s FIFA 09 has a system where you can add random people as friends as you met them, so its pretty much FC independant as well.In other words is pretty easy to make non dependant fcs games.

I'm actually kind of disappointed that it's not The Conduit.
TMNT could be cool though.

Madworld?

Diddy Kong Racing 2!!

I hope other companies follow suit until Nintendo changes. Friend-Codes are too much of a hassle for me to even bother with them no matter what game they are for.

What can be more major than The Conduit?!?!, certainly not S&tBK, or any other game that's being released.

It's The Conduit, and if it's not then this game will be less fun than it was hyped up to be. If it's something else, well good for them...

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