The 3DS
friend code system, for example, requires you to both swap 12 - digit codes before you can see each other online, and even after that, there's no voice chat or lobby system.
At least the horrible
friend code system, which required users to exchange randomly generated 12 - digit codes to become friends, is gone for good with the Switch — despite their unwelcome return in Super Mario Run, the smartphone game Nintendo launched just last month.
Scrap
the friend code system maybe we'll think about it.
The origin of the information is unknown, as is its validity, but it's certainly still a tempting proposition that Nintendo might finally do away with
the friend code system entirely.
Mario Kart DS was also the first Nintendo game to feature online multiplayer and although the awful
Friend Code system made it ironically difficult to play with your friends, it was still a blast to compete with strangers across the globe (until fun - killers learnt how to snake).
Yes, there is still a sort of
friend code system, but hey, it's one per console, and you can find peole merely by racing them rather than necessarily sharing friend codes (they come up as opponents, and you can choose to join them very easily).
They've stumbled to create a cohesive online platform for their systems, which Sony and Microsoft both did so easily at the start of the last generation — they still use an archaic
Friend Code system, and there's still some nuisances with their eShop when you own multiple systems, but they've made strides in the last year with the Wii U and Miiverse.
Creators can share the levels they have made via 16 - digit codes, ala the 3DS»
friend code system.
With us now being in 2015, there's no surprise that
the friend code system should be long gone and we should be embracing the ways of the Nintendo ID friend system that the Wii U uses.
Not exact matches
Three best
friends find themselves where we've all been - at that An AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency (SAME
code: CAE) is a child abduction alert
system.
Of course this being a Nintendo
system it will require those annoying
friend codes, but for what it does, it does well.
Audible created a
system whereby readers could gift books to
friends and family by selecting a book, utilizing the gifting
system, and then simply paying for the book with a
code.
Worst case you can just give / trade / sell the
code for the
system you don't want to a
friend or something.
Nintendo's clumsy
code system could often be circumvented through Miiverse, allowing people to add new
friends by seeing who was active on a game's Miiverse page, looking through profiles, and requesting to add buddies to
friend lists.
Friend codes simply need to die for the next
system.
As for the
friend code things... why next
system?
If that
friend then registers a Nintendo 3DS XL
system between 23:01 (UK time) on 6th August and 22:59 (UK time) on 7th October 2013, and enters the Recommendation
Code before 22:59 (UK time) on 7th October 2013, they can download a copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf for free.
The
system's
Friend Code should be enough to link everyone throughout games as well.
Friends can also create Private Raid groups via a customizable code system that allows Trainers to invite their friends to a specific Raid
Friends can also create Private Raid groups via a customizable
code system that allows Trainers to invite their
friends to a specific Raid
friends to a specific Raid group.
Players will be able to send defeated spirits to their
friends via a challenge
system which records spirit details through a 28 digit
code.
In addition, when the game launches tomorrow, 7th June, each copy will include two free download
codes * for the Tomodachi Life: Welcome Version for Nintendo eShop, which will allow two players to try out the surprising gameplay on their Nintendo 3DS and 2DS
systems The Tomodachi Life: Welcome Version offers the chance to sample the unique slice of Tomodachi Life, where two lucky
friends or family members will be able to try their hand at creating Mii characters, all with their own unique voices and personality traits.
In 1UP's latest Oddcast, Sam Kennedy has been quoted as saying that Project Café will no longer use
friend codes for its online
system.
(editorial note: he is talking about
friend codes in the context of the 3DS's online
system, not the Wii U's)
Nintendo don't want players interacting with just anybody — the SwapNote abuse being the perfect reason why — but their biggest game for the
system has a feature that encourages you to pass your
Friend Code around like a two - penny whore.
Once the new feature is set up, users are able to select a speaker in a specific room and communicate with it one - to - one - to call the kids to dinner from the kitchen Echo, for example.To enable the function, users must first give a distinctive name (such as a room) to each Echo in their household and enable the Drop - In feature using the Alexa app.The intercom
system works through household groups created during the setup process, meaning it's not limited to speakers on the same Wi - Fi, so it's possible to communicate with Echo - owning
friends or relatives in a different area
code, for instance.
Players will also be able to form private raid groups with their
friends using a customized
code system.