[QUOTE="ImprovedMind"]Friend codes are safe for the young-ones and that is the target audience. Odds are there will be no network that actually allows you to connect with other people as you should never talk to strangers.
IronstaunchB
I think the "safe" argument is a load of crap. Nintendo just didn't want to admit that their pathetic attempt at an online system was worse than sub-par. Seems like they may have made a major overhaul to the WFC based on some dev comments.To be fair, I think Nintendo simply invented Nintendo WFC in 2004/2005 on paper and thought it would be better than it is, because online wasn't as good then as it is today on consoles
I mean, they rolled out WFC in 2005 for DS, and i'm sure that means they were planning it in 2004 during the final days of Cube. They only had the consoles online programs to run off during that time. So they figured to roll out the same online system for Wii as DS.
Problem is in fall 2005 and fall 2006 their home console competitors showed how much better and stream lined multiplayer, and online communications with friends can truly be, and Nintendo was stuck using the FC system they had invented until the Wii and DS were done. Its not like they can just send a huge update out to the DS (which had no internal storage) or the Wii (which had little storage for such large system altering updates)
They basically stuck to their guns and it turns out their guns were not very future proof.
The 3DS supports all software running off an SD card, and the system is update ready. So hopefully any errors in Nintendo's online judgement can be fixed.
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