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This is pure speculation on my part

I know that Nintendo has been really adamant that friend codes are a really good system and are here to stay, but are they feeding us more crap. Normally I would just sit and sulk about how much I hate the codes but only a few hours ago at their E3 conference the said the new Medal of Honor would allow for 32 people to join up. Now I don't know about the rest of you but I don't have near 32 friend codes in my Wii and I can't imagine most people do. Could it possibly be that Nintendo would opt for a better way of doing things, because if we use friend codes then getting 32 people into a game would be an annoying chore. I mean they have to have something new in store...don't they? They need some sort of system where you can view a list of created games and join which ever you want. Having never used XBL a much improved version of Starcraft's Battlenet system is what comes to my mind. To be honest though, I don't really care what they do as long as Nintendo drops, or provides an alternative to, friend codes.

Any thoughts?

No, because on the WFC, you can choose to fight random people, not just friends

I think your right, Its almost guarnteed friends won't be used for a 32 player online game. Mayby if you wanted to fight someone specific or message someone then friend codes will probably come in then. OMG imagine a WL tornement! And it would be amazing if it had voice chat.

yea i only have like 25 wii friends

I'd be all for the slow, painful death of friend codes, though.

I really don't like friend codes either, but i do see their place if you wanna game with or against a certain friend, i personally only have 1

Will you guys please listen? You can play against random people too. You just click "Search for Game" or something and it'll match random people. 32 of them!