Square Enix not a fan of Nintendo's "Friend Codes"

In a recent interview with Square's Senior Vice President Hiromichi Tanaka, all sorts of nosy questions were answered about Square's entrance into the current generation of gaming.

Some items stuck out and seemed to lack the fanboy fervor that we would hope, such as a port of Chrono Trigger to a system (or virtual console) which looks fairly unlikely.

Tanaka did discuss an issue with porting the MMO FFXI to the Wii. Apparently people still play it :p Well according to Tanaka the game itself could probably run on the Wii, but Nintendo currently has a poor outlook on online gaming with their use of "friend codes" intended to protect children from online predators. While sure, it keeps kids safe, it also heavily gimps the possibility that adults can use the Wii effectively in an online format.

There are other depressing tidbits so I highly recommend reading the full article. While it saddens me I can completely understand where Square is coming from. Nintendo has really bollixed the online thing... again. While I love my Wii I made peace with the fact that it will never be an outlet to the internet. I will not be playing Smash Brothers with someone in California, and being that the system is geared once again geared towards group use, it saddens me that it requires people to be around. In this day and age everything is interconnected. Social recluses in Alaska, surrounded by more bears than humans, can link up online and throw down in Counterstrike before bed. But not on the Wii...

Full Article on C3 News

\\drew