Drop the codes, Wii.
I was thinking how sweet it would be if they made an MMO for the Wii, or at least a game with live play. I groaned as I remembered Nintendo's "safety first" rule with the Friend Codes. The PS3 and 360 users all get their MMOs. Live play. USB keyboard chat. What do us Wii users get? We get to type in 36-byte UUIDs with an overly-sensitive soft keyboard (even at low sensitivity setting) in order to send a 2KB 3D model of a lego man across a Nintendo server. Yes, that's the current extent of player to player on Nintendo Wii. I so far have had no complaints about the Wii's hardware (save the shaky controller), but this is a problem. Nintendo was designed for a more child based gaming, but when they start to promise Tom Clancy games, first person shooters, and racing games, you really start to long for real people to play against. Maybe Nintendo could drop their child safety lock for a second and let us have some real fun. Just a thought.
-Lane