No. I've more than made my point, which is that it displays a serious lack of understanding of this industry to blame developers for complying with first party rules, no matter how ridiculous they may be.

And yet not all companies have complied with Nintendo's rules. Did Activision try as hard as EA did? Certainly Activision has as much muscle to throw around as EA does. WiiHD has always had a very reasonable approach for assigning blame, and no one gets a blank check out of blame SIMPLY because Nintendo is more to blame than anyone else.

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They're both to blame. Nintendo more than Activision, but both deserve some mockery for an M rated FC game.

That comment of mine doesn't defend the post, since the post makes no assignment of blame. You however assumed that it did, for no apparent reason.

So, yes, you've made your point. But who do you think you're making it to? To suggest that a 3rd party publisher as BIG as Activision is has zero blame is so naive I don't believe that is actually what you're suggesting. Instead, I figure you just read what you wanted to read here and ignored the fact that I've made a pretty reasonable argument. I can't stop you from selectively reading and making bad assumptions, but it will all be much less embarrassing for you if you read what you're responding to BEFORE responding to it.

Seriously, how many different forums did you post on complaining about CODWW friend codes?

None. I posted on several forums pointing out the irony. I do my complaining here.

Grow up.

No. As a consumer, I make my voice heard in whatever way I can rather than expecting companies to read my mind. Being a grown up means not expecting things to change by magic. It also means appealing to ALL parties who have a roll in getting things to change. Not just the ones who are most responsible for the change needing to take place.

Thanks for showing us this new comments!

And : I have to learn a lot about Wii !

I do toss poison gas grenades, but I suspect Treyarch used the IR light orientation for the twist feedback rather than the accelerometer, like MoHH2 did with scope zooming.

This can be easily checked by rotating your sensor bar clockwise while the IR is pointing at it. If rotating the bar doesn't switch grenades for you, it is using accelerometer input, as I suspect that it is.

If you want, use my contact form above to email me as I have some questions.

No. I've more than made my point, which is that it displays a serious lack of understanding of this industry to blame developers for complying with first party rules, no matter how ridiculous they may be. Seriously, how many different forums did you post on complaining about CODWW friend codes? Grow up.

Sorry for the inconvenience of the old system and I hope you like the new one.

Thanks

Do you have access to that document?

Yes. It's not really that interesting, but I'll summarize:

- Most of it is random technical shit and things your engine has to do to keep from crashing the Wii.

- Safety guidelines and ridiculous rules you have to follow so Nintendo doesn't get sued by some dunce who got his finger caught in his zapper. (Nintendo, by the way, seems to think the zapper is some sort of lethal instrument of death. There is a separate 13 page doc on zapper safety. Ever wonder why zapper games don't have fire on the Z button? You can't, because Nintendo thinks that some daredevil might try to play one-handed, drop the thing, and hurt himself.)

- Nintendo terminology branding and guidelines (example: you have to capitalize the 'F' in "Friends", it's always "Wii" never "WII" etc.)

- How you have to comply with Nintendo's philosophy and market strategy (your game has to be "safe" and "simple" - notice how "fun" is nowhere to be found)

- Online protocol, streamlining matchmaking/connectivity for the user, what you can't let people do online, etc. This is where they make you use friend codes! And no free chat, under any circumstances - not even EA gets away with this one. Have fun with Wii Speak, they are only going to let you talk to people you have exchanged friend codes with.

Fun fact: why don't more Wii games have DLC? Because you can't distribute more than 24mb of data per month - not a technical constraint, a Nintendo rule. Not a problem if you are Guitar Hero and want to sell some 3mb song files. But 24mb isn't even enough for a single map for a modern FPS. Not that most Wii users have that much disk space lying around, anyways.

Though this could still be the case, if only ea can use their own brand then it doesn't explain why they get a free pass.

I know there is a reason for nintendo making an exception, and I fully intend to find out what circumstances were behind it, if only so I can sleep soundly at night.

then there's the fact they didn't allow a login system because it's 'too confusing', yet again ea nation continues to use that very thing. and that's ignoring the username/screenname/password system nintendo's actual websites use.(the username you login with is required to be different from the displayed screenname. sure, that won't cause confusion at all. >_>)

the 'gamers love their friend codes' line is just plain odd considering that nintendo publicly admitted FC's are a pain.(did they really say that? seriously?)

Point is, if you don't like the friend codes (and who does?), direct your anger at Nintendo, and not at the developer who did their best to come out with a game that complies with Nintendo's idiotic rules. I think it's cool that this game exists at all, most other devs don't even bother trying to get their shooters to run on the Wii.

@david: The first step towards what you're describing has been done in mkwii already; if you find an opponent you like over wi-fi and decide to add them the codes are added for you.

I've been unable to find this option since it was last mentioned to me—possibly by you. I've asked other people who played it online more often, and they were clueless as well. Mind describing where the ability to add a recent MKWii opponent appears step-by-step?

If no one knows the option exists, and the other person doesn't get a Friend Request that that they can accept or reject, it doesn't really solve much.

I don't know why EA gets a break, there is a lot of politics and shady deals behind this sometimes.

For the purposes of WiiHD's coverage of WaWii, Activision is every bit the 800lb gorilla EA is.

Also, doesn't Electronic Arts have to use their own servers to host ea nation? If so then it may just be that nintendo only forces friend codes/NWC for games using the NWC servers. you should look into that if you haven't already.

And I see you didn't read the part where I say that developer don't want friend codes in their games. (or the majority at least, some may feel the same as nintendo does them)

Also, doesn't Electronic Arts have to use their own servers to host ea nation? If so then it may just be that nintendo only forces friend codes/NWC for games using the NWC servers. you should look into that if you haven't already.

And I see you didn't read the part where I say that developer don't want friend codes in their games. (or the majority at least, some may feel the same as nintendo does them)