Ripe, an internal Nintendo PowerPoint A presentation received online on Saturday explained why the company continued to use "friendship codes" instead of using different usernames.
Post to ResetEra we suggested that the leak was originally sent to 4chan, reportedly linked to a "server server" in a contracted company. A ton of information is included in the most recent excitement, such as Wii compilation files and source code. Among those files is a PowerPoint presentation that included information in the companion coding system.
The companion code is a feature that people have been complaining about for decades now. While Microsoft and Sony use usernames for their online identities, Nintendo continues to use a 12-digit code.
A mature PowerPoint slide notes that using screen names can be problematic because "there may be high screen names," and thus it goes against the notion that nothing about the game should be difficult to create, including word choice.
It also explains the possibility of "guessing someone else's screen name by trying out a different name variant," as opposed to the "comfortable & # 39; goal." The goal of "free" Nintendo's design philosophy for online gaming. The company wants it in such a way that the user "always has the option to play with friends." According to the PowerPoint presentation, having people guess the usernames can prevent this. Someone named "John" can get tons of friend requests from random people because of the simplicity of the username.
It should be noted that the mature presentation was on Wii, not Nintendo Switch. It seems that the basic design philosophy hasn't changed since then, to see how we all still manage to use friend codes for the foreseeable future.
We've reached out to Nintendo for more information on the legality of the leak.
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