
Wii U will bring Friend Codes back.

The name "Hewson" carries a special weight for anyone who grew up during the golden age of British computing. As the son of Andrew Hewson—the man behind legendary publisher Hewson Consultants—Rob Hewson didn't just grow up playing video games; he learned to spell his name from their title screens. However, Rob didn't just rest on his family's 8-bit laurels. From leading major LEGO franchises at TT Games to tackling the high-stakes world of technical porting at Huey Games, Rob has carved out a unique path in an ever-evolving industry. In this candid interview Rob to discussed the burden and beauty of a family legacy, the technical "scar tissue" left by the ambitious Hydrophobia, and why porting a masterpiece like Inscryption to consoles is far more than a simple copy-paste job.

NE: "We rank the 10 best main series Super Mario games in celebration of the recent MAR10 Day with 2D and 3D included."
Best 2D, Mario World, best 3D, Mario 64. Can't say there's been a bad one, although Mario World 2 wasn't a true sequel. The Mario Land games were good (not the first one) and also Wario Land. I thought after Mario 64, Mario 3D World was excellent.

Believe it not, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is almost ten years old. It was a massive game for many reasons – it launched alongside Nintendo Switch, was a new take for the series by going fully open-world, and introduced various aspects like voice acting in a mainline game for the characters.
Well that just sucks!
why just make regular gamertags and be done with it.
Friend Codes are bad plain and simple
I take it none of the above commenters have ever owned a 3DS?
If they improve the system then I see no problem. It's honestly no different than using a gamertag, especially since on the 3DS your code was replaced with your platform's username when you and your friend registered each other.
The context of the headline is there to get clicks and nothing more. If it were the same FC system as the Wii, then yes that would be very bad. But it isn't, especially since we already know you can make multiple accounts with usernames on the Wii U.
Bad news. They should get rid of the codes. It's dumb and pointless