In a recent podcast, the team over at IGN spoke of an upcoming Wii game which will say no to Nintendo's lamented code system...

While Friend Codes have remained the bane of many gamers' lives for a while now, we're all going to have to accept that they're staying for the time being. However, that's not to suggest 3rd parties can't make their way around them if they do so wish.

In the latest podcast over at the IGN Nintendo team, Editor-in-Chief Matt Casamassina let slip of an upcoming third-party Wii game that would release in 2009 which would not use friend codes, for the reason that the developer simply did not want to utilise them. The game being referred to has already been announced, and is allegedly a "major online title".

No official confirmation of which game will leap-frog Nintendo's infamous safety-system, or how in fact it will do it, but speculation is already rife that it could be High Voltage's already-acclaimed FPS, The Conduit.

What are your thoughts on Nintendo's Friend Code system?