>but using them requires going through a deep dialog tree where a cartoon animal basically says that going online guarantees that hackers will set your console

>but using them requires going through a deep dialog tree where a cartoon animal basically says that going online guarantees that hackers will set your console on fire and kidnap your children. This is classic Nintendo, which has been both absolutely paranoid and deeply incompetent about online services for nearly 30 years now. The sheer absurdity of Friend Codes speaks for itself.