The reason I'm so averse to friend codes is because it just seems pointless to me. It's a fine system, but Nintendo felt they needed to add codes. It's just too much trouble for me to add my friend's code to every game I have, even once, when I can simply click on said friend's profile on Xbox Live. We're entering the computerweb/intercom/autosoft age where everything is automatic; entering some code, no matter how short, is too needlessly complicated.