The Nintendo Switch will not use friend codes

18 Jan 2017

Steve Wright

Speaking with CNET, Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime has said that friend codes are a thing of the past, at least on the Nintendo Switch.

“There are no friend codes in what we’re doing,” Fils-Aime confirmed, though it’s not yet clear how gamers will find and gather with their friends.

We’ll keep you posted as more is revealed.

The Nintendo Switch heads to stores on 3 March. It retails for $469.95 AUD.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.