Since the launch of the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo has been using friend codes for adding online friends to your consoles. They're a string of 12-characters that are difficult to remember by heart and a ...

No one rains on Nintendo's parade quite like Nintendo itself. While the gaming internet raves about how sensational the new Zelda game is, Nintendo's just-deployed day one update for the Switch -- out ...

After a week and a half with the Nintendo Switch, I finally have the day-one update for the device. And it turns out that a piece of Nintendo’s online legacy has returned to haunt us once again like a ...

This week a big leak of relatively early Nintendo Wii documents showed a bevy of details on Nintendo's future – most of which were relatively low-stakes. But today we're taking a peek at a piece of ...

An internal powerpoint presentation from Nintendo which was leaked over the weekend appears to explain why we're still using friend codes instead of usernames. Friend codes - a 12-digit numeric code ...

Travis Verbil is a Staff Writer at DualShockers. Outside of writing, he is a musician from Queens, NY. He enjoys the New York Mets, tabletop gaming, and Donkey Kong lore. Let's be honest, does anyone ...

The Nintendo Switch series of consoles allows you to add friends that you can play with, invite to GameChat or GameShare, and much more. You can add and find friends on the Nintendo Switch 2 in a few ...