During a Ghost Recon: Online developer roundtable event, Ubisoft producer Adrian Blunt spoke a little bit on the Wii U online experience. Below you’ll find a few quotes from Adrian taken from an interview with MTV Multiplayer late last week, as well the first ever video released from the Ghost Recon: Online Developer Roundtable, which obviously shows the game in action.

When Adrian was asked  why he thought the Wii U would be a good fit for Ghost Recon: Online, since Nintendo consoles traditionally aren’t very online capable, he answered:

“There’s a few things on that. The first is the ability for individuals to make accounts. Rather than a machine having an account, each individual user has an account.”

MTV Multiplayer then asked, “Equivilent to a gamertag on Xbox Live?”  “Yeah, exactly,” he said.

He continued, saying that friend codes would no longer be needed for adding friends:

“Also the ability to easily find friends. Rather than using friend codes, which we’ve had in the past, we’re able to connect players in a much easier way, which allows us to have a community that’s playing together in the game.”

If Nintendo really wants to compete with the PS3 and Xbox 360 this is exactly what they need; easy online access. Its going on 5 years almost and we still don’t have a single friend on the Wii, its just to damn difficult. We’ll update you with more Wii U details as they come in. Roundtable video below.

Source: MTV Multiplayer

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