Conduit 2 - Friend Codes still exist, no voice chat with strangers, patch system being worked on

A portion of a SegaBits interview with programmer Jeremiah Cauthorn…

S: So friend codes are done away with?

JC: We still have friend codes. If you have a friend you haven’t met publicly, you’d still have to type in his friend code. However if it’s someone new in-game, you can add them to your rivals list so that help smooth that whole process out. Furthermore, we do have a pass from Nintendo so you can add voice chat with those people as well.

S: Is their voice chat with any multiplayer game or only with friends?

JC: Only with friends or people on your rivals list.

S: So there’s no chatting with strangers?

JC: Yea. That’s still the case.

S: You told me earlier this game would have patches. How will you be able to do this on Wii?

JC: We are working with Nintendo on a downloadable patch system. We have a lot of hack prevention code now, so if someone is cheating with unlimited ammo or health, it will flag them as a cheater and boot them out. Hackers are clever people. They will always find some way around something. So now, when that happens, we will be able to apply a patch and abate that for awhile.