Mario Strikers Charged: Wii

[Breaker]

Has anyone picked this game up? What's the online play like? Can you only play with friends using friend codes, or can you host/browse open games and connect to strangers?

[Gerudo]

My cousin and I rented it, and it's a fun game.

I'm not completely sure about the online component, but given Nintendo's track record, I'd probably be right if I said they use friend codes. I think N-Wifi only uses friend codes as well...

edit:
The ranked matches do not use friend codes, are region specific, and support 1 vs. 1 and 2 vs. 2 player matches.

Friendly matches are casual matches in which players can go up against their friends. Unlike the ranked matches, the unranked matches use the friend code system and there is no point system involved for winning or losing matches.

Guess I was wrong.

[Breaker]

Awesome, I'll pick it up tomorrow. I was afraid it only used friend codes.