I still can't believe the folks at Nintendo could not design a working multiplayer system like the rest of the universe.
Having your own arbitrary username - one that actually makes sense to you - is the same difference as having an arbitrary username made up at random by a game. A stranger still won't figure it out, so you will be safe, since it of course remains necessary that both people add each other as friends anyway.
The only thing that would change is that people would actually be able to remember their usernames, and thus they would be far more useful.
As for customizing online play... Metroid on the DS was a real shame that way. Both "rivals" and "friends" play allows you to choose from all kinds of game types. Lots of customization. However, the random people play (the only one that is even remotely usable) only does one single game mode so it gets old fast. Why can't it choose a random game mode / settings? Or do a vote?
What is this? Nuclear fission?
Having your own arbitrary username - one that actually makes sense to you - is the same difference as having an arbitrary username made up at random by a game. A stranger still won't figure it out, so you will be safe, since it of course remains necessary that both people add each other as friends anyway.
The only thing that would change is that people would actually be able to remember their usernames, and thus they would be far more useful.
As for customizing online play... Metroid on the DS was a real shame that way. Both "rivals" and "friends" play allows you to choose from all kinds of game types. Lots of customization. However, the random people play (the only one that is even remotely usable) only does one single game mode so it gets old fast. Why can't it choose a random game mode / settings? Or do a vote?
What is this? Nuclear fission?