Sakurai has today confirmed that Super Smash Bros Brawl will contain WiFi Play in his latest blog update. Online play for SSBB will consist of two modes - "With Friends" and "With Anyone". Sakurai has also apologised in advance that although he has done his best with online that the game may become slower the further you live away due to lag. More Inside.
Also mentioned in the blog is how you will play with friends and yes it looks like you will need to use some sort of friend code, but it doesn't mention them specifically. When playing with friends you can also send a preset message with the control pad but you can not do this with the play anyone mode. Also rankings will not be kept for the play anyone modes nor will it know the names of who you are playing. This confirmation is sure to make a lot of fans happy no doubt and Smash Bros Brawl an even bigger hit. Too bad we have to wait till 2008 for it.