"Which of your friends is online" - Done already in many Wi-Fi titles.
And trust me, even then they'd be skeptical and classify it as being a "giveaway of points". xD

Not as far as i know.

Its done in MSC for starters. xD

Anyway, some N games are experimenting w/ an Achievement-like system (e.g., Mario Party DS) so who knows what the future holds. :o

I really don't care about this one as much. It's a cool system but it ultimately does nothing but gives you a number saying how much of each game you really played. I also know that the system will not be integrated on the Wii for the purpose that it would be too much work to update every game to be achievement compatible.

But if they do for some odd reason I wouldn't really care. It's a fun little number that gives some extra play value to a game, but it ultimately it's just a number.

Mario & Sonic At The Olympics has an achievements sorta thing.

Yeah, sorta. See, they're experimenting with it in quite a few games and I can easily see third-parties like SEGA adopting a similar system.

Yeah, these games are doing it, but still only on a per game basis. It won't ever be good until we have a Wii gamertag sort of system.

Also, I take back everything I said before. After playing on a friends 360 I realised how much extra time I would put into a game to get an achievement xD

Some people are actually addicted to ggames because of the achievements system, losing jobs, getting suspended, etc. And the Wii's just fine the way it is. Plus, the achievements means more cheaters, hackers, and those type of people, who take the fun out of getting achievements for competition.

It doesn't need one, but it adds to gameplay value, even if it's just because you want to be the best gamer in your country. With the most points, i sure know how hard i've been trying to unlock certain achievements in the old classic streets of rage 2 on my 360.

Yeah, but cheaters ruin the fun.