Mario Kart and Friend codes

I recieved my Ds from freepay this past week and i was thinking we should start a friends code post like the xbox live one. To get it started, my code is

485395920179

mods, delete the post if this is not allowed, i know some places dont allow this becuase nintendo dosnt want it to happen

Edit By the way, my Nickname is CowTipper on MKDS, no dash in it

what are the codes used for?

its like a "screen name", but its a number that distinguishes one DS from another, you can change your name associated with the number but not the actually number. (Think ICQ)

Anyways, i play MKDS too ;-) , i'll look at my DS for the friend code later .

So nintendo DS can go online?

umm yea....

Why wouldn't Nintendo want this?

i dont know, they posted a sticky on their own forum saying its not allowed, the link is http//forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=mario_kart_ds&message.id=42279