So hey, I'm about to finally go and pick up a Wii. I've held off for so long. But I loved playing Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PSP and thus....here I am now buying a whole new console just to play MHTri with my friends. 
 
Anyways, here's my newbie question: I've never owned a Wii so, I'm sure this may sound silly. I assume Wii has you create a gamer tag name like XBOX360 does? If so, does MHTri use that gamer tag as your character's name or does it use the name you give your guy in the single player game?  
 
I'm wondering because, back when I was playing Tenchu Z (on XBOX360) with my friends online co-op, the game used my gamer tag. Which is no biggie, but it would kind of bug me because my friends had very generic neutral sounding names and I had a very First Person Shooter sounding gamer tag. So, my Japanese medieval period ninja guy was running around with a really silly name above his head. So, if on MHTri (and other games) it uses my gamer tag, I'll pick a gamer tag that is not modern sounding, and plain neutral for whatever occasion. It doesn't bug me for fps shooters, but it bugs me for fantasy co-op style games if I'm running around with a sword and I'm called 50cal_Headshot or something like that. 

Yeah that helps. Thanks McSmunions. 
 
I can't wait to jump into this game.

It uses the characters name however you also have an ID code and you can make multiple of those. So it is possible for people with the same name to run around but since you can make multiple ID codes i suppose that you can create separate friend lists. I don't really have all that much use for it myself but i suppose that some people can think it is usefull.

Make sure you get the CCPro bundle! The wiimote controls look aggravating.