Miiverse is Getting a Massive Redesign this Summer

I only post about once every now and again. Usually to post a cool accomplishment or funny picture.

Excited for the updates though.

@Pancake_Phil Yeah, I don't see why the thirty post limit is getting so much hate, I post about 2-3 a day max if I use it at all.

New features look good, can see myself using screenshot album a bunch.

@MitchVogel That's because alot of people actually use Miiverse.

@MitchVogel Also it's not just posts, but comments also count against you which will seriously make it difficult to find someone to help you if you ask for help in a game...

@Pancake_Phil I only post Pixel Art Drawings every now and then.

@Neko_Rukiafan Perhaps, but I still fail to see how a thirty post limit is too few. Miiverse is one of those things you just occasionally check up on and write or to, like Twitter or Instagram. Sure, you can spend longer on there if you like, but it seems like it's more designed around quick check ins than extended sessions.

Since getting a Wii U I've noticed I've been posting on Miiverse a whole lot more, and even then I'm still not even going anywhere near half of 30 posts. So I'm fine with the limit.

Okay, some of the changes ain't fine. Like the limits of posts. No problem for myself, but surely a problem for some hardcore users. They may even consider if they reply to a question or so if that could mean that later that day they may no longer be able to participate in some discussion. So I hope Nintendo will change that again later.

However, the massive redesign as such was necessary, I think. While Miiverse worked very well in its early days, its structure has become quite uncomfortable as the number of communities increased. I'm not sure how much this will change with the new update, but its certainly a good thing that Nintendo keeps working on the service, which has an amazing potential, but will need constant improvements to remain a valuable feature in the years to come.

some intresting idea changes but i still wish thayd make miiverce work the way Id like it too on your profile as to have all your coments/Posts in the aproprit game comuntys strate on your profile so you can scan thrgh all your posts for that 1 sed game comunty insted of them all being in one big long list.. its not so bad when you only have 100 odd but iv been posting ferily regurly from the relece day of the WiiU and have about 670? ish Posts so scanning thrgh them to find a particular post is a Pain.

Add an age gate for Christ's sake. It's the only thing we actually need, not this useless rubbish.

Awesome! I use Miiverse more than I use Facebook so I am definitely going to make good use out of these new features. I am really happy with how willing Nintendo is to keep improving and adding new content to Miiverse and though the thirty posts per day limit may be an issue to some I think the vast majority don't post that much anyway.

Can we at least have an update that has sections of Miiverse Communites?
Like why not put a 18+ section in there instead of Nintendo trying to protect the innocent litte kiddies that probably have already been exposed to mature content? And why not fix the broken administration and when that update happens, every restriction that the old admins gave on people reset so they can have a second chance? Man, Miiverse might shut down at this point.

@RainbowGazelle Preach this.

I was actually to go on a rant about how you shouldn't need to post more than 30 times a day, but people seem to have it covered in this article. As for the actual update, I'm really looking forward to seeing a more streamlined Miiverse with more organization. Sometimes I want to skip past all the artwork people post and get to actual comments about the game. This update should allow me to do that, and that's all I need. Miiverse is really the only social media platform I use. I've always wanted a good place to share my adventures in games to the world, and now I have it. I'm glad to see that Nintendo is taking Miiverse seriously.

Sounded great to me - then I heard the limit of 30 posts/comments per day. I can understand the posts part a little but - you'd have to be quite the gamer socialist to hit that upper limit all the time. But I love commenting on others' posts. Why would you limit that!?

@InklingSplat8 Oh yes, undoing ALL restrictions sounds like a great idea. That's the equivalent of starting over on the construction on a dam after a flood. What? The dam was crooked!

Limiting how much people can post on Miiverse might be a good thing though....maybe it'll encourage people to make better quality posts.

I never post to my activity feed so the changes won't bother me, whenever I post to Miiverse (which isn't that often) I just post it directly in the community section.

@InklingSplat8 If there was an 18+ section of miiverse kids could easily find a way around it, like the way they play M rated games. Plus it would probably be full of M.A.D(basically rule something except less noticeable and done with Nintendo characters e.e).

@MitchVogel Many of us (mostly teens) post quite often.

COLOUR, YEAH COUNTER AND A COMMUNITY MADE SPECIFICLY FOR MEMES AND TROLLS!!!

Meh, I never use miiverse, takes way too long to load. And sure I hate social network anyway.

@RainbowGazelle There is an age gate, you have to be 13 and older to have friends on miiverse lol.

If they could speed up the loading time, and include 'a post instantly to miiverse' option without having to load up the page, that would be swell

ps - I wonder where Mario Kart video replays will go? Is that for the play journal?

I wonder if this has anything to do with the new Club Nintendo. Weren't there rumours of points for helping others, some kind of accomplishment system etc? Sounds a little like that.

@MitchVogel @Neko_Rukiafan Post made from in-game don't count against you. You can post as many from a game as you want.

Play Journal sounds like the start of an achievement system.

They really need to take back control of communities like Wii Fit U which are now just.. Tumblr-like.

Can't post anything without the admins dropping the ban hammer on me like I'm a little kid. Used it once, will never use it again.

Everything is nice except for the 30 post limit. I don't think it would be a problem for me, but I can imagine some people would hit that limit every day. The two minute wait was fine imo. Hopefully when SmileBASIC comes out it won't become a problem for me, as I plan on posting a lot about that.

And the Mii's revolt against their masters again!

Kind of disappointed we can't draw in comments and that there won't be an activity feed... Hope it will be better than it sounds, I guess I'll just wait and see.

I wish they could somehow speed up the process of getting to Miiverse to post stuff.

Well, it's a change. I think we might be getting closer to something useful for an individual such as a log of what you have done. It was a nice idea in a lot of games, but didn't do much since it quickly got buried when posted.

To have a section that actually logs what you did and when could be very useful, especially if there is an API to access it. It would be possible to build an engine to track progress of games and the equivalent to achievements then. That would actually be an interesting use.

@yokokazuo
You can still comment with handwritten posts in the artwork section, right? One of my favorite things from Miiverse back in the day were drawing contests.

The screenshot album will be really useful for personal 3DS screenshots since the Wii U was capable of having them by uploading them onto the browser unlike the 3DS where you need to use Miiverse to upload a screenshot.

I like the look and sound of the Journal, could be a nice way to make a game guide, maybe have a tag for them too (hint hint). Hopefully this will make miiverse more organized since a good amount of users don't even know how to use tags like if they have a question for example.

I don't mind the 30 post limit since I don't spend that much time posting on any social media sites. Heck I don't think I even reach 30 post and comments on this site per day and this is my most talkative venue.

I like the changes and said my peace to others in the Mii-Verse. As I use the Mii- Verse every day. Out with the old in with the new.

Hopefully Nintendo makes it easier to upload screenshots, because right now it's a mess.

Why fix something that's not (entirely) broken?

Alright! I've always thought Miiverse really sucked so I'm glad to see such creative change! Glad that Nintendo actually cares about the design of their social network Can't wait!

@MitchVogel the 30 post thing includes comments too. And me and a bunch of other people on miiverse I know like to organize online hunts in monster hunter through miiverse. So the 30 post/comment limit is certainly going to be rough.

First thing I thought when I read the title - Wii Chat integration in Miiverse.

2nd thought - I'm up to a whole 6 friends on my Wii U, and it never once occurred to me to video chat w/ any of them. Video chat w/ middle aged men doesn't sound the least the bit appealing.

So, if we can't voice chat in Splatoon, the least they could do is add party voice WITH FRIENDS while we are posting about the game in Miiverse.

For all the talk about how Nintendo doesn't integrate the Game pad well into games, it's made almost ZERO effort w/ the mic, speakers and camera.

"Party Room" may sound a bit to swinging 70's, but if Nintendo is going to make that little blue light blink every time one of my friends comes online, they should at least give us a place to hangout. Google probably copyrighted "hangouts" so Miiverse seems the best place. For FRIENDS.

I don't care about the post limit. I'd actually be happy if that was a propblem but people don't use Miiverse that much. I love Miiverse and wish they would but sadly Nintendo is not making it attractive enough. I really like the play journal idea but using it to replace the feed...uuuurgggg

@rjejr I see, just because I'm a middle-aged man, you won't video chat with me?! Runs off into corner, crying and um... "Almost zero effort w/ the mic, speakers and camera"... That would be AWESOME if they had, right? As it is, I have only used the camera ONCE (TANK, TANK. TANK) it is caps not because it's a must buy, because that's the way the title is presented... I used the Mic, wait, I forgot it had a mic... And as for the speakers, they have such audio delay, that unless I'm off-TV play, I shut them off. Wow. Thanks @rjejr for reminding what I really wanted and never really got from the Gamepad (just a bunch of empty dreams)

Cool

Why not have an app like Google Hangoyts that runs in the background? THAT would be a much more welcomed addition than social media posts about nothing (I'm being mean, I know they are other people's thoughts and achievements, I'm just trying to drive my point home)... A voice app would go a long way to mend fences... For example, you could use your Hangout on your WiiU, 3DS or even your DeNA activated mobile. No matter where you're at, you'll have access to your gaming chaps!

Seems like good stuff. What doesn't work can be changed, folks. Also, for those hoping for things going faster, I think that's a big part of this. Regular comments should load much faster now that the drawings and screenshots aren't included right? I guess we'll find out.

@Danny429 Suppose you're right. In all seriousness, this rule probably will be relaxed at some point down the line.

Hmmm.. interesting. Don't use Miiverse much,but I'll check this new update when it comes out.

>30 comments a day

Nintendo when thinking about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dvSlvZLG8

Hopefully Nintendo allows users to have more control over their interface. How and what the Activity Log displays, what options are displayed at the sidebar, what notifications should be shown within Miiverse (as in, control over obnoxious popups and the like, as well) - the more a user can control the interface, the less ground is left to complain.
That said, the current limitations (posting timeout, 30 post-per-day limit) are absolutely fine. Anyone who claims to need more than 30 posts a day is begging for attention, or pissed because an easy spam method is off-limits.

Sounds good.

Specially the 30 posts a day limit.

@BLPs - Maybe you need a comment hiatus BLPs. I didn't read all of the comments yesterday over at Pushquare but I saw your staring avatar a lot, figure that can't be good.

90% of all comments on the internet are negative - critical thinking, critical reasoning, not to my liking, not good enough, not soon enough, grammar checkers, spellcheckers, aholes, trolls, contrarians, devils advocates. Very few people are genuinely nice all the time.
The internet isn't a very nice place. Just find some people you like, ignore the rest. I have a couple dozen and I thank them occasionally for putting up w/ all my negativity. I'm closer to 95%.

I wouldn't mind the limit, but now that play journals are a thing, what happens when someone has a particularly long play session? I guess they can't record it all.

This is a cool update. I'm more surprised that there's still no phone app.

@Platypus101 - "for the speakers, they have such audio de lay, that unless I'm off-TV play, I shut them off."

You know, I almost always keep them shut off as well, but I just recently started using them in Spaltoon and it actually makes the game more fun. They're not useful, that would be voice chat, but the noises add to my amusement. If you are playing Spaltoon I say give them a try.

I'm still not video chatting w/ you though.

@BLPs - No not you you ninny. You'e the other 10%.

OK, re-reading that, I'm the ninny, cause it certainly reads that way now to me as well. I'm gonna go edit it to better reflect my meaning, I think I left out a 0x0D before the 90% part. It's supposed to read 90% of all comments on the internet, not yours. Thats what I get for commenting pre-breakfast on my tablet after a long night of losing in Spaltoon.

Sorry, that was my mistake.

Been wanting the screenshot album for a long while. The ONLY thing I ever used Miiverse was for screenshots, because unlike Vita, Android and everything else in the gaming hardware market the Wii U and 3DS don't have their own system wide screenshot feature.
Though, since privacy doesn't exist with Nintendo, I'm sure these albums will be heavily regulated.

I am against the whole 30 post/comments rule, because it elimates the miiverse chatroom, talking to miiverse friends, and role-plays. i am not an rper, but I know how much users of miiverse like rping

Ok 30 posts per day is more than enough, but why take away the option to freely post on your activity feed? Did too many users misuse that in an offensive way or what?

Why can't I use Miiverse for Art Academy? I know the Pokemon version has Miiverse functions, but not AA. Its kind of stupid to release a drawing art, yet not add an easy way to show your pics online.

@Spoony_Tech Yeah, and I don't make many posts a day 4-5 tops, but I usually make 30-40 comments a day, mostly helping gamers who are stuck and want tips for their games so this will hamper my ability to do so...

@Donjwolf Sketchpad does have a post to Miiverse function as well.

@Danny429 I do the same thing with my Monster Hunter friends. Will the post limit also affect Friend Messages?

@Neko_Rukiafan What is Sketchpad?? Some Wii U app?

What? I can't edit my own posts? Wow. Anyway, why is AA the only drawing app not to have Miiverse capability? Pokemon AA does, the Wii U AA app probably does, and now this Sketchpad whatever-it-is has it too >> 3DS AA is the only drawing app I have >>

I would really want an achevement system and a cellphone app. Plz nintendo.

Art Academy Sketchpad was the first Art Academy game for the Wii U, and yes you can upload your pictures from the app.

@andyg1971 Sigh Yet again.. What was the point dragging my Spelling in to this? Seriusly What is the point.. its getting Pathetic and Very Sad.
Im going to to the Admins advice this time and actualy report..

Not super exciting for me, though I do welcome making it easier to get to see drawings rather than discussions.

Whoa. 30 post limit? That's pretty generous. I can't even imagine making that many posts in a day alone (even with comments combined).
I would have just separated the categories into posts and drawings. I'll just have to see how this turns out.

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN!!!!!!

@Hy8ogen Me too, but a phone app is unnecessary.

Sounds good.

promised phone app is where now? Just wondering...

They have time to update miiverse, but not give us a phone app? 0/INFINITY&BEYOND

also remove the 30 post limit bs, or restrict it to pots u make only. KAYTHANKSBAIII

Fantastic update! Now all I want is for Miiverse to show how many hours you have played on each game. That would be awesome!