As promised, Nintendo has launched its Miiverse redesign, which is structured to re-shape the platform back into a game-centric social network. It's changed how our posts are categorised, and a 30 post a day rule - which doesn't include all in-game posts - is certainly the most controversial move, shutting off the chattier aspect of the community.
The redesign is live across the Wii U, 3DS and web browser, and initially looks familiar. Once you go into your own profile or a community, however, the splits between Journal Entries, Recent Drawings, Discussions and Screenshots become clear. Notably the redesign hasn't used an automated process to categorise old posts, so your profile will initially be empty.
Below is your humble writer's profile page (web browser version) after hurriedly throwing together a few posts to see how it works.
When selecting the HOME menu from within Yoshi's Woolly World the community page offered gave options to save into the Play Journal or into the screenshot gallery, so we gave both a try. It's not blindingly obvious right now when accessing from the HOME menu, but you can start a discussion or post a drawing (like the Super Smash Bros. example we posted) by tapping the game name on the automated screen; this takes you to the main community page.
Overall the setup seems solid, albeit a little less intuitive initially due to the extra categories that are present; it's also a pity that old posts haven't been brought across [into the new layout], though communities do have a button at the end to show old posts affected by the redesign.
What do you think of the Miiverse redesign? Let us know in the comments below.
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I just checked it out on my phone, was a little confused by it, but it will probably make sense once we use it for a while.
This will hopefully get rid of much of the undesirables out of Miiverse.
On the other hand...Nintendo is going to lose a few hardware sales next gen.
@TheWPCTraveler:
I doubt people buy or do not buy a nintendo system bcuz of it's social-sharing platform.
You buy Nintendo bcuz of it's great games it's known for.
I don't get this Miiverse thing anyway, never tried it out. We do have Nintendolife and that's enough of gamingsharing =)
Well, i dont think that the 30 Posts rule will stick forever. We also started with way less characters per post and upgraded to 400 over time.
My bets bet is, that its there to not flatout crash the new design, since everyone will try it out emmediatly and as we know, there are some "overly motivated" kids out there.
I personally havent used Nntendo platforms in a while, because i was infected with the Civ5 desease ;P
Some (good) things just doesn't need to be changed in the first place, and this Miiverse update is one of them.
I'm still forming an opinion on it... Miiverse was perfect before the update, so I'm not quite sure why it changed. The big thing that I've noticed so far is this: While they may still exist somewhere, all of our old posts are essentially gone. I can no longer look back at my profile at all the memories I've made on Miiverse.
YAY FINALLY, this gonna be awsome ^^
Mine still looks exactly the same on the web...
@Humphries90 Click around a bit
The new Miiverse look good and hopefully it wouldn't take too long before I have adapted .
Unfortunately the Zelda community have become memeland ;-_-. Still I guess we just have wait and see how this Miiverse update will really affect us.
I love it!
Best Miiverse update so far
This is absolute puke.
Especially the limit and discussion restrictions.
Ew.
LOL, the final screenshot.
"Who's excited about Smash Bro Tourney?"
"I'm somewhat excited, but it'll probably be a bunch of ^!@£*"
The haters didn't take long to get going...
@tysonfury Haha, yep.
@Patriplexity In hindsight not the best choice!
It's Wierd, but I am willing to give it a chance. I hope that Nintendo will take the feedback from Miiverse users and adjust Miiverse accordingly.
I do not like it. The old way was almost ideal. For each community, you'd see an on-going chronological flow of people's post. Top to bottom. Now, you have three separate sections in each community and each section is in its own chronological order: journals, then drawings, then discussions. Things don't flow as smoothly.
And the post limit is the absolute worst.
But still, June 24th. That was a complete abomination.
Seems a lot easier to get your own flow going, for instance I don't always play a from start to finish, so by creating a journal I can get a quick reminder of all the bit's I've done to that point. From a Gamer perspective it's actually a cracking idea, wish it had been like this from the start, I'm going through the assassins creed games and W101 and definitely lost track of where I was up too an what gameplay mechanics I'd learned, this would have been a god send. Some things you never forget though, l how awesome Bayonetta 2 is.
@TheWPCTraveler By "undesirables," I think you mean "the people who keep Miiverse from being a barren wasteland."
We're all old posts gone?
I haven't got internet till next week :/
@Tate24 Nope, still there.
@Einherjar I've been infected wih Civ 5 disease as well, and I still keep coming back to it, but it's the same with the highly contagious Mario Kart 8 & Splatoon.
@Einherjar hope you get better... only one person I know has the same.
@MadAdam81 MK8 is an integral part of partys over here but surprisingly, i never touched Splatoon again after a few days.
It never really hit a sweet spot. But dont get me wrong, its a fantastic game and its super fun, its just one of these games that just lost the spot to other games rather quickly for me.
@InklingSplat8 oh thanks
I cant check my Wii U till get internet next week.
I checked my mobile version miiverse and my profile was empty and I was worried everything was deleted!
@Mus1cLov3r True
@Mus1cLov3r I mean it when certain communities have post quality even lower than the average poorly-run imageboard.
They seem to be the ones affected by the change most.
@TheWPCTraveler Some "undesirables" at least have functioning braincells.
I've been posting every night after my Slaton session to keep track of how I did, so that will be easy, and a few snapshots of the final noss, so that will be easy, but I may never go into discussions or view anybody else's journal so Miiverse really becomes Me-verse for me. Guess we'll see how it goes once squad Slaton kicks off next week.
Man its 9AM, I'm sitting in the shade and I'm still sweating profusely. Where do I post that.
@InklingSplat8 I stand firm to my stance.
However, I agree with what you said. Some of those people have elected to stay behind and post less, and far more on-topic.
I could've used a term that is easier to the ears, but I believe that regardless of the term I use, it seems that Nintendo is bent on culling a lot of the off-topic discussion.
There are people who admit to using the platform for FNaF role-playing(!)
@rjejr H-hunh?
I assume the screenshot journal would be of great use to you?
I dig Miiverse, their ability to connect to gamers playing the game you are is great. This redesign is nice. I hope they incorporate a quicker way to post and view instead of having to take you out of the game and into another app.
Guess I'll go check it out.
I checked it out a little bit just now,I like it. I was just in the Zelda community,and the kids are whining about the changes. Overall I think its better looking.
I now just wish that Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate had screenshots in it. I am trying to get back into that game and get out of the low ranks. However, because it can be a few days between sessions it would be nice to have a screenshot to remind me what exactly I am attempting to harvest. I probably can still journal it, but the pictures would save me a thousand taps.
Oh well, back to trying to harvest some Diablos Marrow so I can upgrade my SnS of choice to last more than a few hits...
At first it looked really confusing, but maybe that's just because I just went over to take a look at the new update. I'm going to use it more later on, but from what I've seen and heard I guess I'll take a liking to it.
It's a jumbled slow mess on the the Wii U and the Handheld but it works great for cell device. Navigating is better and it's a nice change for the cellphone. But just as everyone else I know I'm not happy with new mii verse on the Wii U and the HandHelds.
try it out this morning and it is amazing and a little bit easier in my opinion
@ALinkttPresent All my posts still seem to be there. Not that I have very many...
I am loving it so far. It's easier to filter through post as well as read ones in the discussion part (no chicken scratches). Also more people are acknowledging that there are tags for posts. Make me want to post on miiverse more often, but not to the point I reach the 30 post/comment limit.
Speaking of which, I'm not surprised most of the people I find complaining about the 30 limit on miiverse, post spams and pointless post in the past. I guess I found the true targets.
I wish with the next update they will show your comments in the activity feed. I sometimes leave useful comments that I would like to view again. Also I comment a lot more then I post, a trait I also share on this site .
It's pretty stupid how they removed the Activity Feed post feature.
@TheWPCTraveler - Like I said - though the typos were numerous and correct punctuation not so much - I'll probably us escreenshots and th ejournal a lot, but I'm not sur eI'll bother looking at what anybody else posts, so it will become mor elike a diary I keep under my matress than a social community akin to FB.
I had to google FNaF. My kids talk about it all the time but it's not my thing.
@Priceless_Spork what?
Cover me im booting up and im going in !
You guys have to be complete and utter Nintendrones to like this abomination. I've never seen anything quite so horrible in all my life.
I like it. I was never a heavy Miiverse user but I found yesterday I was using it more (maybe cos its new) and taking some screenshots and using the Play Journal. I like the idea someone else had of using the Play Journal to record something from every game session you play as a record. But thats more for your personal record than anything that anyone else might find interesting. I like the way the communities have been split so you can avoid the very, shall we say, sub standard drawings and doodles that don't mean anything to anyone.... I still fail to see where all the negativity is coming from. It feels like some people just like to moan about something just for the sake of moaning.
well many ppl that i follow dont like it and neither do i many are artist not spammers so yeah the limit thing is annoying since after you post a drawing normally you chat with your fans about it now that is gone cuz remember that limit haunting you top right corner
I usually don't hate, but...
WHY DO ANY OF YOU LIKE THIS GARBAGE
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