Nintendo's first official smartphone app, Miitomo, has been out in Japan for a few weeks now, along with the accompanying new loyalty program, My Nintendo. While the download numbers may have dwindled since its launch week, the app had a very strong showing when it made its big entrance, topping the storefronts on both iOS and Android. Obviously, the app still has yet to release in the rest of the world, but it seems that this is set to change in the next few days.
Nintendo originally announced the release for March of this year, but it shied away from using the word 'March' in more recent times, casting doubt on whether or not the app would actually hit the window of the initial announcement. It seems that it's still on track, however, as the official website for Miitomo recently was updated to reiterate the March 2016 announcement. Whether this will actually happen or not is anybody's guess, but considering that there's not a whole lot of March left, we'll find out very soon.
What do you think? Are you getting Miitomo? Why do you think its release has been delayed in the west? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source miitomo.com]
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I'm excited to download as soon as it comes out, but I'm a little more excited for the My Nintendo rewards
>_>
Definately a Day 1 download
i'm more interested in the my nintendo service that comes with it. come on, nintendo! you can do it! btw i give it five minutes before people figure out how to use it for hooking up when it comes out.
@Benjelo if they delay it into april, we should all get a platinum coin for every day it's delayed.
READY. Don't miss the Date nintendo! Strike it while it's hot!
Sorry if this is off topic. Seriously asking as I'm not a native English speaker. In this question at the end of the article: "Why do you think it's release...", is "it's" alright? Shouldn't it be "its" without the floating comma? Because we are talking about Miitomo's release, so it should be "its" like we say "her" or "his" when talking about people.
And, on topic. I'm pretty sure Nintendo will release it this Thursday. It's March 31st after all.
Nintendo....whenever they give a month they always mean the 31st at 11:59pm, and whenever they give a season for a release like, say, Summer, they actually mean mid-October.
@Olmectron No, it's supposed to be "its" without the apostrophe. You found an error even though English isn't your first language, good job!
@Detective_TeeJay Okay, thanks! I was not sure since I've seen lately a lot of people (in forums and other pages) writing "it's" when it should be "its", or vice versa. It's really confusing.
Thanks!
Ursula (The Little Mermaid)'s voice echoes in my head: "Before the sun sets on the third day..."
@Olmectron Ha, good catch!
So...part of the North American eShop update on Thursday?
EDIT: Europe's as well.
Waiting to download...waiting to download...
just wait until thursday, they have until 11:59pm to roll it out... one minute later, NOA sends out a mass notification that we've all been april fooled!
I'm just waiting for the nintendo accounts to come so I can finally start downloading games again and get gold coins from whatever, waiting for this mostly just for the platinum coins.
@Olmectron
You will soon find that most people do not regard the rules for proper grammar with the English language... Especially on the internet. In fact, it's one of the things that people love most about the English language - the ability to just write whatever you want with a complete disregard for specific rules. It's more of a logic thing than anything else, such as 1+1=2...the main point gets across. It's complicated.
I'm guessing they just forgot about places outside of Japan again.
i wonder if i can pull ya main chick with my fy new miitomo avatar...hmm...
They may release the app on Thursday to coincide with the weekly downloads.
Chop chop Ninty. Plus while you're at it, get the Special Edition of Fire Emblem Fates pre-orderable on Nintendo UK Store please.
Thank you.
Think it'll launch like every other mobile app/game? It'll just show up?
I just hope they keep their promise about Flipnote Studio 3D for Europe... :S
@Igetin i'm pretty sure they mentioned it during the last EU direct
I heard there were complaints about loading times. Maybe they're waiting until they've got an improved version to release...
https://imgflip.com/gif/11lgkk
Just gonna leave this here..
The official website for Miitomo has NOT been updated to reiterate a March release. It has always said that.
Whenever Nintendo says a month of when they are releasing something, it always means the end of the month!
For your information, in Italy the release date is 31st of March:
https://twitter.com/NintendoItalia/status/714785725691084800
And in the UK as well:
https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/714784412769132545
You got LESS than 3 days now!
I'm excited for Miitomo, but I'm really excited to be able to find my Twitter/Facebook friends Nintendo accounts easily.
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