Miitomo has launched in Japan, and we've already given you hands-on impressions and showed how to install the game elsewhere in the world. Now, it's the turn of Nintendo - via its shiny new Nintendo Mobile YouTube channel - to explain why you should be excited about this unique social platform.
A launch trailer for the app has been published in several different languages, and attempts to illustrate the finer details of how it works, from creating your Mii to posing questions to your friends and even sharing photos and images.
The fact that Nintendo has posted these trailers on a channel focused entirely on mobile games shows how serious the firm is about entering this new arena - expect to see more videos for Miitomo and Nintendo's other (as yet unannounced) mobile titles in the near future.
Have a watch and let us know if you're excited about Miitomo hitting your region soon.
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@TheY you sir made my day xD
Day 1 download for me!
I know my friends well enough to know they won't be downloading this app.
intrigued, but not sure it will become more than a niche app.
So this basically is Tomodachi Life, isn't it?
It's not quite as bad as I thought! Might get old quick though. Not sure I'd be too bothered if it weren't for getting the exclusive game rewards. Not really that keen on social interaction! After work etc, I need time to myself, shutting everybody else out. Might just put the app on an old phone as well and interact between them both to maximise points. Sad? Undoubtedly! Spent enough time with homepass racking up StreetPass hits (900 000 to go!), so this won't be all that different.
It looks kinda weird in my opinion. And it looks to Tomodatchi Life (or whatever it's called)
Sad, really.
Haha, nice!
Looks dumb.
When will they release? I don't think they will release over Easter, would be hard to get press coverage. That would leave the start of next week (Mon 21st to Thur 24th) or the right end of March (Tues 29th to Thurs 31st).
Probably will be the 31st knowing Nintendo.
I'll give it a chance, I don't know what I was expecting but this doesn't look too appealing to me, also I know my friends wouldn't play, haha
God I hope Nintendo knows what they're doing
@ROBLOGNICK Not really. Sure, you have the large customization and photos, but that's it. Tomodachi Life was a game about controlling an island with your Mii characters as your residents. Miitomo looks as if it's a social app.
When I saw the voice option, I flipped out. I absolutely ADORE Tomodachi Life. Day one download for me.
Looks stupid.
im kinda excited
Yeah I'm getting this day one. Tomodachi Life expy!
Lol, to those of you who are like, "it looks like Tomodachi Life..." Well no kidding. The title and use of miis didn't give that away to you??
I'm sorry, but I just don't see how this will stay fresh. I hope Nintendo is holding cards back for their sake or that there are significant pluses with My Nintendo accounts to keep using it.
Not that I was expecting Nintendo to do a Mario Runner or something like that as their first app, but this...? It's an app for awkward people who don't know how to talk to other human beings, or even their friends for that matter.
I'm in it for the early points, but I don't expect it to wow me enough to keep coming back. I hope they prove me wrong.
Interesting. I hope this does well in Japan.
Meh, doesn't really look interesting to me. I'll play this when it comes out, just for the sake of earning Platinum Points, but this will probably be one of these apps that I play for a week and then delete it.
Does it have a basic messaging system? The question answer thing looks similar to messaging?
If this is just a basic messaging/social interaction app, they aught to incorporate it into Miiverse/their consoles. Because what's the point of private messaging your Nintendo friends on your phone if u can't on the console(s) that brought u together in the first place? I may try it out...
I dont see whats so bad about it. To me it looks like a more social oriented version of Tomodachi Life
A great start to a long-running mobile app strategy. It has potential to grow and has real benefits besides intermittent social rewards which should give it a bit of sticking power.
What will also keep it going is interactions with additional mobile apps and Nintendo games and new content.
This is not a launch and move on type of thing. Nintendo has stated that since the initial hints at the mobile plan. It's assumed that this app will be updated continually over time adapting to its strengths. This one in particular more than others, I'd guess.
Meh...
I'm excited for this! After seeing this trailer, you can really have some fun if you don't use it as a serious messaging app! "World champion beatboxer", I chuckled at that and the responses! Just depends on how us use it! Day one download for mii!
All i can think about is how much this will suck up battery life it looks so old and how many friends will use this with modern app's are better.
My personal tastes aside, if it taps into Ye Olde Blue Ocean it could prove to be a brilliant strategy.
On the other hand, while I like Miis, it may look to most like a cheap combination of the Sims, and any one of the many texting apps like Facebook Messenger, only here your conversation is shoehorned into banal territory; ooo, a Freshman Orientation get-to-know-you-game app. Fun.
Not my thing but the trailer looks cool!
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