One of the best things about the Wii U was the introduction of Nintendo's own social network, Miiverse. This charming form of communication via short text messages and scribbles gradually made it over to the 3DS. Of course, it was always going to be a challenge for a family friendly company such as Nintendo to moderate, so it's kind of understandable that Miiverse is not available on the Switch.
However, it seems the spirit of Miiverse is alive and well in Splatoon 2's Inkopolis Plaza. A recent update to the Splatfest demo has added the ability to walk around the plaza and even to leave Miiverse style comments. You can also share graffiti with others it seems.
Of course, like Miiverse it can still be open to some comments which Nintendo might not quite approve of:
While you won't have quite as much ability to craft a detailed sketch on the Switch, as fingers are more chunky than a stylus, it's still nice to know that you'll be able to express yourself.
Let us know what you think about this Miiverse style feature with a comment below.
[source reddit.com]
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The thought and shooting vast quantities of sticky, colourful goo at communists has just made this game a tad more appealing to me.
Okay back to th article proper; I never used Miiverse much as I found it a little intuitive to have discussions. Felt more like a way of showing off (which isn't what all social media kind of is for?)
Still may be a fun element of the game's social aspect.
I was walking around the Plaza earlier just admiring how much better the graphics are than the original. It's not so obvious when watching videos on YouTube. I couldn't figure out how to leave a comment though?
Make Miiverse Great Again!
Uh oh.....
I saw something on the wall.
Even curse words can be put on...
@Anti-Matter
I'd avoid the new Castlevania tv series if I was you.
MIIVERSE IS BACK!
Let the Splatoon memes begin... again!!!
Yeah, the Splatoon 2 demo. I should get on that.
Also, a stylus that works with the Switch.
@OorWullie I was having the same graphics discussion last night with my girlfriend (who does not care in any way whatsoever xD), the game looks SUPER polished. As for posting, there is a big red box on the left side of the main hub against the shops.
There exist styli that work on these kinds of touch screens. I'm sure the creative types will find a way to give us loads of fresh Splatoon art in game.
Well Miiverse sucks so this is fine by me lol
I wonder if they are moderating it
What would be great was if you could actually post these comments using the phone app. It would be convenient to just draft Splatoon graffiti on your phone in your spare time and plunk them in the game later on. My....ehm...."art" may be...er...avant garde... but it was always fun getting into the spirit of a Splatfest with some Miiverse posts.
@ZurapiiYohane Stop being wimpy and go write in your diary.
Feels less restrictive than Miiverse. I'm so glad it's not on the Switch!
Everyone hated Miiverse and now that it's gone everyone wants ot back? It felt weird drawing on my Switch with my finger...
Very important part of splatoon. Good its back.
@OorWullie I was thinking that too. Was just playing undocked and I noticed how much nicer it looks. Gonna have to throw it up on the TV and then put the first game on to get a nice comparison.
#BringBackDafoeverse
No Inklings were hunt in the making of this picture...
@Dr_Corndog I would think that probably iPad and Surface pens work on the Switch
Let's just hope it doesn't get infected with cancerous fanbases such as Undertale and FNAF as we saw last time...
Has anyone heard the eerie sounds coming from grizzco?...
If you listen closely you can hear city of color from the original game
@Luke64 Definitely not the official ones, those are proprietary. There are those pens that replicate a finger with capacitive touch that will work though.
@dehparticles All teens–myself included–are cringy, no matter which type of cell phone they use.
@FX102A Well I could say the same about the bourgeoisie...
#SPLATTHERICH
I love those posts!
I saw all 3 of these posts in-game. I wanted to turn my Switch off when I saw them.
#notmymiiverse
All quality posts right here folks, as stated by a fellow Squid-Kid, the only thing better than Splatoon is communism 😛
Nintendo should bring Miiverse. It was great.
@Fandabidozi lol for real! He will not survive the horror of violence!!!
The shine in Splatoon 2 just amazing also it just looks darn good to can´t wait to play spaltfest next week #team icecream
@MarioBrax why?!
I miss Miiverse!
@amiiboacid
#BETTERWETTHANRED ! 🤣
(I wonder if Nintendo realised the series is an ocean of potential double entendres)
@invictus4000 I woud certainly disagree with this statement. I for one loved Miiverse. The changes they made to make t more restrictive suck, but the service and the idea of it are still great: what equates to a social media site just for gaming, and Nintendo gaming in particular. It was a wonderful experiment, and one I was very sad to see fall by the wayside with Switch. I'm still hoping they roll out something to Miiverse when it frst came out at some point on the Switch!
@Highlar No, I totally agree. I was referring to the general public's complaints about Miiverse. I personally loved it and was hoping for a 2.0 of sorts for Switch.
@Jessica286 It's just that I really disliked the community. It wasn't very good.
Miiverse was awesome.. if there's anything the Switch is lacking it's Miiverse.. I couldn't care less for Netflix etc
Miiverse hides a lot of talented artists, mostly Japanese, constrained by resolution and black and white if you're willing to wade through the garbage posts (of course there's also the Art Academy communities if you want color).
@dehparticles They are the cringiest of all (not really).
Hehe I myself put a post like that too!
The Switch basically needs 2 things (apart from games)
1)A new social networking app like Miiverse but different
2) Streaming apps (esp YouTube and Crunchyroll)
The nice thing about Miiverse was that it is mostly fans of the games posting and commenting. Not much of the usual stupid internet trolling. What would a game like Super Mario Maker be without Miiverse? Glad to see it back in Splatoon 2, just hope the Switch users manage to behave as well!
@FX102A Say that to comrade nintendoge...
@Yasaal I didn't realise Switch didn't have Youtube - that sucks!
@wazlon LOL didn't you check the whole Switch? Anyways YouTube and Crunchyroll are very important platforms to have on consoles as even the Wii U has them. Heck, the Wii U even had Netflix if I'm not wrong.
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