Some people have a fear of spiders. Some have a phobia of heights. But I, dear reader, am terrified of the mortifying ordeal of being known. I do not wish to be perceived. And, like a beating heart at the centre of that fear, I specifically do not wish for anyone to be able to see my nose.
Mii makers, for years, have been struggling to hide the schnoz of their characters, which generally tends to interfere with the aesthetics of what they're trying to go for. Many cartoon characters — the inspiration behind a lot of Mii creations, obviously — have no noses, or, at the very least, unorthodox noses. And yet, the Mii creation tools insist that there is no such thing as a character with no nose.
None of us were expecting the re-release of Miitopia on Switch, and even fewer were expecting the re-tooled update to the Mii creation tools that allowed us to create incredibly lifelike interpretations of famous faces. But alongside those detailed new tools, the Nose Problem persists.
Here, take a look at my Mii:
And now, look a little closer:
It's still there. The nose is still there. But at least you can't see it, right?
I just try to pretend it's a weird-looking lower lip or something.
https://twitter.com/Peach_Wah/status/1387321676375810054
We have come so far, invented wild new technology, yet noses — we just haven't figured them out yet. They remain, like a stubborn stain, the scratch on our TV screen that we can't buff out: permanent evidence of our failings as humans. Instead, we have to create abominations with noses hidden in their mouths, their glasses, or their hair. It's WRONG.
Just let us remove noses, Nintendo. It is all we ask.
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Is this news?
Don't remind me this is "random" news, the fact that you cannot hide a mii's nose isn't any news.
@ArtiomNLS it is not news, hence why it is tagged as "feature"
@KateGray a facial 'feature'.
Yeah ok, fine,I'm going.
Unacceptable.
@KateGray god I'm dumb, didn't even notice lol
Yeah, this is a problem. I want to be able to look like krillin!
I didn't know people had a problem with Miis' noses
I guess it's because I pretty much only make normal human faces on them
@ArtiomNLS it's all good! Random Features are new!
What if I wanted to be Voldemort
This is great, we just played through the demo... sooo much content in this game. Lots of griding tho
@KateGray I love your mii btw.
@KateGray Don't worry about all the "hate", it's not NintendoNews, it's NintendoLife, with a specific "news" category for those who want that.
THEN AGAIN!
You can't speak for me, it's not all "we" ask from Nintendo, I want folders and a webbrowser on the Switch to quickly look up a walkthrough, video or text, for example, when I'm stuck in a game, and stuck in my bed between the dogs, without having to shut down the game and go on a youtube app. Among several other things I'd welcome with open arms.
Hopefully before anyone takes offense in anything I wrote in this comment,... don't take offense in anything I wrote in this comment.
I wonder how well this game is going to sell
@Peteykins
If you take that to an extreme level, any criticism of any game is a first-world problem!
This article is before it's time. It's time is in the future when we can lick our tablet, phone or PC screen and get a hit of acid off of it.
Elon Musk is probably working on that as I type this. Faster Elon, faster.
Miis need to breathe somehow.
I'm so intrigued by this game! I'm a sucker for turn based combat and I love the Mii aspect in this game! I'm just a little worried the game itself is going to be generic/easy.
you call it awsome
i call it cursed
Today I'm a pessimist.
If they patch out noses, I'm afraid it will crash Miitopia or worse yet, start bricking people's Switches!
LEAVE THE NOSES IN, or just give us an option to make them translucent.
@pixelpatch Grinding? I didn't feel it that way when I played the 3DS version demo. Then again, I finished what I could play in the demo in 1 session and used my other 29 tries to level up my team to the point I thought my party was OP, and then I got a "surprise" when I finally got the full game.
I haven't played the Switch demo yet, but I'm assuming it finishes in the same place as the 3DS one? That is where the guard blocking your access to the King's Castle is.
@HammerGalladeBro Yup it finishes at the same spot.
hmmm, what do i mean by grinding...
I think you can go through without repeating a lot of areas, but theres a LOT of stat boosting.
Food, relationships, combat, gear and bonuses, just feels like you have to use a lot of things to make sure youre covering everything.
Then again i love Xenoblade 2, i think this just feels a BIT more like busywork.
Hopefully that makes sense?
@charlix12323 Doesn't he have two nose holes? That's what I did when I made him as the bad guy. I couldn't think of anybody else that would fit. Originally, I had Reggie as the bad guy on the 3ds version because of the trailer for the game.
Dang Kate, that was a pretty good idea. Even when you can see it, it doesn't look too bad.
It’s weird that a person with a phobia of people looking at their nose would wear nose jewelry!
And award to the biggest first world problem, no one asked, non-issue complaint goes to, Kate Gray.
Well done.
@GrailUK
Worst game ever, cancelled pre-order, burning all copies in existence, suing Nintendo for ruining my life and gaming.
...I actually didn't pre-order to begin with, but whatever, lol
Loving @KateGray’s Mii. Looks super nice 👍🏿
This is the dumbest topic I've ever heard. You want the option of no noses? Seriously? Are you trying to recreate a Michael Jackson Mii? How about no eyes next? I think the important atrocity in the re-release is the removal of touchscreen support.
On the Wii U Mii Maker "app" I remember creating and acquiring dozens upon dozens of Miis (via QR codes). The hiding of the nose to produce some look-a-like Miis was often a challenge & required creative solutions, lol. I agree, completely removing the nose should be an option considering look-a-like, funky character Miis are fun
@DevinRex To be fair, no one asked for your complaint either. AND YET —
@pixelpatch oh, true that.
Then again, I didn't feel the grinding back on the 3DS demo.
Though that could be also because the Miis I chose for my party were from friends I truly care about and the mix of jobs and personalities I chose for them also seemed to have helped.
That's probably what made my Miitopia playthrough special compared to other RPGs.
@Synecdoche To be fair... No one asked for your response to said complaint. But alas, here we are.
@SuperToadie Best comment on this article thus far. I agree. And thank you for the laughs.
@Synecdoche of course they asked for it.They post a ‘feature’ on a platform that allows comments. Just because someones thoughts don’t align with yours gives you no reason to shut them down.
My thoughts are that it’s another poor article by this member of the NL team.
Everyone dismisses this "no nose" issue. Meanwhile, I sit in the corner forever displeased that I'll never make a Toad mii without a nose.
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