As promised, the company’s first foray into smartphone apps is a free-to-play social title in which players can create and customise their own avatars, known as Miis, which can communicate with other Miis on the social network.
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The answers are then shared with friends in messages delivered by Miis – the cartoonish avatars featured in Wii Sports, one of Nintendo’s biggest hits of the last decade.
He outlined four main areas of operation for Nintendo: Dedicated game consoles, smartphone apps, licensed merchandise and partnerships like a tie-up with Universal Studios to put Nintendo characters in theme parks. Though available in Japan for the time being, it is expected to be made available in the U.S. by the end of the month. Alternatively, you can add people who are standing right next to you. Doing so will earn you Mii coins to spend on more clothes and accessories. The actual game pans out in question and answer form. Like us on FacebookReggie Fils-Aime, COO and Nintendo of America president spoke to Mashable about “Miitomo”. “This acts as a bridge between the app world and the real world in ways that I had not seen other social applications do”, he said. You’ll recognize its look from Nintendo’s Wii Sports console game.
Fils-Aime emphasized the difference between the offerings for Nintendo’s console and smartphone offerings.
But hundreds of other reviews on the Japanese version of the iOS app store have been largely positive.
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Platinum Points are earned through using Nintendo services, such as the Eshop, Miiverse, linking your Facebook or social networks to My Nintendo, accomplishing missions in MiiTomo, etc. If anything, it’s better seen as a gateway into what Tomodachi Life has to offer than anything else, and its focus on sharing silly photos with your friends is arguably a much better fit for mobile than it ever was on the 3DS.
