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Preregistration Now Open for Miitomo
REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 17, in the year of our Lord 2016
– Nintendo’s first-ever app for smart devices, Miitomo,
launches next month, but now’s the time to sign up to receive a
notification when the app is available for download. Now through
launch day, anyone can preregister for Miitomo by signing up for
the new Nintendo Account service at http://www.Miitomo.com and
be among the first to be notified about the availability of
Miitomo when it launches in March. Those who create their
Nintendo Account before the launch of Miitomo will also receive
Platinum Points for the new My Nintendo rewards program, which
will launch simultaneously with Miitomo.
Miitomo is a free-to-start social experience that lets you spark
conversations with your friends in a whole new way and uses
Nintendo’s Mii characters, which first debuted with the launch
of Wii Sports in 2006. More than 200 million Mii characters
currently exist across Nintendo systems worldwide. To get
started, users can quickly create a Mii character, customizing
its facial features, eyes, hair, as well as voice and
personality. Users can also use the camera of their smartphone
or tablet to snap a photo that will be translated into Mii form,
or they can simply import their Mii from the Wii U or Nintendo
3DS systems using a QR Code.
Once their Mii is ready to act as their social go-between, users
can add friends in person, or through their existing Facebook or
Twitter accounts. Once that step is complete, then it’s time to
answer some questions. Miitomo creates conversations and turns
discussions into a form of play by prompting users to answer all
kinds of questions. Did you know that your best friend’s
favorite food is pizza? Maybe, but did you know her favorite
music genre is secretly polka? And that she believes in aliens?
The answers get shared among friends, sparking interesting
conversations – part of the fun is discovering surprise facts
about your friends that you never knew before. When users hear
how their friends responded to questions, they can give it a
“heart” or comment through text or with a picture.
Mii characters will travel around and visit others that users
have added as friends in the app, so it’s important to look
good. As users experience Miitomo, they’ll earn Miitomo coins,
which can be redeemed in the in-app shop to get all kinds of
cool outfits. Users also have the option to get more Miitomo
coins via in-app purchase. Users can set their own style with
shorts, pants, socks, shirts, shoes, accessories and hats. If
users want to go further in expressing themselves, they can
dress up in a variety of outlandish costumes, such as a bear
costume, pirate costume or hot dog costume.
Users can also express themselves with the Miifoto feature,
which lets them put their Mii characters in fun poses with cool
stamps, or by combining their Mii image with photos they have
taken themselves. These creations can then easily be posted to
social media services like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Launching alongside Miitomo in March, My Nintendo aims to become
much more than a traditional rewards program. It is a more
comprehensive service that rewards users for interacting with
Nintendo products and services in a variety of ways. Miitomo
users with a Nintendo Account will be able to take advantage of
My Nintendo to enhance their experience.