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Developer(s)
  
Nintendo EPD

Available in
  
9 languages

Website
  
miitomo.com

Publisher
  
Nintendo


Operating system
  
iOS, Android

License
  
Freemium

Initial release date
  
17 March 2016

Platforms
  
Android, iOS

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Type
  
Social networking service

Similar
  
Nintendo games, Other games

Miitomo launch trailer


Miitomo (ミートモ, Mītomo) is a freemium social networking mobile app developed by Nintendo for iOS and Android devices. The app, Nintendo's first, allows users to converse with friends by answering various questions, and features Twitter and Facebook integration. The app was released in March 2016, launching alongside their My Nintendo service. The app can only be used when connected to Nintendo's servers. Over 10 million users have downloaded Miitomo since release.

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Features

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Miitomo is a conversational app where users can communicate with friends by answering questions on various topics, such as favourite foods or current interests. Similar to Tomodachi Life, which some of the Miitomo development team also worked on, players use a Mii avatar which they can create from scratch or obtain from their My Nintendo account or a QR code, and give it a computer generated voice and personality. Users can add friends to Miitomo by communicating directly with their device or by linking the app to their Facebook and Twitter accounts. By tapping their Mii, users can answer various questions which are shared with their friends, while tapping their thought bubble allows them to hear answers from other friends. Users can visit, or be visited by, other friends and are able to answer certain questions that are only shared with a specific friend. Players are also able to take pictures of their Mii, known as MiiFotos, which can be shared with friends as well as posted online.

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Performing various actions in the app earns Miitomo Coins, which can also be obtained through in-app purchases. These coins can be spent on various clothing items that can be used to customise the user's Mii. Additional clothing items can be obtained through the Miitomo Drop minigame, which can be played by either spending Miitomo Coins or using Game Tickets earned through play. The app is tied into My Nintendo's rewards scheme, with users able to earn Miitomo Platinum Points by clearing missions such as changing their outfits daily or linking their accounts. Miitomo Platinum Points can be exchanged for special item rewards or additional Game Tickets, or can be combined with standard Platinum Points for other My Nintendo rewards.

Development

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Miitomo was initially announced on October 25, 2015. Nintendo partnered with DeNA to leverage their understanding of mobile platforms as part of Nintendo's push for development on mobile devices. The app was first released in Nintendo's home market of Japan on March 17, 2016, and was later released in Western territories on March 31, 2016. The development team was headed up by Tomodachi Life's core developers, under the supervision of Super Metroid director Yoshio Sakamoto. Additionally, Nintendo announced plans to update the app further beyond the launch period.

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Albeit not required, users who link their Nintendo Account to Miitomo enjoy benefits such as cloud-saving. The app was released alongside the My Nintendo service respectively in all supported countries. Miitomo first launched in Japan on March 17, 2016, and by the end of the month, the app became officially available in all sixteen countries that were eligible for My Nintendo's pre-registration period. The app later became available in Mexico, Switzerland, and South Africa on June 30, 2016, and in Brazil on July 28, 2016. An update in November 2016 added five new features, enabling users to send messages to friends, customize their rooms, share their outfits with the world in "Style Central", publicly answer questions in "Answer Central", and allow for the creation of "Sidekick" Mii characters, which have their own rooms. Along with the major update, Miitomo launched in forty additional countries on the same day without any official announcements.

Reception

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In Japan, Miitomo had one million users within three days of its launch, overtaking the instant messenger Line as the most downloaded free app on the Japanese App Store. In the week after its initial launch, Nintendo's shares grew by eight percent following the success of the app. In less than 24 hours after its worldwide launch on March 31, the app already had 3 million users globally, and also rose to the top of the U.S. App Store, overtaking Snapchat. Miitomo later had 1.6 million downloads within its first four days in the United States. By April 2016, Miitomo had a user base of over 10 million users with 300 million conversations between friends and 20 million screenshots taken within the app itself. By May 2016, Miitomo had been downloaded over 5 million times on Google Play since its release.

Later observations conducted by SurveyMonkey however, found that only a quarter of the people who had downloaded it regularly opened the app by May 2016, being used half as much as Candy Crush Saga and Clash Royale.

References

Miitomo Wikipedia