Nintendo has outlined their plans for the first Nintendo app for smart devices – Miitomo. Building upon one of their greatest properties the creation of Mii’s that has been part of Nintendo since the launch of the Wii console. This app will allow you and your Mii to engage with friends in a social setting – “Spark One-of-a-Kind Conversations with Friends”. Sounds like a rather safe first step by Nintendo but the most interesting aspect of this app is the connection to the My Nintendo rewards program. With the closure of the Nintendo Club and its Stars catalogue, we have been waiting for news of Nintendo’s new reward program and it looks like they will be linked.
Users can sign up to Miitomo from as early as 17th February and doing so between then and the launch of the app will net you a special Miitomo bonus. Further details can be found below in the official press release from Nintendo.
Spark One-of-a-Kind Conversations with Friends; App Launches in March Alongside My Nintendo Rewards Program
Nintendo’s first app made exclusively for smart devices, Miitomo, will launch* in UK & Ireland in March for both iOS and Android phones and tablets. Today, Nintendo outlined the steps that fans can take to be among the first to get in on the social fun.
Starting 17th February 2016, people in UK & Ireland will be able to pre-register for Miitomo by creating a Nintendo Account using their Nintendo Network ID, social Network accounts or email address,. People who pre-register for Miitomo will be among the first to be notified about the availability of Miitomo when it launches in March.
Miitomo is a social experience that uses Nintendo’s Mii characters to engage friends in a lighthearted, playful and welcoming social setting. Mii characters first debuted on the Wii console and to date, more than 200 million Mii characters have been created around the world. Using Mii characters users will be able to interact with their friends in an entirely new way to spark fun and interesting conversations by answering questions such as “what song has been stuck in your head lately?”, “do you believe in aliens?”, or even “if you saw a nose hair sticking out of your friend’s nose, what would you do?” By answering questions in Miitomo users will be able to discover surprising information and secrets about their friends, as well as share their experiences with others easily by taking and sharing photos featuring their Mii using the Miifoto feature.
Nintendo’s new My Nintendo** rewards program will launch alongside Miitomo in March 2016, and will be able to connect with Miitomo. A special Miitomo bonus will be offered to anyone in UK & Ireland that creates a Nintendo Account between 17th February and the launch of 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.
Including Miitomo, Nintendo plans to release approximately five smart device applications by the end of March 2017.
More information about Miitomo, Nintendo Account and My Nintendo, will be available on https://miitomo.com/
in the coming weeks.
* Miitomo will launch in the following countries in March: UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Luxemborg, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, U.S, Canada. Pre-registration is only available in these countries.
Miitomo at launch will support the following languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese.
** My Nintendo will be available from March in the following countries: UK, Ireland, France, Belgium. Germany. Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Italy, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Malta, Greece, Sweden, Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, U.S, Canada, Mexico, Brazil.