2008 – 2018retired
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“It backed up everything, including, eventually, itself.”
“Nintendo's first phone app, where Miis asked polite questions and we answered anyway.”
Miitomo was Nintendo's first smartphone app, letting fans craft Mii avatars who chatted with friends by answering pre-made questions, dressing up in shop-bought clothes, and starring in shareable Miifotos. Built by the Tomodachi Life duo Ryutaro Takahashi and Yoshio Sakamoto with backend help from DeNA, it launched in March 2016 alongside the My Nintendo service. Critics praised its gentle, non-intrusive microtransac
Nintendo wound the app down on May 9, 2018, closing the book on its first experiment in bringing Mii life beyond the console. It left behind a proof that Nintendo could speak softly on smartphones — and a generation of Miifotos floating out there in the world.
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“It backed up everything, including, eventually, itself.”
“It gave Android its paper feel, and Android never looked back.”
“Fifteen thousand subtitled stories, one final subtitle: The End.”