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Mitomo: Nintendo's first smart phone game is not a game at all

The first smartphone game by Nintendo should "Mii Tomo" hot and will have to do without Mario, Zelda and Co.. Instead, to create your own Mii avatar, then in the digital world communicates with the Miis of friendly Player.

Nintendo enters the app market. On Wednesday, the Japanese gaming giant has officially announced its first smartphone game. The title is in the name of "Miitomo" hear and released in March 2016 mobile platforms. Which operating systems are to be exactly supported, was not betrayed, Android and iOS are considered as very likely.

No trace of Mario, Luigi and Co.
Gamer who had been looking forward to a smart appearance of Super Mario and Co., however, are likely to be disappointed. Neither the lively plumber nor any other famous Nintendo characters will play a role in "Miitomo". Instead, players craft their own avatars in the app, called Miis. These are then completely independently enter into the digital world with the avatars of friendly people in touch - and discover new topics of conversation.

A real game is "Miitomo" not
Granted, "Miitomo" is thus less a real game and more a communication App that could work like the StreetPass system of Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo's new president Tatsumi Kimishima believes that friends through them completely new pages to discover each other. Users can log in to the app over a new Nintendo account. This should serve in the future to exchange data between the smartphone apps and the home consoles from Nintendo. In addition, the manufacturer wants to offer a substitute for the set Club Nintendo with the service My Nintendo. There can be collected by buying and playing games points, which can then be exchanged for new wallpaper or coupons.

Other Nintendo games scheduled until March 2017
"Miitomo" is the first to be of several smartphone games from Nintendo. Four more titles to be developed by March 2017th While "Miitomo" is free and has in-app purchases, the later games are supposed to be in principle chargeable. However, it is hoped that more tracks can then come up with well-known Nintendo characters. Apart from the series in early September, the game "Pokemon Go" it was announced that also is to appear next year for Android and iOS, and revolves around the famous Nintendo Bag Monster.
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