Update: The Miitomo app is now available on the U.S. App Store.
The game is already available in Japan— that’s how Jeff managed to go hands-on in our first look video earlier this month— but today Nintendo confirmed that its first iOS game, Miitomo, will officially arrive in the US on March 31st.
The game isn’t exactly bringing over any of Nintendo’s very popular first party franchises to iPhones and iPads, but it does feature known Mii characters and, as we noted in our review, the release feels very much like a Nintendo title:
When you first start Miitomo, it’s immediately recognizable as a Nintendo title. It feels like someone took my Nintendo Wii and shrunk it down to fit inside of my iPhone 6s. The music and sound effects, most notably, are of the characteristic Nintendo style. The Miis themselves look just like the Miis on the game-maker’s handheld and home consoles. The writing — witty, with just a hint of corniness thrown in for good measure — is classic Nintendo.
Nintendo noted in its press release today that Miitomo was downloaded over a million times in the first three days after launch in Japan and it also managed to become the #1 most downloaded free app in both the App Store and Google Play.
While Nintendo didn’t mention other countries by name today, it did say that “several other countries” will receive the title on the 31st alongside users in the US.
Check out our review of the game from earlier this month to get a first look before it officially arrives in the US and other countries on the 31st.
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I’ve always been a fan of Nintendo, however the more internet friendly they get, the most bitter I get with them. They practically ignore the smaller countries in all their internet endeavors:
* They make it impossible for you to use a non-US credit card unless you are from mexico or other mayor south american country.
* When I did pre-registration on Miitomo I had to use a VPN since they refused to let me in because my location.
* The Street-Pass feature on 3DS also sucks if you are not on a mayor city of US or a major country with Nintendo presence.
* Your games are tied to your consoles, and if the console breaks you need to send it for repairs to Nintendo, which in my case means shipping the console internationally.
I’m really trying to be optimistic with Nintendo and Niantic partnership, hoping that most of these problems will be solved (specially having my digital games tied to my account and being able to activate them on a new console). But given my initial experience with Miitomo, my expectations with the service are very low.
México is NOT in South America.
We are part of North America.
Just like all the other 21 countries in the region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_North_America