Nintendo's social network Miitomo launches in the U.S. on March 31
Nintendo's social network, Miitomo, launches in the U.S. and Europe on Thursday.
Miitomo allows users to create or import their own Mii avatar, then let it interact with friends on Nintendo's first mobile app.
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Miitomo launched in Japan on March 17, and was installed 1 million times over its first three days. Users interact by answering questions posed by the app and commenting on questions their friends have answered.
Miitomo is also the first service to tie into Nintendo's new overarching account system, MyNintendo.
To encourage people to sign up, creating an account and pre-registering for Miitomo will get you some extra in-game currency, which can be used to buy outfits for your Mii. (Miitomo is free, but outfits and extras can be purchased for in-game or real money.)
Miitomo will be out for iOS and Android.
Chelsea Stark was the Games Editor for Mashable, where she covered everything from AAA titles, mainstream consoles, indie gems, mobile games and gaming culture. She handled news, feature stories and reviews. Before that, Chelsea was Mashable's Multimedia Producer, where she helped develop visual storytelling aids, whether they were photos of video. She came to New York in 2010 to pursue her master's degree in journalism at NYU's Studio 20 program, which focused on innovation as journalism is changed by new technology. Before coming to New York, Chelsea lived in Austin, where she did online journalism and social media for the local CBS affiliate. She loves good beer, classic Nintendo games, and all things geeky, and spends her time attempting to find anything close to good Tex-Mex in Brooklyn.
