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Making A Mii On Your DS

Brian Crecente — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Personal Trainer: Walking is a DS title that comes packed with two digital pedometers that sync with your DS to track how far you walk each day. It also happens to include the ability to create Mii on your DS.

Not only does the function seem to support everything found on the Wii, but it also lets you choose between six outfits. Here’s a quick look at that function, one that really should be coming to the DSi on its own.

Your Wii Has A Minor Button-Combo Secret

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:00:03 +0000

Go to the Mii Channel. Press A. Press B. Press 1. Press and hold 2.

Nintendo sent Kotaku copies of Personal Trainer: Walking yesterday, and while we think we don’t need that much training to walk (left foot and then right foot, yes?), we are in fact learning things.

We have learned, for example, that the Wii possesses a previously hidden talent.

Try the button combo mentioned above and the image you see here will appear. You won’t get Miis of Condoleezza Rice and Exclusives expert Geoff Keighley to appear. That’s just on my Wii. But you will get proof that your Wii is capable of emitting your Miis to a DS.

Since launch, the Wii has been able to send Miis to Wii Remotes so that the Miis can be transmitted to other Wiis. And Miis have been snaggable via non-Nintendo Mii-editing computer programs.

But Miis hadn’t made it to the DS. They can now that they have a home, as Nintendo informs us that Personal Trainer: Walking is the first DS game/walking-trainer) to support Miis.

On the DS, the Miis are used to demonstrate how far you walked. Like, you know, if you walked about 1000 steps between leaving your apartment this morning and getting to your downtown Manhattan office — with the help of the subway.

What other feats is your Wii capable of? Who knows. Start mashing some buttons.

Mii Business Cards: For The Professional With Friend Code Problems

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0000

Nintendo’s still superior Club Nintendo of Japan has updated its member offerings for the year, providing the serious and professional Nintendo fan with Mii emblazoned business cards. It’s the ideal way to exchange Friend Codes!

Yes, along with your personal information and Mii, your impossible to remember Friend Code can be included. They’re pricey, in membership terms, as 30 of the cards will set you back 150 precious Club Nintendo Points.

The cards require the Wii’s currently Japan-only Digicam Print Channel and, for all intents and purposes, a residency in Japan.

Wii Number Exchange Business Cards [Club Nintendo]

Wii Speak Channel Coming Next month

Mike Fahey — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:50:00 +0000

You didn’t think the Wii Speak microphone was only for Animal Crossing, did you? No, Nintendo announced today at their press conference in San Francisco that an all-new Wii Speak Channel will arrive in North America on November 16th, allowing up to four friends who’ve exchanged Friend Codes to chat with one another. In the chat room, players will be represented by their Mii’s, who will mimic their speech on the screen as it happens. I’m guessing that’s limited to hand gestures and simple body movements, so those planning on using the channel for more intimate encounters will still have to rely on their imaginations.

The Wii Speak microphone, which retails for $29.99, will come packaged with a code that allows owners to download the Wii Speak Channel at no additional charge. Other uses of the mic include leaving voice messages for your friends (”Why did you disconnect? I wasn’t done yet?”) and narrating photo captions.

Saturday Night Live Goes All ‘Mii’ For Emmy Awards

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0000

During the 60th annual Emmy Awards, the writers of Saturday Night Live decided to use Mii versions of themselves during an Emmy presentation. Nifty!

SNL comedy writers appear as Nintendo Mii’s for the Emmys [Gaming Nexus via Go Nintendo]

Nintendo Totally Flattered By Microsoft’s Avatars

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:30:00 +0000

Nintendo – under the impression they created the very idea of representing an online persona with a cartoon avatar – are flattered that Microsoft chose to use the things for their upcoming Xbox Live revamp. How flattered? They even throw in the dreaded “c” word, with Reggie telling the Spanish-language Club Nintendo that “copying is a way flattering, so we’re very flattered”. You know what else is flattering? Reggie’s new do. Seems…thicker than it used to, no?

Reggie says no hard drive…but a better solution, while Miyamoto says enough with the peripherals [Go Nintendo]

Mike Myers’ Mii A ‘Frightening Representation’

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:40:03 +0000

Apparently, Mike Myers and I have different definitions of the word “exactly.” Perhaps it’s the Canadian definition, as Myers’ assertion that his Mii looks “exactly” like him is more of a “kind of” or “barely” in my opinion. While, I assume, pitching The Love Guru on The Tonight Show, Myers exposed his Wii avatar to the television viewing public, one which could easily be confused with Hawkman’s Mii.

Miis, Serious Business

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 02 May 2008 03:00:00 +0000

Think that waggle machine is all light-hearted fun? Think again. Nintendo isn’t screwing around. Nintendo is dead serious. Listen to company honcho Satoru Iwata talk about Miis:

To Nintendo, licensing Mii is identical to licensing Mario. If you read Iwata Asks interview series in website, you can understand how Mii was created in detail, so I hope you can read them if you have time. Mii is actually the result of more than 10 years of efforts.
Mr. Miyamoto, the inventor of Mii, himself has been saying that, ‘In a sense, licensing Mii is same as licensing Mario — Nintendo should grant the licence when we can conclude that the proposed project is worthwhile. Should we allow any and all the licensees to use Mii licence for whichever projects, Mii’s brand image will be hurt. Because we are not granting Mario licence to any and all, we should not do so with Mii either.’

This is the current policy of Nintendo. So, at the software development stage, we are consulting with the developers as to how they would like to make use of Mii, and our Licensing Department handles on a case-by-case basis.

Wait. It took ten years for Nintendo to create Miis? Huh?
Financial Results [Nintendo via Siliconera] [Pic]

Today Was A Good Day For Celebrity Miis

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:00:01 +0000

Yes, celebrity Miis are done. So 2007. 2006, even. But putting celebrity Miis into context, and onto real-world bodies, that’s a little fresher. Slobs of Gaming are running 14 pictures using just that premise, and while most of them range from sucky to very sucky, a handful shimmer, like Jesus rays poking elegantly through a night-black stormcloud.

The Top 14 Faces to Give to Your Mii [Slobs of Gaming, via Go Nintendo]

Designer Miis For The Lazy, Talentless

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:40:54 +0000

My Mii doesn’t look much like, well, me. Good thing customise Mii designer Bobby Bobby is here to make Miis for me. Or you. Or whomever. According to Bobby Bobby, he’s ranked #1 on the American Mii Artisan Rankings on the Check Mii Out channel, and he’s “one of the few authentic Mii Artists around the world to achieve this honour”. Above is a sample of his work, which runs $US 7.99. Not bad! Bobby Bobby says:

When it comes to appearance accuracy, I will try my best to match the given photo as best I can, but please remember that facial features such as eye-brow shapes, hair styles and colours are limited to a select number of options. In other words, certain characteristics may not be attainable within the mii editor, such as outlandish hairdos, unusual hair colours, or facial tattoos. Therefore, I am restricted to choosing the best matching facial features from the available selection that Nintendo allows.

Apologises those with “PSYCHO” tattooed on their foreheads. Bobby Bobby can’t help you. No one can.
Designer Miis [eBay via Hawty McBloggy]