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SJReiter on 30 October 2015
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spemanig said:
SJReiter said:
No because it will not attract people to Nintendo's dedicated gaming hardware. I thought the whole point of Nintendo's mobile initiative was to attract new users to their own hardware. How in the world is something like Miitomo going to do that? Yeah it features Miis, but no one is going to want to buy a 3DS/Wii U just to mess around with Mii stuff. I just don't see the logic here. That's why they should've at least used some Nintendo character so it could somewhat attract people to other games with that character.


First off, Miis are Nintendo characters.

Second off, Miis are part of the 4th biggest gaming franchises in the world, behind GTA, then Pokemon, then Mario.

Finally, the initiative to get people buying their consoles is not a linear one. The thinking was never intended to be "if we get people to make a Mii on their phone, they'll drop hundreds on a dedicated gaming platform." It's far more complex than that. This is an initiation into the My Nintendo ecosystem. This is being done in steps. Miitomo is the first, absolutely integral, absolutely genius step.

I understand that Miis are Nintendo characters, maybe I should've expanded more. So Miis were a huge deal. A really huge deal! But that was almost 10 years ago. Something like Miitomo would've been a good idea about 5 years ago. Look at sales data for games mainly involving Miis this gen. Wii Sports Club sold terribly. I know Tomodatchi Life did pretty well but not gangbusters. And it seems as if people really don't like the Wii U menu's focus on Miis (no data to support this, just my estimation). Basically, it doesn't seems as though Miis are a big deal anymore, and while they are recognizable, it doesn't seems to be in a good way. I'm worried that when people see someone playing with a Mii on their phone it's simply going to be met with derision and nothing else. 

Also, didn't Iwata or some big wig at Nintendo explicitly state that the goal of mobile games was to attract more people to their dedicated hardware? Am I misremembering?