Nintendo closes Miitomo, its first application for Android.
Nintendo closes Miitomo, its first application for Android.
Nintendo is closing Miitomo, the first Android application in its history that reached the Google Play Store in mid-March 2016. The company announced the decision on Thursday, clarifying that Miitomo's servers will cease operations on May 9, while Miitomo coins are no longer available. to buy, having been sold yesterday for the last time. People who still use Miitomo daily to play Miitomo Drop will be able to continue doing so for the next three and a half months, and Nintendo will decide to provide daily login bonuses in the form of Miitomo coins and tickets to the game. until the service is suspended.
The decision to close the platform was taken less than two years after its launch, which is indicative of mediocre performance. Despite a strong start that saw a million downloads accumulate in three days, Miitomo could not maintain its momentum; The Japanese entertainment giant shared its user numbers for the last time at the end of April 2016, when it said that the application had been downloaded by 10 million people. To date, Miitomo has up to 50 million downloads for Android only, according to the estimate presented as part of its Google Play Store list, although most of that number presumably does not belong to active users. None of the functions of the application can be used after Nintendo turns off its servers this spring, while the elements obtained from the application, such as wallpaper, posters and digital clothing, will also be lost.
The Mii character created within the application can still be transferred to the Nintendo account before the service is suspended, but you can only save its appearance, while your general information and personality can not be. The Sidekick Mii characters can be transferred to the Mii Maker application for the Wii U and 3DS consoles by saving them as QR codes before the end of the service. The Miitomo icons, clothing and Miifotos can not be seen or used after the interruption, regardless of whether they were previously shared on social networks or used in The Miracle Sidekick characters can be transferred to the Mii Maker application for Wii consoles U and 3DS saving them as QR codes before the end of the service.