Miiverse
Nintendo 3DS family | |
Status | Discontinued on November 8, 2017 (all platforms) |
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Website | Official website (no longer exists) |
Miiverse
Miiverse was announced on June 3, 2012, during a pre-E3 2012 Nintendo Direct event; the service initially launched on the Wii U on November 18, 2012, and was later made available for the Nintendo 3DS on December 9, 2013. A web-based portal was opened on April 25, 2013.[3]
Miiverse was discontinued on November 8, 2017 at 10:00 PM
Features
Miiverse allowed users to seamlessly share accomplishments, comments, and hand written notes with other users. Miiverse was integrated into the system menu of the Wii U and 3DS, but social interactions would also occur within supported games and applications. A user was able to suspend any game (except for
Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata stated that Miiverse would be monitored through software as well as a human resource team in order to ensure that the content shared by users was appropriate and that no spoilers were shared. In addition, posting friend codes on the service was not allowed.[8]
Updates
In February 2013, the Miiverse Code of Conduct was updated and no longer allowed players under the age of 13 years to directly send or receive friend requests within Miiverse.[9] On April 4, 2013, Miiverse was updated to group communities by category, such as "Wii U Games" and "Virtual Console".[10]
On April 25, 2013, Miiverse became available on Internet-enabled
On May 15, 2013, users could attach game screenshots to comments, something that until then could only be done to posts. Additionally, a blocked user could no longer follow the user that blocked them.[13] On May 29, further updates brought some missing features not present in the web version of Miiverse from the Wii U version, such as profile and privacy settings.[14]
On June 12, 2013, the web version of Miiverse was updated that allowed sharing on other social media websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Tumblr.[15][16] On June 26, the character limit for posts and comments was increased from 100 characters to 200 characters.[17] On July 30, the Wii U and web versions of Miiverse were updated to support tags such as "Question" and "Impressions" to user posts. Tags attached by users are colored blue, as opposed to posts made directly from games which are colored green. Tag availability varies by community. On the Wii U version, the character limit for messages to other users was also changed from 100 to 200 characters.[18]
Following the September 11, 2013 update, users could make posts directly to the Activity Feed. These posts would not appear in any community, but would appear in the users', friends', and followers' activity feeds.
On December 9, 2013, the service was launched for the 3DS, along with the implementation of Nintendo Network IDs. Players were unable to submit and manage friend requests or send private messages.[21]
On June 24, 2015, a Miiverse update made all Miiverse restrictions for one user impact all other users on the same console. This was in response to a common tactic of users who were banned simply making another account on the same console.[22]
Redesign
On July 29, 2015, Miiverse redesigned their service with the following changes: users could post to their "Play Journal," save screenshots in their album, post drawings in a separate section in a community and post discussions if they needed help with completing a level in a game. The redesign also added a daily post limit, in which every user on the network could post up to 30 posts a day. However, this also removed the ability to post to the activity feed.[23]
Shutdown
On August 29, 2017, Nintendo of America announced that Miiverse would be permanently discontinued on November 8, 2017.
On January 3, 2018, an unofficial
Legacy
After the removal of public likes on the social media site
Notes
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- ^ The Nintendo Switch does not have native support for Nintendo Network IDs, which was required to use Miiverse.
References
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- ^ Hall, Charlie (July 6, 2017). "Splatoon 2 has a little bit of Miiverse built in". Polygon. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
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- ^ Fletcher, JC (June 7, 2012). "Miiverse messages will be subject to moderation before posting". Joystiq. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ Drake, Audrey (February 7, 2013). "Nintendo Rolls Out Miiverse Update". Retrieved March 4, 2014.
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- ^ "Nintendo Kills Miiverse: Wii U Chat, Features for 100-Plus Games Gone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- ^ Foxx, Chris (August 29, 2017). "Nintendo to close Miiverse social network". BBC News. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
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- ^ "Miiverse Service Discontinuation FAQ | Nintendo Support". en-americas-support.nintendo.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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- ^ "Archiverse – The Massive Miiverse Archive Has Almost 17 TB of Miiverse Memories". January 3, 2018.
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