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Miitomo

Nintendo's first smartphone app turned friends' answers into Mii conversations and surreal photos, then deleted the social space worldwide after two years.

HOW CLOSE TO REALITY100/100
CATEGORYGames
LIFECYCLE2016—2018
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Quick facts

Existence state
Officially Gone
Peak stage
general availability
Research confidence
high
Last verified
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What it was

A formally released social application built around Nintendo Mii characters, questions and image creation.

Users dressed avatars, answered personal prompts, discovered friends' responses and composed shareable Miifoto scenes.

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Existence timeline

App announced

Nintendo reveals its first smartphone application.

Japanese launch

Miitomo opens before its international rollout.

Worldwide expansion

The social app reaches major overseas markets.

Closure announced

Coin sales end and users receive advance notice.

Service ends

All regions close simultaneously.

Official site closes

Nintendo removes the remaining product website.

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Why it ended

Nintendo ended service globally on 9 May 2018 because continuing usage had declined and operational resources were being redirected.

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Last confirmed trace

Nintendo's Australian support page, surviving Miifoto images, videos and account avatars preserve fragments of the social experiment.
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What it left behind

Miitomo gave Nintendo operational experience for later mobile games while leaving behind a particularly personal body of user-created images.

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How we classified it

The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.

Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.

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Sources & verification

Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.

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