How were Miis created?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2018
- A brief history of how Nintendo's Mii characters were developed, from their beginnings on the NES up to the Wii!
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Sources
- • Mii Prototype Developm...
- www.gamespot.com/articles/nin...
- www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks...
- www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks...
- web.archive.org/web/201102211... (This was a last minute find which saved the video!)
Game Footage
- • Mario Artist: Talent S...
- • Mario Artist Talent St...
Music
- Backed Vibes (Clean) - Kevin Macleod of incompetech.co.uk
- The rest of the music is from Epidemic Sound + the piano at the end is, unsurprisingly, by me. - เกม
Everyone gansta till Miiyamoto says “you guys are useless”
You missed the opportunity to say Mii-yamoto
@@mahagonysketches7603 yessss
Miiyamoto is officially more gangsta than Guzma.
@@mahagonysketches7603 no cause he can edit his comment
@@flooshm I came before the edit genius
"you guys are useless"
-shigeru miyamoto
more like
miiyamoto
haha
sorry
@@kotoriminami8296 i want die
Japan is a polite country, after all, can't expect anything too harsh in the language's vocabulary.
Muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda
*cries in cringe*
I bet Miyamoto had the most satisfying “I told you so” moment ever when this project became such a success
“I told you so” moments are for big-headed westerners. Being so smug/gererally being an asshole to your colleages is un-japanese.
@@NIgHTMaReFortyTwo
You ar amazing
@@NIgHTMaReFortyTwo It's a fucking joke you flaccid eggshell
@@redcreed_ Its a joke. Calm down.
@@NIgHTMaReFortyTwo Tf is “un-Japanese”?
2007: Casual miis of themselves.
2020: *burger face mii*
My Nintendo switch accounts are the same names with beef boss in the same expression and pose. I am a big fan of poofesure
@@weecritikal LOL im a fan of Poofesure
Literally one of my first Miis was Hitler.
@@grillygrilly but *w h y*
peter griffin mii lol
Im so glad Miis exist on the Wii. The Wii just wouldn't be the same with out them
*Wii wouldn't be the same without them
No Name For You lol
Peanut Free Meatloaf Yeah
My most viewed video wouldn't exist without them, so I'm truly glad that they do!
And Wii U! (And Nintendo Switch!)
Ahh the good old days on the Wii where you can make horrific creations with the press of a button
but you can still do it so it isnt the good old days it is now
And now you can make them look even worse
One of my favorite pastimes is to turn on grayscale and try to make a mii.
I made decent ones
Majestic
"How could this be a game?"
At the time it would be hard to imagine how popular dress up games are now
Gacha club: 🧍♀️
@@Reyvion that's true
Yeah and this th-cam.com/video/7xma7q0ShD4/w-d-xo.html
you see with gacha you can actually make animations lol, other ones are literally just some Barbie png and whatever clothing pngs, and that’s it, just dress up without games and stuff.
How Miis changes over time:
Wii: Created
3DS and after: Got limbs
ok
I have a Wii and they have limbs
@@SFSAtlas wiis were updated to have limbs too
But only in some games
Miyamoto’s ideas getting cancelled more than the beauty community
Because James Charles is in the thumbnail.
@@vitamin227 that doesn't make sense
AAAAAA
Brian Smith u don’t have a sense of humor do u?
Lol
You gotta admire Miyamoto’s persistence here. You know, for some reason, he must have really liked the idea, and kept with it, not giving up hope, for decades.
And ended up making something equally as iconic as the best selling home console Nintendo ever made.
A character customizer is simply such a simple concept. But so intriguing if done right.
Case in point, the number of hours people spend in the Skyrim character customiser
Becky C. 🅱️eter Griffin Mii
Yeah. Had he given up, Miis would’ve never existed.
Velleity är en gång till jag kan komma 💩 det kommer att få en gång n
Okay everyone I just woke up from sleeping and I must have wrote that in my dream, sorry.
Nintendo: You can make yourself a character!
Me: **Creates a dinosaur**
Lol
Lmao so true
Me: haha burger
Me:hahaha slendy boiiiii and small and big face giiiiiiirl hahaha Steve Minecraft hhahahahahahahahahhah sans undertale hhheheheheheheheheheheheh *proceeds to visibly die*
Also me creates the Mario characters
This never mentioned Tomodachi Life or Collection. Only a small picture of The Tomodachi Collection thubnail icon it there in the video
I love that game so much it’s sad they didn’t put it in
That game is newer tho
@@batkittii yea, I can't wait until it comes out for the switch
@@glitxhhh nah this video was made 2 years ago. Tomodachi Collection was made in 2009 and tomodachi life was made in 2013
If it wasn't for Miis we wouldn't have the iconic Mii Plaza music! (Which I've been hearing in a lot various videos as of late....)
Oh, that's true! I always get it stuck in my head. All praise Hazuki Totaka!
@@ThomasGameDocs What ever the composers over at Nintendo are eating/drinking to make icoinc videogame music....Give me some!
I literally still knew that tune, and got it intermittently stuck in my head after not hearing it for over four years.
After reading this comment, its stuck in my head.
whats the mii plaza music i never got to hear it since it was taken down D:
Miyamoto: aight i got This idea, about making fac-
Nintendo colleagues: *let me stop you right there*
😂
Hahaha bruh that is so funny 😂
“You guys are useless”
- Nintendo Switch
"Not anymore"
-Miitopia
Is that a Ponyo profile picture???????????????
@@nightfall_9411 yep 👌🏽
@@looney_kitsune4344 yep
GIVE HIM TO ME! ÆEEEUGH!
2007's people: Mii are so cool! We can create and customize our character!
Miitopia players: *let's introduce ourselves*
Nintendo switch sports: **ahem**
Switch Miitopia's character customisation opens so many doors
@@Shenanigans_333 everyone AAAAAA!!
Miis are like the best thing nintendo could have thought of making and I think it was so much so that Microsoft wanted to do the same with the Xbox live characters. Tímida Chi Life. And Miitopia really shows the potential of miis and how the new customization from miitopia can be HUGE for more games and hopefully a new and improved tomodachi life
why is there a 4K picture of james charles in the thumbnail
Lol XD
😂😂
Yep
Because why not
lololol
“miyamoto no”
“miyamoto yes”
“MIYAMOTO NO”
“MIYAMOTO YES”
*MIYAMOTO MAYBE*
@@nickwilliams8504 *MIYAMOTO PERHAPS*
@@svis6888 *MIYAMOTO DEPENDS*
@@nickwilliams8504 *MIYAMOTO WHY NOT*
Now I’m imagining Miyamoton, I love/hate that very much
The people at Nintendo: "no one would want to play a game about making characters"
The entire Sims 4 TH-cam fandom: Are y0u sURe aB0uT tThAt?
the same could be said for the sims 2 and 3. i cant even compare how much time i spent in the sims 3 creator to the sims 4 lol
*Gacha Studio, Gachaverse, Gacha Life and Gacha Club have entered the chat*
People like role playing and/or goof around with stories and characters, that's why games like Dungeons and Dragons we're and still are appealing, because everyone likes to create characters (or at least a large amount of people like to)
@@vflowersimp gacha bad /j
Vroid
Imagine being called useless by Miyamto. That must've hurt.
I wish mii's were used more in the switch tho
@HANNAH COATES mii three
ReineeDae mii four
Mii five
mii 6
NESova.RAR Mii 7
I love how the face at 0:58 is made out of japanese characters.
I'm glad someone noticed that! It's actually a thing in Japan, called "henohenomoheji" (that's what you get if you read out all the letters!)
It's a henohenomoheji!!
Oh yeah I just commented that too lol.
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Lolol
Yeah
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What
I love how determined miyamoto was on this
I died when Miyamoto told his team "You're useless!".
Miyamoto: Tries adding his idea to every new console
Snes: am I a joke to you?
I'm sure he would have tried it with the Sony Playstation add-on if that didn't fall through.
Or the color tv game
they should show this video in schools
D'Angelo Wallace woah, it’s him
they really should, it’s freaking amazing-
7:03
Mii's sounds like me's, so he means "how was me's created?" And with the thumbnail with that first ugly face, you can tell what it means, while him saying in schools so it seems like this guy is saying students from schools can sometimes be ugly. Haha, good one even if I'm wrong
But why tho
How would it help in school just asking
“When two Miis love each other veeery much...”
I still want tomodachi life on the switch now.
7:00
“You guys are useless”
Myamoto
"Now this channel has 1,000 subscribers, which I still can't believe."
Yeah me neither. You're putting out content that's wothy of 100k.
Haha, thanks! This is only my 5th upload so it's still early days, but I really appreciate that!
100mil*
He's not even at 100k... he was at 1k at the time, now he's at 8k, check your writing
TheGamer whosucks he never said that he had 100k
Oh wait I see what he's saying now okay
Amazingly, Miis are still supported today.
Fun fact: Did you know that the only way to transfer Miis from 3DS and Wii U to the Switch is through amiibo? Like, one by one.
Wow, that sounds annoying. I really like Nintendo but they definitely have their, shall we say, quirks...
@@gh0stbn356 posting subreddits outside of reddit? That's pretty cringe ngl
Ghostbo 100 Woah there, no need to get angry just because furries exists. thats pretty cringe, dude
@Ghostbo 100
And here we have the guy who nobody asked for
no one is allowed to like things anymore
“I can’t believe we are almost in 2019!”
Oh! I remember when earth existed outside of my house! Good times good times.
I would time travel back there, but I don’t want to be responsible for ruining a perfectly non-apocalyptic year by accidentally bringing Corona with me. Damn time quarantine.
@save the fudge I don't wanna start a fight but why are you rude
Miyamoto: Let me show you something i call...
Nintendo colleagues: NO
NO is my favorite
I love Miis, I hope a Tomodachi Life 2 will make them useful again. I loved that game.
Ikr
Yess
YES
still play that game :)
More like "Tomodachi Life 3", but I STRONGLY agree!
The Mii on the left of the thumbnail is my sleep paralysis demon
Don't you mean james charles?
Hhhhh RT fan over here
I didn't know sleep paralysis demon could also have a sleep paralysis demon
Terri Peele we do
You... I hate you..
When I got my Wii U, I was very disappointed to find they removed the ability to transfer Miis via Wiimotes from the old Wii. Also, the process of transferring data from the Wii to Wii U was a one-way, destructive process, meaning I’d lose everything on the old console. Additionally, that option was a very bad idea, because some of my most played Wii games would lose the ability to be played with GameCube controllers (Smash Bros. Brawl & Mario Kart Wii, specifically.)
In the end, I had to borrow a cousin’s 3DS (which I didn’t have) to transfer my 70 Miis from my Wii to his 3DS and then to my Wii U.
Why, Nintendo, why? It’s no wonder the Wii U did so poorly in the market.
Ok I know I’m super late but at 9:16 that’s literally Larry, Mia and Gumshoe from ace attorney (can’t believe I realized that two years after the vid was originally published)
now i get to learn where my mii brethren came from
alright harold sit down and listen to the story of ur ancestors
Oh hey there!
CASEY!
:D
Hiiiiiii ☺️☺️
LMAO
The thumbnail scares me.
Good
How does it scare you?
@@deeangel1711 angry fat white guy. Its weird.
Ok. I knew that..
@@andreacorrea5921 it looks like reggie ngl
(5:00) No, complicated characters does not mean large file sizes.
Because all a character is in these games are what settings are chosen, so the file size is only determined by the amount of options chosen. So reduce the amount of options, and the file size shrinks.
When you transfer a Mii to the remote, you aren't transferring the 3D models. You are only transferring the settings of that Mii (and that it is a Mii). For example, Xbox avatars are more detailed, for sure, but they lack any option of position, size, rotation for the facial features, meaning less options, meaning a potential smaller file size than a Mii character. ... again, you aren't transferring the 3D models, only each individual value in the settings of that character.
It's funny how Miyamoto's colleagues questioned his idea, when Funny Face came out on DOS in 1990, which is basically a simplistic version of "Make someone you know".
I didn't realize they were so important to him. That makes it so special that they're everywhere in Nintendo stuff now.
I wish Mii games were still around. I would kill for a Nintendo Land 2.
I agree Scoob.
Although i wouldnt end any lives for it.
I loved that game! So much fun with family and friends!
I would like to play Miitopia 2 on the switch. Or maybe a port
I’d love tomodachi life 2, just for shits and giggles
Can we just appreciate how calm his voice is-
Watching this video reminded me that it can sometimes take 20 years for an idea to come to fruition. Persevere and don't give up on your ideas!!
Sakurai: “That would be smashing”
Me: “Ah I see what he did there”
*Insert Smash Bros theme song here*
Miyamoto: "You guys are useless."
Me: **cries forever until the end of time**
With Nintendo Switch Sports on the horizon, I think it's time we go back see how the Miis became popular on their first step.
I love this channel. All the big and small details added, the super fun facts, and the variety of videos you make. You deserve way more subscribers.
Miyamoto? More like *Mii* yamoto
Yes
Wolfette Plays add a space after *mii* yamoto
spongeo ad a d after *ad* a space ;)
DLC ENERGY I just misspelled it. Jeez.
spongeo ad Loueez after *Jeez.*
Miaymoto never gave up on his idea. Took him 20 years and he still did it. That’s inspiring
へ べ
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も
へ
0:57
lol
Your channel has popped up on my home page every day for the last 3 days. I have clicked on the videos every day, and thoroughly enjoyed them. Thanks TH-cam for the recommendation and thank you Thomas for the videos!
20 years this guy perservered with his idea!
Give that man a cookie
You have such a pleasant voice to litsen to
Haha, thanks! Maybe I should apply for a job at Audible ;)
(also, love the Edgeworth profile pic!)
Nice edgeworth pfp
@@laughableclown2377 EDGEYBOOOOOOOOOOOI
What the hell is "litsen"?
@@acexyrder508 You know damn well he meant to say listen, it's just a typo.
8:48 that's literally just Mia Fey and Larry Butz lmao
Ironically watching this towards the end of the year. Congrats on all the growth throughout these 4 years.
Miis are my favorite part of nintendo! I'm so glad Miyamoto never quit on the miis!
“Mii” too!
Game add-ons: Exist
Shigeru’s colleagues: Dammit Shigeru, not again.
I never really cared about miis till' Tomodachi Life. Watching them get married, have kids, and fight make me invested in the them.
On the Wii, other than making them or playing with them, all you could do is watch them talk, sneeze, fall asleep, or fall over. The concept of Tomodachi Life was amazing to me, that they could more deeply interact with each other and do so much more than that.
We need a sequel to Tomodachi Life with a lot of new stuff like, new song genres, roommates, Nintendo Switches to give to the miis, room and clothing customization, heck maybe even same gender marriages.
@@slayjay5741 I'd like to see all of those features.
What do you think should be in Tomodachi Life 2? @Amelia
@@slayjay5741 there should be a option where you can choose more genders and sexualitys where you can choose BTG (boy to girl)
GTB (girl to boy) Non Binary
Gender-Fluid
And the sexualitys are!
Pansexual (anyone likes anyone no matter the gender)
Gay (boys date boys)
Lesbian (girls dates only girls)
Bisexual (Person Dates Girls and Boys)
Asexual ( doesn't date anyone)
Poly (Can Date More Than One Person)
This is one of the most well edited video I have seen keep making them 😀😀
Miyamoto must have been like: "FINALLY!" when he was able to use Miis at least.
8:48 and 9:08 kinda looks like Larry Butz and Mia Fey from Ace Attorney...
10:28 Another Ace Attorney reference? Psycho Locks? nice.
Haha, yeah, I was very tired when editing this video, so I put in a bunch of Ace Attorney references ;)
I was like: ....wait isn't that Larry and Mia?
Don't forget Dick Gumshoe at 8:20 hehe
haha yes someone else noticed
right when they showed up I went straight to the comments to see if anyone caught it
Bayne d'Ahl that as well
7:10
Miiyamoto: "What!? Dammit, this is what I've been trying to do for 25 fucking years! How come YOU guys couldn't make this happen, but these guys accidentally did it?!"
9:08
Hold The fuck up
Aint these, Gumshoe, Larry cand Mia?
Fast forward to the Nintendo Switch which seems to be hiding the concept of Miis more than it ever did. This angers my profile icon.
@@bessieburnet9816 yeah like tomodachi life 2
Or Miitopia 2
Or a Wii Sports/Wii Sports Resort port
Or a Nintendo Land-like game
Shalom kitty yes I would live that
11:00 "Miyamoto can sometimes be overideolized"
Smash Players:
what a warm hearted informational video! I appreciated this!
Your voice and background music are very calming to listen along to. How nice!
Shigeru Miyamoto, the father of Mario, is also the father of the Nintendo Miis?! That's amazing! I love hearing about the development history to how the Miis were created. If I could I would thank everyone involved in the creation of the Miis. Thanks for the amazing video.
Thanks for your super kind comment! I'm really glad you liked the video! Also yeah, Shigeru Miyamoto is an absolutely amazing guy - he's contributed to an unbelievable number of different projects!
I believe Miyamoto is 90% of Nintendo!
He is also the father of two human children.
Let's not forget that he wasn't the only one who came up with the idea, even if he did 20 years prior, since the other team had made a lot of progress on their own. So he's not the only creator of Miis.
Mario:I have siblings?!
Miyamoto:Yup! here they are!
(Over infinity miis stampede into the room)
(Later)
( Mario and the rest of the super mario character are hiding in the bathroom)
Mario:Ok... i-a-think were-a-safe in here!
(MII COMES OUT OF TOILET)
Chika (my mii):Hi Onii-chan! (They live in Japan, what did you expect?)
Mario and the super mario cast:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
"And now this channel has 1000 subscribers!"
TH-cam: _I'm about to start this man's whole career_
Incredible how Thomas says thank you for 1000 subscribers, and here we are now closing into 100,000 subscribers.
Well done mate, you deserve it.
I don't know why, that last bit made me so emotional. You have such a nice sweet voice and your videos are very enjoyable. I subscribed :).
Sakurai - "That would be smashing."
Tokata - "More canine jaw, KK?"
I see you.
lmao i find myself editing my mii often, im never happy with it for some reason
i love miis tho
oh wow same thing.
@Useless Turtle Pie no
😂😂😂😂
I love them too
Even tho this video is one of his older ones, it’s still one of the best honestly.
10:47
Staff : *heheehehehehhhhehehehe*
Boss : *hrrhrhrhrhrhrrrrrrhrhrrrhrr*
Amount of times Miyamoto tried to release Mii's
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It's not gonna work
shut the hell up
nah
You like beggers are useless!
stfu🤩
I believe the faces in Talent Studio were eventually used in Face Raider for the 3DS. At least the facial animations look very similar.
They do look similar! It could well have been inspired by it, I wouldn't be surprised!
That's what I thought when I saw footage of it. The way they blink is similar. Yeah, the idea of using photos of real people's faces definitely came from there.
I love how determined he was! Makes me think that all of us should just give our ideas a try, and stay determined to get it out there
And who knows, maybe there's someone out there who could help you on your journey with a similar idea
i hope they add more stuff, like giving a rainbow of skin colours like how they did for hair and to put anything anywhere and rotate it and size it as much as i want. thatd be fun
Nintendo: releases a new console
Shygeru miyamoto:
*I HAVE AN IDEA*
Why does the thumbnail make the old mii look like James Charles
i am so happy mii's are still a thing on the switch! they are a big part of my childhood and still miin a lot to me. i love them.
I’ve seen this countless times yet this still surprises me
More like Mii yamato
I'm so sorry jesus
The main cause of warps in all of reality RUUUDE
Beautiful joke
You'll sii yourself out.
@@user-jl7cz2pe6d I need to pii
Bizzare mediocre gaming btw that was funniii
Everyone gangsta till they found out that the Wii shop was closing down for life was said but never bought anything.
I remember we always had a blast at home making a Mii for our guests before we played, there was always a lot of laughs
That actually looks so good why would they dislike 2:22
Sakurai: if a New set of eyebrows were added It would be *Smashing*
Is that a reference?
Yup! UwU
@@faethefairy2274 STOP! YOU VIOLATED THE LAW! PAY THE COURT A FINE OR SERVE YOUR SENTENCE, YOUR STOLEN GOODS ARE NOW FORFEIT.
@@bracoeth PLEASE YOUR OMNIPOTENCE! HAVE MERCY!
@@faethefairy2274 I'm confused
Nobody:
Shigeru Miyamoto: (to his team) "You guys are useless!"
Dead meme
In the 1 year that this comment has existed, I'm glad it only has 45 likes.
I have watched this video so many times idk why but its so relaxing and interesting
There is something great to be learned from this: don't just trash failed ideas forever. I found this kinda inspirational. Thanks :)
In the future this will be standard stuff taught in all history classes
the dude in the thumbnail looks like James Charles lol
Ducky that’s insulting to the dude.
Ik 😂😂😭😭
@Ducky why are you upside down?
Bagel In Your Soup no one knows, they never will
Madclaw 01 nice pfp
"I've seen noses I've never seen in Japanese people before" is hilarious to me.
Making the perfect Mii is like assembling all 5 pieces of exodia
Miyamoto persisted so much in this project of faces that worked
You've reached a good balance with your sound effects, keep it up!
Thanks, that's good to know!
Ur almost in 2019, ha! We’re in the middle of 2021!
Luv ur vids!
9:57 "that would be smashing"
good easter egg boi