Miitopia

Miitopia is a role-playing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS, with a remastered version released for the Nintendo Switch. Set in the eponymous land of Miitopia, the game features a fully customizable cast of Mii avatars in roles ranging from protagonists and non-player characters to antagonists. Its narrative centers on a party of Mii adventurers as they journey to defeat the Dark Lord, who is responsible for stealing the faces of Miitopia's inhabitants. Miitopia sees each of the player's Miis, all assuming different character classes, explore hostile areas linearly strewn about a hub world and fight monsters by way of a turn-based battle system. Only the player's central Mii can be controlled during fights, with all other party members being computer-controlled. In between combat encounters, inns are visited where the Miis rest, eat food, converse amongst each other, and form interpersonal relationships in a manner similar to a life simulation game. Miitopia was first conceived as "an enhanced version" of the Mii-centric StreetPass Quest adventure games included within StreetPass Mii Plaza, a built-in application for the 3DS. Inspiration was also taken from producer Kouichi Kawamoto's personal experiences with character customizability in a Nintendo Entertainment System RPG. Having the Miis fight monsters and bicker amongst each other autonomously, without player input, was born from a desire to make them more lifelike. Miitopia was released in Japan on December 8, 2016 and worldwide in 2017 for the 3DS. A remastered version co-developed by Grezzo for the Switch released on May 21, 2021. The 3DS version of Miitopia sold 1.22 million copies by December 31, 2022, while the Switch version sold 1.79 million copies as of November 2023. Both received mixed reviews; outlets praised the game's artistic presentation and life simulation elements—many directly comparing it to Tomodachi Life...