On Tuesday, Nintendo released a demo for "Miitopia," a Nintendo Switch title set for release in May. Originally released in 2017 for the Nintendo 3DS, "Miitopia" is a fantasy-adventure role-playing game (RPG) in which four heroes set out to stop a "Dark Lord" who's been stealing people's faces.
As its name suggests, almost every character in "Miitopia" - including both the heroes and the villains - are played by Miis, the customizable avatars originally introduced on the Wii console in 2006. The game encourages players to cast their friends, family members, favorite celebrities, and more as characters.
But in "Miitopia," Nintendo has introduced an advanced Mii Maker with tons of new options and features. With it, it seems that Nintendo's finally aiming to let players design avatars to look like whatever they want. As tweets have shown throughout the week, players are getting creative with the new feature, turning each playthrough into a bizarre and meme-filled adventure.
If you are one of the 100 million people to have owned a Wii since the console's original rollout, you probably remember making Miis for yourself and everyone in your household. The original Mii Maker was a brilliant app, spurred on by games like "Wii Sports," and sparked a creative frenzy in the gaming world and beyond.
This was in spite of how restrictive the Wii's Mii Maker was. Although a dedicated Mii-maker could get some mileage out of it - and many certainly did - Nintendo didn't give players a lot of tools to work with. And while the Wii had internet access, Nintendo never gave it a fuller version of the Mii Maker. Even their later attempts at the Mii Maker, found on the 3DS or in the mobile game "Miitomo," kept options sparse.
With the rollout of the demo, players are going viral on Twitter for their recreations of fictional characters, memes, and works of art - including the Mona Lisa.
Here are ten of the most jaw-dropping avatar creations that Twitter users said they made on "Miitopia," each paired with a photo of the original subject.