Miitopia

Miitopia is a special game, marrying the quirky style and interactions of Tomodachi Life with fun, addictive RPG-style gameplay and progression. It’s a fitting celebration of the Mii concept, perfect for short bursts of play, and an absolute riot with the right group of Miis — if you’ve ever wanted to take your friends on a grand adventure, complete with silly cosplay and relationship drama, this is a perfect way to do it. Its streamlined take on the genre won’t be for everyone, but for players willing to relinquish some control and trust in their Miis, Miitopia is a wonderful ride.

Miitopia is a simple RPG with a few very unmodern character-creating mechanics. Whether you are charmed by Miis or not is certainly your own prerogative, but the gameplay itself is perfect for beginner RPG players with its focus on relationships between your party members. Longtime RPG players may find a good time in its relative simplicity.

If you're looking for an RPG with a hard-hitting story and heavy depth in combat, Miitopia is not what you're looking for. Everything about this game feels simplistic, from the combat, to the dialogue, and all through the story twists. That doesn't mean Miitopia isn't a good time, though. I still enjoyed my time with Miitopia, mostly because of the blend of pen-and-paper storytelling with Sims-style character building.

From the outside, Miitopia may just look like yet another Mii game that is trying to cash in on the success of the Wii generation. But buried within that exterior that's reminiscent of a bygone era is a fun little romp of an RPG.

Miitopia is an irreverent, hilarious casual RPG which is nearly impossible to put down. With the ability to create your own characters, import from Tomodachi Life, or pull premade characters from Mii Central, your game is certain to be full of a diverse group of characters from all across popular culture. This full length game has a charming aesthetic, an expanding story and a huge map to explore. Endlessly silly, strangely addictive, and easy to play thanks to the auto-battle feature, Miitopia is a delightfully ridiculous game which is perfect for the casual gamer in search of a reason to smi...

Miitopia begins with the evil Dark Lord stealing almost everyone’s face and transferring these stolen faces to his army of evil minions. The story follows a cycle of entering a town or kingdom, Mii citizens losing their faces, then hunting down the minions wearing the Mii faces. You’ll meet different characters, most of which you can cast, but ultimately the story doesn’t deviate too much. There’s a silliness to the story that helps fend off some of the boredom, and I can appreciate the need for a simpler story to appeal to a larger audience, but I still couldn’t help but find myself growing w...

Miitopia is certainly unique in its execution, but the core RPG framework for the title is far from innovative. In that regard, the it's one of the more accessible turn-based role-playing games currently available on the Nintendo 3DS, and this is made even better by the often-bizarre blank canvas that users have at their disposal.

If the whole game was more open, Miitopia would have been more fun, but the game's repetitive and linear nature starting to frustrate me as a got further in the title. Miitopia's excellent soundtrack and undeniable charm did get me to play all the way through, just to see what funny characters and situations I would run into next, but not much else kept me super interested and intrigued. If you have never played an RPG before, or you like the quirky character interactions and charm of most typical Nintendo games, you will probably find something to enjoy here, just be aware that if you don't p...

Remember the Mii avatars? When the Wii first launched they were amazing, a miniature caricature of yourself that you could insert into a variety of games - it’s a brilliant concept, one which Nintendo are yet to abandon, even in the Switch, their next generation of Nintendo systems. But at some point, the Miis stopped being simple avatars and started developing their own personalities, behaviors, and more. No, this isn’t a story about how a rogue Mii AI became sentient and started taking over the world, instead, Miis started playing their own games.

Miitopia’s great character creation is wasted on a shallow, repetitive RPG experience.

Miitopia's charm wears out quick, and saves the best for last.

Nintendo is good at finding ways to keep its Miis relevant. What started out as a personal novelty for Wii Sports has evolved into much more. With the Nintendo 3DS, Miis became a representation of ourselves for the system’s street pass function, wherein we got to play a series of silly games with the Miis we met on our travels. Then Nintendo created its definitive game for the Miis, Tomadachi Life. In this game you simply lived out a fictional life with your friends. It was simple but appealed to a decent audience. Now there is Miitopia, an RPG that expresses a deeper use for Miis as a whole.