Miitomo is a smart-device app that sparks one-of-a-kind conversations between you and your friends. It's from Nintendo-and free to start!

Five New Features:
1. Send a message with a Mii!
You can exchange messages with your friends using Mii characters as messengers.

2. Customize your room to perfection!
Unleash your inner interior designer with wallpaper and flooring styles up for grabs through Miitomo Drop.
You can even make in-app posters out of images saved on your device!

3. Strut your stuff in Style Central!
If you've ever wanted to show off your stylish outfits to the world, now you can! Miitomo users all over the world will be able to admire and give hearts to your creations!

4. Satisfy your curiosity with Answer Central.
Answer global questions and see answers from all over the world!

5. Have fun making Sidekick Mii characters!
Create new Mii characters that look like anyone, from fictional characters to anyone in the whole wide world. Decorate their rooms, show off their sharp fashion sense in Sidekick Central, and send them as messengers to your friends!

Basic Features of Miitomo

■ Make a Mii to Look Like You

Miitomo features the Mii characters that debuted on Nintendo's Wii system. Choose from a wide library of facial features to make your Mii look just like you.

After creating your Mii and giving it a nickname, you can further customize how it speaks and even how it moves and behaves.

■ Your Mii Is Your Social Go-Between

In Miitomo, your Mii and your friends' Mii characters act as social go-betweens. Your Mii will ask you questions about those little details about yourself you'd never think to ask. Your friends' Mii characters will do the same.

Your Mii and their Mii characters tell each other these details.

■ Dress Your Mii However You Want

Costumes, streetwear, formal fashion, every-day style-you can find it all in the Miitomo shop.

You can get clothing items with Miitomo coins, which you earn by playing Miitomo. You can also purchase Miitomo coins.

■ Win Prizes From Miitomo Drop

Miitomo features a minigame in which you drop a Mii into a play field, and then watch it bounce around as it falls toward a variety of platforms. You'll win a prize based on where it lands. Some clothing items are available only in Miitomo Drop.

Note: To play Miitomo Drop, you need Miitomo coins, which you earn by playing Miitomo. You can also use game tickets, which you can get as a daily bonus, among other ways. You can also purchase Miitomo coins.

■ Make Your Mii a Star with Miifotos

In Miitomo, you can create images called Miifotos. You can let your creativity go wild, putting your Mii and friends' Mii characters in images you make from a library of stamps, fonts, and backgrounds. You can also use photos from a smart device's camera as backgrounds for Miifoto creations.