Do you know miitomo is a Nintendo app it got discontinued and some fan made revive it like tomiimo and kaerutomo and can you rate it?
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Hank LedgerA viewer on bbn.live asks if we know Miitomo, the Nintendo app that was shut down, and whether we'd rate the fan-made revivals, Tomiimo and Kaerutomo.
Kenji MoonfieldKnow it? Hank, Miitomo was a head of state.
Kenji MoonfieldNintendo launched it in two thousand sixteen, you made a Mii and it talked to your friends' Miis, and Nintendo shut it down in two thousand eighteen.
Hank LedgerYour friends' little cartoon people had conversations?
Kenji MoonfieldDaily. About favorite foods. It was the most civilized society ever built on a phone, and now the fan revivals are the government in exile.
Hank LedgerExile.
Kenji MoonfieldFans rebuilt the servers from the outside, and every Mii is a citizen waiting for the call home.
Kenji MoonfieldI can't vouch for either revival's current status, because we have no fresh reporting on them, and unofficial projects can vanish or get shut down by the company that owns the original.
Hank LedgerSo the rating is: love the idea, check the source before you hand over anything personal. And those citizens, they've been waiting a long time.
Kenji MoonfieldAsk us anything at bbn.live. And Hank, I'm told your Mii is still standing in that hallway.