Nintendo's quirky little "Mii" service may or may not incite a tingling sensation in your gamer glands, but chances are that you'll be making a little digital avatar of yourself before long. At the Nintendo press event, the lengthy creation of an avatar of Samuel L. Jackson was shown, which paged through just about every menu in the software. A programming demon of a fanboy (thanks, Yann!) decided to faithfully and painstakingly recreate the entire process in a flash-based applet, and thus you now have the ability to create your future Mii from the comfort of Nintendo Wii Fanboy. How convenient!
We were able to recreate reasonable facsimiles of ourselves, but only after quite a bit of playing around. Does this feature need more options? We say yes ... unlockables through gamer achievements, anyone?
[via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (18)
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 12:06PM (Unverified) said
Vincent's Mii is featured in his belated blog post @ http://www.pixelparables.com/blog
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 12:33PM (Unverified) said
that mii creator is not as extensive as the real thing. They don't even have the eye color options!
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 12:39PM (Unverified) said
is eye color really that important?
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 12:47PM (Unverified) said
Somehow I doubt the real Mii will let us get away with designs like these:
http://img436.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mcdslt2.jpg
http://img436.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mcdslt2.jpg
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 1:53PM (Unverified) said
heres mine..... meh... the system still needs improvement
it looks sorta like me tho.
http://img55.imageshack.us/my.php?image=joesmiigw3.jpg
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1676/joesmiigw3.jpg
it looks sorta like me tho.
http://img55.imageshack.us/my.php?image=joesmiigw3.jpg
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1676/joesmiigw3.jpg
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 3:55PM (Unverified) said
it was pretty fun to play around with. I'll be loving this Mii channel. Sort of like the Sims people making addiction.
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 4:32PM (Unverified) said
HA! Gozan made the McDonalds logo!
But I have to say, if people are having fun with a simulator, how fun is the real thing gonna be?
But I have to say, if people are having fun with a simulator, how fun is the real thing gonna be?
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 4:57PM Nmaster64 said
It needs two key features:
Export to .gif or .png (transparency FTW)
The color black
Export to .gif or .png (transparency FTW)
The color black
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 5:06PM SirSquirrels said
I went a little overboard. :-) I made one of me, my girlfriend and my brother.
Me: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/ryguy88games/MiiandMeComparison.jpg
Elyse: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/ryguy88games/LeeseyandLiisiiComparison.jpg
Andrew: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/ryguy88games/AndrewandAndiiComparison.jpg
Me: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/ryguy88games/MiiandMeComparison.jpg
Elyse: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/ryguy88games/LeeseyandLiisiiComparison.jpg
Andrew: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/ryguy88games/AndrewandAndiiComparison.jpg
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 6:23PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 6:24PM accure said
@ Ryan:
you remind me of Alex from the film "Clockwork Orange." Great movie.
you remind me of Alex from the film "Clockwork Orange." Great movie.
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 7:47PM (Unverified) said
mii here:
http://notawesome.wordpress.com/2006/10/03/its-mii/
I've sinced tweaked the eyes, nose and face shape since I posted that this morning. But oh well. Still pretty happy with it.
http://notawesome.wordpress.com/2006/10/03/its-mii/
I've sinced tweaked the eyes, nose and face shape since I posted that this morning. But oh well. Still pretty happy with it.
Posted: Oct 3rd 2006 8:11PM Geirskogul said
Posted: Oct 4th 2006 4:52PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Oct 4th 2006 5:06PM (Unverified) said
Nintendo is japanese.
Japanese have black hair.
I also have black hair.
Why cant i have black hair?!
Japanese have black hair.
I also have black hair.
Why cant i have black hair?!
Posted: Oct 4th 2006 6:34PM (Unverified) said
Here is a picture of me next to a picture of Mii.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b343/jayspectre/MiiandMeComparisoncopy.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b343/jayspectre/MiiandMeComparisoncopy.jpg
Posted: Oct 4th 2006 10:25PM (Unverified) said
I had alot of fun doing this! Thanks to the person who created this little preview!
Here's a real picture of me next to my Wii version:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k243/willowwind79/mandaandmii.jpg
Here's a real picture of me next to my Wii version:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k243/willowwind79/mandaandmii.jpg
Posted: Nov 29th 2006 2:20AM (Unverified) said
If you've ever seen The Office on NBC you might find it funny that the website lifeintheoffice.com has been using this mii generator to create characters from the show. go check it out!
