Miiverse won’t connect with social networks
In interviews we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks, Nintendo has indirectly said that Miiverse won’t be compatible with other social networks. But now Nintendo of Europe’s Laurent Fischer has confirmed outright that it doesn’t work with such sites as Twitter and Facebook.
While speaking about Miiverse, Fischer did say that the system will work on other hardware including mobile phones and laptops.
“What we have discussed so far… I think it is the other way around, from any devices in the future you will be able to access the Miiverse, from mobile phone or laptop. You can check what’s going on and even participate. …I have three devices permanently doing that already, what is our benefit to do so also?”
Fischer also discussed what Wii U offers in the online space and explained how Miiverse will offer a unique experience.
“On the Wii U we do have additional reasons for connecting, we talked about things like the video chat system, nothing revolutionary but it’s going to be convenient, it’s going to be easy.
“And the Miiverse is the one actually that I believe has a very unique feature which is we put ourselves in the situation of making sure the people you can communicate with they are somehow already in a kind of community. The community will be the Wii U owners, who will have this common interest for video games and our expectation about that is it’s going to be a way to enhance the idea of sharing information on the video game.”
Finally, Fischer commented on how Miiverse could be used to encourage others to try out new titles – perhaps genres they wouldn’t have considered.
“One thing that is very important to us is that somehow you could pick up information from people you trust, maybe on games that you wouldn’t consider naturally. Because Miiverse will show you what are the topics or the games played at the moment within the community. And then you may have one interesting comment that will trigger your curiosity and then maybe you will get more information on that game and then at the end what is important to make sure people have different game play experiences. So considering a game that you wouldn’t consider it’s like enlarging your scope in terms of gaming, and that’s the key point for us.”
