Gizmodo: mii

Japanese Police Use Mii Avatar Wanted Poster To Hunt Down Hit and Run Suspect

John Mahoney — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:40:00 EST

How deeply does Nintendo's tendrils penetrate Japanese society? So deeply that this wanted poster was spotted in Kanagawa, and instead of a traditional composite sketch, what's that we have there? A Mii portrait??

No word on the suspect's Wii fit rating, or his preference of dogs vs. cats, in Everybody Votes, but, goddamn, I don't think any joke can improve on this. There it is, too good to be true. [Zaeega via Kotaku, Danny Choo]

Mii Mittens On a Baby Is So Adorable I Can Barely Stand It

Sean Fallon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:00:00 EST

I don't throw around the word "cute" all that often, but this, my friends, is the cutest damn thing I have seen in years.

If you want to make your own Mii mittens (admit it, you love knitting), the instructions are available on Knitty. Besides being adorable, these gloves also prevent thumb sucking, eye poking and the itching of various unpleasant and contagious rashes. [Knitty via Kotaku]

Handcrafted Mii Brooches Gives Your Outfit Some Jennifer-Aniston 'Flair'

Erica Ho — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:00:00 EST

Yeah, I only played the Wii to make my Mii. I was one of those people. Someone even enjoyed it so much they started making Miis offline with the these handcrafted, cute-as-a-button Mii brooches/pins.

You have a choice out of the four Miis already made: Asher, Alyssa, Brianna or Brody. They are available from Etsy for $10.50 a piece. I'm not sure I'd button them on my clothes in public (I might as well play D&D at that rate) unless I had to. Well, if I did that, maybe I could meet my own personal Ron Livingston. Now, that's amore. [Etsy via GeekSugar]

Customized Mii Sculptures Now Available For $79

Jason Chen — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDT

Those Mii Sculptures we told you about last year are finally available for purchase. All you have to do is hand over $79 and a copy of your Mii and the guy will hand-craft it just for you. Some of his other creations, Michael Jackson, Woody Allen and Bill Gates—actually do look a lot like the actual person. We're not sure why the creator decided to make these three the sample images for his site, but we're sure one of them certain won't appreciate being mixed in there with two pedophiles. [Mii Sculpture via Geekologie]

New Mii Channel Headed For the Wii on November 11th

Sean Fallon — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:00:27 EST

A new channel is headed for the Wii that allows users to view and vote on th Mii characters created by others. The new channel can be downloaded for free from the WiiWare section of the Wii Shop Channel starting on November 11th. [Press Release via Ubergizmo]

Dumb Wii Commercials Still Not a Patch On PlayStation Home

www.gizmodo.com — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:26:55 EDT

So, apparently these kids were watching telly at home when some japanese Mulder-and-Scully-wannabes arrive with some white magic wand. Then the whole family gathers around the TV to laugh at grandpa while changing his hairstyle. It's like, oh grandpa, we love you, but you would be so much cooler with an afro wig, man. And then it's like, you know, like everyone is laughing at each other and they can spend hours doing cartoons of other people and stuff.

Or something like that, if you have to believe Nintendo. I have to confess that I like to create Mii characters, but the whole thing is a little bit limited if you don't have an online option, even if it's not as someone-found-the-IKEA-catalog-at-Sony-HQ-cool and sleek as Sony's PlayStation Home. I guess we must wait and see what Miyamoto is creating now. – Jesus Diaz

Clip: New Wii Mii Commercial [Kotaku]

Upcoming Mii Channel Silently Announced

Jason Chen — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:20:27 EST

During the Nintendo Keynote, Nintendo's Miyamoto quietly slipped in a tidbit about an upcoming Wii channel. He said this new channel—as yet unnamed—is going to be a popularity channel where you can compare your Miis to other users and hold popularity contests and vote on the best Mii.

No release date, but this does sound interesting. Maybe they're working on a Home-like feature? – Jason Chen

Rumor: Sony's PlayStation Home to be Achievements + Miis

Jason Chen — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:45:09 EST

Hoping to take great ideas from the both the Xbox 360 and the Wii, Sony's planning to introduce a new PS3 feature called PlayStation Home. This new app/feature is rumored to be a blend of Microsoft's achievements and Nintendo's Miis. How does it work?

Well, the PlayStation Home is a little virtual home in which the avatar you make (your Pii?) will live. When you complete a game, it'll award you with a little trophy or toy to place in your home that your avatar can interact with. Not only that, they're planning to make your avatar social—like MySpace—and have it interact with other people's avatars.

All of this is rumored still, but Sony seems to be doing something big next week at GDC. We're willing to be that this is it. – Jason Chen

Rumor: Sony To Unveil PlayStation Home [Kotaku]

The Cast of The Office Done Mii-style

Jason Chen — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:10:54 EST

If you're one of the millions who still can't manage to get your hands on a Wii, take a look at this set of Miis made to look like the character from the US version of The Office.

We'd have preferred the "real" version (the one with David Brent), if you know what we mean, great job nonetheless. – Jason Chen

Mii Office [Flickr]

Get Your Own Mii Sculpture (Soon)

Jason Chen — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:00:16 EST

Artist Mr. Thiel is trying to gauge public interest in him making custom-designed Mii Sculptures. Are you interested in having a little Mii-representation of yourself sitting on your office desk? Who the hell isn't?

If you are interested, hit him up at miisculpture@allisonqmccarthy.com with the subject line "I want a Mii soon!!!" All emails with two or four exclamation marks will be discarded—he wants three.

Hopefully your Mii sculpture doesn't turn out a blonde penis. – Jason Chen

Project Page [AllisonQMcCarthy via Kotaku]