I-Miitomo linyathelo lokuqala likaNintendo njengomdlalo wevidiyo wentlalo oya kuvula indlela yokongezwa okutsha esiza kukubona kulo nyaka uzayo, ongekabi neentsuku ezimbini zokuba kunye nathi. A 2016 oko kuya kuthetha utshintsho olukhulu lokudlala, ngenxa yenkangeleko yezixhobo ezingcono eziza kwenza ezinye ii-mechanics zomdlalo kunye nemizobo ephezulu. Kwakhona, ukuba sinalo INintendo ekugqibeleni inathiIya kuba yinyani ukuba asinakho ukungahoyi, kuba sijamelene nenye yeenkampani ezinkulu kweli lizwe apho ukonwaba kudlula kuMario Bros okanye uZelda owayekwazi ukuthatha i-RPG iye kubude obukhulu.
U-Isao Moriyasu, uMongameli we-DeNA, ubolekisile Nika ezinye iinkcukacha malunga nokubheja kokuqala kukaNintendo izixhobo ze-smartphone. EMiitomo, abadlali baya kuba nakho ukuthenga iimpahla kubalinganiswa babo ngokusebenzisa imicropayments. UMoriyasu uqinisekisile iinkcukacha ezithe kratya malunga nomdlalo wokuqala wevidiyo oza kuphuhliswa ngumshicileli womdlalo wevidiyo owaziwayo kwisivumelwano ne-DeNA enkulu yaseJapan. Ii-minigames, ii-avatars ze-Mii kunye nezinye iindlela zokuzonwabisa ziyinxalenye yomxholo wodliwanondlebe olwenziwe nguMoriyasu kwiWall Street Journal evula indlela yokufika kwelo bheji lenzelwe ii-smartphones kwaye libizwa ngokuba yiMiitomo.
Miitomo njengehabhu
Ukusuka eMiitomo sasisazi ukuba kuyakuba njalo indawo yamandla kwezentlalo yabadlala umdlalo abazimasa iNintendo ukufikelela kwimidlalo yevidiyo ekumgangatho ophezulu. Masithi sisiseko esiza kuqaliswa kwimidlalo emincinci kwaye apho sinokunxibelelana nabahlobo bethu ukuze sikwazi ukudibana ngokudibeneyo kunye nokuzonwabisa.
Kulapha kanye apho siqokelela khona amagama kamongameli we-DeNA othetha ngendlela Unxibelelwano sisiseko esiphambili seMiitomo, apho abasebenzisi baya kuba nakho ukuthetha nabanye besebenzisa iiMiis «eziya kubonakala ngathi ngabahlobo bakho kubomi bokwenyani», kwaye ngamava lawo anikezelwa ukuba anike ezinye iimvakalelo kunonxibelelwano olusekwe kwisicatshulwa.
Ukugxininisa okongeziweyo, iDeNa iyajonga Nxibelelana neMiitomo kunye noluhlu lwakho lwabahlobo kuFacebook, apho uMoriyasu athi ucinga ukuba kuya kuba mnandi kakhulu ukunxibelelana nabahlobo esingaqhelekanga ukunxibelelana nabo ngale ndlela.
Inethiwekhi eyahlukileyo yoluntu
Uluvo oluthatha ubume obuninzi luhlobo lwenethiwekhi yoluntu kwimidlalo yevidiyo abanokumiliselwa kuyo. Umahluko omkhulu ufumanekile, kwaye njengoko uMoriyasu esitsho, kukuba abasebenzisi baya kuba nencasa yeNintendo eya kukuzisela ulangazelelo kunye nentuthuzelo yokuba kule app yonke imihla. Umahluko kwezinye iinethiwekhi zentlalo ujolise ikakhulu kwezolonwabo, kwaye nangona kunokuba njalo, uninzi luya kuba nemvakalelo yokuba lijamelene nomdlalo wevidiyo yeNintendo ngamafutshane.
Nangona kunjalo, baya kuba nayo iintlawulo ezincinci njengenye yeengongoma eziphambili kulo mdlalo wevidiyo ekuhlaleni obizwa ngokuba yiMiitomo. Izambatho zeMiis ziya kuba zizinto zokuqala ezinokuthengwa ngemali yokwenyani, kodwa uMoriyasu uthi kuya kubakho amathuba amaninzi njengezinto ezinokukhethwa zii-microtransaction ezizayo. Kwaye nangona i-DeNA ingenamava amnandi kakhulu ngale modeli yeshishini leFreemium, imveliso yokugqibela inokujongeka njengenkqubo yengxoxo yeLine, apho ii-micropayments zisetyenziselwa ukufumana izitikha kunye nezinye repertoire.
Okucacayo kuthi kukuba iMiitomo sisiseko sokufika kwemidlalo emincinci kunye nezinye ukubheja ngale nkampani ibizwa ngokuba yiNintendo ukuba ibe yiFacebook yemidlalo yevidiyo kungekudala. Ukuba ngolunye usuku singafikelela kubalinganiswa bayo abangumqondiso okanye inokuba yintoni izibuko labo Mario World kunye nabanye, sisihloko ngolunye usuku kwaye sinethemba lokuba ngaxa lithile baya kuba nakho ukucacisa, ¿¿ngubani ongathandi ukuba noZelda okanye uMario kwi-smartphone yakho?
