I-Miitomo iwumdlalo wokuqala ka-Nintendo njengomdlalo wevidiyo wokuxhumana nabantu ozovula indlela yokwengezwa okusha esizokubona onyakeni olandelayo, okusele ngisho nezinsuku ezimbili ukuthi ube nathi. I-2016 ezosho ushintsho olukhulu lwemidlalo, ngenxa yokubukeka kwehadiwe engcono ezonika amandla ezinye izinsimbi zemidlalo kanye nezithombe eziphezulu. Futhi, ukuthi sinakho INintendo ekugcineni inathi, Kuzoba iqiniso ukuthi asikwazi ukungakunaki, ngoba sibhekene nenye yezinkampani ezinkulu kulo mhlaba lapho ezokuzijabulisa zidlula khona ngoMario Bros noma ukuthi uZelda okwazile ukuyisa i-RPG endaweni ephakeme.
U-Isao Moriyasu, uMongameli we-DeNA, uzinikele kuye nikeza imininingwane ethile ngokubheja kokuqala kukaNintendo yamadivayisi we-smartphone. EMiitomo, abadlali bazokwazi ukuthenga izingubo zabalingiswa babo ngemicropayments. UMoriyasu uqinisekise imininingwane eminingi ngalo mdlalo wevidiyo wokuqala ozothuthukiswa ngumshicileli odumile womdlalo wevidiyo esivumelwaneni neDeNA enkulu yaseJapan. Ama-minigames, ama-Mii avatars nezinye izinhlobo zobumnandi ziyingxenye yokuqukethwe yingxoxo enikezwe nguMoriyasu kuThe Wall Street Journal evula indlela yokufika kwalolo bhejo olwenzelwe ama-smartphones futhi olubizwe ngeMiitomo.
IMiitomo njengehabhu
Ukusuka eMiitomo besazi ukuthi kuzoba njalo amandla omphakathi wabadlali bamageyimu abeza eNintendo ukufinyelela imidlalo yevidiyo esezingeni eliphakeme. Masithi yisisekelo lapho kuzokwethulwa khona imidlalo emincane futhi lapho singaxhumana nabangane bethu abangokoqobo ukuze sikwazi ukuhlangabezana ngokuhlanganyela lezo zidingo zokuzijabulisa nezokungcebeleka.
Kulapha lapho siqoqa khona amagama kamongameli we-DeNA ophawula ukuthi kanjani Ukuxhumana kungumgogodla ophakathi neMiitomo, lapho abasebenzisi bazokwazi ukukhuluma nabanye besebenzisa i-Miis «abazobonakala sengathi bangabangani bakho empilweni yangempela», futhi nakho uqobo okuhlangenwe nakho okunikezwa ukunikela ngeminye imizwa kunokuxhumana okusekelwe embhalweni.
Ngokugcizelela okwengeziwe, uDeNa uyacabanga xhuma iMiitomo nohlu lwakho lwabangani be-Facebook, lapho uMoriyasu athi ucabanga ukuthi kungaba mnandi kakhulu ukuxhumana nabangani esingajwayele ukuxhumana nabo ngale ndlela.
Inethiwekhi yokuxhumana ehlukile
Umqondo othatha ukwakheka okuluhlobo oluthile lwenethiwekhi yokuxhumana yemidlalo yevidiyo lapho ingaqalwa khona. Umehluko omkhulu utholakele, futhi njengoba uMoriyasu esho, yilokho abasebenzisi bazoba nokunambitheka kweNintendo okuzokulethela isifiso esithile nenduduzo yokuba kulolu hlelo lokusebenza nsuku zonke. Umehluko kwamanye amanethiwekhi omphakathi ukugxila kakhulu kwezikaqedisizungu, futhi yize kungaba njalo, abaningi bazoba nomuzwa wokuthi babhekene nomdlalo wevidiyo weNintendo ngamafuphi.
Noma kunjalo, bayoba nayo izinkokhelo ezincane njengenye yamaphuzu ayinhloko ngalo mdlalo wevidiyo wezenhlalo obizwa ngeMiitomo. Izingubo zamaMiis kuzoba yizinto zokuqala ezingathengwa ngemali yangempela, kepha uMoriyasu uthi kuzoba namathuba amaningi njengezinketho ze-microtransaction ezizayo. Futhi yize i-DeNA ingenakho okuhlangenwe nakho okuhle kakhulu ngale modeli yebhizinisi leFreemium, umkhiqizo wokugcina ungabheka okufana nohlelo lokusebenza lwengxoxo yeLine, lapho kusetshenziswa khona ama-micropayments ukuthola izitika kanye nenye i-repertoire.
Okusobala kithi ukuthi iMiitomo iyisisekelo sokufika kwemidlalo emincane nokunye ukubheja kwale nkampani ebizwa ngeNintendo ukuze ibe yiFacebook yemidlalo yevidiyo kungekudala. Ukuthi ngelinye ilanga singafinyelela ezinye zezinhlamvu zayo ezivelele noma okungaba yichweba lalabo Mario World nabanye, kuyisihloko solunye usuku nokuthi sethemba ukuthi kwesinye isikhathi sizokwazi ukukucacisa,ongathandi ukuba noZelda noma uMario ku-smartphone yakho?
