<s>
Miitomo	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
freemium	O
social	O
networking	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
first	O
,	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
converse	O
with	O
friends	O
by	O
answering	O
various	O
questions	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
two	O
months	O
later	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
launching	O
alongside	O
their	O
My	O
Nintendo	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miitomo	B-Protocol
served	O
as	O
a	O
conversational	O
app	O
where	O
users	O
could	O
communicate	O
with	O
friends	O
by	O
answering	O
questions	O
on	O
various	O
topics	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
favourite	O
foods	O
or	O
current	O
interests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Tomodachi	B-Device
Life	I-Device
,	O
which	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
development	O
team	O
also	O
worked	O
on	O
,	O
players	O
used	O
a	O
Mii	O
avatar	O
which	O
they	O
could	O
create	O
from	O
scratch	O
or	O
obtain	O
from	O
their	O
My	O
Nintendo	O
account	O
or	O
a	O
QR	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
computer	O
generated	O
voice	O
and	O
personality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
add	O
friends	O
to	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
by	O
communicating	O
directly	O
with	O
their	O
device	O
or	O
by	O
linking	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
their	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
accounts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Performing	O
various	O
actions	O
in	O
the	O
app	O
would	O
earn	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
Coins	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
obtained	O
through	O
in-app	O
purchases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
clothing	O
items	O
could	O
be	O
obtained	O
through	O
the	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
Drop	O
minigame	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
played	O
by	O
either	O
spending	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
Coins	O
or	O
using	O
Game	O
Tickets	O
earned	O
through	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
tied	O
into	O
My	O
Nintendo'''s	O
rewards	O
scheme	O
,	O
with	O
users	O
able	O
to	O
earn	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
Platinum	O
Points	O
by	O
clearing	O
missions	O
such	O
as	O
changing	O
their	O
outfits	O
daily	O
or	O
linking	O
their	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miitomo	B-Protocol
Platinum	O
Points	O
could	O
be	O
exchanged	O
for	O
special	O
item	O
rewards	O
or	O
additional	O
Game	O
Tickets	O
,	O
or	O
could	O
be	O
combined	O
with	O
standard	O
Platinum	O
Points	O
for	O
other	O
My	O
Nintendo	O
rewards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
was	O
headed	O
up	O
by	O
Tomodachi	O
Lifes	O
core	O
developers	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
supervision	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Metroid	I-Application
director	O
Yoshio	O
Sakamoto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Albeit	O
not	O
required	O
,	O
users	O
who	O
linked	O
their	O
Nintendo	O
Account	O
to	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
enjoyed	O
benefits	O
such	O
as	O
cloud-saving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miitomo	B-Protocol
first	O
launched	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
became	O
officially	O
available	O
in	O
all	O
sixteen	O
countries	O
that	O
were	O
eligible	O
for	O
My	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
pre-registration	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
major	O
update	O
,	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
launched	O
in	O
forty	O
additional	O
countries	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
without	O
any	O
official	O
announcements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
a	O
browser-based	O
Mii	O
Maker	O
tool	O
would	O
be	O
created	O
in	O
late	O
May	O
following	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
likes	O
of	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
transfer	O
and	O
save	O
Mii	O
characters	O
created	O
within	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
had	O
one	O
million	O
users	O
within	O
three	O
days	O
of	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
overtaking	O
the	O
instant	O
messenger	O
Line	B-Application
as	O
the	O
most	O
downloaded	O
free	O
app	O
on	O
the	O
Japanese	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
less	O
than	O
24	O
hours	O
after	O
its	O
worldwide	O
launch	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
already	O
had	O
three	O
million	O
users	O
globally	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
rose	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
U.S.	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
overtaking	O
Snapchat	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miitomo	B-Protocol
later	O
had	O
1.6	O
million	O
downloads	O
within	O
its	O
first	O
four	O
days	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
Miitomo	B-Protocol
had	O
a	O
user	O
base	O
of	O
over	O
10	O
million	O
users	O
with	O
300	O
million	O
conversations	O
between	O
friends	O
and	O
20	O
million	O
screenshots	O
taken	O
within	O
the	O
app	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
observations	O
conducted	O
by	O
SurveyMonkey	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
found	O
that	O
only	O
a	O
quarter	O
of	O
the	O
people	O
who	O
had	O
downloaded	O
it	O
regularly	O
opened	O
the	O
app	O
by	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
using	O
it	O
half	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
Candy	B-Application
Crush	I-Application
Saga	I-Application
and	O
Clash	O
Royale''	O
.	O
</s>
