Miitopia

I've had a lot of fun playing the game MIITOPIA on my Nintendo 3DS.  It is full of magic and monsters as you battle your way through a fairy tale land with a group of heroes that can be made to look and act like people in your life.  A Nintendo Mii is a cartoonish figure that can be shaped to have the appearance of someone you know or created to have its own unique wacky look.  These Miis are the characters that live in the land of Miitopia.

The Miis are in trouble! An evil sorcerer is stealing their faces and creating monsters out of them.  Your mission is to defeat the monsters so that the faces are returned to the Mii they were stolen from.  You also must stop the villain from continuing to threaten the Mii of Miitopia in order to win the game.  To do this players create a team of four warriors to try and save the day!

It is neat that you can choose the name, appearance and attitude of your warriors.  Also your team can be made up of a variety of different skills so a member can be a knight in shining armor or a witch with a pointy hat while another can be a chef or a pop star musician.  The chef and pop star characters can be really funny and make MIITOPIA stand out from other games that revolve around dragons, princesses, wizards and that sort of stuff.

I had an awesome time creating my team.  The group's main hero Mii is based on me of course!  I was glad they had glasses that looked like mine to put on my hero's face.  Oh by the way I named the game's bad guy Dark Lord Dad. Ha Ha!!!

If you have amiibo figures, MIITOPIA will let you scan them and have your main character be able to dress like them.  Find the lady who is dressed like Super Mario in the game and she'll ask if you have any amiibo to show her from your collection.  Place a figure on the Nintendo 3DS pad and next thing you know your team's main hero has a new look.   I've been able to have my character dressed like Link from Legend of Zelda while playing MIITOPIA using this feature. AWESOME!!!

I made a Mii that looked like my sister and named her Sunflower because of her bright blond hair.  She made a nice addition to the team and was assigned the job of being my squire in the game.  She does look good in a suit of armor!  I also added my friend Whitney from school to my group of adventurers and put her in a chicken outfit because that was just hilarious.  My friend Parker is also part of the group.  He's a pop star because that fit his real life personality being a fun, popular guy to hang out with.

While making your way through the game, you can earn gold and experience points by defeating monsters, restoring faces to Mii who have lost theirs and by completing quests.  This will allow the characters in your team to purchase new clothes, weapons and supplies.  I bought the Mii of my sister a bumblebee outfit to wear and a bee stinger sword to battle the bad guys with using gold earned from battling monsters.

You can also pick up different types of food along your journeys.  Feast on these meals while resting up at an inn and your characters can earn higher skill ratings and hit points making them tougher to beat in combat.  Be careful though because if a Mii doesn't like the food you're serving they'll be in a bad mood afterward.

I also like to win gold and gear by playing in MIITOPIA's arcade area where you can play games like roulette and rock paper scissors that award prizes. Earning tickets while battling monsters gives you a chance to play these games. I'm a champ when it comes to Rock Paper Scissors. One of my favorite parts of MIITOPIA!

Something I really liked about the game is that the monsters in it are goofy rather than creepy.  It is really fun to see the different monsters and the weird powers some of them have.  Beware the banshees that can make characters cry uncontrollably during a battle.  This game can be very silly which adds to the fun of playing it.

Being able to add your own touches to the look and feel of the game is great.  The silly characters, zany situations and goofy monsters you encounter had me not wanting to put my Nintendo 3DS down.  Plus the 3D images really pop off the screen and look incredible.  It is really nice you don't have to wear special goggles to see the 3D since I already have to wear my own glasses.

I enjoyed playing MIITOPIA a lot.  If you have the chance to get the game I sure do recommend it.  For more information about MIITOPIA it has its own page on the Nintendo website.  The game is rated E for Everyone.  You can buy a cartridge to insert in your 3DS from stores like Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Walmart or purchase a digital download from the Nintendo website.

-- Little Luigi

A Geek Daddy's twins are participating in the Nintendo KID REVIEWERS program.  My daughter (Little Mario) and son (Little Luigi) will be providing reviews of Nintendo games, hardware and other merchandise from a kids perspective.  Our family will be provided complimentary products to review but the opinions expressed will be honest and their own.