Miiverse, Nintendo’s social network detailed in Nintendo Direct

Satoru Iwata, as promised has revealed everything you want to know about Miiverse. It’s the first thing you see when you boot up the Wii U and is available in all Wii U games without the developers having to do anything. Naturally, developers can make use of some of the more advanced features in Miiverse if they spend the time.

Nintendo used New Super Mario Bros. U to show off how all the features could be used in the game. First up is Nintendo’s version of Twitter of a Facebook wall. You can post about your problems you’re having in a game, share a screenshot of it as well and ‘reshare’ other peoples posts as well. All of your friends can contribute to a reply chain, just like Facebook.

As well as text and screenshots, you can also share drawings and text which can be marked as ‘spoilers’. You can leave messages in game as well, for example in New Super Mario Bros. U if you die a few times on a level you can receive tips from other players and then leave your own. If you get a silver medal in a game and want a gold you can leave a request for someone to help you out, maybe they’ll give you the information you need? They don’t have to be your friends either.

If you’re not yet friends with someone, it’s easy to add someone to your friend list as well. There’s no swapping friend codes, you just simply hit ‘Add Friend’ and when they accept you back, you’re friends. You don’t have to friend everyone though, some people you can just follow if you want to keep your friend list as clean as possible.

Here’s a link to watch the entire Nintendo Direct with subtitles.