Editing Miiverse

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[[File:MiiverseIcon2.png|thumb|''Pikmin 3'''s icon on Miiverse.]]

'''Miiverse''' was an application on the [[Wii U]] and the [[Nintendo 3DS]] that has since been discontinued. It allowed users to share messages and in-game screenshots with each other, in communities based around specific games. The {{ps}} had three communities: the ''Pikmin 3'' room, which was for discussion of {{p3}} and the {{psm}}, the ''Pikmin 3'' Developer Room, where Nintendo developers, specifically [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], discussed updates to both ''Pikmin 3'' and other important events in the ''Pikmin'' franchise, and the ''Hey! Pikmin'' room, for discussing {{hp}}. Miiverse as a service shut down on {{date|7|November|2017}}.

==''Pikmin 3''==
''Pikmin 3'', like most other Nintendo games, allowed users to write posts or make drawings on the community, including pausing the gameplay with {{button|wiiu|home}} and creating a post using one of the two screens at the time the game was paused. Besides that, ''Pikmin 3'' also allows players to look around using the Wii U GamePad, by use of the in-game [[KopPad#Camera|KopPad camera]], and by pressing {{button|wiiu|a}}, a picture will be taken. When Miiverse was operational, some seconds after the photo was taken, the ''Pikmin 3'' Miiverse post submission page would open up, with the photograph ready for upload. The player could then set their mood, and add their own text and/or drawing to the submission. Depending on what was focused, the submission would automatically be tagged with one of the following tags:
*'''People''': If the photo focuses on a character, playable or otherwise.
*'''Pikmin''': If the photo focuses on a Pikmin or the Onion.
*'''Plants''': If the photo focuses on a [[plant]] or pellet.
*'''Fruit from PNF-404''': If the photo focuses on a [[fruit]].
*''Enemy name'': If the photo focuses on an enemy, the post will be tagged with its name.
*'''Scenery''': Anything else.

The game received Miiverse compatibility with the [[Update|1.1.0 update]].

It should be noted as well that one of Shigeru Miyamoto's posts revealed how to input the code found through collecting the [[Secret Files]] into http://www.nintendo.co.jp/pikpiksecret,{{cite web|https://web.archive.org/web/20171018140638/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADMUKmIl3kkJg|Miyamoto's Miiverse post announcing the art contest|Wayback Machine|published={{date|18|October|2017}}}} as this information is not actually detailed within the game itself. With Miiverse's closure, this information became unavailable to new players.

==''Hey! Pikmin''==
[[File:Hey! Pikmin Miiverse icon.png|thumb|The game's Miiverse icon.]]
''[[Hey! Pikmin]]'' did not have special Miiverse integration, other than the standard community for the game, where users could create text posts or drawings, and could also submit posts with screenshots taken by pausing the game with {{button|3ds|home}}.

==Pikmin Spotted!==
[[File:Pikmin Spotted winner.jpg|thumb|300px|left|The winning drawing.]]
On {{date|7|November|2014}}, Miyamoto announced a ''Pikmin'' art contest for ''[[Nintendo:Art Academy: Sketchpad|Art Academy: Sketchpad]]''.{{cite web|https://web.archive.org/web/20171018140638/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADMUKmIl3kkJg|Miyamoto's Miiverse post announcing the art contest|Wayback Machine|published={{date|18|October|2017}}}} The theme for the drawing challenge was titled "Pikmin Spotted!", and users were tasked with drawing Pikmin in different situations. Requirements for entries were as follows:
*Pictures must be drawn using ''Art Academy: SketchPad'', an app available for purchase on the Nintendo eShop.
*Pictures must feature characters appearing in the ''Pikmin'' series.
*Entries are limited to one original work per person.

Entries were submitted as comments on Miyamoto's posted in the ''Art Academy: SketchPad'' community on Miiverse. The challenge ended on {{date|1|December|2014}}. On {{date|16|December}}, the winners were announced.{{cite web|https://web.archive.org/web/20171018140611/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAAADVHhvJZ60Kg|Miiverse post announcing the winner and runner-ups|Wayback Machine|published={{date|18|October|2017}}}} The user under the name {{j|くらげ|Kurage|Jellyfish|f=tp}} won first place, with a drawing of [[Olimar]] and [[Louie]] being followed by some Pikmin. The Pikmin are carrying an [[Citrus Lump|orange]] behind a windowsill, and Louie is startled by a common house cat.

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==See also==
*[[Wii U]]
*[[Nintendo 3DS]]
*[[Mii]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170721073031/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/titles/14866558073054214059/14866558073054214067 Wayback Machine archive of the ''Pikmin 3'' community page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171105172802/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/titles/6437256809329264360/6437256809329264365 Wayback Machine archive of the ''Hey! Pikmin'' community page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170721142639/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/titles/14866558073054214059/14866558073054927306 Wayback Machine archive of the Developer Room community page]

==References==
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