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Miitopia lets players use custom Miis to represent characters in their party as they explore a fantasy-inspired world. The casual aspects of the game are satisfying and fun, but some of the other elements, like the combat and price tag, leave much to be desired.
10 Like: The Mii Customizer
The customization options in Miitopia are nearly boundless. Fans of the game have spent countless hours perfecting designs varying from realistic portraits of real people to faces of iconic characters from other media.
If someone’s only experience with creating Miis is with the customizers on the Wii and Wii U, Miitopia is worth checking out just for its massively expanded customization options.
9 Don’t Like: Lack Of A Good Mii Importing System
While the styles and tools available to players for creating Miis in Miitopia are vast, the ability to import other people’s characters is surprisingly unintuitive. To share Miis with friends or others online, one must set up an Access Key Code through the main menu’s sharing options.
Nintendo still relies on complicated friend codes other difficult means of connecting with one another on the Switch, so it’s no surprise that sharing created Miis is just as hard.
8 Like: The Personality System
The personality system in Miitopia is one of the game’s hallmarks. Each member of the player’s party can have a personality assigned to them, which determines the types of actions they will take in specific situations.
A Kind character, for example, might spare an enemy or take time to heal an ally in battle. Each personality in the game has different effects, and some synergize well with specific jobs.
7 Don’t Like: RNG Throughout The Game
The overarching factor that determines progress and outcomes throughout Miitopia is purely random chance. For example, when building a relationship with another character, random in-combat abilities can trigger depending on their relationship level.
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The chance to get food from encounters is also random, as is the chance for party members to work as a team in combat. The gameplay of Miitopia, in general, is very passive because of this.
6 Like: The Variety Of Jobs
There are more than a dozen jobs for party members to take on in Miitopia, including two secret jobs that are unlocked as the game goes on. Each job feels completely different, although they might serve similar roles as one another.
Switching jobs happens at random points throughout the game, but party members can also be customized on the go. The most important thing to consider is having a balanced party composition.
5 Don’t Like: Little Depth To Combat
Just about everything in Miitopia is determined by relationships and chance, not direct player inputs. There are things the player can do to influence how party members react to certain situations but in general, there is almost nothing to do when the party gets into combat.
Personalities change a lot about how a Mii will act against a foe, but aside from that, there’s not much to do. Much like the rest of the game, this part of Miitopia is a lot of watching the game happen, not playing it.
4 Like: The Relationship System
The relationship system in Miitopia is one of the game’s main draws. Not only can players create Miis that are based on people they know (or characters they love), players can also influence how each party member acts towards the others.
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This makes for some hilarious moments, especially when the Miis do something their real-life counterpart would never do. It’s easy to maintain relationships, too, as bonds are forged while progressing through the game normally.
3 Don’t Like: Most Of The Game Is Not Interactive
The main criticism of Miitopia is the lack of actual gameplay throughout the experience. While the casual RPG experience where exploration, combat, and just about everything else is automated works for an on-the-go system like the 3DS, it doesn’t translate as well to the Switch.
In fact, the best way to play Miitopia is with the Switch in handheld mode. The portability of the Switch really lends itself to casual games that can be played for short bursts of time.
2 Like: The Replayability
One of the best parts of Miitopia is how replayable the game is. Even before completing the game, it’s a good idea to go back to old levels and replay them to find new paths. These new paths can lead to new treasures, enemies, and events along the way.
If one rushes the game to get through it quickly, eventually enemies will become too hard to beat. Replay levels as soon as they are beaten for the first time to maximize rewards (if the party is able to continue, that is).
1 Don’t Like: The $50 Price Tag
One of the biggest barriers keeping new players from picking up Miitopia for the Nintendo Switch is the massive price tag. At $50, the casual Mii-making game is more expensive than its 3DS version and more expensive than some of the most popular games on the console.
Casual games of this nature are generally a little bit cheaper, both to entice non-gamers and because of the lack of depth in the gameplay. The $50 price tag of Miitopia is too steep of a cost to justify for many gamers, especially for those who already played the game when it was a 3DS exclusive.
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