Mii Maker

A Mii being named in Tomodachi Collection.

The Mii Maker (referred to as Mii Channel on the Wii) is a pre-installed application on the Wii, Wii U, and 3DS, plus a key feature of Tomodachi Collection and Tomodachi Life. This Mii Maker feature allows the ability for Miis to be created, and even added into the game. On both games, the Mii Maker can be accessed through the Town Hall.

The pre-installed Mii Maker only allows the player to determine the looks of the Mii, the name, their favorite color, and their birth date. Tomodachi Collection and Tomodachi Life have extended features. The player can now give their Miis different voices and personalities, which are divided into four categories, with each category consisting of 4 personality types.

Before anything else, the player will be prompted to choose the gender of a Mii.

Creating Miis

There are different ways to add Mii islanders in Tomodachi Life:

• Create from scratch in-game using photos or the creation tool
• Import via local wireless
  • Connect via local wireless with friends who have Tomodachi Life, and exchange Mii characters created in-game.
  • Note: Mii characters create in-game and transferred via local wireless include additional info like voice and personality settings, clothing, items, apartment interiors, and any custom phrases and song lyrics.
• Import into the game from a QR Code
  • Scan a QR Code created in Tomodachi Life or in Mii Maker. QR codes can be found on sites such as Miicharacters.com.
  • Note: QR Code patterns created in the game include additional info like voice and personality, clothing, and apartment interiors.
• Import from Mii Maker
  • Transfer Mii characters created in Mii Maker into the game.

Appearance

Main Facial Details

Collection has two categories to edit from, along with six skin tone colors. Life adds a third category and more options.

Collection's two categories are face shapes and facial markings. There are eight face shapes in total. The facial markings category has 12 options, which include blushes and face lines. Life's three categories are face shapes, makeup/freckles/stubbles, and face lines. There are 12 options for each category.

In Collection there is an additional undo button that will allow the player to undo one action.

Hairstyle

Collection has three pages of masculine and feminine hairstyles, with 72 hairstyles in total. Life has 5.5 pages for boys and 6.5 pages for girls, with 132 hairstyles in total. The player is able to flip the hair left and right in case they may want a Mii's bangs in a certain direction.

In Collection there is an additional undo button that will allow the player to undo one action.

Eyebrows

Both Collection and Life have the same amount of eyebrows to choose from, with 24 options given and eight hair colors to choose from. Collection has eight buttons to move the eyebrows up and down, make them bigger or smaller, rotate them, and make them closer or farther apart. Life has 10 buttons with all of those aforementioned choices and adds the option to make the eyebrows slimmer or thicker.

In Collection there is an additional undo button that will allow the player to undo one action. In Life, there is a reset button. When pressed the game will ask "Reset the position, orientation, and size of this feature?" and will reset the eyebrows to the default type and position.

Eyes

Collection has 48 eyes and Life bumps this number up to 60. For both games there are six eye colors to choose from. Once again Collection has eight buttons and Life adds two more.

In Collection there is an additional undo button that will allow the player to undo one action. In Life, there is a reset button. When pressed the game will ask "Reset the position, orientation, and size of this feature?" and will reset the eye to the default type and position.

Nose

In Collection there are 12 types of noses, while Life has 18. In both games there are four buttons to move the nose up or down and make it bigger or smaller.

In Collection there is an additional undo button that will allow the player to undo one action. In Life, there is a reset button. When pressed the game will ask "Reset the position, orientation, and size of this feature?" and will reset the nose to the default type and position.

Mouth

In Collection there are 24 mouth options and three lip colors, while in Life there are 36 mouth options and five lip colors. In Collection there are four buttons to move the mouth up and down, as well as make it bigger or smaller. In Life, there are two more buttons to make the mouth slimmer or thicker.

In Collection there is an additional undo button that will allow the player to undo one action. In Life, there is a reset button. When pressed the game will ask "Reset the position, orientation, and size of this feature?" and will reset the mouth to the default type and position.

Minor Facial Details

Facial hair, glasses, and beauty marks

There are four categories for the player to choose from, with those categories being glasses, mustaches, moles, and beards. For all four categories, there is a button to undo one action (Collection only) and a button to reset to the default option (Life only).

In both games there are six glasses options, six colors, as well as an additional four buttons to move the glasses up or down and make them bigger or smaller.

Collection has four mustache types and four hair colors, while Life has six mustaches. There are four buttons to move the mustaches up or down and make them bigger or smaller.

Both games have two options, to have a mole or not. There are six buttons to move said mole up or down, make it bigger or smaller, and move it left or right.

Collection has four beard types and Life has six. There are four hair colors to choose from.

Height/Weight

Both Collection and Life allow the player to adjust a Mii's height and weight, and possibly even make abnormal shapes, like making a Mii absurdly short while still maintaining a big head.

Profile

Name

In Collection the player can put up to ten letters in a Mii's first name, last name, and nickname. In Life the player can put up to fifteen letters in the first and last name, but only nine into a Mii's nickname. Additionally, the player can now type out how to pronounce names, with thirty letters for the first and last name and twenty letters for the nickname.

Birth Date

In both Collection and Life there are two main life stages for islanders, that being child and adult. Children are always under age 17, adults are always over age 18. In Life, a child Mii that has used an Age-o-matic cannot have a birthday that would actually make them a grown-up. To change that Mii's birthday, the player would have to take off the Age-o-matic somehow.

Gender

The player can only choose between two genders, male and female. After a Mii has been set as an islander their gender cannot be changed. Miis of the same gender cannot marry.

Blood type

In Collection the player can set a Mii's blood type. There are four options, that being A, B, O, and AB.

Favorite Color

The player can choose up to twelve different types of colors for a Mii. This will change what their default clothing looks like. The twelve options are:

• Red (default)
• Orange
• Yellow
• Light green
• Green
• Blue
• Light blue
• Pink
• Purple
• Brown
• White
• Black

Creator

This section has no effect on gameplay, but is useful for letting the player know who originally made this Mii. The game allows a name up to ten letters long.

Relationship to Real You

With this setting the player can set a relationship between the player's lookalike and a Mii on the island. The options are:

• Spouse
• Parent
• Child
• Sibling
• Other relative (Life)
• Others (Collection) / Not related (Life)

Other Settings

In Life there is a second category where the player can enable sharing and copying of the Mii that is being edited.

If sharing is enabled, when playing a game with someone else the player's Mii may remain on their system and will show up in supported games later. Even if the player doesn't enable sharing, the player is still able to use the Mii when playing wirelessly.

If copying is enabled, a Mii can be edited and then sent onto other people.

Voice

"Give this Mii a voice! You can select a preset or random setting or customize it yourself."

— Tutorial, Tomodachi Life

Voice is an adjustable setting that determines a Mii's manner of speech. There are 6 preset voices: male child, female child, male adult, female adult, elderly male, and elderly female. Voice can also be randomized, and can be customized using the 6 different settings:

• Pitch: How high or low a Mii's voice is.
• Speed: How quickly a Mii talks.
• Quality: How clear/understandable a Mii's speech is.
• Tone: How high-pitched a Mii is when they start a sentence.
• Accent: How low-pitched a Mii is when they end a sentence.
• Intonation: The tone of voice a Mii has during a sentence. Option 1 is normal. Option 2 ends higher, like with a good attitude or as if asking a question. Option 3 is a explaining-like voice. Going high to low. Option 4 is normally the same throughout the whole sentence.

Personality

Main Article: Personality

There will be five sliders that the player will adjust to decide what personality a Mii has. Each slider has eight boxes total. Collection and Life use slightly different sliders.

Collection's sliders

• Action: Slow to Quick
• Speech: Mild to Straight
• Look: Cool to Emotive
• Mindset: Negative to Positive
• Overall: Weird to Normal

Life's sliders

• Movement: Slow to Quick
• Speech: Polite to Direct
• Expressiveness: Flat to Varied
• Attitude: Serious to Relaxed
• Overall: Quirky to Normal

Gallery

Tomodachi Collection

Making a Mii's personality.

Tomodachi Life

The presets, with the randomization option, and the customization button.

The properties of the customization option.