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Miiverse
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Miiverse is a now-defunct social networking service made by Nintendo that was integrated into the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. It was initially announced prior to E3 2012 and was integrated into the Wii U at launch. A website version was released in April 2013, and it was added to the Nintendo 3DS via a system update in Japan, North America, Europe and Australia on December 9, 2013. Miiverse was shut down on November 8, 2017 (November 7 in some time zones). Every game released on Nintendo 3DS or Wii U prior to the shutdown on November 2017 had a Miiverse community (including all Kirby games and all Virtual Console rereleases), and some games had Miiverse integration. No Kirby games had extensive Miiverse integration, but Kirby: Planet Robobot, Team Kirby Clash Deluxe and Kirby's Blowout Blast each have an in-game button that gave access to their respective Miiverse communities. As Miiverse was never made available on Korean and Chinese Nintendo 3DS systems, Miiverse integration was removed from games that were released in those regions.
Special Miiverse communities[edit]
In addition to communities for each game, there were also some special announcement communities made for the developers of the Kirby series to post behind-the-scenes info. Only Nintendo and HAL Laboratory representatives could post on these communities, but anyone could comment on their posts. All posts were posted by Satoshi Ishida, but he most of the time quoted other developers on his posts. For most Kirby: Planet Robobot posts, series director Shinya Kumazaki also posted some official comments directly.
| Game | North American and European community name | Japanese community name | List of posts |
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| Kirby: Triple Deluxe | Behind the Scenes | Staff Room | List of HAL Laboratory Miiverse posts - Kirby: Triple Deluxe |
| Kirby Fighters Deluxe / Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe | Behind the Scenes | Staff Room | List of HAL Laboratory Miiverse posts - Kirby Fighters Deluxe / Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe |
| Kirby: Planet Robobot | Behind the Scenes | スタッフルーム | List of HAL Laboratory Miiverse posts - Kirby: Planet Robobot |
Official Miiverse illustrations[edit]
Shown below are the illustrations uploaded to the Kirby games' special Miiverse communities.
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Artwork commemorating Kirby's 22nd birthday in Japan, drawn by Shinya Kumazaki -
Artwork commemorating Kirby's 22nd birthday in the Americas, drawn by Shinya Kumazaki -
A collage of fan-made illustrations commemorating Kirby's 22nd birthday -
Illustration made for the Kirby: Triple Deluxe community in celebration of the holiday season, drawn by Shinya Kumazaki -
Illustration made for the Kirby: Triple Deluxe community in celebration of the holiday season, drawn by Shinya Kumazaki (Japanese and European version) -
Illustration made for the Kirby Fighters Deluxe & Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe community in celebration of the holiday season, drawn by Shinya Kumazaki -
Illustration made for the Kirby Fighters Deluxe & Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe community in celebration of the holiday season, drawn by Shinya Kumazaki (Japanese version) -
Artwork commemorating the first anniversary of Kirby: Triple Deluxe -
Artwork commemorating Kirby's 23rd birthday -
Artwork commemorating the first anniversary of Kirby Fighters Deluxe and Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe -
Artwork commemorating the first anniversary of Kirby Fighters Deluxe and Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe (Japanese version) -
Artwork commemorating the seventh anniversary of Kirby Super Star Ultra, drawn by Shinya Kumazaki and Hitoshi Kikkawa -
Artwork commemorating the fourth anniversary of Kirby's Return to Dream Land, drawn by Monami Matsuura -
Artwork commemorating the ninth anniversary of Kirby: Squeak Squad, drawn by Tsuyoshi Fujita -
Artwork commemorating the release of Kirby: Planet Robobot -
Artwork for the first Kirby: Planet Robobot Ask-a-thon -
Artwork for the second Kirby: Planet Robobot Ask-a-thon -
Artwork for the third Kirby: Planet Robobot Ask-a-thon -
Artwork for the winners announcement of the screenshot category of the "Kirby: Planet Robobot Drawing and Screenshot Challenge" -
Artwork for the winners announcement of the screenshot category of the "Kirby: Planet Robobot Drawing and Screenshot Challenge" (European version) -
Artwork commemorating the release of Team Kirby Clash Deluxe -
Artwork commemorating Kirby's 25th birthday -
Artwork commemorating the release of Kirby's Blowout Blast
Trivia[edit]
- The North American and Japanese versions of the Kirby Fighters Deluxe / Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe community used the Kirby Fighters Deluxe icon, but the European one used the Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe icon.
- Kirby Battle Royale holds the record for having a Miiverse community for the shortest amount of time of all first-party games, with the European version releasing on November 3rd, 2017, and Miiverse discontinuing less than a week later.
