Mii
| Mii | |||
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 Artwork from Play Nintendo | |||
| First appearance | Mii Channel (2006, overall) WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006, Super Mario franchise) | ||
| Latest appearance | Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (2026, overall) WarioWare: Move It! (2023, Super Mario franchise) | ||
| Latest portrayals | Male: Fumihiro Okabayashi Takuya Sato Katsuhiro Harasawa Tomoyuki Higuchi Female: Tomo Adachi Ayumi Nagao Yuhko Kaida Hitomi Hirose | ||
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Miis are digital avatars used in all Nintendo consoles released since 2006, including the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. Additionally, Miis are used across various Nintendo-related mobile games and apps, and are featured in a small selection of Nintendo DS games, despite the console lacking native support.
Miis are based on human beings, and players can design what their Miis look like and use them in compatible games. Miis have appeared in at least one game of the Super Mario franchise on each of the console with native support, as well as in other Nintendo games that feature Super Mario elements such as StreetPass Mii Plaza and Nintendo Land.
Miis get their name from how the word "me" would be written in rōmaji, in the same way that the Wii gets its name from a similar spelling of "we."
History[edit]
WarioWare series[edit]
WarioWare: Smooth Moves[edit]
In the WarioWare series, Miis first appear in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. The player selects a Mii to represent their file. Miis are used in several microgames.
- Wario PI: The head of the player's Mii is one of the potential items under the magnifying glass.
- Toilet Training: The player guides several Miis into their respective bathrooms. The character the player is controlling uses their Mii's face.
- The Outcast: Miis can appear as the nine objects.
- Smile and Nod: The player controls their Mii.
- Spring Training: The head of the player's Mii is attached to the spring.
- Armed and Dangerous: The player's Mii competes against another Mii.
- Boot Camp: The player controls their Mii
- Bungii!: The face of the player's Mii is used for the person dropping the Wii Remote.
In the staff credits, the staff is represented as Miis. Additionally, Miis are used in the multiplayer mode to represent those playing.
In Multiplayer Mode, Miis appear in Survival, Bomb, Lifeline, and Balloon.
WarioWare: D.I.Y.[edit]
In WarioWare: D.I.Y.'s Tightrope, based on the Tightrope Walk minigame in Wii Fit, the object is to prevent a male Mii from falling while holding a pole and crossing a tightrope.
WarioWare Gold[edit]
In WarioWare Gold, the player uses a Mii to represent their save file. This Mii is the protagonist in the story as a participant in the Wario Bowl. In microgames, the Mii appears in Tomodachi Life, and their name is used in Dungeon Dilemma.
WarioWare: Move It![edit]
In WarioWare: Move It!, the player takes control of Miis in the Wii Play: Motion Pose Mii Plus microgame. This microgame does not use Miis from the player's system, unlike previous microgames in WarioWare: Smooth Moves and WarioWare Gold.
Mario Party 8[edit]
In Mario Party 8, Miis are playable characters in the "Extras Zone" section and are sometimes seen in the background of mini-games. The Miis in this game have no voices, wear overalls, gloves, and shoes like Mario and Luigi. The shirt they wear depends on the player's color (blue for P1, red for P2, green for P3, and yellow for P4). Miis are also available to personalize players' files. In Extras Zone, Miis can play in Star Carnival Bowling, Trial by Tile, Flagging Rights, Canyon Cruisers, Table Menace, Puzzle Pillars, Chomping Frenzy, and Moped Mayhem.
Additionally, Miis appear in the Minigame Tent's Free Play Arcade mode, replacing the spectators that are seen in a few minigames. The minigames where Miis can replace spectators are:
Mario & Sonic series[edit]
Miis are playable in almost all home console games in the Mario & Sonic series, in addition to the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which has them as only one of the three characters who can be played in any event, alongside Mario and Sonic. In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mii characters have four possible predetermined stats, based on their size, and they do not have any voices, unlike the other characters.
Since the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, the player can customize their Miis to wear different clothing items and accessories, including ones based on the playable characters, and doing so alters their Mii's stats accordingly. In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, some of the bosses from Festival Mode also give off their costumes for Miis to wear once defeated. In the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, various Mii costumes can be earned when playing in the Olympic events and the London Party mode. In Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Miis will actually show what type of clothing they wear. Like with their playable status, the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is the only handheld Mario & Sonic game where Miis can be customized. The game also allows for their gear to be customized, granting them different effects in the events. In the Wii U version, the player controls the Mii of the account around Copacabana Beach and competes against other Miis in tournaments to win medals.
The player's Mii is the primary character in the Road to Rio mode of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the Nintendo 3DS. It also has Miis who act as townsfolk and opponents, but unlike the playable Miis, they have text dialogue. Two Miis, known as the Boy in Mario Suit and Boy in Sonic Suit, also appear as recurring characters.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is the only home console game of the Mario & Sonic series that does not have any Miis. Part of the reasoning for their exclusion was due to the release of Sega's Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game in the same year, also available for the Nintendo Switch, which featured a similar premise of avatar characters competing in the Olympics with customizable costumes.[1]
Dr. Mario Online Rx[edit]
In Dr. Mario Online Rx, Miis can replace Dr. Mario as the playable character. Here, they must maneuver Capsules tossed into a glass jar to destroy the Viruses. In order for a virus to be destroyed, it must be connected to at least one capsule of the same color. Unlike Doctor Mario, Miis speak. Miis can tell the player how many minutes have passed and how many capsules they've thrown.
Mario Kart series[edit]
Mario Kart Wii[edit]
In Mario Kart Wii, Miis first appear as spectators, found in various race courses such as Daisy Circuit. They also appear in posters and other signs, as seen in Coconut Mall, and represent different players on in-game licenses.
After winning the Special Cup on 100cc, Miis can be unlocked as playable characters. There are two outfits available for Miis, and both are unlocked individually. The first one (Outfit A), which is available when the Mii character option is unlocked, is a plain racing suit of his/her favorite color, represented by a blue Mii logo. The other (Outfit B), which is unlocked by unlocking all 32 Expert Staff Ghosts in Time Trials mode, represented by a red Mii logo, depends on the gender of the Mii; if the Mii is male, he receives blue overalls over a shirt of his favorite color (similar to Mario), and if the Mii is female, she receives a minidress of her favorite color, loosely resembling Princess Peach's gown, though unlike Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina, female Miis do not get a separate outfit for bikes. Originally, a Mii Outfit C was going to be added, but was cut from the final version of the game.
Miis also receive generic voices for the first time, not counting the small background noises they made in Wii Play's Shooting Range event. There are four different voice recordings for both male and female Miis; a different voice is given to each gender and favorite color combination, with the pitch being higher or lower depending on the Mii's size. The weight class for the Mii driver depends on the size given to it in the Mii Channel. If the Mii's height is above average, then it will be large; if the Mii's height is below average, then it will be medium; and if the Mii's height stays average while the weight is below average, then it will be small. All Miis have +3 speed and Mini-Turbo bonuses regardless of size.
A kart's color scheme changes depending on the Mii's gender: primarily blue for males, and primarily pink for females. Notably, when any player plays as a Mii, statues and pictures in various courses, including one battle course, seen in Moonview Highway, Luigi Circuit, DK Summit, Dry Dry Ruins, Toad's Factory, Koopa Cape, Wario's Gold Mine, Daisy Circuit, and Block Plaza, will replace the character heads with that of Mii heads, consisting of the Miis saved on the player's Wii console, as long as at least one Mii is created on the player's system. Depending on which Mii is present on the player's license, the cutscene that plays during the game's credits will show that Mii's head on the Luigi statue, regardless of whether or not the player was playing as their Mii.
Mario Kart 7[edit]
Miis later appear as racing participants in the Nintendo 3DS title, Mario Kart 7. They can be unlocked by completing all the Grand Prix cups in any engine class, making them the only unlockable characters who do not have to be unlocked from a 150cc cup. Unlike in Mario Kart Wii, all Miis have the same stat boosts and are the same weight (in this case, medium, shared with Mario and Luigi), and they have new voice clips. The Miis have two of their own courses, Wuhu Loop & Maka Wuhu, as well as their own battle course, Wuhu Town. All of these courses are based on the Wuhu Island setting, a fictional location that first appeared in Wii Sports Resort. Miis also appear as spectators in several courses.
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
Miis appear as unlockable playable characters in Mario Kart 8. Here, they are the only unlockable characters who are not unlocked at random, always being the eighth character to be unlocked. Their weight class is based on their size, just as in Mario Kart Wii, and their voices from that game return but in a higher pitch. The Miis also sport a new outfit unlike their appearances in Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 7 where they now wear a new racing suit (which is similar to the biker suits that Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, and Pink Gold Peach wear) with some white trimmings, a helmet with their color, and a light-colored scarf similar to the ones Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina wear along with black short boots. However, certain colored Miis have a unique coloring scheme. As of version 4.1, the player can also scan one of 19 amiibo into the game to obtain a racing suit and helmet for Miis based upon the scanned character. If the Miis have not been unlocked yet, they will be when any amiibo is scanned.
Miis return in the Nintendo Switch port Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, this time available from the start, a first in the Mario Kart series. All of the amiibo racing suits return in this game, along with an additional 20th costume based on the Splatoon series.
In addition to their playable roles, Miis also constitute the audience in Mario Kart TV and represent players in online and local lobbies. In Mario Kart 8, Miis in online lobbies wear the regular Mii outfit of a colored shirt; this was changed in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to have them wear default racing suits that match their color.
For Wave 6, seventeen Mii Racing Suits debuting from Mario Kart Tour were added to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for players who have purchased the Booster Course Pass. In addition, a Daisy Suit was added as the 21st costume that can be unlocked with amiibo.
Color schemes[edit]
Red Mii
Orange Mii
Yellow Mii
Light-green Mii
Green Mii
Blue Mii
Light-blue Mii
Pink Mii
Purple Mii
Brown Mii
White Mii
Black Mii
amiibo racing suits[edit]
| Suit | Description | Kart Color | Debut |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mario Suit |
Based on Mario's outfit. The overall design has a white trim, with a pair of brown boots and a white scarf. The helmet has an "M" design on the front, and an "M"-shaped stripe on the back. The "Mario Super Motor Team" logo can be seen on the sides of the helmet and the back of the suit. | Red | Wave 1 (version 3.0) |
 Luigi Suit |
Based on Luigi's outfit. The suit is similar to Mario's, though with an "L"-shaped stripe running across the top and back of the helmet, the "L" logo is on the side of the helmet rather than the front, and a "Luigi Gusters" logo is on the back of the suit. | Green | Wave 1 (version 3.0) |
 Peach Suit |
Based upon Peach's bike outfit. The helmet has a gold decorative design on the front that resembles the front of her hair, a crown on top, and a pair of jewels on the side. The "Princess Peach" racing team logo can be seen on the back of the suit. | Pink | Wave 1 (version 3.0) |
 Yoshi Suit |
Designed after Yoshi. The helmet features Yoshi's nose, eyes, and neck spines. The suit is white and green, with a saddle design on the back, as well as featuring a red scarf. | Green | Wave 1 (version 3.0) |
 Donkey Kong Suit |
The helmet is designed after Donkey Kong's head, with flames and a "Burning DK" logo on the side. The suit is brown and yellow, with a standard Donkey Kong emblem on the back. | Brown | Wave 1 (version 3.0) |
 Hylian Suit |
Based upon Link's design, and colored green and gold. The helmet has a pair of goggles, and the Royal Crest on the back. The suit features a brown pair of gloves and boots and a belt, with a Triforce pattern on the back and on the gloves. | Blue | Wave 1 (version 3.0) |
 Captain Falcon Suit |
Based upon Captain Falcon's appearance. The helmet features a large gold falcon like Captain Falcon's helmet, and the suit has a similar design to its origin, though with only the Falcon design on the back of its helmet rather than the design seen on his suit. | Blue | Wave 1 (version 3.0) |
 Kirby Suit |
Designed after Kirby. The front of the helmet has a pair of star-shaped goggles, while the back has Kirby's design on it, and his hands on the side. The outfit is a pink and white-striped outfit, with a Kirby logo on the back. | Pink | Wave 1 (version 3.0) |
 Varia Suit |
Designed after Samus's Varia Suit. The helmet features a visor over the Mii's eyes, with Screw Attack emblems on the sides. The suit features a pair of cyan gloves in place of the arm cannon and additional Screw Attack emblems on the chest and back. | Orange | Wave 1 (version 3.0) |
 Fox Suit |
Based upon Fox's outfit in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, itself a combination of the outfits he wears in Star Fox: Assault and Star Fox Command with some elements of his outfit from Star Fox 64. The outfit features a long sleeve jacket with the original SNES Star Fox logo on the back over the green outfit, with two-tone colors of red and black gloves, boots, and a red scarf. The helmet is based on Fox's head, with a headset on one side. | Blue | Wave 1 (version 3.0) |
 Toad Suit |
Designed after Toad. This racing suit has a mushroom cap as the helmet with a deep blue and white racing suit color with red buttons and belt, along with a pale yellow scarf and beige colored boots. | Blue | Wave 2 (version 4.0) |
 Bowser Suit |
Designed after Bowser. This racing suit is unlike the other amiibo racing suits, where this one has a biker design with red-orange gloves and scarf, studded braces and boots design with a unique horned helmet that has a long mohawk piece. | Black | Wave 2 (version 4.0) |
 Wario Suit |
Designed after Wario and his classic plumber outfit. The helmet is based on Wario's face, but with a green scarf and steel-toed boots. | Yellow | Wave 2 (version 4.0) |
 Rosalina Suit |
Designed after Rosalina and her bike outfit. The helmet is based on Rosalina's hair with a shooting star motif that matches the boots as well. However, the gloves are a yellow color, and the color of the scarf and boots is oddly slightly darker, making it a small difference from Rosalina's bike outfit. | Light Blue | Wave 2 (version 4.0) |
 Pikmin Suit |
Based upon Olimar's outfit, where a red Pikmin motif piece hangs on the helmet. | Red | Wave 2 (version 4.0) |
 Animal Crossing Suit |
Designed after characters in the Animal Crossing series. | Light Green | Wave 2 (version 4.0) |
 Mega Man Suit |
Based upon classic Mega Man's outfit, which has the Energy Tank logo on the back. | Light Blue | Wave 2 (version 4.0) |
 Pac-Man Suit |
Designed after the original arcade version of PAC-MAN, where the back of the helmet shows a small animation of PAC-MAN chomping while the front shows the logo of the original game. The gloves of this suit are modeled after the orange mittens that PAC-MAN can be seen wearing on most designs. | Yellow | Wave 2 (version 4.0) |
 Sonic Suit |
Designed after Sonic the Hedgehog. The racing suit has a red scarf with the Sonic the Hedgehog logo on the back. | Blue | Wave 2 (version 4.0) |
 Inkling Suit |
Based on an orange Inkling’s color scheme. The helmet has a face cover (similar to some headgear from Splatoon) and both it and the bodysuit are imprinted with various logos seen in Splatoon. | Orange | Wave 3 (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe) |
 Daisy Suit |
Based on Daisy's bike outfit. The helmet has a gold decorative design on the front that resembles the front of her hair, a crown on top, and a pair of jewels on the side, and the scarf is red instead of yellow. The "Princess Orange" logo can be seen on the back of the suit. | Orange | Wave 4 (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe version 3.0.0) |
DLC racing suits[edit]
| Suit | Description | Kart Color |
|---|---|---|
 ? Block Suit |
The helmet is designed to look exactly like a ? Block with the white question mark having a faint glow. The suit is black with a yellow question mark pattern. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates Mario's animation when punching a ? Block. | Yellow |
 Castle Suit |
Despite the name, this suit is actually based on a Fortress. The helmet takes on the design of fortresses used since New Super Mario Bros., and has a Mario flag that pops up on the top when the player selects this suit on the character select screen, performs a trick, and wins a race. The suit has the same brick pattern that's used on a fortress. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates Mario's animation when sliding down a Flag Pole upon clearing a level. | Brown |
 Toadette Suit |
Based on Toadette. The suit is similar to Toad's Mii racing suit, but with the blue parts of the suit colored pink, and the scarf is red instead of yellow. The helmet is designed after Toadette's mushroom cap, and has the ends of her braids on the back. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates Toadette's first trick animation. | Pink |
 Dry Bowser Suit |
Based on Dry Bowser. The helmet is the same as the one on Bowser's Mii racing suit, except black instead of green, and the shorter spikes are colored red. The suit is black with a design of a human skeleton. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates Dry Bowser's anti-gravity trick animation, albeit without the flames. | Black |
 Chain Chomp Suit |
Based on a Chain Chomp. The back of the helmet has the Chain Chomp's face. The suit has a similar design to the Captain Falcon Suit, but all navy blue with a chain hanging from the collar in place of the usual scarf. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii lunges their head back to imitate a Chain Chomp launching itself toward its enemies. | Blue |
 Cheep Cheep Suit |
Based on a Cheep Cheep. The helmet takes on the design of a Cheep Cheep's body. The suit is red with a white stomach patch and a yellow scarf. On the back is a yellow stripe that resembles the Cheep Cheep's dorsal fin. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates a Cheep Cheep swimming. | Red |
 Dolphin Suit |
Based on a Dolphin. The helmet takes on the design of a Dolphin's head with an ocean wave pattern on the back. The suit is blue with a white stomach patch and a red scarf. On the back of the suit is the "Super Marine World" logo. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates a Dolphin swimming. | Light Blue |
 Pokey Suit |
Based on a Pokey. The helmet is designed after Pokey's head with the face on the back of the helmet. The suit has the texture of a Pokey and is covered in spikes. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates a Pokey teetering. | Yellow |
 Blooper Suit |
Based on a Blooper. The helmet takes on the design of a Blooper's head with the eyes on the back. The suit is black with a white silhouette of the Blooper's tentacles. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates a Blooper swimming. | White |
 Koopa Clown Car Suit |
Based on a Koopa Clown Car. The helmet is designed after the base of the clown car, with the face on the back, and two green screws on the sides. The suit has a cloudy sky pattern, representing how Koopa Clown Cars are used for flying. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates a Koopa Clown Car flying by twirling around while flailing their arms in a similar motion to the propeller of a Clown Car. | Light Blue |
 Para-Biddybud Suit |
Based on a Para-Biddybud. The helmet takes on the design of a Para-Biddybud's body with its wings on the top and eyes on the front. The torso of the suit is red with dark red spots, while the legs are black. The scarf, gloves, and boots are all colored yellow to match the Para-Biddybud's feet. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates a Para-Biddybud flying. | Red |
 Ice Cream Suit |
The helmet is designed after a two-scooped ice cream cone, with the bottom scoop being mint topped with a mint herb, and the top scoop being strawberry topped with sprinkles. The suit is light blue with dark blue vertical stripes, resembling a uniform worn by employees of an ice cream parlor. The scarf, gloves, and boots are all colored pink and blue. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii swings a soft-serve vanilla ice cream cone around. | Light Blue |
 Birdo Suit |
Based on Birdo. The helmet takes on the design of Birdo's head with her eyes, bow, and a dark purple spot on both sides. The suit is pink with a white stomach patch, and a red scarf and boots matching the spines on her tail. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates Birdo's anti-gravity kart trick animation. | Pink |
 Petey Piranha Suit |
Based on Petey Piranha. The helmet takes on the design of Petey Piranha's head. The suit is green, with the same red shorts with white spots worn by Petey Piranha. The gloves and boots are a darker shade of green to match his petals. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates Petey Piranha's first kart trick animation. | Green |
 Wiggler Suit |
Based on a Wiggler. The helmet takes on the design of the Wiggler's head. The suit is yellow with two spots on the front and two on the back, and brown shorts. The gloves and boots are the same color as the ones worn by Wigglers themselves. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates Wiggler's first kart trick animation. | Yellow |
 Goomba Suit |
Based on a Goomba. The helmet takes on the design of a Goomba's head with the face on the back. The suit is two shades of brown horizontally separated by a white zig-zag line. A Goomba's face can be seen on the back of the suit. The boots are colored dark brown, matching the Goomba's feet. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii imitates a Goomba walking. | Brown |
 Moo Moo Suit |
Based on a Moo Moo. The helmet takes on the design of a Moo Moo's head. The suit is beige with white sleeves, a cowbell around the collar replacing the usual scarf, a portrait of a Moo Moo on the back, and the Moo Moo's tail on the rear end. For this suit's anti-gravity trick animation, the Mii shakes the suit's tail similar to how real-life cows' tails wag. | White |
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
Miis appear in Mario Kart Tour starting with their self-named tour in 2022, the Mii Tour, and they have their own self-named cup, the Mii Cup. They are High-End drivers available in different racing suits, which come in waves. All of the standard racing suit colors, along with all of the Super Mario-themed amiibo racing suits from Mario Kart 8, return in this game, while the rest of the racing suits are new. Unlike in Mario Kart 8, the black suit now covers the entire helmet in black, rather than just the top stripe like the other colors.
Mii Racing Suits only gain one extra favorite course upon reaching levels three and six, rather than two each like with other High-End drivers, karts, or gliders. Each racing suit has their own special skill, with suits based on a playable character sharing their special skill with their character (with the sole exception of the Daisy Mii Racing Suit, which uses Triple Bananas while Daisy herself uses the Heart). Some racing suits have unique Jump Boost animations and race finishing animations, in some cases being based on the character the suit is designed after (in the case of the bronze, silver, and gold suits, they use Metal Mario's animations).
During Mii Tours, the player could collect team tokens by racing as a Mii.
Players who create a Mii on their Nintendo Account can add that Mii to the game and assign it to the racing suits in the settings, with up to ten different Miis able to be saved. Otherwise, the player can choose a pre-made Mii instead, which consists of the CPU Miis featured in Wii Sports Club and Wii Party U. They have new voice clips in this game which, unlike previous games, are the same regardless of the Mii's gender. This is also the first time in the series where Miis can appear as CPU opponents.
| Suit | Special Skill | Debut Wave |
|---|---|---|
 Red Mii Racing Suit |
 Mushroom Cannon |
Wave 1 March 9, 2022 |
