Miiverse makes drawing fun!

One of the big features of the Wii U is the Miiverse, a sort of social community built into the system that allows people to draw and write messages about different games and topics. I find it really fun to use, and unfortunately I think Nintendo has been really lax in getting the cool features of the Miiverse into the general gaming population heads. 

But I'm not here to complain about Nintendo's marketing strategies! I'm here to show some of crappy Miiverse sketches! While I used to draw a lot, as I've gotten older it seems to get harder and harder for me to put pencil to paper. But with the simple drawing system of the Miiverse, I've found it really enjoyable to do quick sketches here and there. It's also so fun when people reply with another drawing, or when I reply to someone else's! And now that the Miiverse is accessible through browsers, getting screen captures of the Miivese just became easier! So with that, I present some of my Miiverse creations, in no particular order. 

When I got to King Hippo while playing Punch-Out on the Virtual Console, I just had to post about the absurd rendition they made of King Hippo in the Captain N The Game Master cartoon, which found him colored blue for no reason!

When Earthbound (Mother 2 in Japan) was released for Japanese Virtual Console, a lot of people took to the Japanese Miiverse to post in the Mother 2 forum asking for a US release. That is not at all surprising given how vocal Earthbound fans can be. What's surprising is that Nintendo listened and announced we'll be getting it in the US this year.

The great thing about communities for things like YouTube and Amazon Video is that you can pretty much draw anything and it can fit into the community. In this case, Fraggle Rock! 'cause I love Fraggle Rock, and that's reason enough to draw Wembly!

I drew this probably less than an hour after the "Zelda series" community opened. At some point a few days later it got popular with the Japanese crowd, getting quite a few "Yeah's", and a comment that I can't read. Cartoon Zelda Link for the win!

Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing (or whatever the heck that game is called) is surprisingly good, and fills the void nicely until we get Mario Kart U. My two favorite characters to use are Wreck-It Ralph and Vyse. What was really great about this post though, was one of the replies I got from Miiverse friend Waddles:

Nicely done!

Of course, people are making Miiverse creations that blow my stuff away, stuff that I truly do not know how they even make with the simple tools you're given. But I find it really fun to browse through people's posts, or spend a few minutes making a sketch of my own to put up. My Miiverse handle is Toad64, so if you've got a Wii U, make sure to add me as a friend! I love talking games on the Miiverse!