Upcoming Miiverse improvements include community features, interface updates

By Samit Sarkar on Jan 23, 2013 01.23.13

Nintendo is planning to expand the feature set of Miiverse, the Wii U social network, in a series of updates throughout 2013, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced today in a Nintendo Direct session. Some updates will be tied to specific games. Pikmin 3 will allow players to use the Wii U GamePad as an in-game camera and take close-up screenshots from the point of view of the Pikmin themselves. Those images can then be shared on the game's Miiverse community. Wii Fit U will offer closed communities within Miiverse, gated by unique IDs (similar to groups in Mario Kart 7 on Nintendo 3DS), in which people can discuss elements like exercises, weight fluctuations and BMI in safe environments with people they know. Players will be able to create Wii Fit U Communities on Miiverse from...