Nintendo Miiverse Smartphone App Announced January 23, 2013

Nintendo announced during today’s Nintendo Direct that a smartphone app that would allow Wii U owners mobile access to the Nintendo Miiverse was going to be coming.  With it, you’ll be able to read Miiverse posts, view drawings, posted screenshots, and manage your communities without having to be home and logged in at your Wii U.

The app will be coming in two phases starting this spring.  The first phase will be a browser-based experience which will allow limited interactivity and allow users to keep up to date with Miiverse posts on their smartphone screen.  A full featured Miiverse app will then be released afterwards.

Nintendo announced that you would be able to access Miiverse through your Nintendo Network account, which users traditionally set up the first time they start the Wii U.  While any internet connected smartphone will be able to browse the Miiverse with their smartphone’s internet browser, no specifics were provided about which smartphone platforms they would release the full featured app on.