Alongside the release of the Nintendo Wii in 2006, Nintendo introduced a new form of custom avatar to go with the Wii's burgeoning ecosystem, Miis. Miis were cute little people you could create in the ...

Chris is a writer with an academic background in Creative Technology and Games Design. This experience has allowed him to look at games through a critical lens, analyzing what makes for good design.

Nintendo did a brilliant thing when it created the Mii Channel -- a place on the Wii console where you can create bobble-headed people who look like you, your friends or, well, pretty much anybody.

After booting up our new Nintendo Switch, we check out the wide range of customisation options when it comes to making your new Mii.

A few gamers in Japan created homemade augmented reality cards for the 3DS, and they hit the streets to see how large the virtual Miis could become. The result? Well, see for yourself. It's pretty ...