Redditor Knew Breath Of The Wild Used Miis For NPCs Two Years Ago

Breath of the Wild NPCs have made rounds as a big new thing–but it turns out that fans have known about UMii for years. There’s been some buzz recently about an odd system in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Modder @HeyImHeroic took to Twitter to “reveal” that the Nintendo Switch game uses something called UMii to generate NPCs, with the end result being an advanced version of Miis. They then showed how, by using mods, one could import a Mii of their own creation into Breath of the Wild. The story made the rounds as a big new thing–but it turns out that fans have known about UMii for years. In light of the UMii discussion, a Redditor on the Breath of the Wild subreddit dredged up a post from two years ago. In that old post, the user jokingly theorizes that the dev team had an intern make NPCs using Mii Maker. They highlight several awkward NPC faces to back up the idea. Of course, the actual mechanics behind the NPCs are more advanced, but the user has the right general idea that Miis are the foundation. What’s more interesting are the comments under this old post. People pointed out…
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