Nintendo is shutting down Miitomo, its first smartphone game

Miitomo, Nintendo's first smartphone game, will be shut down on 9th May.

Nintendo hasn't said why it is pulling the plug - although the social application hasn't seen much love in a while.

Launched in March 2016, Miitomo let people make their own Mii avatar and dress it up... but after an initial flurry of downloads, everyone stopped playing.

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