Unfortunately, the aforementioned charms of Miitopia fall flat in the face of hours upon hours of seemingly never ending repetition. That lack of control isn’t truly bad in and of itself. Though some of the attack combinations and link-ups are interesting, watching them again and again gets tiresome quickly. I turned on autobattle for my character shortly into the adventure because it just made fights go that much quicker. Otherwise, you can only watch as battles are fought for you. You can sprinkle HP and MP healing dust onto your party, as well as move them to a safe spot to recover from harmful status effects. Miitopia plays like a traditional turn-based RPG, except you only have control over your own character in battle every party member acts without your input. Weapons and armour both follow a linear path, meaning there’s not a lot of choice in your hands. However, you can only buy items when a character decides they want to buy an item. You’ll spend a lot of time inside inns, as this is where you also buy items, go on outings to improve your relationships, and eat food to improve stats. Some areas have multiple paths, but each run through a dungeon will see your characters move exclusively in a straight line before eventually winding up at an inn to rest before the process repeats itself. When you enter a dungeon or explorable area outside of towns, your party automatically runs forward. To say that you do not have much control in Miitopia would be an understatement. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for playing Miitopia itself, because there is a conspicuous lack of depth to this RPG. They’re frequently absurd, and watching your Miis grow and talk to each other with weird dialogue is a highlight of the game. More importantly, the skits and situations these Miis find themselves in are goofy and fun. And as they hang out and become friends, they’ll learn abilities to use in battle that allow them to weaponize the bonds they’ve made into powerful combo attacks. As they will be fighting alongside you in battle, you can choose their class and personality, which will determine how they interact with others. Your party members have a bit more to their creation process than other characters. Two of my party members were Mii versions of Ichiban Kasuga from Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Cid from Final Fantasy VII, and I watched them slowly become best friends over the course of the game. Watching Guy Fieri play the role of a worried parent with a Hamburger as their child is a treat. When you see Paul McCartney interacting with a $19 Fortnite V-Bucks card and Spongebob Squarepants, the appeal of creating and gathering ridiculous Miis is immediately apparent.
I had a Mii that looked like the cover to The Great Gatsby, a Sylveon from Pokemon, 2B from Nier Automata, and so many other wonderful creations. By making use of makeup and wigs, you can create incredible Miis that quite frankly should not exist. This is made possible by a robust character creation system that outshines what was present on the 3DS version. It’s a cute system, and I always looked forward to seeing which Miis I could fit into certain character roles. Want to make the members of Daft Punk guards who protect a king? I did that too. Want to make the powerful great sage Shrek? I did that. Every character in the game, from your party members to the Dark Lord to the guards standing outside a castle, consists entirely of Miis you make or download.
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