15 Hours of Making Miitopia Characters - Here's What I Learned 

If Tomodachi Life ever comes to the Switch they'd better include all this customization stuff

You know... It makes me happy that Ross is putting a lot of emphasis on author credit when it comes to art based distribution of media. I know how much it sucks to have someone be like, "you made this? ...I made this." Makes me glad it's being looked at, you know?

It's a little bizarre, because Miis built in past platforms' mediums HAVE had a field for author attribution...

Not being able to customize expressions and change body skin color is a huge crime.

The no artist credit thing confused me at first. I was scrolling through people's Miis thinking "what, these people all made the EXACT same characters??" It's kinda sad, i'd love for there to be a way to trace it back to the original person

I wondered why Nintendo doesn't just update the Switch's own Mii Maker with this stuff. 0:54 That's probably why.

Another tip to note, glasses are the only object on a higher layer than the nose, so if you want to hide the nose, add glasses in the regular mii editor, then replace them with a shape in the makeup editor to cover them up.

This is definitely one of those games where I: - spend hours making thing - realize it looks like trash - find out someone made a vastly superior version - use that instead with varying degrees of shame

I spent 2 hours making sephiroth and it didnt even come out good im shaking and crying

An interesting thing i found for the eye layers specifically is that there are about 7-ish general layers stacked on top of each other like this: >Upper Eyelashes >Upper Eyes >Upper Eyeshadow >Mii Eyes (ie the default eyes on the mii; it appears in all three "eye" makeup layering sections) >Lower Eyelashes >Lower Eyes >Lower Eyeshadow With the Eyelashes and Eyeshadow*, they DO NOT follow the Mii's eyes, and can be used in front of or behind the actually animated part, the "Eyes" layer. (*I have not been able to test the eyeshadow yet, but this is the most likely scenario) The Eyes layer is animated based upon the Iris of the Mii Eyes, so anything in those layers will move left and right as the mii looks left and right. The most frustrating part about this is that in the "Expressions" list, *There are no "looking around" expressions* so it was quite annoying trying to find this stuff out, as the only way to reliably find this expression is with Relationship Level Ups as there are certain animations that show this based upon the two genders present (I believe the first 3-ish levels gender doesn't matter, but up to 9 they have to be opposite). I sincerely hope this doesn't get buried, as this info will most likely save a whole lotta headache for those that don't know.

Tip: since makeup only changes face skin tone, on your normal MII go the darkest skin tone possible. It makes it look like they're possibly wearing gloves or boots.

Me when Miitopia was announced: Eh. I've already got it on the 3ds I don't need the new one. There probably won't be much new stuff. Me after seeing the new mii creator: MY GOD......

This Is the BEST thing they could have done for a game built around Inserting custom characters Into your playthrough! Unlimited potential for character creation!

They killed the Search function for access codes, like bruh how am I gonna find decent-looking niche characters?

I just hope that the full game will add some new amiibo skins.

They should just replace the mii system on the next console with this

I just made every character myself, except the dark lord. That's my brother.

"Getting this wrong will cause the face to collapse in on itself" Oh so no pressure then

It is genuinely impressive just how much work must have gone into making this creation system

Really hope they add creator credit in the full version as well as a way to search and sort your miis, it can be hard to find certain ones in a batch of 500...

As the guy in the chat who you knew as "the dude with 150 hours in Miitopia 3DS and 30+ hours in the switch demo", I'm really glad that you've gotten into it as much as you have.

These are Miis now. Remember where we were when they were introduced? This creator engine is worth the higher price alone. Holy crap.

Wait a minute. Both RubberRoss and Failboat uploaded a Miitopia video at the same time. Coincidence?

damn that mii in the thumbnail its crazy how good the mii maker is

It's like he took the final exam and then he started studying.

Whoa it's Matt Watson and Ryan "McGee" Magee from the hit RU-vid channel SuperMega!

I've been making all my OCs. Some of them are kinda hard, though, because there's no hair quite like what they're supposed to have or maybe they're a furry and IDK a way to do ears, tails, wings, etc. For the ears and tails, maybe I can make them cat job when the full game comes out and I unlock it so they get it that way.

Yes SO Excited for this GAME!!!!

Oh man, I hope Ross uploads all his Miitopia streams to RU-vid! His original play through of Miitopia on the GameGrumps channel was one of my favorite things to watch back in the day. So sad that it was never completed but maybe this time it’ll be seen all the way through!!!

I'm glad I'm not the only one that puts other's Miis I've downloaded to secret. Yes, would be cool if they spread, but I'm not that talented so I don't want folks thinking I made those. Wish there was a way for better credit, alas. Great tip on the glasses!! I didn't know that, so that will really help me with more designs.

I genuinely didn't know about the glasses trick! My lisa the painful miis can get some nice touch ups now

Your an absolute champ for going out of your way to make a video to help others enjoy the game! ^^ Mad Respect! Your Awesome and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

i've never seen such a unique avatar!! i love the the almost careless devil look it's so cute ^_^

This gives me hope for Tomodachi Life

Wow, i saw what people were doing with this thing and i’m still surprised by just how deep the makeup maker goes. The guide is very much appreciated Ross!

That was very informative! Thank you for the explanation ross!

1 year later the access code no longer works

Definitely gonna mess with this whenever I get the chance, the only thing I have left to figure out is the difference between "mask" and "sticker".

These are all great tips, and I'm happy to know them going in! That character adjustment looks amazing!

Thank you for this video, it actually really helps ^^ So amazing how the extensiveness of this mii maker makes it almost like its own art program but for character creation.

Thanks Ross this was really helpful and easy to understand!

OMG thanks for giving your access key! I LOVE the Danny and Arin,im gonna use them

I wish they let us hide the nose like the way they do the eyebrows

yeah I was actually talking to my sister about the lack of author credit in miitopia. like in pokemon no matter how many times a pokemon is traded it will still carry the original trainers name with it. seems like NBD to most people but from an artists view it is really upsetting.

I actually learned something today, thanks Ross! 😃

Matt and Ryan from SuperMega?

Yoooo you guys did such a great job on Hacker's model!! Heckin cute as a bunger

Daaang dude! Your Vtuber model looks AMAZING WOOOW!! Aww man I really want those Arin and Dan miis.

I spent an hour just trying to make the perfect wig, I can't imagine how long making a whole mii would be

4:33 Whoa, is that Matt Watson from SuperMega!?

Good to see you wanting to make videos again!

One tip id say, is if you have a character that doesnt have a regular mouth and you want to hide it, you can make an area with the skin color [id recommend using the skin grey ish "bandaid" color as a base and squint / blur your eyes until its really similar] and then cover the mouth and like an open mouth using stickers. Works well with eyes too, but the only problem is that the character will have this weird skin tone part all the time because of the small outline on it, and that if your mii were to open its mouth / eyes it would be set to being happy / sad / whateve emotion it is. 👍

I hope to see Ross play this again. I still remember Princess Hank hill

0:40 IS - *hyperventilating* RYAN MCGEE FROM ULTRASMEGMA???!? 😱🥵

Wow this was so helpful! I didn’t realise character creation in miitopia could get to such levels! :o

omg i know that this has probably been around for awhile but i absoloutely love the vtuber model it looks so clean

I’m convinced no one has actually played the game, just the character creation.

The Access code dont work

I'm probably never going to utilize this information but thanks Ross, this was very educational.

Very helpful. Thanks, Ross!

My code is 3K0NK64. I have made: Not Shane from The Town with No Name, Peppino & Noise from Pizza Tower, Chris from The Adventures of Chris, Gary the Gadget Guy from Club Penguin, The Judge from OFF, Leafos from Viva Piñata, Xoda Rap from Niotu Love 2: De-evolution, Tilith from Brave Frontier, Mayapple from Nefarious, Alan Probe & Ophelia Payne from Amateur Surgeon, Soviet Womble, and Main Characters from SMG4, Meta Runner, and Sunset Paradise.

I’m absolutely in love with Ross’s Demon oc ❤️

So awesome!! Almost as advanced as FO4s character customization

I know I'm late but this is really bringing me back to the amazing creations from ModNationRacers back on PS3. A kid's racing game yet there was almost boundless opportunities to make whatever character designs you could imagine. This is the closest I've seen that resembles that since.

That’s cool but like- have you every made a languid arts textbook tho...

Now I wish these features were part of regular Miis

Ross, thank you for the tutorial. You are amazingly!

This is super neat! Thanks for the tips!

I played Miitopia long ago... And I need MORE.

Now i need to retry my Helltaker Beelzebub to try to do the horns properly...

I wasn't expecting to actually like this video. 10/10 subverted my expectations

Great tutorial and critique Ross.

Alright, this might be a bit of work but I think you can fix your Rubberross hero Step one: get on Giwi's account and have her download any miis you want to save Step two: go into your switch storage and just delete your Miitopia save Step 3: New Ross! Step 4: download the miis you had giwi save from her profile

I really wish we could do this in Smash.

Thanks for this! Really helpful! 👍

I appreciate creators who make miis look like they intended both with or without makeup. Not easy to do for most cases but I think it's worth the effort.

The biggest thing I learned from this is that you can copy things with X

they need to add curly hair options in the wig menu ;_; my starfire mii needs it

This was very helpful! I learned a lot!

I’ll definitely take you up on the offer to share codes. For now, I’m just gonna go through the game. Once I complete it, I’ll be sure to put up my creations for you!

How am I just now finding out about the OTHER and COPY buttons? I'm as blind as a streamer.

Am I the only one who paused to see all of Ross’ Mii’s?

Matt and Ryan as the examples gives me great joy

More video essays too! You're very good at them

The only thing thats even making me consider buying this game was the Mii creator. I hope this makes Nintendo do the same with Tomodachi Life

I was going to play this, but not being able to change body skin colors was a deal breaker. That would bother me to no end.

Okay. New Ross' playthrough to look forward to.

The fact that Miitopia has one of the most complex character builders of any game I know of makes me really happy for some reason lol

I played Miitopia for more than 100 hours on my 3ds and was so sad that almost nobody knew about this game. So this makes me so so happy!! Let's hope we'll get a Tomodachi life for switch!! (I got 1000 hours on that game bwhahsjw)

The access code no longer appears to work

I didn't know the glasses trick, thank you so much for the tips!

The game itself is already really fun, but the outing tickets and this maker are the best part, and the horse

It's really a pity that it doesn't say who the original artist for each mii is, it really should credit them, but I'm glad that people usually don't make them secret, because it's way easier to find the really cool ones that way! Anyway, looking forward to more Miitopia on this channel, can't wait to see Ross playing it!

I wish I owned a switch so badly

The Alpharad Mii is something that I didn’t know I needed in life 🤣

I'm still waiting on some good let's plays of this to come out. This would be a perfect game for a couchful of friends playing together.

Access code no longer works:(

So... new viewer. (I know him from grumps) When did Ross become Hellbent from Planet Dolan

There was a game for the Wii called create, the main game itself was a platformer game going through a jungle, but you get to draw your character and there's different boxes for different body parts. I remember this because my dad at the time was a fan of The Misadventures of Flapjack on Cartoon Network, and so for his platformer character he drew Kapp'n Knuckles, and he drew him really well tbh. The way you talk about how of you want your eyes to work as eyes you gotta make them in the eye category.. this reminded of that Wii game and how sensitive the different function boxes were.

This is really interesting stuff, Ross. I'm actually thinking of getting Miitopia. ^^ I'm a little curious though. Did you use Facerig for this video and if so, is it any good? I'm thinking of the fact that you're using a 3D avatar.