There’s an interesting free app available for iPhone called i3D. An experiment in face-tracking via the front camera, it shifts the perspective of several demo objects as if you were looking at three dimensional scenes. It’s interesting and fun, but (and even the app’s creator admits this) it still looks flat. The effect doesn’t come close to the what the 3Ds achieves, but it’s still worth checking out.
The funny part comes when you find two of the included demos feature a gaggle of Miis! I can only assume that the app’s creator is a Nintendo fan; he could have used any other images in the world. Perhaps he hasn’t heard that Nintendo counts the Miis among their copyrighted characters.
Sometimes I wonder how closely Apple really screens their app store submissions.
LOL, it's the 3DS Mii app on the iOS.
I think you didn't read the article throughly. It's not a Mii app, it's just an app that happens to have Mii pictures in one of the demos.
Apple sucks at keeping their App Store in order. THIS is why it takes Nintendo longer to approve games since they actually LOOK at the content.
I know it's pretty unthinkable to people around here. But there is a pretty high chance of some random software engineer that is approving apps to have never seen a Mii before. 25 million Wii's sold in the whole US isn't really that many. Combine that with the Mii's look incredibly generic for "avatars" and I'd say they just know that it was Nintendo IP.
I'm sure the developer will get a C&D but I think it's hard to qualify Mii's as a good use of IP imo.