Gaming has never been more personalised for player expression than it is today, where the most popular games give you the tools to create your own avatar, whether you want to literally put yourself in the game or create an original character to roleplay as. But as technology has advanced to the point where we can create the most detailed and photorealistic avatars, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Miis have remained the most universally beloved avatars since Nintendo introduced them nearly 20 years ago.
Given the name is a portmanteau of "Wii" and "me", it's no surprise that these custom avatars first debuted with Nintendo's best-selling console (now a certified retro console). However, the company had already considered the idea of a personal avatar much earlier, from a concept demo for the Japan-only Famicom Disk System to an avatar maker included in Mario Artist: Talent Studio, released for the short-lived (also Japan-exclusive) 64DD add-on for the N64.
