Swapnote

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Swapnote/Nintendo Letter Box

The Nintendo Letter Box logo.
Developer(s) Nintendo SDD
Denyu-sha[1]
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Daiji Imai[1]
Programmer(s) Satoshi Takenouchi[1]
Artist(s) Motomasa Kondo
Yu Kitai[1]
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS
Release date(s) JP 20111221December 21, 2011
EU 20111222December 22, 2011
AU 20111222December 22, 2011
NA 20111222December 22, 2011
Genre(s) Online message board

Swapnote, known as Nintendo Letter Box in PAL regions and Itsu no Mani Kลkan Nikki (ใ„ใคใฎ้–“ใซไบคๆ›ๆ—ฅ่จ˜) in Japan, is a messaging application for the Nintendo 3DS. Swapnote was released on December 22, 2011 in Europe, Australia and North America via the Nintendo eShop, and can be downloaded at no additional cost, and is pre-installed on newer systems.

History

Discontinuation

On October 31, 2013, Nintendo abruptly suspended the Swapnote/Nintendo Letter Box SpotPass functionality after discovering minors were sharing Friend Codes with strangers who had exploited the messaging service to allegedly exchange pornographic imagery.[2][3] Additionally, the Special Notes service, which were also sent via SpotPass to promote Nintendo games, has also been suspended. Nintendo issued an apology to those who had been using the application in a responsible manner.[4][5]

Features

This application allows users to send hand-written/drawn messages to registered friends via SpotPass either or other users via StreetPass.[6] The app also allows users to freely embed pictures and sounds into their messages, and it also lets users change the position and the orientation of the picture and sound icons. Features are unlocked as players continue to send letters, such as the ability to hand-write/draw 3D messages, with additional stationary and features unlocked by spending Play Coins. Messages sent and received can also be saved indefinitely, in spite of the 3000 message limit. Additional stationary can be obtained via certain Nintendo related events, such as using specific software, or by saving them from other people's messages.

Updates

On July 5, 2012, Nintendo updated the Swapnote application to feature six different colors of ink, with only one color being available per message.[7] On April 11, 2013, Nintendo updated Swapnote yet again, this time bringing even more new features, including the ability to take photos or record audio directly through the application, as well as the ability to undo drawings, and use different colors on each page of a message.[8]

Reception

Despite being a successor to PictoChat, Swapnote's messaging model is not based on the standard instant messaging model as PictoChat has always been, as the application lacks in instant messaging features such as keyboard functionality, chat rooms, and live-continuous messaging.[9]

References

  1. โ†‘ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Swapnote". Iwata Asks. Nintendo. Retrieved 25 November 2013. 
  2. โ†‘ "Accused Child Predator Allegedly Used Nintendo's Swapnote Service". Kotaku. Retrieved 8 November 2013. 
  3. โ†‘ "ใ‚ใ„ใ›ใค็”ปๅƒ:ใ‚ฒใƒผใƒ ๆฉŸใง้€ไฟกใ•ใ›ใ‚‹ใ€€ๅฅณๅ…่ขซๅฎณใ€ๅฎน็–‘่€…ใ‚’ๆ›ธ้กž้€ๆคœใ€€๏ผ่ŒจๅŸŽ" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved 8 November 2013. 
  4. โ†‘ Notice about service for Nintendo 3DS software Swapnote. Nintendo.com (2013-11-1). Retrieved on 2013-11-1.
  5. โ†‘ by Andrew Brown on Oct. 31, 2013 5:45PM (2013-10-13). "Swapnote, Flipnote 3D Discontinued". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2013-11-01. 
  6. โ†‘ Wahlgren, Jon (2011-10-21). "Kid Icarus, Kirby Getting 3D Classics Makeovers". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2011-10-22. 
  7. โ†‘ "Swapnote Updated to Feature Additional Colors - News". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2013-09-18. 
  8. โ†‘ by JC Fletcher on Apr 11th 2013 5:45PM (2013-04-11). "Swapnote update adds photo, filtering features". Joystiq. Retrieved 2013-09-18. 
  9. โ†‘ Swapnote bringing messaging to the 3DS โ€“ The Tanooki. Thetanooki.com (2011-10-23). Retrieved on 2013-08-23.

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