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Nintendo's new social app Miitomo a hit in Japan

Published Fri, Mar 18, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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Tokyo

Nintendo Co's foray into smartphones is off to a good start.

Miitomo, a free messaging-based application, reached No 1 among social-networking apps in Japan on Apple Inc's iOS devices on the day of its release, market researcher App Annie said on Friday. Line, the country's most popular instant messenger, fell to second place.

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