Mii characters are now genderless on Nintendo Switch 2 - I can’t wait for President Trump to give a rant about Nintendo

https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch-2/603805/switch-2-genderless-mii

The Nintendo Switch 2 has changed Mii character creation, Polygon can confirm after going hands-on with the console. When creating new Mii avatars, players won’t be able to choose between male or female options like the Switch, but rather between two “styles.”

The new system offers players a generic avatars, with the option to customize the Mii. And if you’re wondering whether or not the Mii characters were redesigned, no, they weren’t. Instead, Mii look unchanged, carrying over the debut design from the Nintendo Wii.

While the genderless direction serves as a change for the Mii characters, Nintendo isn’t new to adopting this “select a style” language for gender preference.

In 2022, Splatoon 3 introduced the concept to the franchise, allowing players the freedom to style the Inklings with whatever clothes and hair excited them. Certain hairstyles were no longer locked to females and males, thus giving players more control over how they expressed themselves in Inkling customization and creation.

Two years before Splatoon 3, Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released with similar options, opting to refer to gender as “styles.” Even before this, 2012’s Animal Crossing: New Leaf gave players the choice to dress gender neutral — the recent Mii change appears to be just an extension of that.

Nintendo Switch 2 launches on June 5, 2025.

 

[David Brown]

You will never be type B

 

[Ibanez RG 350EX]

I promise to be furious about this when I pirate and emulate these games on my PC in 3-5 years.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

You will never be type B

What about a YoRHa model 2 Type B?

 

[Punkin_Man]

People will complain about it but will still buy everything that will come out in the future. Only way this comes out bad for them is if the switch 2 doesn't sell well which I doubt will happen.

 

[X Prime]

Imagine buying a console after the Wii.

Could not be me. PC master race.

 

[Magicat]

In fairness, there wasn't a whole lot of difference back on the Wii and 3DS. The most telling difference came from hairstyle, which both gendered Miis could freely pick. Some were blatantly feminine. Picking a gender did nothing important. Both could have beards, if I recall... :X Had there never been an option, no one would've given it a second thought. Though removing it at this stage is nothing short of trying to pander to the genderspecial retards and their enablers. I guess Nintendo are trying to salvage whatever brownie points they can after the disastrous reception to the Switch 2, by doing the unthinkable: shooting themselves in the other foot.

 

[GeekUSA]

I can't wait for Nintendo to die and all the faggot fanboys who lick Satoro Iwata's rotten, dead nuts to bitch and moan about their favorite jap-shit company going under.

 

[David Brown]

I promise to be furious about this when I pirate and emulate these games on my PC in 3-5 years.

What is there to pirate really? BOTW? I'm not into RPGs so maybe that's why I don't need a Switch idk

 

[Soso]

I guess part of this also came from when people melted down about Tomodachi Life and no fag marriage, and gender bullshit.

 

[Ibanez RG 350EX]

What is there to pirate really? BOTW? I'm not into RPGs so maybe that's why I don't need a Switch idk

Yeah, I played BOTW (big mistake), Mario Odyssey, and Red Dead Redemption 1 before the PC port got announced. Maybe a couple of others.

I'm sure as hell not buying a console for three games.

 

[Battlefield2142EU]

INB4 Nintendo fanboys cry it only Nintendo of America to blame.

 

[ZazietheBeast]

The normalization continues.

YOU VILL PLAY WITH ZE TYPE A AND TYPE B BODYTYPES! MEN UND VOMEN DON'T EXIST.

Seriously though, not a coincidence Japan is getting pozzed like this. Globohomo isn't a fan of anything that goes against the endless current year dogma.

 

[ShahOfIran1979]

Imagine buying a console after the Wii.

Could not be me. PC master race.

The Wii U and 3DS were pretty decent, but sadly the Wii U sold like shit.

 

[Arbiter]

Will this impact Tomodachi Life 2, even though it's supposed to be for the Switch? Will all the characters be potential romance options for each other, as long as they are adults/unrelated? What about having babies?

 

[tehpope]

I can't wait for Nintendo to die and all the faggot fanboys who lick Satoro Iwata's rotten, dead nuts to bitch and moan about their favorite jap-shit company going under.

You'll be waiting forever then.
Hey, it could be worse. Nintendo could be owned by Apple or some other snobby company.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

What is there to pirate really? BOTW? I'm not into RPGs so maybe that's why I don't need a Switch idk

I am into RPGs. Even most of the worthwhile JRPGs have a PC port. If it isn't a Nintendo published game, it most likely has a PC port.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

In fairness, there wasn't a whole lot of difference back on the Wii and 3DS. The most telling difference came from hairstyle, which both gendered Miis could freely pick. Some were blatantly feminine. Picking a gender did nothing important. Both could have beards, if I recall... :X Had there never been an option, no one would've given it a second thought. Though removing it at this stage is nothing short of trying to pander to the genderspecial retards and their enablers. I guess Nintendo are trying to salvage whatever brownie points they can after the disastrous reception to the Switch 2, by doing the unthinkable: shooting themselves in the other foot.

Sure, but this is nintendo giving in to troon ideology.

But outside of this when has the last time the Miis have been relevant? Since the 3ds and Wii U days?

 

[ConsentAccidentVictimNo98]

Imagine buying a console after the Wii.

Could not be me. PC master race.

Hot take, the Wii U is actually a pretty good modding console, purely because of the gamepad and its uses with DS modding (touch screen on the bottom screen).

 

[Dysnomia]

Two years before Splatoon 3, Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released with similar options, opting to refer to gender as “styles.” Even before this, 2012’s Animal Crossing: New Leaf gave players the choice to dress gender neutral — the recent Mii change appears to be just an extension of that.

You could wear opposite gender clothes in New Leaf but villagers might comment on it. I assume that's no longer a thing in New Horizons because it might hurt the gendies feelings. I think the comment amounted to something like "That's a bold style!" or "You're wearing that?". It's been a long time since I've played. Some of the villagers that look really freaky when shocked, like Dotty, might have given the wrong impression.

In fairness, there wasn't a whole lot of difference back on the Wii and 3DS. The most telling difference came from hairstyle, which both gendered Miis could freely pick. Some were blatantly feminine. Picking a gender did nothing important. Both could have beards, if I recall... :X Had there never been an option, no one would've given it a second thought. Though removing it at this stage is nothing short of trying to pander to the genderspecial retards and their enablers. I guess Nintendo are trying to salvage whatever brownie points they can after the disastrous reception to the Switch 2, by doing the unthinkable: shooting themselves in the other foot.

The female had a dress and the male had pants. Although it was more of a Home Movies style outfit. I just fired up my 3DS and indeed female miis can have beards. The only real difference is the pants/dress thing. People were already creating workaround miis for Tomodachi Life so they could have their same sex ships get married and have babies. Although I can't remember if all the Tomodachi clothes were unisex. I think they were and the mii would be kind of shocked if you dressed it in opposite sex clothing.

At this point I'm so used to "choose your style" that it's sad. At least we don't need to pick from a list of 500 pronouns for a mii. Yet.