Rumor: Miiverse must be downloaded

Gamers will have to download Nintendo's new social network?

The staff of Puissance Nintendo recently interviewed Nintendo Quebec media relations manager Julie Gagnon about Miiverse, the Wii U's social network, and GoNintendo took notice. While the article is written in French, I ran it through Google Translate and it has some interesting information.

Puissance Nintendo: "Finally, what interests us most is the interview we had given Julie Gagnon, media relations manager for Nintendo Quebec, which has agreed to answer our questions! Xavier wrote a paper recently that Miiverse would perhaps not be available at launch of the console.

Julie Gagnon has confirmed in an interview that this is precisely not the case, and will be well Miiverse available at the launch of the console, provided that the latter is connected to the Internet! You just simply download it."

If the translation is correct, it appears that Miiverse will need to be downloaded to your Wii U console.

Julie also reconfirmed that the Wii U will have its own version of achievements/trophies.

Puissance Nintendo: "Another size information was confirmed by Julie, even if we doubted their existence, an equivalent system of awards / success can be found on competing consoles will be present on the Wii U!"

Most of Wii U Only's traffic is from the United States, but we also get a lot of traffic from Canada and a decent amount from France as well. I have posted the video interview after the break for our French-speaking readers.

Source: Puissance Nintendo via Google Translate, GoNintendo