Nintendo released the free-to-use phone app Miitomo for iOS and Android devices on March 17 in order to garner attention from new audiences and offer a new platform for Nintendo fans to connect and communicate with one another.

Miitomo, which is being advertised as a social networking app, features the quirky characters known as “Miis,” and the app begins with the user creating their very own Mii. Once the Mii has been created, it is up to the user to dress them up in unique outfits, find friends by a face-to-face connection, through Twitter or Facebook, and answer various questions that are shared with friends. Friends can then “like” your answer or comment on it, which are read out-loud by the Miis, along with all other dialogue in the app.

VentureBeat.com reports that Miitomo recieved 1.6 million downloads in its first four days of release in the United States alone, but the app has many more downloads across the world. Miitomo fan Lauren Hockenson from TNW praises the app, claiming “there’s something alchemical locked within the app that provides a soothing, addicting presence.” However, critic Andrew Hayward from Macworld publications believes that “Nintendo’s Miitomo is whimsical and weird, but the fun seems short-lived.”