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it's me Toma I'm Bridget Carrie this is your C net update Nintendo finally revealed its very first game for smartphones and it's not really a game at all the first smartphone app from Nintendo is called me Tomoe Tomoe meaning friend and although the company calls it a free-to-play game it's more like a social network messaging tool with me avatar characters that you create to look like you and then you answer a bunch of questions about yourself such as details on your interests and family life and here's where this takes on sort of a Sims vibe your Mii can talk to other Me's for you with what Nintendo calls pretend communication this is for people who are too shy to socialize themselves so you can discover things you have in common with others Nintendo first started teasing us back in March that it was working on a pings for smartphones for the first time we would get a Nintendo game that did not require Nintendo hardware to play but I don't think a social network me game is what people had in mind not to mention there will be in app purchases so I guess you can upgrade your Mii with accessories or something I know we all wanted a Mario game but come on what did we expect Nintendo has always been protective about putting Mario or Zelda franchises on outside products but we won't be able to really judge miitomo until next year because it's not coming out until March of 2016 which is later than expected that's not all that's going on in the gaming world the video site twitch is known for live streaming video people playing video games but it also has been home to a growing creative arts community in fact there are a hundred thousand broadcaster streaming creative creations and so twitch just created a landing page just for this category where you can watch artists creating art live and interacting with viewers in chat rooms and as part of this launch twitch is streaming a marathon of Bob Ross's show the joy of painting so you too can learn to paint happy little trees also there are a number of new product reviews on CNET you should check out including the Apple TV review which is a bit pricier than other streaming boxes the new 150 dollars but it has potential to stand out when more apps and games become available we also have a review of the Microsoft band - it's the company's second take at a fitness tracker it's also more expensive than the first version at two hundred and fifty dollars and then there is the 1 plus X Android smartphone made by a Chinese company it's actually the same price as that Microsoft band two hundred and fifty dollars that's cheap for a phone but it's a mess to get one they make you request an invite to sound all exclusive but it's what they do to stand out from the larger companies it comes out in November that's it for this tech news update and there's more at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey