Watch us throw people into a pachinko machine in Nintendo’s Miitomo mobile game

I just dropped a friend of mine into a pachinko machine to help me win a cat outfit. This is Nintendo’s first mobile game, and I don’t think I really need to tell you anything else about it … but I will.

The publisher released Miitomo in Japan yesterday, and it should debut everywhere else in the near future. Nintendo is positioning this as a simple communication and self-expression tool where your Mii avatar goes out and talks with your friends and asks them questions. Gaming on iOS and Android is a $34.8 billion business, and Nintendo needs some of that cash to get back to the profits its shareholders are accustomed to. Miitomo may push the company in that direction with its in-app transactions for clothing and other items.