Swapnote
| Swapnote | |
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The Nintendo Letter Box logo.
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Nintendo SDD Denyu-sha |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Daiji Imai |
| Producer(s) | Kiyoshi Mizuki, Masaru Shimomura |
| Programmer(s) | Satoshi Takenouchi |
| Artist(s) | Motomasa Kondo, Yu Kitai |
| Composer(s) | Daisuke Shiiba, Kenji Yamamoto |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS family |
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| Genre(s) | Drawing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Swapnote, known as Nintendo Letter Box in PAL regions and Itsu no Ma ni Kōkan Nikki (いつの間に交換日記?, lit. "Unnoticed Exchange Diary") in Japan, is a messaging application for the Nintendo 3DS family. Swapnote was released on December 21, 2011 in Japan and December 22, 2011 in Europe, Australia and North America via the Nintendo eShop. It can be downloaded at no additional cost and is pre-installed on newer systems. Swapnote is the successor to the app for the Nintendo DS line.
In November 2016, Nintendo released a spiritual successor called Swapdoodle.
Swapnote allows users to send hand-written/drawn messages to registered friends via SpotPass either or other users via StreetPass. The app also allows users to freely embed pictures and sounds into their messages, and it also lets users change the position and the orientation of the picture and sound icons. Features are unlocked as players continue to send letters, such as the ability to hand-write/draw 3D messages, with additional stationery and features unlocked by spending Play Coins. Messages sent and received can also be saved indefinitely, in spite of the 3000 message limit. Additional stationery can be obtained via certain Nintendo related events, such as using specific software, or by saving them from other people's messages.
On July 5, 2012, Nintendo updated the Swapnote application to feature six different colors of ink, with only one color being available per message. On April 11, 2013, Nintendo updated Swapnote yet again, this time bringing even more new features, including the ability to take photos or record audio directly through the application, as well as the ability to undo drawings, and use different colors on each page of a message.
On October 31, 2013, Nintendo abruptly suspended the Swapnote/Nintendo Letter Box SpotPass functionality presumably after an incident in Japan where minors were sharing Friend Codes with strangers who had exploited the messaging service to allegedly exchange pornographic imagery. Additionally, the Special Notes service, which were also sent via SpotPass to promote Nintendo games, has also been suspended. Nintendo issued an apology to those who had been using the application in a responsible manner. This consequently also suspended the Flipnote Gallery: Friends function for the app Flipnote Studio 3D on the same day.
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