Nintendo’s president, Satoru Iwata, announced Miiverse on June 3rd - a “Mii universe” for Wii U - during the company’s Nintendo Direct pre-E3 livestream.

Miiverse is an online system planned for the company’s upcoming system that displays a Mii plaza on the Wii U GamePad, looking like a much expanded version of the Wii’s Mii Plaza feature. The plaza will show Mii characters gathering around game icons and feature a messaging system for players to connect with players they do and do not know, as well as a variety of other functions. Miiverse will also feature a “social networking-style wall” of sorts, where players can post screenshots from games.

Miiverse will inhabit the 3DS as well as Android and iOS mobile devices in the future, though it will not be available immediately at launch.