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American Idol Mii's

by Ian Bogost March 23, 2007

categories: Console & PC Games , Social Games

I have no idea why I did this. I was writing all day, and my brain started to fry, and I went downstairs to play some Wii Play billiards. I must have been reeling still from the Life of a Mii segment, and I started creating Mii's. Somehow I ended up creating one of the remaining American Idol contestants. And then it started to seem like a good idea to make all of them. So, here you go, here's the ten remaining:

I'm not sure how I'll lord my god-like power over them. I could delete one each week. Or maybe I'll just enjoy the perverse turning of tables when I make them cheer for me as I play ping-pong on Wii Play.

Detailed views of all of them are after the jump. I'm not thrilled with how a lot of them turned out; there's only so much the Mii editor allows. Sanjaya and Phil are my favorites.

You can click for bigger versions.

Comments (4)

Nosferatu... ummm... I mean Phil... is hilarious. It's just so close to the real thing! :)

Blake is pretty good too... this certainly shows how well the Mii editor can create likenesses of people.

Chris Sligh has such a unique look though, his Mii isn't even close :)

Joe Bourrie on March 23, 2007 6:34 PM

Oh, I didn't realize you could click the image to see it in high res. The larger pic I can see that Sligh actually is fairly close to his real likeness... but Chris Richardon is pretty far off (of course I don't think you can make a Mii that is THAT much of a cheeseball)

Joe Bourrie on March 23, 2007 6:49 PM

Yeah, Blake turned out pretty well. One problem is that you can't make a Mii with curly hair. Thus Chris Sligh and Jordin both aren't right. Sligh is a bit closer though.

Ian Bogost on March 23, 2007 7:42 PM

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AC on March 24, 2007 10:55 AM

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