| Flipnote Studio | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD Tokyo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Hideaki Shimizu |
| Producer(s) | Yoshiaki Koizumi |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS (3D version) |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Memo/Notepad/Animation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer online and locally |
Flipnote Studio, known in Japan as Moving Notepad (うごくメモ帳, Ugoku Memochō), is a free downloadable 2D digital animation application available through the Nintendo DSi's DSiWare digital distribution service. The service for the DSiWare has been discontinued. Developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo,[1] Flipnote Studio allowed users to create both word-based and picture-based notes with the stylus, add sound, and combine them to create frame-by-frame flipbook-style animations. In English-language keynote addresses and conferences prior to its release, the application was referred to as Moving Notepad by Nintendo, and was announced at E3 2009 officially as Flipnote Studio.[2] It was released in Japan on December 24, 2008, in North America on August 12, 2009, and in Europe and Australia on August 14. It was later included as a preloaded program on the Nintendo DSi and DSi XL with firmware version 1.4.
An online service, titled Flipnote Hatena (うごメモはてな, Ugomemo Hatena), allowed users to download flipnotes created by other users and to post stills from flipnotes to the sharing site Miiverse. The service officially retired on May 31, 2013. However, users were still able to transfer Flipnotes from their Flipnote Hatena account to the Flipnote Gallery World service provided with Flipnote Studio 3D, until it was shut down on April 2, 2018.[3]
After the closure of the Nintendo DSi Shop on March 31, 2017, the original Flipnote Studio is no longer available for download. The original Flipnote application cannot be transferred onto the Nintendo 3DS;[4] but instead, a successor titled Flipnote Studio 3D was released for the platform.
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