Switch dataminers discover references to "Special Miis"

Miis don't get too much attention on Switch, but they're certainly part of the platform. As a matter of fact, Mario Golf: Super Rush is about to put them to good use for Story Mode, and Miitopia is coming to Switch as well. It's nice to see Nintendo paying a bit more attention to Miis, but it seems the Big N might have some other Mii plans going on behind-the-scenes.

Dataminer HEYimHeroic has gone snooping around inside the Switch SDK, and he's come away with an interesting tidbit about Miis. There are multiple references in the SDK to 'Special Miis,' but Nintendo has never used them. Here's the other info discovered about Special Miis so far.

– Special Miis can’t be edited or used for your own icon
– They don’t appear in the Mii list in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, and Super Mario Maker 2
– Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doesn’t allow you to select any Special Miis
– They probably also won’t appear in Go Vacation, but that hasn’t been tested
– If you try setting an amiibo’s new owner, the Special Mii won’t appear in that list
– If a Special Mii somehow did appear in a Switch game (other than Smash), then there is code to revert the Special Mii to look like a default starter Mii if a special key code is set in the code
– The Switch SDK has this key code set to “0”, meaning this doesn’t actually happen
– If the Mii is short enough, you can see its pants without editing it
– Pants are golden
– Deleting a Special Mii gives you a unique pop up