![]() ![]() The Miis are assigned unique personalities based on selections the player makes for the Mii's stats, such as walking speed, speech, and quirkiness. The game begins with the player naming their island and creating their lookalike or personal Mii. Tomodachi Life introduced a level of Mii customizability that was expanded upon in future Nintendo games, such as Miitopia and the social networking app Miitomo. With over 400 thousand units sold in Japan in its debut week, the game is widely considered to be a success. The game received mixed reviews as users praised its gameplay and overall charm, but criticized its simplistic minigames and lack of general user control. With over 6.71 million copies sold worldwide, it was the eleventh best-selling 3DS game of all time. It was released in Japan in April 2013, June 2014 in North America, Europe, and Australia, and July 2014 in South Korea. Tomodachi Life is the sequel to the Japan-exclusive Nintendo DS title Tomodachi Collection. The game follows the day-to-day interactions of Mii characters (referred to as "islanders") as they build friendships, solve problems, and converse with the player. It definitely could be improved in some areas, but Tomodachi Life is a solid game that’s worth playing and I hope we’ll be seeing more in the future.Tomodachi Life is a social simulation video game developed by Nintendo SPD7 and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. That said, Tomodachi Life is a quirky life simulation game that has plenty of character and humor, and definitely worth checking out if you’re a fan of Animal Crossing or similar games. While you can still interact with sleeping Miis – peeking into their surreal dreams and drawing on their sleeping faces – it’s just not as interesting as watching them go about their lives. The game can also be painfully boring late at night when your Miis start going to bed, although one or two may decide to stay up all night. Tomodachi Life is one of those games that are better off being played in small daily doses. When they’re perfectly happy, there’s nothing you can do aside from shop and wait for someone to decide that they’re going to propose to their boyfriend or girlfriend. Of course, there’s a major flaw: there’s really not much to the game aside from playing with your Miis and solving their problems. It’s definitely possible to create a love triangle between Miis, leading to a love confession dramatically interrupted by a third party and for someone to pick between the two suitors. Miis ask you to help them reach out and befriend their neighbors and for advice on whether or not they should romantically pursue a Mii. ![]() As an added feature to Mii relationships, their offspring can either stay on the island or travel to other people’s games. It’s up to you try to decide if you want to help or simply wait for them to snap out of it. Your islanders can fall in love, marry, and have children, but they can also get rejected and fall into a depressive funk. In addition, giving them gifts that they like will level up their happiness, unlocking items they can use around the island like skateboards and hula-dancing manuals, or even teach them a customized song or catchphrase. They’ll also hand out gifts that you can sell to the pawn shop so you can continue to feed and clothe your islanders. Solving their problems and winning their games will have your islanders giving you gifts that can be passed on to other islanders that will allow you to dye their hair or travel to China. Sometimes they’ll have a little cloud raining on them when they’re feeling sick or if they’re feeling down about something. They’ll get hungry and ask you to for food, decide they’d like a new outfit or hat, and even ask you to play a game with them. The real meat of the game is interacting with the islanders themselves. And yes, it is possible to have an island completely populated by Shaquille O’Neal, if that’s your sort of thing. Special Miis that visit through Spotpass can be added to the island by saving the Mii to Miimaker and they’ll retain their shiny gold pants. When populating the island with more Miis, you have the choice of creating them from scratch, importing them from Miimaker, or snapping a photo of someone’s Mii-generated QR code. You’re able to create a personality and even give your Mii their very own unique voice, adjusting their pitch, tone, and even how fast or slowly they speak to your liking. When you start Nintendo’s life simulation game, you’re asked to create a Mii character that will be your very first islander and an avatar that’s based on you, with everyone else calling you their look alike. But I’m pleased to say that Tomodachi Life manages to shine on its own merits. They do seem remarkably similar to one another at first glance, both games being town life simulations. With Tomodachi Life, the comparison to Animal Crossing is inevitable.
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