![]() ![]() Issues can range anywhere from being hungry to wanting a new look for themselves to even wanting to have a relationship with another resident. This is mainly done through helping them solve some sort of issue notated by a thought bubble with some squiggly lines in it. The main goal of the game is to help keep the residents happy. You might notice that they’re mad or having some sort of issue, maybe they want to play a game, or quite possibly even just get to know one of their neighbors better. From there it’s simply checking in on your residents from time to time to see what’s going on and just basically keeping tabs on them. When creating your Miis you can also give them personalities by altering certain traits such as how they act and talk which helps determine how they interact with other Miis. You create your cast of Miis either from scratch, taking pictures of people, or importing them from the Mii Maker on the 3DS, and you all live in the same apartment on the same island (which you name by the way). ![]() Simply put, Tomodachi Life is a life-simulation game, but not quite like The Sims. Sounds like the start to a brand new sitcom, doesn’t it? What’s to say that Tomodachi Life isn’t just another ho-hum life simulation game only with Miis? That’s what I set out to discover, so join me and some other Miis as we share an apartment on an island in Tomodachi Life. For years we’ve had games like The Sims and Animal Crossing, and heck, there’s even The Game of Life for those who have played that through until the end. But a truly fun and silly video game can be a therapy itself.Life-simulation games aren’t a new thing. I can’t say it touched us as a family on a deep level – it’s not meant to, it’s just meant to be fun. With humour and also learning that fights with their game characters, just as in real life, can be resolved. They create lyrics for the different song styles in the game, act them out and generally have a great, happy time when playing it.įor a hobby that has so many negative connotations associated with it I found Tomodachi Life allowing my kids to express themselves in a positive and creative way. And they love playing with Tomodachi Life in a way I haven’t seen them do before. My kids on the other hand, well let’s just say reviewing this game has meant getting another 3DS for both my game-playing sons to use as they absolutely adore the world Nintendo has created. On this occasion even though I can appreciate the madness I just didn’t find it holding my attention as I’d hoped. Perhaps you’ll notice I said the kids 3ds and not mine – I was fully expecting Tomodachi Life to grip me in the way Animal Crossing or Harvest Moon usually does. I imagine that just like Animal Crossing, special events will happen on specific days meaning this is going to be kept in the kids 3ds for a long time. ![]() This is all an excellent setup and the game has enough ridiculous minigames to keep you occupied for many hours – especially with a real-time clock which comes with specific time-appropriate events. None of it is meant to realistic and it makes the nonsense spouted by the characters even more hilarious when you can hear it being said. This humour wouldn’t be half as funny if the Mii’s were silent but fortunately Tomodachi Life has built in voice synthesizer which can replicate a variety of different voices. If all of this sounds dull or rote then Tomodachi Life isn’t really about playing a game, it’s more about observing what your miis get up to and the absurd shenanigans programmed into the game. News reports will keep you up to date with what’s going on and you can even invade your mii’s dreams to see what their inner thoughts and desires are. You’ll solve their problems watch them build relationships or rivalries and as you do so, unlock more of the island with more things to do on it. ![]() So food, clothes, different room decor etc. Once in the game these guys are going to need looking after. From game characters like Mario, or Lightning Farron from FF13, or celebrities like Reggie Fils-Aime from Nintendo of America or the 11th Doctor, just as some personal examples. Though I used my family you can put anyone or anybody in there. You can put all the Mii’s from your Mii Plaza into the game and as a family, I went ahead and put them all in to see what happened. Taking cues from Animal Crossing and the Mii Streetpass games, Tomodachi Life is all about creating Mii’s and putting them into your game where they’ll have a ton of madcap, insane fun in only the way a game developed in Japan can have. Which, as far as anyone is concerned, equals awesome. But that doesn’t mean a boring 9-5 office simulator, it means more mad and crazy Japanese things to do with your Mii kinda game. Tomodachi Life is the new life simulator game from Nintendo. ![]()
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