Tomodachi Life

"Your friends. Your drama. Your life."

- Tagline

Tomodachi Life is a life simulator game for the Nintendo 3DS released in Japan in early 2013, and worldwide in mid-2014. It was both developed and published by Nintendo. Tomodachi Life is the second and final game in the Tomodachi series, proceeding Tomodachi Collection. It, along with the Tomodachi series, was succeeded by Miitopia a few years later.

''For sake of uniformity with the rest of the wiki, the article describes the North American version of the game. See Regional differences below.''

Gameplay
Like most life simulators, Tomodachi Life is open-ended and features no detailed story. The game starts off by letting the player name an island the Miis will eventually live in. The player is then prompted to create a Mii that resembles oneself. Eventually, the player will be able to make Miis whenever they wish and continue the various aspects of gameplay.

Mii Creation
Tomodachi Life has the same Mii-making features as the 3DS system, but with more personal features. After creating the Mii itself on one page, players must write a full name for the character, as well as a nickname that will be used more often. A birthday can be added, and doing so will allow the game to celebrate it when the date passes in real time. A Mii's favorite color and creator are input on this page and gender can be readjusted. If a birthday is not entered, the player must at least determine if the character is a grown-up or a child. The relation to the player can also be decided to indicate if the Mii is of a family member (thus preventing them from falling in love).

The next page allows the player to adjust the Mii's voice. There are six preset voices, but a random voice can be generated and a custom voice can be configured. For the custom voice, the player can toggle its pitch, speed, quality, tone, accent, and intonation.

The final page determines a Mii's personality. The personality is broken up into five parts (names taken from the US version): Movement, Speech, Expressiveness, Attitude, and Overall. Each aspect has a sliding scale, and the personality depends on how each part is adjusted. Personalities play an important role in Tomodachi Life in that they affect interactions and which Miis will be compatible with each other.

After a Mii is created, it will move into its apartment. The room's interior will depend on the Mii's personality.

Town Hall
The Town Hall is a place only accessible by the owner of the island. Players will register new Miis there, and can delete and check info about them. It is also the island manager. Players can check their collection, change the island's name, send/receive Streetpass data, etc.

Mii Apartments
Mii Apartments is where the majority of gameplay occurs. Miis live in their own apartments and will often request the player to help them or play with them. Miis interact independently, and will oftentimes hang out with other Miis in their own apartments. At night and sometimes throughout the day, Miis will fall asleep and dream. Players can enter and watch these dreams, and when they exit the Mii will wake up and an item related to the dream will appear next to them. When they are asleep at night, players can draw on their faces.

As more Miis are made, the apartment building will upgrade to hold more apartments until it caps at 100 Miis.

Food Mart
The Food Mart is one of many stores on the island. The Food Mart has two main categories, Daily Specials, and In Stock. Daily Specials change every day, and they do not have any sub-groups. In Stock only changes as the game progresses. In stock has 4 sub-groups: Main dishes, Foods, Desserts, and Drinks. Players buy these foods to feed their Miis.

Beach
The beach is located at the edge of the island. Islanders relax, dig holes, and walk on the sand. The only event planned for the beach is Judgement Day.

Fountain
The fountain is a place in Tomodachi Life that Miis may visit. Every day all the islanders will gather for a collection, and each gives a coin or a bill. Other events at the fountain include Mii stands and rap battles.

Clothing


The clothing store is one of many stores on the island. The clothing is sorted into three sections and five categories. The three sections are: in stock, daily, and seasonal. The sections will change depending on the season, the day, and the amount of progress you have with your Miis. These serve as a way of sorting the clothes. Clothes are divided into the following categories: men, women, men/women, fancy clothes, and costumes.

Leisure Island
Except for Mii News, Leisure Island is locked until a Mii confesses their love. Leisure Island is introduced through a news flash.

Amusement Park
At the Amusement Park, Miis can enjoy peaceful activities such as going for a walk as well as more exciting pastimes such as riding a roller coaster. There are three events that can take place at the Amusement Park:
 * Magic Show: Magic Shows, which take place between 10 and 11 am, involve one of the Miis (dressed in full magician attire) performing magic tricks in front of an audience. Magic Shows are interactive and require the player to move their hands back and forth, giving the illusion that a second Mii is being sawed in half.
 * Tomodachi Quest: Tomodachi Quest is an arcade-style RPG game in which four Miis traverse a simple map and fight bosses based on items in the game. If the Miis succeed in defeating the final boss, the player will obtain whichever item the boss was depicted as.
 * Night Market: The Night Market takes place between 5 and 9 pm. At this event, a Mii will sell Mystery Bags which the player can buy for $50 and which each contain three items.

Miis will sometimes also go to the Amusement Park to confess their love to another Mii or converse with friends.

Café
The café is used as a retreat where Miis can socialize or partake in leisure. Events held at the café comprise the following:


 * Chat Session: Miis will occasionally be found at the café gossiping or discussing trivial topics. Chat Sessions can occur at any time of day and involve two to four Miis of a certain gender.
 * Pity Party: If a Mii is depressed, they and others may have a Pity Party at the café. At this event, the friends of the afflicted Mii will attempt to comfort them and cheer them up, while the Mii themself does not talk.

Miis can also use the café to confess their feelings to another Mii, go on a date, or even break up. Generally, though, Miis at the café will simply sit and eat, drink or read a book.

Park
Events at the Park comprise the following:


 * Flying Disc: The player can throw a Frisbee with two other Miis from 8 to 9 am.
 * Afternoon Market: A random Mii will sit in the Park and sell a piece of clothing at a discount from 12 to 2:30 pm.
 * BBQ: Four Miis will dine and converse around a barbecue from 2:30 to 3:30 pm. The player can blow smoke from the barbecue away from the Miis' faces by blowing into the 3DS microphone; otherwise, the Miis will eventually become covered in soot.
 * Photo Shoot: The Photo Shoot takes place between 4 and 5 pm. At this event, the player can get their photo taken by a random Mii using the 3DS camera.

Photo Studio
At the photo studio, the player can take photos involving either two Miis, nine Miis or the entire island. Once a Mii has a child, a new feature is unlocked allowing the player to take photos of the child with or without their parents.

Mii News
Mii News is the official news broadcasting service of the island, operating from a building of the same name. The news flashes, which occur at 7 am and 7 pm each day, typically involve a random Mii reporting on strange or humorous events affecting other Miis. However, broadcasts can also announce important developments on the island such as unlocking new regions of the map. Mii News will also announce and celebrate the player's birthday.

Regional differences
Since Tomodachi Life is meant to relate to the player and stay grounded in reality most of the time, four different versions of the game were released to accommodate cultural differences.

Trivia

 * The 16 personalities appear to be based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
 * Additionally, the four main sections into which they are divided appear to be based on the four temperaments.
 * Tomodachi Life, in its Japanese box art, is one of six games featured on the Nintendo 3DS shelf item in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
 * QR codes of Celebrity Miis were released to promote the game in the United States. The Miis include:
 * Shaq (Shaquille O'Neal)
 * Christina Aguilera
 * Shaun White
 * Zendaya
 * Debby Ryan
 * TomodachiLife.com now redirects to the official Nintendo page for 1-2 Switch. The official website for Tomodachi Life was changed to https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/tomodachi-life-3ds/