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.

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/, which now redirects to a Nintendo Customer Support page detailing the closure of the eShop for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U systems.