Yesterday was the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct, and if you haven’t seen it, it’s worth watching the full live stream for the funny romantic drama going on throughout.
In short, the new Tomodachi Life game looks fantastic.
When we talked about this on Wednesday, I mentioned wanting to see confirmation that romance is still in, lots of customization options, and wacky random events.
I basically got everything I wanted.
The showcase began with a look at Mii customization, and it looks like it will be better than ever. On top of the physical customization, you can also set each Mii’s dating preferences to show which, if any, genders they want to date. So not only is romance in, but that’s just about the best way to handle it!
It also showed silly conversations, news broadcasts as absurd as I’d hoped for, and “quirks” that make Miis’ behavior a little more unique. Up to 8 Miis can live together in a big house, too!
You can customize the island, and the variety of designs they showed is incredible. Speaking of designs, it seems you can draw on just about anything to customize it further.
A few things are still unclear, like if Miis can still meet on their own, or if you have to introduce them to each other (although I’d assume they can), and if certain features like the Concert Hall are returning. A lot of fans are concerned about the Concert Hall since it wasn’t in the showcase, but on the other hand, I’m sure they didn’t show everything.
Only one negative thing came out of this presentation, and that’s the image-sharing restrictions. It sounds like you’ll be restricted on how you can share images from the game (probably due to that “draw any design you want” feature), which is a shame for a game basically made for sharing insane screenshots. The Japanese website, when translated, says these restrictions are on transferring images to smartphones and posting to social media, so hopefully that means we’ll still be able to take screenshots and share them by uploading them to a computer.
Anyway, that’s the one shadow on an otherwise stellar presentation. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream sounds like everything I hoped for from a Tomodachi Life sequel, and I can’t wait!
What did you think of the Tomodachi Life Direct?






















