Tomodachi Life
Main game
3.58 average rating based on 451 ratings
- Developers
- Nintendo SPD Production Group No. 1
- Publishers
- Nintendo
- Series
- Tomodachi
- Events
- Chingu Moa Apateu Direct 2014.5.29, Tomodachi Collection: Shin Seikatsu Direct 2013.4.3, +1 moreChingu Moa Apateu Direct 2014.5.29, Tomodachi Collection: Shin Seikatsu Direct 2013.4.3, Chotto Nintendo Direct Tomodachi Collection: Shin Seikatsu 2013.3.12 less
- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS
- Genres
- Adventure, Simulator
- Themes
- Comedy, Sandbox
Release Dates
User Stats
How Long Is Tomodachi Life?
danacore's review of Tomodachi Life
my mom married barack and my dad married michelle. two marriages ended just like that. you dont get to choose who you love.
Fleeting Fun
This review is for the Nintendo 3DS version
I've had this in my backlog for ages waiting for a good reason to give it a go, as I had next to no interest in putting my own friends and family in there. I finally came up with one, so in the year of whichever diety you choose 2023 I booted up my 3DS, opened Tomodachi Life, and populated my island with characters from Critical Role. And it honestly was incredibly fun. For about two weeks, and then I completely forgot about it. Which is probably fine, and sets it up as a really good candidate for Nintendo's next mobile venture (or they could just bring back miitomo! Doug the fans are clamoring!)
100% Biased Review
I think that this is the objectively worst game to have had such a pronounced effect on me. Tomodachi Life ended up serving as a medium for me and my siblings to play out ridiculously complex plots featuring legions of the stupidest characters ever to be invented over the course of about two years after this came out. We were literally writing comics and lore for something that is essentially one step up from a cheap mobile game with all the money-scalping elements removed. Miitopia could not even give me a tenth of what this game did. Thank you so much Nintendo for this hacked-out shovelware that in part turned me into the sicko I am today. 6 stars out of 5.
Neat but Lacking in Content
Gets old very, very fast - once you've played it for a week or so, you've pretty much exhausted all there is to do and seen all of the unique content. The gameplay is pretty basic and mostly consists of you watching your Miis exist like an ominous god until they deem it time to give you a short, repetitive little minigame.
That said, it's a fun, basic little simulator game that's very random in a very wacky, dreamlike kind of way, and making your friends and family can create some genuinely hilarious scenarios you'll want to tell them about.
I have fun coming back to this once every couple of years, making everyone all over again, playing around with it for a few days, and then abandoning it again, but I can't imagine playing it more in-depth than that. I certainly wouldn't pay more than £10-15 for it.
Also, no gay relationships. That's dumb. If you want to make your gay friends, you have to either deal with the uncomfortable experience of them falling randomly into straight romances or you have to make them a gender they aren't and just pretend real hard.
Thatguyinthestore's review of Tomodachi Life
i distinctly remember writing a song about gabe newell cancelling half life 3 in this game. also my sister married batman and i got in trouble for putting slenderman in it.
deepdoop's review of Tomodachi Life
8/10
Tomodachi Life does get a little bit repetitive after a while, but most games do. It's true that you can only get maybe 15 minutes out of the game each time you turn it on, but the charm and quirkiness of it makes it a game that you should play if you're into something a little different. Seriously, it's hilarious.
Full review here:
http://onthegamely.blogspot.com/2014/06/i-wont-mention-lack-of-gay-marriage.html
Currently me and my wife are playing now and then.
(Goal is to make my apartment full and go to the moon?)
Update:
I did sell my 3DS, so i can't complete the game...but i will still mark it as completed because the game has no real goal, the game is iconic, especially the vinesauce playthrough, i enjoyed the game even if it gets kinda repetitive, but still, i hope that we'll get a sequel someday!
Here's my review: http://bluebackspace.wixsite.com/bluebackspace/single-post/2016/11/26/Tomodachi-Life----Combating-Debilitating-Depression-in-Silly-Ways
Tomodachi Life: Played for a while yesterday and today.
Think I'll introduce the 5th Doctor from Doctor Who to Gallifrey Island tomorrow. I already have the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th and 12th Doctors on my Tomodachi Life.
