Tomodachi Life (2013)

Nintendo SPD Production Group No. 1

Nintendo 3DS

3.58 from 456 ratings

898 members have it in their collection · 56 playing now · 106 backlogged · 95 wish listed

How long? · 100% 600h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Tomodachi Life is a communication game for the 3DS in which players can convert their Miis into Tomodachis (or create new ones) and put them in a wide range of scenarios ranging from charming to utterly ridiculous. A key feature of the game is its text-to-speech tech which outputs user generated text as computerized speech in seven languages (EFIGS, Japanese and Korean).
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Release dates

  • Apr 18, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
  • Jun 05, 2014 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
  • Jun 06, 2014 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
  • Jun 07, 2014 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo 3DS
  • Jul 17, 2014 (Full Release) (Korea) Nintendo 3DS
  • TBD (Full Release) (Brazil) Nintendo 3DS
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Rating distribution

5 stars
82
4 stars
154
3 stars
176
2 stars
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1 star
10
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HaloBlues

Review HaloBlues 3/5 · Mar 28, 2025

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 …

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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.

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danacore

Review danacore 3/5 · Apr 18, 2024

my mom married barack and my dad married michelle. two marriages ended just like that. you dont get to choose who you love.

cakeatjobs

Review cakeatjobs 3/5 · Aug 14, 2023

Fleeting Fun

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 …

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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!)

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Thatguyinthestore

Review Thatguyinthestore 5/5 · Apr 26, 2023

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.

CountDraculaGaming

Review CountDraculaGaming 5/5 · Nov 6, 2021

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 …

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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.

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deepdoop

Review deepdoop 3/5 · Jun 16, 2014

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 …

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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

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