Tomodachi Life, Living the Dream came out on Thursday. After 12 years of waiting since the last Tomodachi Life, it's finally here. I got it on launch day. And I've played it and watched others play it. I'm really glad they made it compatible with the Switch 1, because skipping over a whole console would have been pretty mean. It's probably the last Switch game I'm going to be concerned with, though.
The Mii Creator is very robust, easily double the amount of features the basic Mii creator has, including more noses, eyes, ears, and the introduction of face paint, which people are using for all sorts of cool effects. In addition, all the base hairs are improved, so imported Miis from your system look nicer too.
Once you have a few Miis, gameplay is surprisingly cozy and cute. Animations are adorable, interactions are sweet, most Miis get along very well... It's definitely less chaotic than it's predecessor, which some people like and others don't. I'm actually okay with it, because I don't want bad things happening to my precious little Miis.
The minigames are fine, I think. Most seem doable, but I'm very intimidated by the bullet hell mini game you need to complete for your Miis to propose marriage.
Item customization is really robust. Most items consist of a flat bitmap that you can paint on. Also simple shapes can be painted on to customize buildings.
The funniest part is the adlibbing Miis do when talking about things you've manually entered for them to talk about, which is completely unrestricted, so you can make them say some incredibly controversial stuff.
One key improvement I wish to call out is introduction of gender customizability and dating preferences so Miis can be male, female, or nonbinary, and also straight, gay, bi, pan, or ace. Very nice. You can adjust these features at any time, so they can also be trans.
The one thing I miss most from the older game is the concert hall. Making Miis sing silly songs was great fun. The Miis still have a few musical moments, but it's not the same.
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