Since it was announced last year, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has been among my most anticipated games. The 3DS original is one of the most charming games I’ve ever played, not to mention one of the funniest. It was a brilliant usage of Nintendo’s Mii avatars, letting you house all your creations on an island to see how they interact with each other.
The original Tomodachi Life is far from a Sims-esque life sim, however. The Miis aren’t particularly reactive, mostly waiting on you, the player, to interact with them to learn about their thoughts, ambitions, or simply what they’re getting up to at that moment in time. Be they dreaming about being spied on by the player (via the 3DS’s camera, no less), or hosting a hilarious news broadcast, Tomodachi Life was rarely predictable and often gut-bustingly funny.
