Tomodachi Life

About

Tomodachi Life turns your Miis into goofy, customizable characters called Tomodachis and lets you drop them into chaotic mini-simulations. You control their actions, relationships, and environments in a variety of scenarios from mundane to absurd. The 3DS touch screen and camera let you create new characters or tweak existing ones while the game handles the rest. Up to four players can share a cartridge for local co-op creating separate characters that interact with each other. The text-to-speech feature stands out as a quirky twist letting you type messages in seven languages that get converted to robotic audio. Community feedback shows mixed but generally positive reception with 75/100 on Metacritic and over 1500 user reviews averaging 4 stars on Amazon. While some call it a niche oddity others praise the unpredictable humor and low barrier to entry. The game sold 1.8 million units worldwide according to Nintendo making it a sleeper hit for handheld fans.