Today's Nintendo Direct ended in a surprising and rather strange way, with the announcement of a brand new Tomodachi Life game after over a decade-long hiatus for the series. It's called Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and it's not coming out until 2026.
The original Tomodachi Life was first released back in 2013 in Japan and 2014 overseas, and is a social sim game featuring Nintendo's Mii characters. Both in the original and now in Living the Dream, the Miis live on an island together, and players are able to have Miis with different personalities and stats interact with one another. Over time, the Miis can form different kinds of relationships with one another, and watch their lives evolve through different activities. Miis can even get married and have kids.
From the trailer we saw, it looks like Living the Dream will feature a lot of the same things. We see Miss playing games together, dancing, smelling flowers, fighting one another, exercising, sleeping, shopping, and chatting in that goofy, bizarre robot voice way that they do. We don't have too many details on how Living the Dream will move the series forward, though it does look significantly prettier than its 3DS predecessor.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream won't be out until 2026, so we'll have to wait for more details on what it entails between now and then. For more, check out everything announced at Nintendo Direct March 2025.
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