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Tomodachi Life

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…

70 18 April 2013

Tomodachi Life is an adventure developed by Nintendo SPD Production Group No. 1, released 18 April 2013 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Tomodachi Life is

Tomodachi Life is an adventure game developed by Nintendo SPD Production Group No. 1 and released in 2013. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tomodachi Life, known in Japan as Tomodachi Collection: New Life, is a 2013 social simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the second entry in the Tomodachi Life series following the Japan-exclusive Nintendo DS title Tomodachi Collection (2009). The game follows the day-to-day interactions of Miis, customizable avatars, residing on an island as they build relationships and request help with problems, all overseen by the player. Tomodachi Life is open-ended, with the player's only goal being to maintain their Miis' happiness.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Tomodachi Life holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 70 votes.

What it launched against

Tomodachi Life launched on 18 April 2013, within three weeks of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Age of Empires II HD and BattleBlock Theater. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Age of Empires II HD, BattleBlock Theater.

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Quick answers

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When did Tomodachi Life come out?
Tomodachi Life was released on 18 April 2013 for Nintendo 3DS.

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