Tomodachi Life/Regional Differences
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Tomodachi Life is one of those games with an abnormally large amount of regional differences in order to appeal to several regions the game is released in. That, alongside the random nature of the game and the niche status of its appeal, resulted in a lack of documentation on said differences. Outside of revisions, the game is known to have 4 regional variants:
- The original Japanese version.
- The North American version.
- The European version, which changes from a United Kingdom or Australian version depending on which country your 3DS is set to via System Settings
- And finally, the South Korean version.
In the European version, if the game detects the system's country as United Kingdom or Australia, the in-game currency will be changed to the other countries' currency.
Other than that, functionality is mostly identical to that of other countries.
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General
Title Screen
The North American version features a completely different logo from the other versions of the game, being the game's title split into red, green and blue and sat inside a speech bubble. The "I" in the word "Life" is made up of a generic outline of a person. In the PAL version, the logo is the game's title in red lettering with a white 3D effect, sat inside of a wavy, yellow bubble. In Japan and Korea, it consists of the game's title in black lettering, and its subtitle made up of coloured blocks with red and pink house icons on either side.
All regions are copyright 2013-2014, except for Japan, which is only 2013.
Interestingly enough, the Korean version doesn’t contain a trademark symbol.
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Region-Appropriate Currency
Where appropriate, the localization team of each region used the different countries' currency, which corresponds to their own region. The Japanese version uses yen, the Korean version uses won (with all values multiplied by 10), the American and Australian versions use the $ sign (dollars and cents), while the European version uses the euro (and cents) and a separate United Kingdom version uses pounds sterling (and pence).
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The Fictitious Brand's Name
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In the Western versions of the game, various things, such as the café windows or the Beanie hat, will be marked with the logo of a fictitious brand called Redfurt, which is a combination of Redmond, Washington (which is where Nintendo of America is headquartered) and Frankfurt, Germany (which is where Nintendo of Europe is headquartered). In Japanese, this brand is instead called Tobakaido, while in Korean it is named Ninko.
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Mii Maker Flash
In the Korean and European versions, subsection buttons that have not yet been pressed continuously flash a bright blue in the Mii Maker portion of character creation, to help players see what they have and haven't altered yet. The head subsection never flashes blue, as it is the default section the player starts in.
Shops
Shopkeepers
The appearance of the generic, non-Mii shopkeepers' heads varies by region. The Japanese version gives them kuroko masks, the American version gives them wooden blocks with carved faces, the European version gives them robot heads, and the Korean version gives them racing helmets:
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Other
In the Japanese and Korean versions, the shopkeepers will also thank the player for purchasing an item.
Sub-Pages
 | Tomodachi Collection Importing |
 | English Translation Differences |
 | Sound Differences |
Locations
 | Town Hall Includes the fabled Mii Maker! |
 | Mii Apartments From here, you can snoop in your Miis' routine as much as you'd like. |
 | Food Mart The only food-related place I know where you can buy a single banana peel for 20 cents. |
 | Fountain Featuring Rap battles, because Word Chain sessions were deemed too sensitive for American audiences. |
 | Concert Hall Home to inappropriate lyrics and off-pitch singing. |
 | Amusement Park Cause even Miis need their quality entertaintment time. |
 | Mii Homes From here, you can snoop in your Miis' routine as much as you'd like. |
| Clothing Shop Animal Crossing fans paid big Bells for catboy maids? But they're so cheap here! |
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Observation Tower From here, your Miis can snoop in your other Miis' routine as much as they'd like. At least that's what I think this is. |
The North American, European/Australian, and South Korean releases added a building called 3DS Image Share. This is simply a shortcut to the homonymous website.
