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Tomodachi Life

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Title Screen

Tomodachi Life

Also known as: Tomodachi Collection: New Life (JP)
Developer: Nintendo SPD
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Released in JP: April 18, 2013
Released in US: June 6, 2014
Released in EU: June 6, 2014
Released in AU: June 7, 2014
Released in KR: July 17, 2014


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This page sucks.
If you could make it suck less, that would be awesome.
Specifically: Use the same Miis for all songs, and use direct feed footage. Post videos and GIFs of everything visual.
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This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion.
Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article?

Tomodachi Life is Nintendo's take on The Sims. It's... weird.

It received a spiritual successor of sorts in the form of Miitomo, which was released for mobile devices in 2016.

Regional Differences

Hmmm...
To do:
There could be more differences, also add the different title screen images that appear between the European and North American version. Also, we need to compare the song lyrics in a more standardized fashion (using the same Miis, for example, and using direct feed footage). Furthermore, the names of the dreams vary a lot between each version, and there's a horrendous amount of differences in the food, clothes, and treasures portion of the game that need to be documented.

Dreams

Ritual

The text was changed for unknown reasons.

North America Europe
All hail the [item name]!
My [item name]!

In the Korean version of the game, sometimes the Miis will be circling around another Mii.

Misc.

In the Japanese version, there's a dream called "Familiar" which features the original Tomodachi Collection Map with it's original background music. In the same version, there's a symbol known as Yume (Dream) on the icon where the crescent moon is.

Concert Hall

The lyrics of the songs have been changed because of the different voices. The only song that wasn't changed was Techno ("Operation Robodachi").

Hmmm...
To do:
Fix some of the YouTube links.

Metal

North America ("Dragon's Fire") Europe ("Eternal Darkness")

Pop

North America ("Loving Things") Europe ("Sunny Summer")

Rock & Roll

North America ("Real Loud Bark") Europe ("Rock 'n' Roll Baby")

Rap

North America ("Livin' the Dream") Europe ("Livin' the Dream")

Ballad

North America ("Maybe, Baby") Europe ("The One")

Opera

North America ("The Heart's Descent") Europe ("Meglio Domani")

Musical

The name was most likely changed between releases, because the North American song name actually exists in Europe, written by a very famous English band. This song was not in the Japanese release.

North America ("Reach for the Stars!") Europe ("Life Changing")

Enka

Hmmm...
To do:
Check to see if the song and lyrics still exist in the game data of the North American and European versions.

The song was removed from the international releases, possibly due to its Japanese nature.

Miscellaneous Regional Differences

  • Where appropriate, the localisation team of each region used the different countries' currency, which corresponds to their own region. The Japanese version uses yen as its currency, the North American and Australian versions use American and Australian dollars, respectively, while the European version uses the euro, and a separate United Kingdom version uses pounds sterling.
  • In the North American version, the Miis speak in a General American accent, whereas the European version uses a Received Pronunciation accent.
  • The sumo minigame in the Japanese versions became a football minigame in the North American version. The European version replaces this with a wrestling minigame.
  • The Japanese version's Word Chain event was replaced with Rap Battles in the North American version. The European version contains both.
  • In the North American version, the Miis wave to each other when they become friends, while in the Japanese version, they bow.
  • In the Japanese version, song lyrics can be filled with premade words, food, items, Miis, or the player can make one of their own. The North American and European versions let the player fill the song lyrics on their own.

Unused Models

sample_TestCube_LZ.bin

A cube! How surprising.

Unused Textures

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An image of a line. Probably a placeholder.

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