Nintendo gave a deeper look at the first new game in the Tomodachi Life series in almost a decade at today’s Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct event. They also revealed some of the features that players can anticipate when the game comes for the Nintendo Switch system on April 16. The Nintendo Switch 2 system will also be able to play the game.
You can watch the entire Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct HERE
Players can build Mii characters in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream based on friends, family, and anybody else they can think of. These avatars can then live on a colorful, diverse island where nearly anything can happen. Customize every aspect of Mii characters, including their personalities, idiosyncrasies, and living areas, and then watch what strange and amazing things they will do. Encourage them to share their thoughts from time to time, assist them in resolving life’s issues, foster their connections, and more. Try to visit your Mii characters every day as they continue to live their best island lives because time in this game moves in the same manner as it does in the real world!
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Key Features:
- Mii Characters With Character – In Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, players can fully customize and envision Mii characters as family, friends and more. Your experience can differ based on the Miis you create as residents, so feel free to experiment and grow your island population!
- Create Many Miis – There are two ways to create Mii characters: Choose “Get Help” to answer questions about their facial features, or “From Scratch” to select from various face types, hairstyles, eyes and more. There are many parts to choose from, some of which are new to this game, and you can create even more imaginative looking Miis with robust face paint options, too. After that, you can customize their name, height, body type, gender, voice and aspects of their personality, including how quirky they are, their energy levels and more.
- Help Residents Connect – Once created, Miis will need some help getting on their feet. One way to do this is to bring various residents together. Drop Miis near each other and different situations might play out: They may discuss their favorite foods or bond over their love of monster trucks. Once acquainted, the Miis will be able to interact on their own. You can also have up to eight residents live together as roommates, and they’ll react differently when sharing a home. With multiple Miis under one roof, some unexpected dramas may unfold!
- Visit Island Shops and Facilities – Help Miis discover their favorite eats and culinary curiosities at Fresh Kingdom food mart; pick up a range of everyday attire and out-there outfits at Where & Wear clothing; revamp rooms and living spaces at T&C Reno home supply (there are even rooms for Miis who dream of sleeping in a supermarket or a library!); shop for reasonably priced items that change depending on the time of day at the Marketplace; gather island decorations at Quik Build amenities; tune into the MNN news station to keep up with the Miis and everyday happenings on the island; and stage a fun photo op for Miis at Foto-Tomo photography and more.
- Palette House Workshop – Create a wide range of elements at this artsy workshop to further enliven island life! Design pets for Mii characters, draft up custom drinks, sketch a resident’s favorite TV show, decorate a special item of clothing, draw the exterior of a house and ground tiles, and go wild by creating original items for your island, too.
- Make Your Island Yours – Change up your island’s aesthetic with landscape items, such as trees, plants, benches, vending machines, bouncy playground rides and more. Move shops and houses around, expand areas of land, and more based on suggestions from residents or personal preference.
- More Ways to Customize – And add some flourishes to Mii characters by gifting them little quirks that can give them even more individuality, like poses they may strike, how they enjoy their food or having them toss and turn while they sleep, for example. You can also gift them favorite phrases to spice up their sentences. Try finding little quirks that fit each Mii!
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is headed to Nintendo Switch on April 16 and will also be playable on Nintendo Switch 2. Pre-orders will be available on Nintendo eShop and on My Nintendo Store later today.
Related: Nintendo Download Update (Jan. 22, 2026)
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