Guides, Mii ideas, personality charts, and QR code resources for Tomodachi Life on Nintendo 3DS and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream on Nintendo Switch — built by fans, for fans of the weirdest, warmest island life sim Nintendo has ever made.
New to the island, or returning after a 12-year wait? These four guides cover what most players search for in their first week.
Release info, what's new versus the 3DS game, terraforming, shared housing, the Palette House, and the same-sex relationships everyone's been waiting for.
Read the guide Most SearchedWhat works, what doesn't, and how to actually share Miis in Living the Dream now that the official QR system is gone. Plus 3DS QR resources.
See QR guide ReferenceThe complete chart of Mii personalities, traits, compatibility patterns, and how each personality reacts to gifts, food, and relationships.
Browse personalities InspirationAnime characters, video game icons, celebrities, memes, and original ideas to populate your island when you can't think of who to make next.
Get inspiredTomodachi Life is a social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo. Originally launched for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on April 18, 2013 (and worldwide in June 2014), it became one of the system's best-selling titles, moving over 6.7 million copies. The premise is deceptively simple: you create or import Mii characters based on yourself, your friends, family, fictional figures, or pure imagination, then watch them live their everyday lives on a small island under your loose supervision.
Miis form friendships, get into fights, fall in love, get married, raise children, ask you for relationship advice, demand specific foods, perform impromptu rap concerts, and have surreal dreams that only Tomodachi Life would consider normal. There's no win condition. There is, however, a constant stream of small, hand-crafted absurdity.
After the 3DS original, fans waited over a decade for a true sequel. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream finally launched globally on April 16, 2026 for Nintendo Switch — and is fully playable on Switch 2 through backwards compatibility. Within two weeks, it sold over 3.8 million copies worldwide and topped the Japanese physical charts by a 15-to-1 margin over the second-place game.
The sequel addresses the most criticized aspect of the 2013 game: Miis can now form same-sex relationships, gender can be set to male, female, or non-binary, and romantic preferences are fully customizable. Other major upgrades include a horizontally expandable, terraformable island, shared housing for up to eight Miis, the creative Palette House workshop, and a new face paint system that lets you draw directly on Mii features.
This is a fan resource — we are not affiliated with Nintendo. If you spot something that needs updating, especially as Living the Dream gets patches, the goal here is accuracy first.
Living the Dream is a native Nintendo Switch title, released April 16, 2026. It is fully playable on Nintendo Switch 2 through backwards compatibility, with no separate "Switch 2 Edition."
Not directly. You can recreate them using the much-expanded Mii Maker, and the new face paint system lets you get closer to your originals than ever. There is no save transfer between the 3DS and Switch versions.
Online play is limited. Mii sharing works through local wireless, and you can transfer Miis via Miitopia using Access Keys with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. The 3DS-style global QR sharing system is not present, which has been one of the main criticisms.
The resident cap expands as you progress and complete tasks. Each Mii starts with their own home, but up to eight Miis can move into a shared house — which significantly changes their daily interactions.
Yes — a demo released on March 25, 2026 with a limited feature set. Progress made in the demo carries over to the full game.
There is no end. Tomodachi Life is designed to be checked in on for 20 to 30 minutes a day. Trying to binge it works against the design — Miis need real-world time to develop new relationships and ponderings.