Watching my friends’ Miis participate in hilarious, nonsensical situations is my favorite thing about Tomodachi Life. Through my 3DS, I observed strange dreams where a friend escaped a trap shaped like a trendy hat. I saw coworkers feud with personal friends, and other unlikely couples tie the knot. The beauty of this personality system is that you never quite know what to expect, and you can’t force two parties to do anything. Instead, you play the role of a problem solver and facilitator for these charming little people, and that’s a surprisingly funny and rewarding experience.
Those random events may sound strange, but they also highlight this game’s true purpose: Tomodachi Life is not concerned with the typical game structure like a lengthy campaign of completing objectives and to-do lists. Sure, Miis offer to play shallow minigames from time to time, but simple memory or guessing games didn’t keep me entertained at all. Instead, a majority of its freeform gameplay lies in observation and responding to the random needs of Miis. At first glance, the touch-screen interface and world seem smaller and simpler than the multi-layered complexity of The Sims, but technical limitations can’t restrain Tomodachi Life’s unique charm or its unabashedly humorous spirit.
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