Tomodachi Life: A Philosophy Of Fun
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2023
- Tomodachi Life might look weird on the surface but I think it's subtle game designing genius makes it one of the funniest games you'll ever play. Let me show you why Tomodachi Life is a philosophy of fun.
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MUSIC (Chronological Order):
Ex-Lover Reconciliation - Tomodachi Life
Mii Maker - Tomodachi Life
Town Hall - Tomodachi Life
Dino Island National Anthem
The Island At Noon - Tomodachi Collection
Map (Day) - Tomodachi Life
Pampered Ranking - Tomodachi Life
Food Mart - Tomodachi Life
Toad's Midway Madness - Mario Party 4
Map (Noon) - Tomodachi Life
Photo Studio - Tomodachi Life
Interior Shop - Tomodachi Life
10PM - Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Hry
My favorite memory with this game is when I made this guy with big sunglasses and a big nose and mustache, gave him a big trench coat and hat, I messed around with his voice so his inflection would go up at the end of every sentence to sound like he was always asking a question, I named him Suspicious Guy, and right after I made him I went to go solve some other Mii problems and one of the first ones was the random person in a disguise on the roof of the apartment and IT WAS SUSPICIOUS GUY! He literally just put on a different pair of sunglasses and a new mustache. It was the funniest thing I had ever had happen because he just showed up on the island and immediately started living up to his name and threatening the other residents. I aspire to be that one dimensional some day
HAHAHA wow that's mad. You'd really only get this stuff in tomodachi life
“I aspire to be that one dimensional one day” 😂😂😂😂😂 love that
i need his qr code dude
WE NEED THAT QR CODE MY FRIEND
I got a 3DS over Christmas and got tomodachi life, im adding "suspicious guy" to my island IMMEDIATELY
i truly hope that nintendo releases a switch version of this game, it would be amazing to see the game with upgraded graphics and new features
Fr I missed out on playing during the 3Ds days, been so curious ever since. I remember the DanTDM lets play of it as well :')
There is so much they could do but Nintendo really seem to hate the Miis recently for some reason
A Tomodachi Life with the customizations of the Miitopia port would go so hard
@@TheIrishDinoThey been hating them I guess ever since starting the work on the Switch
@@jxstadri It's because of the wii-u
"I like my women like my salad."
"Dressed."
Genius 😭
Tomodachi Life is like if Sims, Animal Crossing and Tomogatchis all had a very fucked up baby together. I love it so much.
That is so true. It's like a devil baby.
TOMOGATCHIS
And mii maker lol
I mean I grew up playing this game and now I play the sims all the time and animal crossing ;p
that’s what dantdm said lol
could you IMAGINE if there was a tomodachi for the switch and they gave the same insane customization that they gave miitopia
My DREAM Mii game
We make our own. On the compyutta.
I'd love it.
that would be incredible
That would be the absolute best
oh my god the "hate" animation for food traumatized me so much everytime I gave my Miis food I put my hand over the screen
Its good to know that im not the only person who was traumatized from the worst food ever animation
One time one of my Miis wanted to confess so I told her to confess at the Café. After confessing a Mii sitting in the next table turned around and confessed her love for the same guy. Then another Mii turned and confessed, then another, and then another. He picked the second one to confess and dumped his girlfriend. I have been searching for that high again ever sense and I have yet to find it.
Lol 😂
I hope it happens for my background miis or the 3 I absolutely hate.
i lost my copy of this game. but it was so chaotic. my character that i hated. fell in love with my me. and they got married. i sat in fear of what i had created.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 OMG
I lost my copy too, but I had that exact same situation, I made the ugliest, most unlikable, most annoying "I'd like a new hat" Mii to ever exist, and my look-alike got married to IT, not he, not her, IT, and had KIDS, and the kids were the most unspeakable Eldritch horrors to come out of any womb
Lol
i got tomodachi life when i was 8 or 9 after i saw my friend playing it. as i was setting up the game i was walking with my mom through walmart, when my mii asked for a friend and i ended up looking at some board congratulating some old dude who worked there, who was named guy. i thought it was the funniest name in the world so i made him a mii. later on me and guy became sweethearts, then married. in late middle school i remembered him and added him to my new save file and we ended up married again. every day i live in fear that i will meet someone named Guy because i will have no choice but to fall in love
💀
Guy from Naruto:
Don't ever watch family guy
Guy fiery (I'm sorry for my spelling):
Fun fact about Tomodachi Life, it has a surprising amount of differences between versions. To bring one random example, the Japanese version has Word Chain but doesn't have Rap Battle, the US version has Rap Battle but doesn't have Word Chain, and the European version has both.
I was wondering why I didn't remember word chain
@@box5245Same!
@@AngelDelight69 WTF?!
@@rowan404 Yup!! It's disgusting but at the time it was fine sort off
If you gave your Miis enough money through level ups you could actually send them to space, which was pretty cool but not exactly worth taking on the role of sugar daddy for them.
Oh yeah I completely forgot about bringing them to space lol
I usually used it to boost relationship with their spouses if i didnt have a travel ticket on hand!! It came in real handy for that.
It was def worth it!!
i sent my look alike to space 5 times and 0 times for every other mii😭
@@channart374LMAOOO me and my sister shared a tomodachi life so it was always a competition to see whose Mii could be sent to the moon more often 💀
This game is great for about 2-4 weeks, but when the "lol oh so random" novelty wears off & everything starts to repeat itself, you need to take a long break from it, like several years for you to forger everything. But the one thing you never get tired of is creating new Miis based off franchises.
True lol
Kind of similar to real life. You're a kid, having a ton of fun doing kid things without a worry in the world. But, in the blink of an eye, you've grown, which means you have to worry about stuff like school and grades. Once you've finished college, it's now time for you to get a job and work. For a while, you're like: "oh, this is ok" but then after a while, it's insanely repetitive, like you said, everything repeats itself. Every day is the same. Wake up, eat breakfast, go to work, go home, eat dinner, chill, then sleep. What would be the point in that? Isn't life supposed to be fun? This is when you need to take a long break from life. Perhaps a vacation or a tour to someplace new. Like in the game, you can take a break for as how long as you want. But in the real life, you can't really do that unless you'd prefer to be homeless. Or, you're insanely rich, but only a few are that lucky.
I usually play 2-3 weeks before taking a 1-2 month break.
@@name6953 damn dude you really got philosophical on YT comments.
I can play this game nonstop for months honestly
This game is really fun and people still play it to this day!
I doo
@@naomii_star Me too.
I gotta check up on mine see how my mii is doing
i just recently bought the game on ebay:))
I'm glad there are people who loved this game as much as I did. I'd throw 100$ at Nintendo if they came out with a sequel😂. Tomodachi life was probably top 5 best games of the decade
Had a mii that I loathed. He tried asking out my mii but I said not to do it. Then karma hit: my mii asked him out. They got married an hour after. The next day they had a kid. Tomodachi you cruel mistress.
Tomodachi Life is basically a Slice of Life fanfiction generator.
This game is what a game should be: Able to be fun while not requiring days of both skill and effort. You can play it whenever you'd like, something always happens in it so it drives you to check back on it now and then, and you don't need to be ranked #1 in skill in order to enjoy most or all of the game. All the popular, maybe even unknown games out there are still fun to play, just that most require a lot more of your time and skill now.
I made a mii for my mom and dad around the first time i played.
They broke up once, got married, got divorced, and all four of my dad's mii's kids hated him
Only the first two kids came from his first failed marriage
Ill never forget tomodachi life. I got it after "loosing" my first teeth (i had like 3 pulled out lmao) from the tooth fairy. It was a game id seen ads for on tv and really wanted. I had so much fun with it even though i just added random characters id seen codes for online and created characters from shows i liked. I think at one point trump and michelle obama were dating
Fr the most fun I’d ever had with a random game when I was really little, can’t believe we’re already looking back at that
I had a Donald trump married to Chloe bourgeois from miraculous ladybug lol. They broke up.
In terms of gay miis, I've just started making my gay friends the opposite gender so they can date the 'same sex.'
it sucks that we need to do that
Bruh
And then gay men and gay women start dating each other
@@diamondmemer9754 Yeah it's not a fool-proof plan. I'm good enough that I only have one 'gay' mii right now and they're dating someone but if I get more it's gonna cause a problem.
@@luvelty I guess miis dating random people instead of who you want them to is also part of the game tho
As someone that grew up in fandom culture that also owned tomodachi life this game was a shipper's fever dream. At the end of my time playing it i had an entire apartment building full of the max number of miis all designed to look like anime characters and had successfully paired off all of my otps as couples 😂 it was a fantastic pastime, i really hope nintendo releases a remake soon
The Miis can actually dislike the interiors you give them! Only the ones like the shack and prison cell, but their happiness does go down and they’ll say something like “This is the new room? It’s… umm.. well..”
i cant believe you told everyone i cant play the violin
Had to use my best ammo, sorry
I added a Jerma Mii to my island, and proceeded to give him onion rings as one of his first meals. The scream laugh I made when he blasted off into space was so priceless…
Onion Rings are Jerma’s super all-time favorite… I couldn’t even make that up and this has been my favorite Tomodachi Life moment for a while
I need a new Tomodachi Life game YESTERDAY
SAME
They announced one for switch in 2021 it's just been delayed
@leahdavis9434 this is just a lie 💀
@@leahdavis9434no they didn't
Shoutout to how silly the way you edit is, always makes me laugh
the broken car song has me light headed from laughter
Thank you! :)
As someone who has only played the US version of Tomodachi Life, I had no idea there was a word association event at the fountain. In the US version I think it's replaced by rap battles which can be pretty fun to watch
Rap battles are present in EU version as well
When I first got this game a long time ago the GameStop employee did their damndest to detour me from getting it. They’d ask if I wanted the new cod game instead and just kept asking me if I REALLY wanted this game. I loved tomodatchi life
I mean this is literally what the customer is always right is supposed to mean. Customers should be able to buy anything you're selling
So for rooms theres one room as far as i know that actually UPSETS the mii a bit, thir level bar drops and they have special dialogue. The Jail Cell. Its the only one I've been able to find that your mii's will question. which is pretty neat!
Woah interesting!! Apparently it's also the cheapest interior as well. I never knew that! Thanks for telling me about it
Actually I tried giving a mii the western room and it lowered their level and I felt so insulted I took away their room in general and left them with what they started with
There’s always something new in this game, always a weird funny event to happen upon
never thought i'd see the day someone got philosophical about a game where rosalina and peter griffin can get married
It's what Socrates would have wanted
my favorite memories of the 3DS involve this game…. my family and i spent a month in the dominican republic to visit family. my brother had this game and brought his 3DS. my siblings and i all took turns with playing, making funny characters and dressing them up. i was around 10 at the time, i turn 20 this year. good memories.
verge's rap actually went kinda hard
The lyrics were really written from his soul
a tomadachi life remake with miitopia level customization would literally go so hard
this game was SUCH a huge part of my childhood and by that i mean i still reference "you drive an old car" with my sister bc that failure response in the rap battles was just so funny to us
also i miss my old save and my travelers and the weird connection to my love life- i need to get remarried in tomo life badly goodbye i have to go do that
I love this game and would love an updated version of it with more character customisation features (I’ve always felt the Miis were lacking in it) and more things for them to do, interact with etc. More stores, mini games maybe get them jobs or have npc miis we can complete fetch quests for and an option to put previous miis into new games
As fun as Tomodachi life was, it’s a little sad and a tad creepy with what happens when you decide delete your island..
YEAH the original ending to this video was going to be me deleting the island to fit in with the whole ending of the video. But I decided against that since it was more creepy than anything lol
This game was my childhood. I really wish we could get one for switch. It’s incredible.
I think Tomodachi Life while being worse than the Sims is honestly it's biggest strength. It allowed it to focus more on the character of the game and it shows. Yes, this isn't Nintendo Sims, but just... Nintendo. That's what I get from this in every aspect. I would adore to see its return, but at the same time, I fear for it's return since it might not be as good in the new it gets than the old it gets. Also Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon LEGIT makes this game 10x more possible. I can't joke about how interesting the fact that the game getting it's remake on the switch is for this game.
A switch port of this game, even if it was like the miitopia port (only graphical updates and slight extra gameplay but largely the same) I’d be so happy. Miitopia on switch proved miis are still worthwhile for Nintendo and having that new iteration of mii maker integrated into the game would give you a lot more room to make characters you want to
This was such a great video! I bought this game a couple years ago and while I did burn myself out from it after a while, I've had so much fun just building a world with these little Mii's, and I know that after taking a break I'd be happy to pick it back up and start all over again. I was never able to quite put my finger on why this game is so much fun, but I think you described it perfectly. Awesome video, mate. You've earned a sub :]
Thank you so much! :D
watching this video gave me flash backs to being at the hospital for houuuurss visiting my grandma and just continually playing tomodachi life having the time of my life
When I was younger I lost my old copy of the game (most likely got stolen) so I decided to buy a new one… I got it in the mail yesterday and you can best bet I cried when I saw the loading screen.
Even with all the questionable stuff going on Tomodachi life held up pretty good, the humor is great, I actually like having little to no control over the miis cause it makes the gameplay just so much more special and overall the nostalgic feel you get from the mini games to watching your mii self get married, it really is a great game (except for the inclusivity parts but then again it got released in 2013 so who can blame them).
i recall having my mii getting married, having a dog and a child with my crush and i was so happy ! it took me months to got them together and micro managing their hazardous choice.
it is such a precious childhood memory, my sister still own the game (i believe so) and it was such a daring game with a graphic style still so fun to watch with realistic hands !
in France it wasn't that mainstream except the adds but i don't remember people talking about it much sadly :c
I just recently started replaying this game with my boyfriend. As a trans individual I originally played before coming out and it’s so nice and funny to watch my new Mii interact in different ways I love this game so much
That's awesome to hear! Glad you enjoy the game! :D
i BEGGED for this game when it released, and i remember opening my 3ds on christmas, screaming, and instantly running off to my bedroom to ignore everyone that came over in favor of booting up the game and playing for hours. even after all this time, i still boot it up at least every few months
i still play this game in 2023-- its so timeless and you can have so much fun with it!! i really hope a switch version comes out with some upgrades.
this game is somehow really good at making the funniest of situations happen
i have so many dearly beloved tomodachi memories. i still play it to this day, even if i've reset my island a few times. there's one couple on my current island that i have failed the proposal minigame for FOUR TIMES. it haunts me. my reaction time is so so bad. please
i adore your video essay / commentary style - well rounded and just very very watchable! thanks for giving me something to enjoy when i log on to youtube :)
I still play this game basically semi daily, its so charming and I love it. It’ll always have a special place in my heart! Hearing you explain the game to people who don’t know it makes me feel kind of nostalgic for some reason lol
"I like my women how I like my salad
dressed"
GOD THATS FIRE I'M SO USING THAT
your essays on video games are so incredibly entertaining to watch!! c:
Tomodachi Life is truly such a charming and fun lil game, I miss playing it...
Thank you!! I didn't realize how much I missed playing the game until I started again lol
I miss it too. I'd love to pick it up again but my 3DS broke
Each and every day I long in wait for the switch tomodachi 3 that lets us use the new Miitopia miis.
Same imagine peoples creatvity with the editor!
Here is an explanation of the 3 missing map items,
When your Miis get married and have children, the children grow up and you can choose between them living on the island or going away to become explorers.
They go to the docks (anchor symbol) until your streetpass someone and then they go and visit their island, they hang around on the other persons island at the campsite (symbol to the left of anchor) and act a bit like a temporary islander for them, they can come back to you and visit and send letters and stuff as well.
the t shirt symbol on the left is your imports/exports, upon making your island, you get an outfit you export, and streetpassing with people will result in them getting that outfit and you getting the one they export.
My main goal on tomodachi life was to marry my anime crushes
Did you succeed?
I actually gasped when Verge didn’t show up at the beach
youre completely right whenever i see those pink bubbles i start giggling and kicking my feet LMAO
i still have my nintendo 3ds and has tomodadhi life but for some reason the workers have wooden boxes for heads but in your video they have robot heads
Babe wake up new Dino Rex video
I genuinely love this game, in my island, bayonetta and slenderman are married
The drama of tomodachi life made 8yr old me so happy. This was some of the drama that happened on happy island:
- I married my grandad (a really big age gap)
- my nan and mario had 5 kids
- my miis got into fights all the time it was hilarious
- proposing scared the sh!t out of me
- I made a song about my dad's farts (not lying)
- the café gossip was elite
- Judgment bay was the peak of politics in my opinion
- QUIRKY QUESTIONS 🔛🔝 I ASKED THE MOST CURSED THINGS
- the rap battles were so funny
I can't wait for the switch version as ITS CONFIRMED!!
It's confirmed? Where was that said? Also you had some very quirky gameplay and it sounds awesome
@@SmolPotato8i dont think it was confirmed but i think the copyright was renewed or changed, sadly pretty standard for older games. No confirmation yet :(
fantastic video , i enjoyed your essay sm !! it's incredibly engaging ! tomodachi life needs a comeback badly , makes no sense why nintendo won't give us what we've been asking 4 😞
Thank you for the lovely words! And I completely agree, Nintendo have to realize there is an audience for this game lol it's mad how they haven't announced a sequel yet
Its been 5 years i got Tomodashi life and i still play it til nowdays, it got pretty repetitive but i love taking care of my villagers. I wish there was an DLC or an remake adding more minigames and real life events like christmas, new year etc, similar to Animal Crossing, it would be great!
I remember playing this game when I was much younger and getting really excited whenever I saw one of my Miis falling in love, since it was so rare. It would be the highlight of my day if I saw that pink icon on someone's room, and to hear that music which I don't even know how to describe with words. Also I remember saving up money for literal weeks just so I could afford the most expensive room for my lookalike Mii (I'm not egotistical... probably).
I remember playing a long time ago, I had all the spotpass stuff, miis going off through streetpass, misty from pokemon married squidward, normal stuff like that. I love this game and I do hope it comes back like miitopia did.
The myth bit with the song was the best demonstration of what makes this game great
In the card minigame you're supposed to look at the mii's facial expression when you hover over the card.
this sounds amazing, can’t believe i’d never heard of it
You are killing it with these videos!
Thank you!!
Another stellar video!! So well made 🤯
Thank you!!
Something i didnt expect to be made. Good job
one thing im sad about is that while the nintendo switch DOES have touchscreen functionality, most games are optimized to work well while docked, meaning a lot of content would be gutted (drawing on a miis face, decision beach, etc) for the sake of being optimized for non-handheld gameplay if we do ever get a port, assuming the amount of touchscreen requiring content isnt seen as a barrier of entry for development in general
I come back to this game like every 2 months it’s just so much fun
19:23 MAN.
No but for real that's sad, I had the video in the background and I my jaw genuinely fell when it got to this part, that's sad
Love your channel!! Keep making videos; they’re so entertaining :)
Thank you very much! :D
didnt have to go that hard in those last few seconds
Absolutely love these videos and your humour and personality shining through!
Thank you very much!! :D
i remember getting this a “graduating from 5th grade” present and i woke up at 1 am when it finished downloading that night to play it into 4 am
Your channel is so underrated you seem to put so much effort into your videos O:
The whole bit about writing the fuck you myth song was really funny, really well made video man
really good video and thanks for bringing bick some of my childhood memories
I wish you could have included the marriage and kids stuff as well, but besides that the video was top
also you write very good lyrics
Super enjoy your humor and editing is very pleasant! :]
Thank you! :)
Damn, coming from the animal crossing video I love the way you write your endings. Fantastic video
Oh i miss this game so much! My 3Ds had broken years ago and I bought the game directly in the store. I like to think all my miis are happy, well, and patiently waiting for my return :]
I loved this game. After months of playing, thats where the drama started. I had Miis divorce, become a literal baby factory (they just kept having kids, ALL THE TIME. They had 7 until I literally stopped playing, got back? Wanted another one. It was just this one couple) Divorced then fell in love again. Broke up and got back together too, enemies, jealousy, this one Mii kept getting all the male Miis confess but either rejected or never showed up, you name it. It was AMAZING.
It was a telanovela. I loved it.
The mii games are some of my favorites, and I've played Miitopia on the 3ds for over 245 hours. I've only experienced this gane through the short demo. I've been wanting to play this game for a long time, so I should ask my friend to get it for me lel.
Nintendo has to release a sequel to Tomodachi Life for Nintendo Switch
FINALLY SOMEONE ACKNOWLEDGES TOMODACHI COLLECTION
YEP!!
I've seen so much videos about tomodachi life, and frankly, I'm tired of hearing about it! But your humor has made it sound so much more interesting again. :)
Seriously - I'm surprised you only have 3k subs, you deserve more. Keep it up!!
Thank you very much!! I'm glad my stuff can be a nice change of pace for people, even if they know all about the topic. Thank you for the amazing compliment :D
Yeeey I've been waiting for a new video from you! And about Tomodachi Life no less, my day has been brightened!
Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy it :D
I mean, they dislike the prison cell, it actually decreases your happiness lol.
amazing message
The whole time period around when this game came out was so amazing for me I miss those days it was a great game
I only recently started playing this game and a remaster of it on the switch or something would be so cool, but nintendo seems to not like miis anymore
Awesome video by the way
Yeah idk why Nintendo has slowed down with the Mii stuff. They are fun games! And thank you!
i never owned the game but my friend did and whenever i went to her place we played it for hours and just created absolute chaos. I really hope they release it for the switch because i lost my ds a long time ago but really want to play that game again, seriously one of my favourite nintendo games ever
Brb gonna check in on my islanders 🤞🏻
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Tomodachi Life I think can get stale after awhile but even then it takes AWHILE for it to get to that point. I think this was a really good break down of what works in Tomodachi Life. I hope they make another one in the future cause I feel like you can add so much to this idea. GOOD STUFF