- Tomodachi Life: Living the dream Director Ryutaro Takahashi says development began in 2017.
- Takahashi says he and producer Yoshio Sakamoto have a “special attachment” to the series.
- They agreed that they had “squeezed everything we could” out of the 3DS title and agreed to make a new game.
The creators of Tomodachi Life: Living the dream have revealed that development of the Nintendo Switch began in 2017, expressing an attachment to the series.
In a new Nintendo Ask the Developer interview, game director Ryutaro Takahashi talked about the initial idea behind the game and confirmed that development began almost 10 years ago.
Takahashi said he spoke with franchise producer Yoshio Sakamoto and, after agreeing that they had “squeezed” everything they could Tomodachi’s life On Nintendo 3DS, they decided to create a new game.
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“I think development started around 2017, after things calmed down Miitomo“Takahashi said. “The producer, Sakamoto-san, and I have a special attachment to Tomodachi’s life and I have been playing the previous game on Nintendo 3DS for many years. But we’d already squeezed everything we could out of that game, and Sakamoto sadly told me, “There are so many things I want my Mii characters to experience, but there’s nothing else I can do for them.”
“(Laughs) So we talked about our desire to create a new Tomodachi’s life game.”
Tomodachi Life: Living the dream launches today on Nintendo Switch and can also be played on Nintendo Switch 2.
TechRadar Gaming’s game editor Dashiell Wood rated the game four stars in his review, calling it “a delight, with excellent character customization and lots of charming humor.”
“Its hands-off nature won’t be for everyone, and the lack of a dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 version is a missed opportunity, but there’s still no other game that offers its special brand of unapologetic weirdness,” he wrote.
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