TomoDachi Life was released on Nintendo Switch on April 16, 2026. TomoDachi Life has become a popular game among MACES students because it allows players to express their creativity through customization, relationships, activities, and everyday life simulation. It is a game where people can create characters, stimulate the Miis’ life, make decisions for them, and even put in their own phrases into the game. Published on the Games Industry website on May 20, it states that TomoDachi Life has generated over $41 million in physical and digital sales. A few students that have the game and play it are Merari Morales, a senior, Colette Martinez, a junior, and Samantha Castro, a sophomore.
“I remember being excited and really impatient since I’ve always wanted to play the original,” Castro, a sophomore, said. Colette Martinez, a junior, said, “I was really excited to play it since I wasn’t able to play the original.” Morales stated something differently, “I thought it was going to be boring. It reminded me of Animal Crossing and I wasn’t into Animal Crossing.”
These students all enjoyed the game and shared what they liked about it. Martinez said, “I enjoy seeing the Miis doing funny stuff, whether they are running into each other or interacting in other ways.” Morales said, “I love creating the characters since you can create anything you want like design from your favorite TV show, cartoons you can make anything.”
There were many funny moments that the students can think of that happened in the game. A funny moment that Castro said was “When two Miis got together, they had a baby. Before that I had made Gojo cake with its Gojo face on it and Gojo was the one that had a kid with another Mii. By sheer coincidence, the item that followed the baby until adulthood was Gojo cake, which was also their first word. The whole montage was very interesting.” A funny moment that Martinez saw was, “On my friend’s island that had made one of my friends and a video game character and they had fallen in love.”
Games lose popularity over time, when asked whether the game would lose popularity, Castro disagreed. “TomoDachi Life has a very unique concept. The only other game like it is the original and that had stayed relevant for so long and remained because it’s so unique. I don’t think it will die down since it remains unique and the new features that were added.” Castro said. However, Morales disagreed. “Honestly, I think it will die down because it’s becoming a TikTok trend. The hype is up right now, but after a few months it’s going to slowly die down.”
Morales recommends the game to artist friends because of its creative features. Martinez has been recommending it to all her friends since release, showing that the game is getting more and more popular.
