Tomodachi Life Review

Tomodachi Life Review

After spending countless hours playing this game I decided to write a small review of how good this game is, this review will short due to me being busy working and writing my personal statement for university.
 

After spending countless hours playing Mario Kart 7 and Animal crossing, in which I started to get bored of Animal Crossing (been playing it for 70 hours) I decided it was time to find another game to play, it wasn’t long until I saw my friend playing a game called “Tomodachi Life”, my first reaction was “not another Sims game” however I quickly changed my mind when I saw how random and funny the game was. After a quick decision I bought the game, anyway enough of me rambling on, let’s get to the review.

Let’s talk about the game, the game is set on an island inhabited by “Mii’s” which are the avatars of the Wii and 3DS, you get to name your island, I named mine after my favourite film Jaws,  which is called “Amity Island”, you than import your Mii over and it becomes the main Mii of the island, you can customize your characters voice, your personality etc. You than have to create other Mii’s, which can also be imported through the Mii creation, scanned through QR codes from friends or the internet (I found a few celebrities, like Stan Lee, Lana Del Ray, Joel off The Last Of Us) or created through the town hall building on the island. Once the Mii’s have been created you can give them food, clothes and gifts, which can level up the Mii depending on if they liked it, once your Mii levels up you can give them a gift, ranging from a Wii U to a Guitar or pocket money. Once you have imported or created you Mii’s you will notice that the island only has a few buildings/lots later on in the game you can unlock all of them by doing certain challenges like getting married, helping Mii’s or just by having  a certain amount of Mii’s on the island, buildings/lots can range from a theme park to a camping site, most of these buildings/lots serve as events, like BBQ’s, markets etc, let’s just say they all serve as a purpose in the game.

Much like the Sims Mii’s can talk to each other, fight each other, get married and have children, you can send children off to become adventure, however you can’t control the Mii’s, you can only give them advice or guidance, like if a Mii wants to befriend another Mii or if he/she loves another Mii, the game can be random, so Mii’s are more likely to befriend someone with the same personality or if a friend suggested them, the game is random, so it could take hours or days before they befriend someone. Mii’s also ask you to play with them, games can range from guessing the zoomed in item, guess what the hidden Mii is, the mini games are highly repetitive, which is the main negative thing about this game, however it’s not bad game, maybe add a few more mini games in the near future. Tomodachi Life also uses the street pass system, when you walk past someone with a copy of Tomodachi Life you get an item, which can range from a hat to an outfit, the street pass also allows you to send and receive adventures from other islands, this is a fantastic feature if you ask me, so if you have a friend which plays Tomodachi Life you can send you adventurer to their island, you can also send Mii’s you have created to friends using QR codes, it’s simple to use and perfect for people who can’t be bothered to create a huge amount of Mii’s.

Lets round up the review, with all these points I’m going to give this game a solid

8/10

The Pros 

·         Strangely Addictive

·         Mini games are extremely fun

·         Random gameplay and a lot of humour

·         Amazing street pass system  

The Cons

Some of the Mii’s voices are annoying 

Mini games can be repetitive after a while