Tomodachi Life is the quirky sequel to Nintendo's already weird take on the life simulation genre. While it received two spiritual successors in the form of Miitomo and Miitopia, we still haven't gotten any news of another sequel on the Nintendo Switch. The tomodachi life text to speech thing doesn't handle some typed characters well which results in strange speech patterns, and could probably be distorted even more if you tampered with the game and finally, a lot of bad stuff happens when you have your lookalike look like yourself.
Jun 03, 2018 The jist of the story is: Tomodachi Life (aka Tomodachi Collection in Japanese) is actually the 3DS sequel to a Japan-only DS game (that has a partial fan-translation btw -only missing some song lyrics-, check it out!), where you can also import Miis from your Wii to the DS through wireless connection. Tomodachi life is a Nintendo 3DS game. It combines elements from animal crossing, the sims, nintendo Mii, and hallucinogenic drugs. Check back here for latest updates and news about the game. Tomodachi PERFECT Life, by Nintendo and Starstriker (Page Creator), is a sequel to Tomodachi Life. 1 New Features 2 Map 2.1 Blue 2.2 Red 2.3 Pink 2.4 Orange 2.5 Yellow 2.6 Green 2.7 Brown 2.8 Black 3 Intended/Cut Content 4 Trivia New songs: Enka, Alt. Rock, Mystic, Cyborg (Alt. Techno), Country and Karaoke. Movie studio in Concert Hall added. Once a hundred miis are added, the New Apartments.
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Also known as: Tomodachi Collection: Shin Seikatsu (JP), Chingu Moa Apart (KR) This game has unused graphics. |
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Tomodachi Life is the quirky sequel to Nintendo's already weird take on the life simulation genre.
While it received two spiritual successors in the form of Miitomo and Miitopia, we still haven't gotten any news of a direct sequel.
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| Regional Differences Way. Too. Many. Changes. |
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Tomodachi Life Enka English
Enka Lyrics
Located in message/Song/Song_xx_LZ.bin/ArcBase (replace xx with the corresponding Language Code) are lyrics for the Enka song, which was removed from all International releases of the game. It's unknown if there were ever any plans to localize the song for a broader audience or if these are placeholders.
A more accurate translation of the song's lyrics can be found at the Regional Differences section for the Concert Hall.
| Japanese (used) | US_English | EU_English |
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| ふられ わかれて | Reject and say goodbye | EU_English |
| あまざらし の | It's left out in rain | |
| おもいで | Can you | |
| どなたか | do it that | |
| けして ください | delete my memory | |
| やきついた あなた | You are branded on my heart | |
| あなた の かげ | Your dear feature | |
| なげた | The ring | |
| ゆびわ とわ に きゆ | which I threw never returns | |
| あめ の | In the rain | |
| くいなばし | Ku i na ba shi |
Unused Music
Enka
Located in sound/clone_sound.bcsar are BGM_SONG_ENKA_CLICK.bcseq and BGM_SONG_ENKA.bcseq – the music sequence files for the Enka song, which is exclusive to the Japanese version of the game. Sadly, the sequences appear to have been blanked out from both files in the international versions of the game, but the instrumentation is still intact in the BANK_ENKA.cbnk file.
Unused Models
TestCube
Located in model/sample_TestCube_LZ.bin is... How surprising, an untextured cube! Likely a leftover example from the SDK.
offscreen
In model/sample_DebugTextureRender_LZ.bin, this flat model with a weird texture applied over it can be found. Likely also from the SDK.
TestCube
offscreen
A better look at the texture used by offscreen. It's internally called image256.
Unused Graphics
| To do: There are more in-game placeholder graphics. |
Placeholder Logos
The banner data for the original Japanese release of the game contains placeholders for localized versions of the game's logo.
While technically used, these placeholder logos can only be seen by trying to play the Japanese version of the game on a modded out-of-region console.
- America
English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
- Europe
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Dutch
Portuguese
Russian
Internal Project Name
Tomodachi Life Opera
The game's internal project name is 'clone', according to the sound/clone_sound.bcsar archive and many of the sound files contained within. This is further evidenced in the partial 3DS lotcheck document that was contained in the December 21st, 2020 Nintendo leak (located in Documents.7zDocumentsセキュリティチーム運営プロジェクトKnock_And_Talk_directcnotact報奨金制度LEGO抽出CTRdata.xls), which also references the game by this name.
Revision Differences
Tomodachi Life Techno
| Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: What exactly changed in version 1.1? Nintendo's own changelogs usually aren't of much use here because of how vague they are. |
| To do: Document the demo versions. |
Version 1.1 - released June 6, 2014 - enhances gameplay stability and performance.
Version 2.0 was released exclusively in Europe on October 16, 2015, adding the option to play the game in Dutch.
| The Tomodachi series | |
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| Nintendo DS | Tomodachi Collection |
| Nintendo 3DS | Tomodachi Life |
| Related Games | |
| Nintendo 3DS | Miitopia |
| iOS/Android | Miitomo |
Tomodachi Life Enka
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo SPD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Ryutaro Takahashi [1] |
| Producer(s) | Yoshio Sakamoto[1] |
| Designer(s) | Masanori Nakagawa[1] |
| Composer(s) | Daisuke Shiiba Asuka Ito Riyu Tamura[1] |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Life simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Tomodachi Collection[a] is a life simulation video game for the Nintendo DS, released exclusively in Japan on June 18, 2009. A sequel, Tomodachi Life, was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on April 18, 2013, and in North America and Europe on June 6, 2014.
Gameplay[edit]
The cast consists entirely of Miis. Players can transfer Miis directly from their Wii console to their Nintendo DS or create new ones using the in-game Mii Maker. The player can choose the personalities of the Miis with up to 16 combinations of personalities. The player then helps their Miis with their problems, such as making friends and performing everyday tasks, as well as giving them clothes, food, and special items to help them gain experience. The Miis can interact with each-other in relationships such as friendships. When a Mii gains enough experience, they level up and collect rewards. New areas and shops are unlocked on the island by playing the game and meeting various conditions, such as the Question Hall, where you can ask your Miis anything as well as making them vote on a certain choice.
Development[edit]
Because the Nintendo DS didn't have Miis in the first Nintendo DS Games (Miis were released on November 19, 2006 on the Wii), the Miis were be shown in various Wii games like Wii Play, Wii Sports, Wii Music and most other games. Miis first appeared on the DS two years later in 2008, in Personal Trainer: Walking, and this game was released in 2009, one year later, only in Japan on June 18, 2009. This game were released only in Japan, but the first was translated on November 9, 2013, in American English by jjjewel, a US English fan.[citation needed]
The game was developed by a small, young team at Nintendo SPD Group No.1 with Yoshio Sakamoto as a producer. According to an interview, it was originally titled Otona no Onna no Uranai Techou (大人のオンナの占い手帳, lit.'Fortune-telling Notebook for Adult Women') and only featured female characters. A western release was considered, according to an interview with Gamekult.fr, however, issues with localizing the vocal synthesizer software to handle English words (which were resolved in Tomodachi Life) caused the release to be cancelled. However, a ROM created in 2013 by jjjewel exists, which translates the game's text into English but retains the original Japanese voices. Other unfinished changes include the fact that some of Mii News is still in Japanese (like the logo in the top screen while there is news) and other small parts in-game. The Songs' default lyrics are partly in Japanese and partly in English.
There is a function only found in the Japanese version of Tomodachi Life that allows you to call the Mii from the Tomodachi Collection, and you can copy and transfer the Miis onto the 3DS, but the newly created Miis are added in the Mii Studio. It is not possible to send the Mii to the Tomodachi Collection from Mii Maker.
Sequel[edit]
A sequel for the Nintendo 3DS titled Tomodachi Life was released in Japan on April 18, 2013, and on June 6, 2014 in North America and Europe.[2][3] The game was the best-selling game in Japan during the week of its release, selling about 404,858 units.[4]
Reception[edit]
Famitsu gave Tomodachi Collection a rating of 29 out of 40.[5] It was the best-selling game in Japan during the week of its release, selling about 102,000 units.[6] By September 28, 2009, it had sold 1.15 million copies in total, making it the fourth-best selling game in Japan in the first half of the 2009 fiscal year.[7] At the end of the 2009–2010 fiscal year on March 31, 2010, Nintendo reported that the game had sold 3.2 million units.[8]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'Official Japanese Iwata Asks with Tomodachi Collection staff'. Nintendo. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/10/tomodachi-life-could-be-nintendoas-next-animal-crossing?abthid=534687ec7eb0922a6f000012
- ^http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-3DS/Tomodachi-Life-871968.html
- ^Sahdev, Ishaan (April 24, 2013). 'This Week in Sales: Tomodachi Collection Sees Big Launch Sales'. Siliconera. Siliconera. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^'Revue de presse internationale' [International press coverage] (in French). Gamekult. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- ^John Tanaka (2009-06-26). 'Virtual Miis Rule in Japan'. IGN. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- ^2009年度上半期のゲーム市場規模は前年度同期比10.5パーセント減 [Gaming market decreased 10.5 percent in the first half of the 2009 fiscal year] (in Japanese). Famitsu. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- ^'Nintendo Fiscal year report'. GameSpot. 2010-03-31. p. 1. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
External links[edit]
Tomodachi Life Enka Lyrics
- Official Site(in Japanese)