Are the Miis too cute in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream?

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has been out for about a week now, so fans have had some time to really dig into Nintendo's newest sim. With a top critic average of 80 on OpenCritic, the game has been very well received for its sense of humor and customization options. The amount of new events that can happen between Miis as they run around town and develop their own relationships, combined with all the drama that comes with it, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream downright addictive to play. However, despite all the drama the Miis can spark through their interactions, some fans feel that the Miis sometimes seem too “nice” to each other.

Given the prevalence of this claim, it is worth analyzing whether it is actually accurate. Mii relationships are easy to build and maintain, meaning the main drama will come from unrequited crushes most of the time. But the game's only been out for a week, so some people haven't seen how wild Miis can be—both to each other and to the player. Whether it's jealousy-fueled arguments, making potential new friendships, or disobeying a player's advice, these little avatars are a lot more cheeky than people give them credit for.

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Given how much Miis need to ask you for help with things (the damn things are always asking you to feed them, even though they show they can cook for themselves if they move into a house together), it's fair to assume they're pretty naive to the world. Through the 'Island Lingo' system, they'll also use your suggestions as talking points in everyday conversation – and infamously, Miis will say anything because Live the dream has no content censors.

All of this means that when Miis take the initiative and decide for themselves, they might not make the most decent decisions. It's common for two best friends or lovers to walk away from each other upset because of something the other said, or for a complete stranger to come into the conversation and flash another Mia in their eyes. All bets are off for politeness when one Mii interrupts the other Mii's confession of love to their shared crush. Somehow breaking through the ceiling of a moving Russian carriage 200 feet above the ground just to tell someone they should date you instead of poor Mii pouring her heart out is insulting on an advanced level.

Mii tells her housemates that they need it "play a game with friends" in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Sometimes when two Mii are introduced to each other, the addressed party will half-heartedly wave at the other Mii's attempt at polite conversation. This can leave an ignored Mii in a bad mood. The rejected attempt to go from acquaintances to friends is downright darkly funny with how rude the second Mii is to the first. Even families aren't exempt from roasting each other – for example, I witnessed Mii telling her husband and son that she needed cooler friends than the two of them.

Miis can be defiantly autonomous

If a Mii is stuck between two crushes and the player chooses one, the Mii may reject the player and choose another option instead.

In the 3DS Life of Tomodachiif you told Mia they couldn't do something, they wouldn't be able to do it (at least at the moment). If you told them they couldn't tell a Mia they loved them, they'd abstain, but they'd be really sad about it. IN Live the dreamthough Miis will just follow the player's advice most of the time. Life of TomadachiThe missing fourth wall might make you think you have complete control over the island, but Miis will sometimes go against the judgment of their creator.

There are the usual things where they may react with distaste to gifts from the user, even if the item was expensive, but players have also reported Miis not respecting their suggestion of whether to confess to someone or which of two potential crushes a Mii can fall in love with. The latter happened to me – damn you king of the universe for possessing my best friend instead of me!

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Having the ability to counter you directly is a very interesting mechanic. While the Miis aren't exactly rude in their words, when they do, it's a big change from otherwise similar games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons where the villagers couldn't even leave the island without the player's permission. Fortunately for those worried about losing too much control, unruly Miis are relatively rare and seem to only appear in certain romantic events so far. This can also be to the player's advantage, such as when a draft succeeds even if the player fails a minigame.

Fights are much rarer but more intense in dream life

Another thing that can make the island seem to be doing a little too well is how rare fights are. Once players had enough Miis on the 3DS, they opened up the game to at least one resident brawl each day. It was actually quite annoying how the arguments distract the two fighting Miis from doing much more until someone tries to apologize. Players having to stop what they're doing to find something to raise Mii's luck enough to calm them down felt like a chore after it became a daily chore, so battles being so rare are honestly a welcome addition to me.

In exchange for their rarity making the community a bit more boring, arguments in Live the dream they are much more intense than in the 3DS game. Since the Miis now walk around the island instead of being locked in their bedrooms when they're angry, it's easy for the angry duo to make their problem everyone else's. Admittedly, it's pretty funny to see someone in a hamster suit casually walking past the pair throwing mosquito coils at each other.

Brawl Miis in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream can have a fiery aura when interacting

In the 3DS game, there were two tiers of feuding – “normal” fights, where encouraging the Mii to apologize, and “bad” fights, where a third Mii has to intervene to try to reconcile them. He fights his way in Live the dream giving Miis a fiery aura that only bad fights in the 3DS game had, so the arguments are already more emotionally charged than before by default. You can also hear the two insulting each other during the fight, which you could only see in the flashback of the failed reconciliation in the previous game. And while a lot of the lines are naturally goofy to fit the tone of the game, the new Miis animations show that they're in real emotional turmoil. It's kind of creepy if it's between two people who get along in real life.

Disputes can occur between couples and friends, even when couples have a special scene that can incite a fight. And it's actually kind of dark, suggesting that one half is worried that the other half is cheating on them. After seeing her partner chatting with someone who prefers dating, the first Mii angrily interrupts the conversation out of jealousy. The second Mii takes offense that the first Mii would do this, and a fight ensues. And just like on the 3DS, fighting doesn't always end in forgiveness; this can lead to outright divorce for married Miis. The first Mii to suddenly become that jealous makes them come off as ridiculously possessive, adding a potentially toxic element to the pairing (though thankfully that's about as far as a Mii can go when it comes to arguing with her partner). It's an oddly dark event for such a cheerful (and E-rated) game, though the inherent goofiness of the Miis helps keep things funny instead of depressing. The fact that divorce is a game mechanic in a series like this is also pretty grim in itself.

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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has a lot of sugar, but also a little spice

An event in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream where one conversation member is not receptive to the first member's topics

Can Miis ever be boring? Clearly. But Tomodachi games are meant to be played in 5 or 10 minute bursts, not hour long binges. If your sessions last a while then the normal Miis routine will fill most of the time and it can feel like Live the dream it has less content than it actually has. The amount of time you spend with “nice” Miis can make the “ugly” Miis go away.

But really, gross Miis aren't gone. if anything Live the dreamMiis are bolder than before, with most social events accompanied by actual dialogue this time around. They may ignore your suggestions, be rude to anyone who tries to befriend them, and get into very intense arguments. Live the dream rated E for everyone but Life of TomadachiThe sense of humor makes it clear that Nintendo knew this would be a hit with adults. The out-of-pocket things Miis can say or do prove this. because they are not as tame as some critics of the game would have you believe.