History VideoGame / TomodachiLife

* TakeOurWordForIt: Every time a couple watches TV, it's never shown what they're watching,[[note]]The loud applause from the TV, as well as the Miis' animations, suggest that they're watching a sports game[[/note]] the only exception is in a photo when four Miis are watching Mii News. In addition, when couples eat, the Mii on the right and their child will always have their backs turned.

* TakeOurWordForIt: Every time a couple watches TV, it's never shown what they're watching, the only exception is in a photo when four Miis are watching Mii News. In addition, when couples eat, the Mii on the right and their child will always have their backs turned.

* SilenceIsGolden: During the cutscenes where a Mii experiences the Age-o-matic or Kid-o-matic and when a couple has their wedding following a successful proposal, not a word is exchanged amongst the Miis, with their thoughts conveyed through the music and their actions.

** The music played at a couple's wedding has a harp glissando before it loops again, but the scene ends right when it is about to play.

--> '''Mii:''' Please help me calm down first!

--> '''Mii:''' You didn't hear me parp in my room, didn't you?

--> '''Mii:''' Did you hear that?! That WAS NOT the dog, ha ha ha ha ha. Ehem. Sorry about that...

''Tomodachi'' is a series of simulation games by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. The series first started in 2009 when ''Tomodachi Collection'' was released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS [[NoExportForYou in Japan]]. The second game, titled ''Tomodachi Collection: New Life'' in Japan, and the first one to receive an international release, as ''Tomodachi Life'', was released for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.

However, what has really given it such a cult following is [[QuirkyWork its plain weirdness]]. It's quite difficult to describe how strange this game gets if you haven't played it, but the UsefulNotes/{{Mii}}s in your game can, amongst other things, compete in rap battles against each other, melt into gray puddles when they eat the food they hate the most, and face off in an RPG-style BossBattle against a UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.

* CargoCult: The "Ritual" dream features this with random objects. This can be seen in the Nintendo Direct with a giant UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy. [[SelfDeprecation "All hail the Virtual Boy!"]][[note]]This is downplayed in the European version, in which the Miis say "My Virtual Boy" instead while doing the same dance.[[/note]]

* ConsoleCameo: In addition to the Wii U and the 3DS XL that you can give to the Miis in the 3DS version so that they can play Nintendo games, the game also includes a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], a UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch, a UsefulNotes/GameBoy and a UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy, all as treasures (meaning, you can't give them to the Miis for them to play, [[ShopFodder only sell them]] or give them to Miis to help them ask another Mii to be their special someone).

* SyntheticVoiceActor: [[invoked]] The Miis were intentionally given these so players can relate to them better. This caused problems when it came to localizing it for international audiences, to the point where the first game [[NoExportForYou wasn't released to Western audiences]] mainly due to troubles in getting it to work with non-Japanese voices. They figured it out for ''Tomodachi Life''. There are six presets as well as a custom design system with sliding scales for pitch, quality, speed, tone, and accent and four choices for intonation.

** This is the first Nintendo installment that introduces abnormal hair colors for Miis, but it can only be done through hair dye; it later became a permanent installment in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' and doesn't become part of the system's Mii Maker until the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* ArtisticLicense: Miis of either gender can propose in the game, even females; in reality, it's more traditional for the ''male'' to propose, with female proposals becoming rather rare.

However, what has really given it such a cult following is its plain weirdness. It's quite difficult to describe how strange this game gets if you haven't played it, but the UsefulNotes/{{Mii}}s in your game can, amongst other things, compete in rap battles against each other, melt into gray puddles when they eat the food they hate the most, and face off in an RPG-style BossBattle against a UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.

However, what has really given it such a cult following is its plain [[WidgetSeries weirdness]]. It's quite difficult to describe how strange this game gets if you haven't played it, but the UsefulNotes/{{Mii}}s in your game can, amongst other things, compete in rap battles against each other, melt into gray puddles when they eat the food they hate the most, and face off in an RPG-style BossBattle against a UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.

* WidgetSeries: This is one of the strangest series ever made by Nintendo. While the series' premise isn't all that weird, the things that Miis do, say or dream about definitely are.

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** One news report shows a random Mii in pain after stubbing their toe. The video will depict the Mii in whatever outfit they're currently wearing, even if said outfit includes shoes that would have shielded their toes from the blow (including [[ArmorIsUseless a suit of armor]]. In addition, the video will show the Mii stubbing their toe on a random gift, even though the item is not hard enough to stub your toe on (the Travel Ticket, for instance).

** When two Miis are in a huge fight, going into their apartments shows the two fighting Miis surrounded in a flaming aura. However, when the third Mii interferes to try and resolve the fight, the two brawlers are depicted with smoke coming out of their heads as is they were in a standard, non-huge fight.
** There is a space-set newscast that is completely independent of Miis taking their space trip in-game.

** A Mii can say that they saw something last week, regardless of whether they existed last week. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SME7y6YkQtA Seen here]].

** Miis can be shown fighting over a random food item with another Mii in a daydream regardless of how much they actually like it in-game. This also extends to the trash foods.

** One news report shows a random Mii in pain after stubbing their toe. The video will depict the Mii in whatever outfit they're currently wearing, even if said outfit includes shoes that would have shielded their toes from the blow. In addition, the video will show the Mii stubbing their toe on a random gift, even though the item is not hard enough to stub your toe on (the Travel Ticket, for instance).

** Usually, when you overlook a Mii's apartment when they have a love-related problem (feelings for someone, want to propose, want to have a baby), they will look worried with a heart with a "?" floating around, and special music plays accordingly when you enter. However, if a Mii is wondering if another likes them, this does not happen, and the normal problem music plays instead.

** One newscast involves a Mii growing tomatoes that look like them, regardless whether they like tomatoes. Same goes for one that features two Miis fighting over a random food in a game of rock-paper-scissors, regardless their love of said food.

** When looking around a Mii's interior, the Mii will continuously give the player the same set of random comments regardless of whether or not they liked it (e. g. "Very nice. No complaints!" when given an interior that they had reacted negatively to receiving) or whether or not it fits the style of the interior itself (e. g. "So shiny and new!" when given a Log Cabin interior, or "You might get dizzy and break something!" when given an Empty interior).

* BellyButtonless: None of the Miis have belly buttons, which is especially noticeable in outfits that expose their stomachs.