Even if you’re not interested that Tomodachi Life is making the journey from Japan to North America and Europe on June 6, you’ll want to watch its announcement video. If Nintendo Direct were to get its own sitcom, this would be its pilot. And it’d probably get greenlit.
The 3DS game is known as Tomodachi Collection: New Life in Japan, where it’s been a hit with 1.82 million sales since its launch this time last year. It takes its cues from games likeThe Sims and Animal Crossing, but adds its own distinctive Nintendo flavor by letting you play with Miis in a diversity of activities, from the casual and simple to the totally bizarre. Also, if you’ve ever wanted to hear your Miis talk in a weird synthesized voice, Tomodachi Life goes one better by letting you hear them sing in a weird synthesized voice.
