No Nintendo series is ever truly dead, and the return of Tomodachi Life proves that. One of the quirkier games released on the Nintendo 3DS, 13 years on from the original's arrival, Tomodachi Life has been unexpectedly revived for the Nintendo Switch, and now we know exactly when we'll be able to start playing.
Not only has Nintendo brought Tomodachi Life back for a sequel - Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream - but it considers that sequel to be big enough to deserve its own Direct. During that Direct, it confirmed Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream will be released on Switch on April 16, 2026.
A welcome reminder that this is a Switch game, not a Switch 2 game, so you can play it on both consoles.
The Direct also confirmed that the game's Miis can be non-binary, and your created characters can be attracted to members of the opposite sex. It's something of a full-circle moment for the series after the original game only allowed for relationships between members of the opposite sex. Nintendo promised to change that in the next Tomodachi Life, and it has followed through on that promise.
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