Mario. Zelda. Wii Shuffleboard.
The same games, over and over. They never make anything interesting any more.
Apparently, the people who are parroting this kind of stuff all over the internet haven’t been paying attention.
Nintendo has been on a tear lately, quietly announcing tons of amazingly original games through its Nintendo Direct videos. Games like NES Remix, Pushmo, Inazuma Eleven, and Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball prove that Nintendo has more up its sleeve than its staple franchises.
But it’s Tomodachi Life that sends everything over the top.
Part Animal Crossing life-sim, part fever dream, Tomodachi Life lets you create your own characters, give them unique voices and personalities, and throws them into a world seemingly governed by rules created by Monty Python.
And it looks absolutely bonkers.
Time will tell if the game lives up to its unique aspirations, but please, keep your eye on it. And if it intrigues you, buy it.
Because if you don’t, we’ll likely never get anything like it again.
We always claim we want these original games, but when it comes to put our money where our collective mouths are, we tend not to follow through. Games like Earthbound or Retro Game Challenge amass huge cult followings, but they never make the kind of money that would ensure its sequels actually get translated and released in America – sequels that are relegated to the fan-translated gray market, if we’re lucky.
A game like Tomodachi Life probably required a ton of translation, along with a complete retooling of its vocaloid-esque speech program. And if it doesn’t sell, it’ll send Nintendo a message that these quirky, weird, localization-intensive games don’t have an audience here.
So if you don’t want Nintendo to release more than the sterile, safe games we all know will sell regardless, please consider grabbing Tomodachi Life.
Otherwise, you’re part of the problem.
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