Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream director says development started in 2017 after discussing a 'special attachment' to the series with the producer, but had already 'squeezed all we could' out of the 3DS title
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Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:48:35 +0000
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The creators of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream have revealed that development began for the Nintendo Switch back in 2017, expressing an attachment to the series.
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Speaking in a new Nintendo Ask the Developer interview, game director Ryutaro Takahashi discussed the initial idea behind the game, confirming that development started almost 10 years ago. Takahashi said he spoke to franchise producer Yoshio Sakamoto, and, after agreeing they'd "squeezed" all they
could out of Tomodachi Life on the Nintendo 3DS, they decided to make a new game. Article continues below You may like Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream took nine years to produce, developer reveals Tomodachi Life: Living the
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"I believe development started around 2017, after things had settled down on Miitomo ," Takahashi said. "The producer, Sakamoto-san, and I both have a special attachment to Tomodachi Life and have been playing the previous game on Nintendo 3DS for many years. But we'd already squeezed all we could out of that game, and Sakamoto-san said to me sadly, 'There's so much that I want my Mii characters to experience, but theres nothing more that I can do for
them.'
"(Laughs) So, we talked about our desire to create a new Tomodachi Life
game."
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream launches today on Nintendo Switch, and it's also playable on Nintendo Switch 2 .
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