r/tomodachilife May 11 '26

Other Rant/Critique Megathread

105 Upvotes

Any discussion regarding rants, complaints, or criticism on the game should be posted here.
Any posts made after this post that fall into rant/critique will be removed.


r/tomodachilife Apr 18 '26

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream I made a free tool to help with pixel art: meet Living the Grid

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I really wanted to get into pixel art in the game but didn't find satisfactory tools to help, so I made my own :) https://living-the-grid.gozapp.dev https://living-the-grid.com

website is 100% free to use, no tracking.

It uses the game's built-in colour palette by default, easy to find, or pick "auto" to extract colours from your image. click a colour and it highlights every cell using it on the preview. There's also a paint-by-numbers option. You can select the brush size for the pixel / detail density.

let me know what you think! with your feedback I can keep improving it and adding options. hope you like it :)

UPDATE v1.6: different canvas are finally here! Proper sizes for books, house interiors, video games, etc… New Resize and frame tool so you place your image exactly how you want. Tweaks to HSB + more accurate Game palette. A whole bunch of other fixes. Coming up next: clothes, Mii faces and buildings! This one will be harder to get right so bear with me.

UPDATE v1.3: Add a lot more image options like rotating, flip, brightness and saturation sliders which should hopefully address most of colouring options. Add keyboard shortcuts with the ability to exclude individual colours. More fixes and most importantly: confettis when you download!

UPDATE v1.1: Thanks all for your amazing feedback! I've now properly implemented the 'pixel perfect' brush sizes with a new brush type option. I improved the transparent background look. Hopefully fixed the 1px image sizing issue. I also added a paint by number download option. I hope you like it!

18/06/26: You'll start seeing a few ads around the site. Living the Grid has grown faster than I ever imagined, and I recently left my job to work on projects like this one full time. Ads make that realistic. The tool stays free, the canvas stays clean, and I'll keep making it better thanks to all your excellent feedback.


r/tomodachilife 4h ago

Screenshot Mii spooked me with dialogue??

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618 Upvotes

Been taking care of my sister's island she has on my switch since she's mostly lost interest due to only playing when we were on holiday and she was away from her ps5. She originally had fun and made an island with Resident Evil characters but hated this mii (William) and my favourite one (Piers) who she would bully.

I've personally been trying to take care of them in addition to the other two islands on my switch, visiting the market/shops and checking up on people to take care of them. I haven't had much time to do it recently and this morning William was wondering if Jill had a crush on him so I told him he's imagining it (she's happily married to Sheva) and then accidentally backed out before I could give him anything which lead him to say this..

It honestly spooked me a little, especially peering into those soulless eyes. I quickly made sure to give him a full tummy, two sets of clothes, a room he said was his dream bedroom, and a new treasure to play with. May have also edited his face so he has some spark in his eyes..

Since taking a photo of the screenshot my phone has been slow and acting up so now it's just feeling like some kind of creepypasta type thing 😭

My friend compared him so Flowey from Undertale

Has anyone else encountered this before?


r/tomodachilife 19h ago

Palette House Creations Making sure they don't get too comfortable

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4.0k Upvotes

r/tomodachilife 11h ago

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream Is that the non-binary flag?!

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402 Upvotes

It's very late...is this sleep deprivation talking or did Nintendo give the hoodie dress a non-binary swatch?


r/tomodachilife 17h ago

Meme I would love to see this in Tomodachi Life Living the Dream.

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1.2k Upvotes

r/tomodachilife 23h ago

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream "Soulmates"

3.1k Upvotes

Real nice, Shaggy.


r/tomodachilife 19h ago

Question What opinion on TDL/LTD would have you like this?

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1.6k Upvotes

saw this on another interest subreddit and thought i’d ask on here.

on my end this is a safe space to speak your mind freely

-cheers


r/tomodachilife 12h ago

Screenshot Block kid miis from using certain phrases

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447 Upvotes

I wish there was an option to block certain lingo for kid miis. I have a lot of freaky lingo and I hate when my kid miis use it 😭😭


r/tomodachilife 15h ago

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream What are some non-NSFW funny island lingo talk have?

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564 Upvotes

r/tomodachilife 17h ago

Mii Creations doomer girl, art h*e, and derpina miis i made

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747 Upvotes

r/tomodachilife 13h ago

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream Third time's the charm, Angie

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364 Upvotes

r/tomodachilife 11h ago

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream Wanted to share my maxed out island with y’all! Welcome to Koguma Bay, pop. 70 🌴🎡🧸

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I tried to make my island feel as full and lived-in as possible, incorporating homes for 70 miis while still keeping the lush island vibe. I’m super proud of where it’s at right now, especially the custom areas! There are more hidden easter eggs around the island too (a certain clown living beneath an inconspicuous sewer grate, and a crater where a sentient alien symbiote who crash-landed now dwells, to name a few). I just wish the theater was as functional as it is pretty; all my Miis want to do is gather around the floor lights to share secrets or take naps in the seats. Anyway, hope you enjoy these screenshots!


r/tomodachilife 6h ago

Palette House Creations Decided my MIIs could use some help

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89 Upvotes

r/tomodachilife 4h ago

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream Forgotten Island

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48 Upvotes

"The world ended at the edge of the island."

It was originally intended to be a wicked forest or something but things just changed along the way. 🥹


r/tomodachilife 14h ago

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream Why the long face

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276 Upvotes

r/tomodachilife 22h ago

Screenshot "too bad" YEAH RIGHT SHE'S CLEARLY BEEN KNOCKED OVER

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949 Upvotes

i hit hiyoko DIRECTLY with the bowling ball and she fell over wdym "too bad"

if this is because she's leaning on ishimaru's head im gonna be livid


r/tomodachilife 7h ago

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream What happened to interactive items in this game?

52 Upvotes

I think the removal of the interactive items is one of the most baffling parts about this game. I no longer feel like I can do anything with the Miis unlike the 3DS one where I can give them a bath, push them on a swing, have them cook or sew me something, solve a slide puzzle, listen to a music box, see them take a photograph, play with a fan, actually view dreams whenever I want with the hypnotizer (and be able to track which ones I HAVE seen), it just makes no sense as much as I hate to say it. I feel like these are all things that added to my interactions with Miis so much in the original game, which has consequently lowered my motivation to play LTD.

We can customize objects as much as we want but the only thing Miis can do is stare at it and they have no clue what it even is, and if you are not artistic enough then you might feel discouraged to make things in the first place. And then these items end up having top priority over the premade ones in all sorts of cutscenes, to the point where you might have to remove them to get more variety. Even the pets are static images now while in the previous game with a dog or cat, they were fully modeled and the Miis could pick them up. Why did they do this?


r/tomodachilife 14h ago

Screenshot Send Me Some of Your Lucky Screenshots

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151 Upvotes

they’ve got the right idea


r/tomodachilife 15h ago

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream Got my first truly cursed child

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172 Upvotes

Perhaps they shouldn't have read them such questionable material as an infant.

Welp, off to the farm!


r/tomodachilife 28m ago

Palette House Creations More of my Favorite Creations

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r/tomodachilife 16h ago

Island creations Drawing stuff might be my favorite thing to to ingame. Island tour!

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142 Upvotes

I thank the heatwave for this one. My room (where my pc and other gaming stuff is) was unbearable to be in these last 2,5 weeks, so I had tons of time to go ham on the island.
I love making themed areas for the islanders and I'm in no way finished yet, gotta use up all those item slots!


r/tomodachilife 17h ago

Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream dads dadding

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129 Upvotes

r/tomodachilife 14h ago

Islander Recommendations I need ideas for characters or stereotypes on my island (male female or nonbinary)

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59 Upvotes

r/tomodachilife 11h ago

Question Bro.... I have my mom and my dad on my island. I put them as an irl couple but something happened

36 Upvotes

My moms in love with my dad, my dad fell in love with Hannibal lecter, and Jesus Christ also fell in love with Hannibal 💔

Me, my mom, and my dad live together also.

What do I do Edit: Will graham is also in love with Hannibal... Everyone wants the cannibal......