It’s gonna be interesting to see how Nintendo chooses to address same-sex romance in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream.
Tomodachi Life was already rather infamous for lacking it, and in 2026 I’m not sure Living the Dream can get away with the same thing. Especially given that the games entire mantra is a chaotic life sim. The more limitations a company imposes, the less chaos that can reign, which could really piss consumers off.
But on the flip side, if they’re going to include it, how are they going to include it?
Will it just be on by default? Will reactionaries and pissbabies go running to Twitter because their Mii look-alike said they wanted to kiss someone of the same gender (even though TdL always gives the player the option to refuse)?
Will Nintendo include an option to dictate which Miis any given Mii is attracted to–some kinda of corporate-washed sexuality system where the Mii maker has a “who is this Mii romantically interested in” question?
Will Nintendo go The Sims 4’s route and disable same-sex romance all-together until the player manually initiates at least two relationships.
Will Nintendo become the first game company with the gall to add a “gay shit” settings toggle?
I’m interested to find out. Admittedly, if they chicken out and don’t include it again, my interest for the game will disappear. But if they do (and hopefully they will), I’m interested in finding out which option Nintendo of all companies will choose.