Nintendo has confirmed same-sex relationships in its Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream reveal, alongside an April release date.
Nintendo’s delightfully quirky Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has been given the full reveal treatment ahead of its Switch and Switch 2 release on 16th April. And amid the fresh deluge of information, Nintendo has confirmed same-sex relationships and non-binary options, fulfilling it’s promise to be « more inclusive » following controversy around the game’s 3DS predecessor.
When Tomodachi Life released for 3DS back in 2013, players disappointed at the absence of same-sex romances launched a social media campaign to encourage Nintendo to add them in a post-launch update. The company’s initial response was dismissive, insisting Tomodachi Life was not a « real-life simulation » nor « trying to provide social commentary. » Later, however, it took a more conciliatory tone, apologising and saying that while it was unable to make such a « significant development change » to the 3DS version of Tomodachi Life, it pledged to « more inclusive » if another instalment ever came.
Over a decade later, Nintendo has made good on that promise.
