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.
