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Death, aging and illness in each game
| Living the Dream | 3DS game | |
|---|---|---|
| Death | No | No |
| Aging | One year older each birthday, or pick Don't age | One year older each birthday |
| Life stages | Kid and grown-up only | Kid and grown-up only |
| Illness | None, per the Tomodachi Life wiki | Colds and stomach bugs, cured with medicine |
| Sadness | Fades day by day, or with help | Fades day by day, or with help |
| How a Mii leaves | You delete them, or a grown-up child is sent to live somewhere else | You delete them, or a grown-up child becomes a traveler |
Nintendo's manual for the 3DS game and its FAQ for the Switch game describe no way for a resident to die, and none of the mechanics the Tomodachi Life wiki documents removes a Mii without your say.
Do Miis get old?
Only on paper. A Mii has a birthday, gets a party on the island news and turns a year older. Nothing else is tied to old age. Both games have just two life stages, kid and grown-up, and the line between them (18 in the US and European versions) mainly decides who a Mii can date and marry.
Living the Dream lets you set any age from 0 to 150 when you make a Mii, or choose Don't age to hold them at one age for good. The Age-o-matic and Kid-o-matic sprays, offered when a Mii levels up, switch a Mii between kid and grown-up, and you decide whether to keep the change.
On 3DS a Mii's age follows the birth date in the profile. An Age-o-matic turns a kid into a grown-up without changing the birthday.
Babies are the one place time moves fast. On 3DS a baby grows up over about six days of play. In Living the Dream the growing up happens in a single cutscene.
The worst that can happen to a Mii
- Sadness. A rejected confession, a breakup or a failed apology swaps the happiness bar for a blue sadness bar. It drains a little every day and faster with food and gifts the Mii likes. An all-time favorite food or a travel ticket clears it at once.
- Fights. Miis argue, sulk and can end a friendship. In Living the Dream they can become ex-friends who avoid each other. Nobody gets hurt.
- Illness. On 3DS a Mii can catch a cold or a stomach bug, and medicine cures it. The wiki lists illness as removed from Living the Dream.
- Accidents. New in Living the Dream: a Mii falls over, freezes or gets the hiccups until you or another Mii helps. It is a comedy bit, not a danger.
If a Living the Dream Mii stays sad after the bar has emptied, update the game. Nintendo fixed that bug in version 1.0.2.
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The only ways a Mii leaves the island
- You delete them. In Living the Dream the delete option sits on the Mii's edit screen, reached from the Residents list. The game charges a moving fee ($33 in the US version), and the last resident can't be deleted. On 3DS you delete from the Mii List at the Town Hall, and you can't erase your look-alike or a Mii who is raising a baby. Deleting is permanent in both games.
- A grown-up child moves out. When a couple's child grows up, you choose whether they stay. On 3DS the child can become a traveler who visits other islands by StreetPass and may come back to visit. In Living the Dream, choosing to have the child live somewhere else removes them for good.
- You erase the save. That deletes the whole island.
Most deletions happen because the island is full: see how many Miis you can have. For the drama Miis do go through, read can Miis cheat and how Miis fall in love. The main Mii guide compares the two games side by side.
FAQ
Do Miis die of old age in Tomodachi Life?
No. Age is a number that goes up on each birthday. There is no elderly stage and no end of life in either game, and in Living the Dream you can pick Don't age so the number never changes.
Can a deleted Mii come back?
Not the same Mii. Deleting erases its relationships and history, so you can only rebuild it. On 3DS, a QR code made beforehand restores the look, personality and voice. In Living the Dream nothing can be exported, so you remake the Mii by hand.
Can Miis get sick?
On 3DS, yes: a Mii can catch a cold or a stomach bug and needs medicine. The Tomodachi Life wiki lists illness as removed from Living the Dream, where the new mishaps are falls, freezing and hiccups.