Tomodachi Life 2: Is There a Sequel?

Why people search for Tomodachi Life 2

The last game, Tomodachi Life on Nintendo 3DS, came out in April 2013 in Japan and June 2014 in North America and Europe. Fans spent over a decade calling the next one Tomodachi Life 2. When Nintendo revealed it, the name was Living the Dream, with no number.

Owners of the 3DS game can still redownload it and its update, and Nintendo says that will continue for the foreseeable future. Full release facts for the new game are on the Living the Dream page.

What the new game changes

Nintendo's developer interview and Direct name the biggest changes. These are about how the game plays, not just bigger numbers:

• You can pick Miis up. Drop one next to another to start a chat. It started as a debug tool during development.
• Miis roam the island. The team says the Switch's extra power lets Miis move more freely around the island.
• You make content. The Palette House workshop lets you design pets, food, clothes, house exteriors, TV sketches and island items.
• You design the island. Place and move homes, shops, trees and rides, and expand the land.
• Shared homes. Up to eight Miis can live together.
• New look and voices. A simple toon style and a new text-to-speech engine, still tuned to sound robotic.
• More identity options. Nonbinary Miis, dating preferences of your choice, and babies for married couples of any gender.

What you give up from the 3DS game

• A smaller island. 70 Miis instead of 100.
• No QR codes in the game. Living the Dream can only add Miis from the console's own Mii list. A Switch 2 can scan Mii QR codes into that list, which the QR codes page explains.
• No way out. Miis made in the game can't be copied to the console or to other games.
• No save transfer. Your 3DS island and its relationships stay on the 3DS.

The game is new, so 3DS guides for sliders, shops and unlocks often don't match. Check that a guide is about Living the Dream before you follow it.

Will there be another one?

Nintendo has not announced any further Tomodachi Life game or paid DLC on its pages we checked on November 11, 2026. The game is getting fix updates: the latest is Ver. 1.0.4 from July 22, 2026.

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