My Thoughts on the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct

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Nintendo has dropped yet another a Nintendo Direct, this time providing more info on the upcoming Nintendo Switch/2 game Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. As a huge Mii fan and someone with "Mii" in my username, I am looking forward into getting the game.

The Direct begins with creating a Mii resident from scratch. There are more style options for hair, eyes, mouth, and even ears. You can also select your Mii's gender as nonbinary! More voice customization options (6 tones instead of 4 from Tomodachi Life) for your Miis. You can also face-paint your Miis, which was not present in the Switch version of Miitopia.

You can now grab your Miis and bring them closer to another Mii, a nice callback to Mii Channel on the Nintendo Wii. You can now dictate which topics your Miis can discuss with each other. Miis can also bump into each other (and fall in love that way apparently).

Food mart and clothing store have names now--Fresh Kingdom and Where & Wear. Mii News is revamped to MNN (Mii News Network). Home supply store is now T&C Reno. Night market is now Marketplace. Photo Studio is now Foto-Tomo, a nice naming callback to Miifotos from the discontinued mobile game Miitomo.

You can also decorate your island with more greenery if a Mii suggests it. A new store, Quik Build, allows you to purchase island furniture and greenery. Landscaping, a feature similar in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, enables the player to customize their own island to their own imagination, opening up more customization opportunities.

Palette House is a new shop that allows you to create imaginary pets and customize pretty much anything, including exterior items. Miis can now offer to move into another Mii's residence, and up to 8 Miis can live in a single residence. I have been dying for this feature for YEARS.

Overall, I enjoyed the Direct. A lot of new features look exciting, and pre-existing features from Tomodachi Life got a major glow-up. I was hoping that you could customize what food and clothing items your Mii loves, given that this upcoming game is continuing the RNG factor. I can't wait to give my Mii yellow hair without the need of a hairspray. I'll be living the dream on April 16th!

Yoshi in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie!

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Today around 9 AM EST, Nintendo dropped a Nintendo Direct, showcasing a new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. In the new trailer, Mario and Luigi arrive via bikes to Tostarena; the Bros. investigate the "problem" inside the Inverted Pyramid where they stumble upon a "monster", who turns out to be none other than a scared Yoshi.

Also in the trailer we get a glimpse of Peach fighting Birdo; you also see bosses from Super Mario Bros. 2-Mouser and Clawgrip if you look very carefully. In addition we see enemies such as Octoombas and Octoguys. Towards the end of the trailer we see the T-Rex from Super Mario Odyssey roaring at Yoshi and co; Yoshi and Toad are in fear while Baby Mario and Baby Luigi laugh-with Toad holding the babies. Yoshi has a mix of his movie voice as well as his in-game voice clips; I am curious on who is voicing movie Yoshi.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie releases on April 1st... April Fool's Day. I really hope Illumination and/or Nintendo aren't making an April Fool's joke about the release date.

My thoughts? I really enjoyed the trailer! I was honestly hoping to see a fight sequence where Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi fight against the Tostarena guardian Knucklotec, as the latter has been hinted through the carvings inside and outside the Inverted Pyramid. On the brighter side, Mario's interaction with Yoshi in the Inverted Pyramid is slowly becoming the subject of shitposts; coincidentally, Mario is voiced by Chris Pratt, Yoshi is a dinosaur, and Chris Pratt is a leading actor in the Jurassic World quadrilogy. Once I go see the movie I will post a spoiler-free review.