The European versions not only contain the "Rap Battle" event, but also an English version of the "Shiritori" event called " Word Chain", where instead of coming up with words that begins with the final kana of the previous word, two Miis have to come up with words that begin with the letter that the previous word ended with. The North American version of the game replaces this event with one called "Rap Battle", in which two Miis try to insult each other in rhymes until one of them cannot come up with a rhyme. Two Miis will then come up with words which begins with the final kana of the previous word, and if either Mii repeats a word that has already been said, they will automatically lose. In the Japanese release there is an event that can be seen at the Fountain called "Shiritori", in which a category will be chosen at the beginning of the game, such as general word association or food association.In the original Japanese release, the daily donations are collected in a wooden box, whereas in the western versions they're collected in a silver piggy bank.This scene was removed from all localized versions of the game. In the Japanese version of Tomodachi Life, between 8:00 pm and 12:00 pm, a married couple can sometimes be seen taking a bath together in their bathroom, sometimes with their child.As Miis are able to play a Wii U, sounds from the Wii U games Nintendo Land and Game & Wario can be heard.After the controversy involving the inability to have same gender relationships in "Tomodachi Life", Nintendo later responded by saying that if the game were to get a sequel, same-sex relationships will most likely be included.When a Mii gets a letter from someone asking them to go to the roof, one of the things that the Mii in disguise says is "Our Princess is in another castle.", a clear reference to Super Mario Bros.In the international versions of the game, this feature was altered so that only Miis of the same age group (child and adult) can fall in love.
In the Japanese version of Tomodachi Life, it was possible for two Miis, one a child and the other an adult, to fall in love and, through the use of an Age-o-matic on the child, marry and have children.In reality, Miis can only receive tissues (along with any other piece of Vendor Trash) if you tell a Mii who's in love to give them as a present when asking another Mii out, otherwise their only purpose is to be sold. Some who don't play the game think that you can give tissues, one of the many Vendor Trash items in the game, to sad Miis so that they feel better.Apparently, a big reason for this was that they couldn't get the text-to-speech to work right for English and other languages. The original Tomodachi Collection never got a Western localization.In Japan, selling over 400,000 copies and increasing 3DS sales by over double the week before release at 57,089.When a boat arrives at your port, there is a chance the game will lag, causing the boat to leave without taking a traveler.The app was created by the same core team who developed Tomodachi Life, and features very similar ideas. Miitomo, a social networking mobile app for iOS and Android devices, was released in March 2016.
In France, the game has sold over 400 thousand as of December 2014. In America, the game sold 175 thousand in its first month. The game has sold tremendously well in Japan, about 404,858 units in its first week and 1.82 million with 1,580,067 at retail by the end of 2013. The western critics were not as nice with the game getting a 72 on Metacritic and a 73.24% on Game Rankings, they criticized the game due to the minigames being too simple and the lack of same-sex couples. In Famitsu magazine, the game was awarded 36/40 from the four reviewers (9/9/9/9).