Why Nintendo patched Tomodachi Life’s same-sex relationships
Posted on April 11, 2014 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News
— Mii, Tomodachi Collection. Marriage is a type of relationship in Tomodachi Collection and Tomodachi Life, in which two sweethearts join together and become husband and wife. Marriages occur after a certain amount of time (anywhere between months and just under a couple of hours) has passed and both Miis maintain a good relationship with. Parents need to know that Tomodachi Life is a lighthearted sim that lets kids create Miis and watch their whole island community evolve over time. Miis become friends, have fights, date, get married, and even have babies (all in mysterious ways, of course).
Last year, Nintendo released a patch for Tomodachi Life in Japan to address a bug that allowed for same-sex relationships. This same issue has also been tackled for the game’s upcoming western release.
May 07, 2014 Nintendo explains why it won't allow same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life 'The relationship options in the game represent a playful alternate world rather than a real-life simulation.
Some may be curious as to why Nintendo fixed the bug in the first place, and why same-sex relationships aren’t possible. For those interested, check out Nintendo UK’s lengthy statement about the situation after the break.
Tomodachi Life Kid Marriage Full
Two developments occurred that led to some misunderstanding about this.
First, as a result of a mistake in comprehension of Japanese, some people misinterpreted Japanese reports and fan activity and thought same-sex relationships were possible.
This occurred because they saw Japanese fans posting game screenshots of male and female Mii characters, where female Mii characters were designed and clothed in such a way that they looked male. Since these explanations were made in Japanese by the Japanese fans who posted the images, the Japanese people do not have such a misunderstanding.
Second, a critical bug occurred in the original Japanese version of the game which made it impossible for the player to continue the game.
When Mii characters were imported from a Wii console, or the previous game in the Tomodachi Collection series on Nintendo DS (which was only released in Japan), into the Nintendo 3DS version, it could lead to scrambled Mii data within the Nintendo 3DS version.
This could result in different Miis being randomly assigned to existing in-game relationships, such as already married Mii, or as just one other example, giving the appearance of same-sex relations. Because this bug caused the inability for the player to save the game data and continue the game, we released a patch.
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