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Three weeks ahead of its release this morning, the demo for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/a> was shared with the world. Now, the day of this long-awaited launch, and having thoroughly exhausted the demo, I join the masses who cannot wait to play the full game.<\/p>\n Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is a sequel to the 2014 Nintendo 3DS title Tomodachi Life<\/a>. This social simulator game sees you as the benevolent maker, caretaker and observer of a land of Miis, Nintendo\u2019s customizable avatars. While Miis were no new feature (debuting in 2006 with the release of the Nintendo Wii), they were mostly relegated to being used as player characters for the Wii Sports<\/a> series, Super Smash Bros. games<\/a> and the occasional Mario<\/a> tie-in.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n While you could pretty thoroughly edit their facial features, the only depth these avatars had was favorite colors, gender and a birthday. You could make all the family, friends and favorite characters in the Mii Channel \u2014 where avatars are created and stored \u2014 you wished, but there was no interplay possible between these Miis (aside from dangling them from the scruff of their necks, for fun). Tomodachi Life changed that. Now, you could move all your Miis to an island together and watch as their lives and relationships unfolded in front of you.<\/p>\n More than a decade later, Nintendo returns to the series with a new installment. As someone who never played the original game but still sees clips of it posted regularly, I knew this was a big deal: I have seen people hoping for a new Tomodachi Life game since I was in middle school. Having played the demo, I understand why.<\/p>\n