Congratulations to the Tomodachi Life Community, Which Is Truly Living the Dream Right Now

Man, if you want to see some wild expressions of pure joy, find yourself a video game community that’s been neglected for years, never expected to get another entry in their series of choice, but was surprised with one anyway. Today, that’s the Tomodachi Life community, who are celebrating all over social media in the wake of the announcement of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream today at the Nintendo Direct.

Seriously, I don’t think I’ve seen gamers this happy in a long time. Across Twitter/X, Bluesky, Reddit, and other social platforms, Tomodachi Life lovers are having the time of their lives, and making the memes to prove it. Here’s just a small sample of the many, many, MANY celebrations to make your day:

TOMODACHI LIFE SEQUEL ARE YOU KIDDING ME pic.twitter.com/Zj6wFyRfxo

— Wind Waker Switch 2 Daily (@WindWakerDaily) March 27, 2025

I hope whoever made the Tomodachi Life summoning circle is living their best life right now pic.twitter.com/9sCHgADL0o

— sephi (@SephiGoat) March 27, 2025

Even better are some of the Reddit threads posted before the Direct, suggesting it was foolish to hope for a new Tomodachi Life, and now filled with replies joyfully eating crow about it:

it’s time https://t.co/fBlRKW31zG pic.twitter.com/aD0lfOzl47

— M1das (@M1das_OW2) March 26, 2025

Congratulations as well to this very, very specific Twitter account that’s been keeping the fires burning for Tomodachi Life for years now:

OH MY FUCKING GOD

— Number of days without Tomodachi Life 2 (@Tomodachi2count) March 27, 2025

One segment of the community is especially excited by what they see as a tease of a long-awaited feature in Tomodachi Life: same-sex relationships. Way, way back in 2014, Nintendo issued a formal apology to fans of the game for not including same-sex relationships, saying that it was “not possible” to change the game’s design so drastically after launch by implementing them in a patch. However, Nintendo also said, “We pledge that if we create a next installment in the Tomodachi series, we will strive to design a game-play experience from the ground up that is more inclusive, and better represents all players.”

At the end of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream’s trailer today, there was a brief encounter between two women that some fans are interpreting as a tease that Nintendo is about to fulfill its promise to fans.

“We apologize for disappointing many people by failing to include same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life. if we create a next installment in the Tomodachi series…design a game-play experience …that is more inclusive…”

Then does that team these two are hinting at,,,y’know😳 pic.twitter.com/FZP35A1ids

— Senpai (@_CSenpai_) March 27, 2025

NINTENDO ARE THEY GAY???? DO WE FINALLY HAVE GAY PEOPLE IN TOMODACHI LIFE????? #nintendodirect #TomodachiLife pic.twitter.com/birLu30XF1

— lizzie (@lizbedumb) March 27, 2025

wait oh my god does this mean GAY MARRIAGE IN TOMODACHI LIFE WILL BE REAL pic.twitter.com/lffWWYTBrc

— mars (@mars_rx) March 27, 2025

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream was Nintendo’s “one more thing” game announcement from today’s Nintendo Direct. Though it’s not coming out until 2026, we did get a brief look at the return of the Mii-filled community and some of the types of relationships and interactions we might see on the island paradise where they live. It’s been ten years since the last Tomodachi Life game, and many fans of the game had given up hope that the series would ever see a revival, especially as Nintendo moved away from using Miis as part of its platform experience.

Congratulations, Tomodachi Life lovers. You earned this one.

You can catch up with everything else announced at today’s Nintendo Direct right here.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.