Nintendo Steps In to ‘Censor’ Tomodachi Life, It's Not That Deep

Nintendo has stated that it will be censoring certain aspects of Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream.

Earlier this week, Nintendo offered a new sneak peek at the upcoming Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream.

The game offers players the chance to populate an island full of Miis, where they can do various activities and design the home of their dreams.

With a heavy emphasis on customisation, right down to the Miis’ appearance themselves, Nintendo has taken some rather drastic steps to ensure the platform remains safe for players.

As posted on Nintendo’s official website, Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream will “place restrictions on certain image sharing features.”

As the company writes, “Nintendo aims to create experiences where players have the freedom to enjoy their Mii characters in their own way. In Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, this freedom can sometimes lead to humorous, surprising, or unpredictable moments during gameplay.

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“While these moments are often fun for players, we recognize that out-of-context scenes may be misunderstood or may not reflect the spirit in which the game is intended to be enjoyed.”

The company adds that these “out-of-context scenes” will result in image sharing features being restricted, with players unable to share screenshots of their game to social media.

Nintendo's Restriction Of Image Sharing Features Hasn't Gone Down Well With Fans

“I feel like that's gonna kill the game community that wants to share pictures of their towns in good quality,” writes one fan on the Nintendo Reddit page. “People who want to bully would just take a picture of the screen anyway.”

“Plus the fact that sharing stuff online is such a big part of games like these. It keeps the game alive much longer,” writes another player. “The Animal Crossing community would be much smaller if people couldn't show off their town/designs.”

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As another user points out, one major reason for this is “because they know someone will inevitably go through the whole game drawing d**ks on everything. The miis, the buildings, the island, the pets, everything will be crudely drawn d**ks.”

Nintendo has always had a family-friendly approach to content on its own services, after all, and Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream will likely have a lot of young players as a result of this principle.

While players who really want to share content can just take a photo of the screen with their phone, Nintendo at least doesn’t want players sharing harmful content using its own services.