Nintendo Places Image-Sharing Restrictions On "Sure" Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Features

Nintendo admits that, with Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream arriving on April 16, the social-life sim might result in “humorous, stunning, or unpredictable moments” that may very well be misunderstood when taken out of context. As such, the Mario maker is inserting restrictions on “sure image-sharing options” within the recreation to facilitate a extra welcoming and pleasing expertise for all gamers.

The firm introduced the choice in a short press release on Nintendo’s official help web page. The firm stated that in committing to making a “enjoyable and protected” setting that is snug for everybody to play in, sure image-sharing options have been restricted. It is unclear precisely which options have been restricted, however the firm briefly clarified in a January 29 X post that gamers ought to “evaluation the platform’s guidelines” when sharing pictures or movies from the social-life sim.

“Whereas these [humorous, surprising, or unpredictable] moments are sometimes enjoyable for gamers, we acknowledge that out-of-context scenes could also be misunderstood or might not mirror the spirit by which the sport is meant to be loved,” the corporate stated. “Nintendo is dedicated to creating experiences which might be welcoming and pleasing for everybody. […] We perceive that some gamers might discover these restrictions limiting. Nevertheless, they mirror Nintendo’s ongoing philosophy of making experiences that carry smiles to everybody who performs.”

Living the Dream is the most recent entry within the Tomodachi franchise, coming 12 years after 2014’s Tomodachi Life. The forthcoming sequel introduces tons of recent options and makes a plethora of inclusive modifications, like including same-sex and non-binary Miis and letting you fall in love with a clown as a result of clowns deserve love, too, I assume.

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream launches on Swap (and Swap 2 by way of backward compatibility) on April 16.