Review: Tomodachi Life

For the past few weeks I've been frequently playing Tomodachi Life for the Nintendo 3ds. It's been out for almost a month now and every time I mention the game to someone they're like "WTF IS TOMODACHI LIFE?!?" and to be honest I still don't even think I have any idea. Haha. Imagine if The Sims and Animal Crossing had a baby, and that baby was on acid all of the time...that's Tomodachi Life!

Some weird-ass dream one of my characters had.

The main gameplay in Tomodachi Life involves populating an island with Mii characters that live in apartments while you check up on them occasionally. The characters will have "problems" which you will need to help solve. These problems include things such as being hungry, wanting an outfit change, asking for relationship advice, or sometimes all they want is to just tell you something completely random. When you help them out you get an item you can use in the game and the character levels up a bit.

My look-a-like!

Characters eventually develop relationships with each other and can even get married and have a kid.

Tomodachi Life is a very chill and casual game. There's nothing very hardcore about this game at all. It can get repetitive which sometimes makes it boring after you've been playing it for a while. There's not a lot of customization and you don't have complete control over your characters, you just guide them when they ask. But it is something fun to play when you just want to relax for a bit. Its entertaining to watch your characters hang out and interact with each other because you have no idea what is going to happen. It is completely random! I have laughed out loud many times because of something ridiculous someone did or say.

"Boys Only!" hangout in the Island cafe.

 Grilling in the park.

Riding rollercoasters.

"Tomodachi Quest" mini game.

Magic show.

 

Weird dream.

Another random dream.

  

♥ ♥ ♥ / ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

I give Tomodachi Life a 3 out 5 rating because even though there isn't a whole lot to do in the game, it's still funny and entertaining to watch your Mii characters. This is like an ultimate Tamogatchi!

A-Kon 25 - 2014

This past weekend was A-Kon 24 in Dallas, TX at the lovely Hilton Anatole! This was my fifth year to attend, and my third year staying at the hotel where it's hosted at. I feel a little bad I wasn't at all very social this year and didn't even get to meet up with some people I had made plans with, but nonetheless I still had a wonderful time. A-Kon to me is much more than an anime convention, it's also my vacation!

Last year A-Kon moved to a new venue, the Hilton Anatole. It was out-of-control craziness in almost every way! The parking sucked, the convention got way too crowded in certain areas such as the hallway to the artist alley and dealers room, and there were long lines everywhere. Luckily, this year those issues were solved and it was less stressful and more enjoyable. My only complaint for this year was the parking situation still sucked. The hotel parking is overpriced, and there were a lot of people who either got scammed or got their car towed.

Thursday afternoon my boyfriend, Alex, and I headed over to the Anatole to pick up our badges we had per-registered for. This process went by extremely smooth since we had donated $$$ a month ago to A-Kon's charity initiative. And because of that we got to skip the line completely! I loved this! Compared to last year when I waited in line for four hours. We were in and out of there in less than ten minutes. I am totally doing the same thing for next year if that option is available again.

I'd like to thank Tiffany for styling my wig!

I woke up early on Friday because I was so excited to get into my new cosplay for the first time. It took about two hours to fully transform into Chii. I took my time on getting ready since I did my makeup in a different style than usual, and had to untangle and style a very long wig. I loved cosplaying Chii! She's definitely the cutest character I've ever done, and it was so much fun.

Found a Freya! (Gosh I am so short! ;_;)

 Unfortunately I didn't get many photos this year since my cosplay kind of kept me from using it. But I did happen to snatch a picture of these awesome Pokemon cosplayers!

Alex and I shared our hotel room with our friends Judy and Bjarni. We all hung out and partied the whole weekend. I had a lot of fun spending time with them! Judy dressed up as Ed from Cowboy Bebop. :3

My loot! The dealers room and artist alley had so much awesome stuff. I'm glad I made a budget for myself or I would've gone crazy! My favorite purchase is the Sailor Moon Super S fannypack!

I also got myself an awesome unicorn kigurumi. I pretty much passed out after I took this picture. HAHA! It's so comfy!

I'm sure I am leaving out a lot of other stuff, but overall I had an awesome time and can't wait until next year!