How to Start Local Play (Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream)
Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, Nintendo Switch - OLED Model
Follow these steps to share your Miis or creations with another player in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream.
Information
Using local wireless communication, you can share Miis and creations from your island with a nearby player. The original Mii or creation will remain in your game after sharing. You can only share what you created on your own island, and not something you received from another player. This applies even if you edited what you received, or made another Mii or creation using one you received as a base.
Before you start
- All players must be using the same version of the software to play together. Please make sure you have the same update version as the person you are playing with.
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How to update game software
- Ensure the console is connected to the Internet.
- From the HOME Menu, select (but do not start) the icon for the software you wish to update.
- Press the + Button or – Button on your controller, then select Software Update followed by Via the Internet.
For more details, see How to Update Software on Nintendo Switch 2 or How to Update Software on Nintendo Switch.
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How to update game software
- The Local Play feature becomes available after your first two Miis become friends. Both players need to progress further and build the Palette House workshop to send or receive creations.
Complete these steps
- Start the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream software from the HOME Menu.
- Press the A Button on the title screen.
- Press the X Button to open the menu, then select Local Play.
- If this is your first time using this feature, read the information about the Nintendo Community Guidelines, then select OK to continue.
- You'll be prompted to save the game before connecting with another player. Select Save, then select OK to start the session.
- Have one player select Look for another player. The other player should select the player they want to connect with.
- Once both players are connected, select OK to continue.
- Either player can send something to the other:
- Select whether you'd like to share a Mii or a Creation.
- Select the specific Mii or creation you'd like to send to the other player, then select Send.
- Select Send again to confirm.
- Once something is sent to your game, select Receive to accept it, then select OK to confirm.
- After you exit Local Play, if you received any Miis you'll need to build houses for them.
