Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream - 10 Ideas For Mii Characters To Create

Before you can even really dive into the gameplay of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, you have to make a couple Mii characters to live on your island. It's a lot of fun to make these little residents, but if you're like me, it can be difficult to keep coming up with new ones to add after a while, especially when you're able (and encouraged) to have 70 of them.

I ran into this problem a couple of times over the weeks I spent playing Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream to review it for ScreenRant. After staring at the character creation screen for a while, I came up with several ideas to have an island full of Mii friends that I love seeing interact with each other, and who add a lot of kooky vibes to my game. After all, in order to really enjoy a social simulation game, you do kind of need characters to socialize.

Real World Family Members

The first Mii I made was a reflection of myself, although you don't actually have to do this. Perhaps you'd rather your main character be someone else so that you can simply exist as the faceless overlord of the island. Either way, one fun option is to start with Mii likenesses of your family.

In my case, I immediately made one to reflect my brother. Then, later, I added his wife to the game, which led to a bit of interesting gameplay as I attempted to force them to fall in love and get married.

While family members may not always love being added as virtual characters in your video game, in my case this added even more enjoyment as I got to laugh at the ridiculous things that my Mii-brother got up to. Once I was able to tell my real-world brother about it all, it became even more silly and fun.

Real World Friends, Loves, And Mentors

The trailers for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream encourage players to make Mii characters based on the people in the world around them. For example, one of the trailers included someone's professor. Likewise, having close friends, boyfriends/girlfriends, or even just people you have crushes on can be fun.

Although in some cases, that could be a bit dangerous, depending on what happens with your relationships in the real world. You can always remove them from the game, but that somehow feels wrong. Certainly, it could cause some emotions to come up following a real-world breakup. Perhaps it would be therapeutic to delete them?

Get Creative And Silly

The amount of customization options in the game can allow you to get pretty creative. While there were some things I wished it could do, such as change the shape of the face more so I could make a relatively accurate Kermit the Frog, as long as you stick to it being somewhat humanoid, you can really do a lot.

Whether you want to try your hand at making an alien, a clown, or just something from your own imagination, you have plenty of tools to do so.

Musicians And Movie Stars

I wish there was some kind of database somewhere that could tell us just how many Tomodachi Life games will include someone's version of a Taylor Swift Mii. Making Mii characters based on your favorite musicians and movie or TV stars is likely to be one of the most popular ways of filling an island in Living the Dream.

You could attempt to make the entire cast of Friends and force them to all be besties who want to live in the same house together. Or, perhaps you'd rather fill your island with musicians and artists and make your own virtual Coachella festival.

Other Celebrities And Figures You Admire

Perhaps there are other historical figures or famous individuals you admire who you may want to include? On my island, I created a video game version of Bob Ross and considered adding Jane Austen. Unfortunately, until you unlock a lot of the clothing options, having someone like Jane Austen, who is a historical figure who didn't exactly wear blue jeans, can be a bit tricky to dress accurately.

Other options to consider might be sports celebrities like Shaquille O'Neal, artists like Frida Kahlo, comedians like Steve Harvey, or even political figures.

Video Game Characters

Speaking of clothing options causing some issues, it's amazing how much clothes matter when recognizing popular video game characters. Naturally, my Tomodachi Life island needed to have Mario and Luigi on it as well as Toon Link.

I then thought I would try making Animal Crossing characters, only to discover that it is really hard to make characters like Celeste when you can't give them a beak. My little Mii-Celeste is cute, but certainly not identical to her ACNH counterpart. Previously, other fans have attempted to make Mii versions of the cat villagers from Animal Crossing, with pretty decent results, though.

Cartoon Characters

The cartoon-ish design of Mii avatars makes it a lot of fun to try crafting versions of popular cartoon characters. I enjoy having Disney princesses like Belle from Beauty and the Beast playing in a sprinkler with Barbie. The Simpsons characters would likely do pretty well, although I have yet to try them.

Though not cartoons, I will add that facial restrictions made it difficult for me while trying to make some of the Muppets characters, but as long as you don't look too closely, it can still be done.

YouTube Personalities You Love To Watch

I almost always have a YouTube video on in the background while I'm doing things. Therefore, YouTube personalities like Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson from The Game Grumps, Kennedy from Cozy K, and Pat, Payton, and Min from Slow Burn: A Cozy Game Podcast are all familiar faces and parasocial friends in my life.

Therefore, making Mii versions of them made my Tomodachi Life island feel even more like a collection of all my favorite personalities. Somehow, Dan and Arin's virtual personas are actually fairly true to character, too.

Book Characters Brought To Mii Life

Reading books is a wonderful escape, and after spending so much time with a character like Rhysand throughout multiple books in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, he feels like someone who needs to be real. Sadly, I can't exactly make the High Lord of the Night Court into a real person, but I can at least make him a Mii in my video game.

Other book characters I enjoy having on my Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream island are Kiela from The Spellshop, Sherlock Holmes, and more. Perhaps you'd like to bring The Lord of the Rings to your game and make a little Hobbiton? Even if a character's Mii isn't entirely accurate to the author's vision, if they make you happy, add them.

Your Dungeons & Dragons Character(s)

If you play DnD, you've already created a character who you can probably picture in your head and know everything about them. Depending on if it's a humanoid or not, it could be difficult to remake them as a Mii, but if you can, then why not bring them to your island? In fact, if you have a battle-hardened paladin or tired wizard, they would probably welcome a reprieve like this.

Let them have a double life and stir up lots of drama in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. Maybe the personalities they have in the game will even spark ideas for your next DnD session.