Tomodachi Life/Regional Differences/Mii Apartments

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The Mii Apartments are where the Miis live, and the place where you'll be spending the most part of the game, seeing as here the player can interact with the Miis and raise their happiness by feeding them, giving them items, and playing minigames.

Generic

Before eating the food (or medicine) you give them, Miis in the Japanese and Korean versions will "thank you for the food" before eating. This line isn't present in any of the western versions.

Japan	Korea
「いただきます」	「잘 먹겠습니다！」

The "Level Up!" graphic is differently capitalized between versions.

Japan/Korea	North America/Europe

The icon for the bath set differentiates between the Japanese, North American, and European versions. The Japanese icon resembles a set that is found at Japanese bathhouses, the North American icon resembles a home bath set, and the European icon resembles a hotel bath set. The Korean version uses the same icon as the European version.

Japan	North America	Europe/Korea

In the Korean version, the Stomach Medicine looks different.

North America	Korea

In the Korean version, the Kite looks a bit different, most prominently featuring a Taegeuk across the top.

In the North American and European versions, the Mobile item features the Miis sitting in small wicker baskets. In the Japanese and Korean versions, they directly hang off the mobiles by their necks instead; this was most likely changed due to the Miis looking like they've been hanged.

Japan/Korea	North America/Europe

In the Japanese version, dreaming Miis' speech bubbles display the icon "夢", which is kanji for "dream", while international releases feature a crescent moon. The "Z" is also differently shaded between versions, and has a line through it exclusively in the Japanese version:

Japan	South Korea	North America/Europe

In the Japanese and Korean versions, Miis nap directly on the floor of the room instead of on blue mats, like the international versions:

Japan/Korea	North America/Europe

In addition to a catchphrase, the Japanese version allows you to set a phrase that the Mii will call themself by.

To do: Translate these names, please!

The Korean version has unique names for every catchphrase pose, while in the North American and European versions they have generic designators (e.g. Happy 1, Mad 10). The Japanese version doesn't have catchphrase poses at all.

Happy	Mad

Sad	Worried

Signature Poses

Friendship-Related

In the international versions, the Miis wave to each other when they become friends, while in the Japanese and Korean versions they bow:

Japan/Korea	International

Sadness-Related

When a Mii is sad (or ill) in the Japanese version, they will be surrounded by purple hitodama. This was changed so that Miis in the international versions would have a rain cloud above their heads:

Japan	International

The apartment icon was also changed to reflect this.

Japan	International

Love-Related

To do: Get a picture of the Korean love icon

When a Mii has a love-related question in the Japanese and Korean versions, there will be grey clouds around them filled with "モヤ" and "생숭" respectively, whereas in the international releases they are instead pink hearts filled with question marks.

Japan	Korean	International

The Korean version allows Miis to ask the player who they should take on a date, and then they do in fact take that other Mii on a date. This is in addition to the confessions and matchmaking in all versions.

To do: Capture footage of the cutscene where one Mii is sitting on the floor while the other gets sprayed. Rip and translate the dialogue relating to this.

In the Japanese and Korean versions, Miis can date each other regardless of whether or not they are in the same age group ("Child" or "grown-up"). They can also get married, in which case the game will begin the proposal minigame as usual; then after the player successfully clears said minigame, the Mii who made the proposal will give the player an Age-O-Matic and the choice to whether or not use it on the younger Mii, allowing them both to get married. If the player chooses to do so, a cutscene will play showing the young Mii being sprayed with the Age-O-Matic; while the adult Mii sits on the floor watching.

This was removed in the international versions, where Miis can only date if they are in the same age group or if they were already aged up/down with the spray in the first place.

Dreams

To do: Apparently there's also a Korean-exclusive dream about chasing pigs.

An island which I saw somewhere

• A dream called どこかで見た島 is exclusive to the Japanese version of the game. It features the island and background music from Tomodachi Collection.

Bungee Jump

This dream is exclusive to the Korean version of the game. The dream involves 2 Miis: one is hesitating to jump off, while the other one is waiting for the other Mii to jump off. The dream goes on for forever unless the player taps on the Mii or exits the dream. This dream was also in Tomodachi Collection and was likely removed from international releases due to it resembling suicide.

Ritual

To do: Record a video of the Korean version with the Miis circling around another Mii.

• The text was changed for unknown reasons.

North America	Europe
All hail the [item name]!	My [item name]!

• In the Korean version, sometimes the Miis will be circling around another Mii.

Superhero (NA)/Transform (EU)

In the Eastern versions, both male and female Miis wear the same outfit, while in the Western versions, the male Miis wear the Robo-Hero Suit instead.

JP/KOR	NA/EUR

Minigames

To do: The "congratulations" and "too bad" messages from after beating a minigame differs a LOT between western and eastern versions.

In the Japanese version, Miis who want to play a game gesture to the player by waving their arms toward themselves, a common gesture in Japan indicating that you want someone to come closer. In the international releases, they jump up and down while waving their hands in the air.

Japan	International

The icon on the bottom screen was also changed slightly between versions, with the Japanese and North American versions having a straight arm and the European version having a bent arm, in a waving kind of motion. It was most likely changed because of it resembling the Nazi salute.

Europe	North America/Korea/Japan

VS. Match

When playing the VS Match minigame in the Japanese version, getting a match makes the background of the two tiles orange for you and green for your opponent. Internationally, this was changed to blue and red respectively.

• When getting a question correct in one of the Islander minigames, the Japanese and Korean versions will put a red ring around the correct answer, whereas in the western releases there is a green checkmark:

Japan/Korea	North America/Europe

Football/Wrestling/Sumo

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Each release of the game localized the sumo minigame from the Japanese version differently. In the American release, it became a football minigame; while in the European release, it was made into a wrestling minigame.

North America	Europe	Korea	Japan
		(Ssireum one round)	(A close Sumo game)

The referee's dialogue (located in message/game/Game_xx_LZ.bin/ArcVoice/Minigame.msbt) was localized as such:

	North America	Europe	Korea	Japan
Sumo_Signal_00	Come on!		준비? (Ready?)	ハッキョイ (Shout)
Sumo_Signal_01	Keep at it!	Push!	시이작? (Staart?)	ノコッタ (Still remaining (until the game ends))

Cards

In the Cards minigame, the odd card out is a "2" in the European version, and a "Joker" in every other version.

Europe	International

The sprite for the player's hand is completely different between western and eastern versions. The hand makes a "V sign" gesture when winning the minigame in the Japanese and Korean versions, while on the American and European versions, it instead does a "thumbs-up". This might be because an outward-facing V sign is considered a profane gesture in the UK and certain other Commonwealth countries.

Japan/Korea	North America/Europe

Rooftop/Observation Tower

The rooftop area was once accessible by the player in the Japanese version from inside Mii Apartments. It was replaced by the Observation Tower building in the international versions, and they serve the same function as one another.

Japan	International

(Source: Tomodachi Life Wiki)