Okay so much like everyone else right now; I want to be playing tomodachi life as much as humanly possible.
Games like Animal crossing new horizons (alongside rediscovering neopets and other games of childhood) were like. THE thing that got me through the last 5 years of care giver for my grandpa. The amount of time I spent playing just to get me through that time was wild, because I hadn’t really played games much as an adult, but the escapism of acnh was like no other and I was endlessly thankful I was able to get my hands on it when it came out.
Tomodachi life orig was one of the first games I ever bought for my 3ds as a teenager, I played it almost religiously alongside ACNL and I like could not have been more jazzed about this reboot despite knowing it would be a long while before I played— I was shocked I was able to at least test it out by emulating it on my laptop (barely worked, but just enough to get me hooked on the game.)
Flash forward to today, and it is my grandpas first birthday after passing late last year. Things have been hard after his passing of course, but I’m doing a lot better than I thought I would, and managing my grief as best I can. I’m not saying this part of the story as like a guilt trip thing but like just to say I’m really proud of the work I did for those five years, my grandpa was like a father to me (mine passed when I was a baby) and it was an absolute honor to take care of him! I will get to treasure that time with him forever, and I absolutely encourage everyone to let their elderly loved ones know you love with them with action— and If anyone comments anything please be sure to wish my grandpa a happy birthday haha.
So that being said— obviously today specifically is very rough, and I really hadn’t realized how sensitive I was emotionally until my emulator crashed AGAIN and I just burst into tears about it. I know I can’t afford it, and if I had the extra cash there’s a ton of things it would need to go to first long before I would feel comfortable spending it on this game. I’m completely unable to move forward in the emulator version because of crashing and the fact that I just don’t have a computer capable of properly emulating.
Tomodachi life’s customization has been so FUN and incredible and I have been dying to actually be able to try the face paint feature— as an artist I can’t stress enough it’s like the coolest feature of the whole game to me that I absolutely can’t access due to computer crashing.
It’s obviously a ridiculously expensive game, and when I came across this subreddit I was honestly shocked to see people actually gifted it and many other games? Yall have made a really cool and giving community here and even if I don’t get gifted this game, it’s really nice to know this subreddit is like out here doing its thing and making people happy- you guys are awesome!
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