Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream — Complete Mii Creation Guide
Everything new in the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Mii Maker — face paint, ear shapes, sub-hair colour, pronoun settings, unnatural skin tones, dating preferences, and voice customisation explained step by step.
What's New vs the 3DS Version
Ear Shapes
Choose from multiple ear styles — a first for the Mii Maker. Options include round, pointed, flat, and more.
Face Paint
Pixel-level overlay on the Mii's face. Draw scars, tattoos, freckles, fantasy markings, and detailed makeup.
Sub-Hair Colour
A second hair colour for highlights, tips, or ombre effects. Choose any colour combination.
Split Bangs & Back Hair
Independently style front bangs and back hair for unprecedented hair customisation.
Unnatural Skin Tones
Go beyond natural skin tones — blue, green, purple, and other fantasy colours are fully supported.
Pronoun Settings
Choose he/him, she/her, they/them, or custom. The game's dialogue adapts accordingly.
Dating Preferences
Set each Mii's gender attraction preferences: any, none (aromantic), or specific genders.
Voice Pitch & Tone
Fine-tune your Mii's speaking voice with pitch slider and tone selection.
Step-by-Step Creation Guide
Choose Creation Mode
Pick between "Get Help" (question-based — Nintendo asks personality questions and builds a face from your answers) or "From Scratch" (full manual control over every feature). "From Scratch" is recommended for character Miis.
Set Face Shape & Features
Select face shape, skin tone (including unnatural colours), eye style and size, nose, mouth, eyebrow shape, and the new ear style options.
Style Hair
Choose hair front, back, and side styles independently. Set primary colour and the new sub-hair colour for highlights or ombre. Option to add facial hair.
Add Face Paint (Optional)
The new Face Paint layer lets you draw directly on the Mii's face at pixel level. Access from the Face Paint button in the Mii Maker toolbar.
Set Personality Sliders
Adjust the 4 sliders: Movement, Speech, Energy, Thinking. These determine personality type. Use our calculator to plan before creating.
Configure Pronouns & Preferences
Set pronouns (he/him, she/her, they/them) and dating preferences (any gender, no one, specific gender). These can be changed later via Edit Mii.
Set Birthdate & Voice
Choose a birthday (affects Compatibility Tester results) and customise the voice pitch and tone.
Name Your Mii
Choose a nickname (shown above the Mii) and a full name. The nickname is used in most in-game dialogue.
Population Management (70 Mii Cap)
Your island can hold a maximum of 70 Miis. Here's how to manage your population strategically:
Decide upfront which 70 characters (fictional, real people, or invented) will populate your island. A curated roster creates better story opportunities.
Married Miis can have babies (toggle on/off in settings). Babies grow up quickly. Grown children can be sent off the island to free a slot.
Up to 8 Miis can share one house — useful for saving space and creating friendship groups (e.g., an anime school friend group in one house).
Confirmed: grown children who leave the island leave no record behind. Plan accordingly if island story continuity matters to you.
What Can Be Changed After Creation?
Mii Creation FAQ
Can I import Miis from Switch Mii Maker?+
Yes! Open the Mii Maker in Tomodachi Life, select "Import from System", and choose any Mii stored on your Switch. Their base appearance will be imported, though you'll need to set personality, pronouns, and dating preferences manually.
Can Miis be any skin colour?+
Yes — Living the Dream supports unnatural skin tones including blue, green, purple, grey, and more. These are unlocked via the skin tone section of the Mii Maker once you scroll past the natural skin tones.
How many Miis can share one house?+
Up to 8 Miis can share one house. This is useful for anime-friend-group setups, saving space, or creating intentional community living situations on your island.
How do I make anime characters?+
Start with the closest face shape, adjust eyes to the largest available size, use unnatural hair colours with sub-hair colour for highlights, add face paint for distinctive markings. See our character-specific guides for step-by-step instructions for popular characters.