Living the Dream Without Using Face Paint

A Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream player has shared Mii versions of every starter Pokemon from each of the mainline entries in the monster-catching game series, impressively pulling this feat off without making use of the new game’s Face Paint tool. The ability to create Miis representing just about anyone or anything is one of the biggest draws of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, but creating something unique without hand-drawing it can be a real challenge.

The release of the third game in the Tomodachi line has been a relief for fans of the series who have been without a new game since the days of the Nintendo 3DS. 2013’s Tomodachi Life was the first game in the social sim series released outside of Japan, and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream spent nine years in development before finally arriving on Nintendo Switch on April 16.

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Tomodachi Life Player Accurately Makes 30 Pokemon Without Using Face Paint

Now, one player has used Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream‘s Mii creation tools to show their appreciation for the Pokemon franchise by creating every starting Pokemon ever, save for Pikachu and Eevee, who only hold the title of starter in spin-off games and Pokemon Yellow. This cast of characters created by Reddit user DucklingCore ranges from the original starter trio of Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander, all the way up to Browt, Pombon, and Gecqua, the recently revealed starters for the upcoming Pokemon Winds and Waves.

Impressively, this player was able to recreate all 30 of these Pokemon-based Miis without making use of Face Paint, one of the handiest new features in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. Living up to its name, Face Paint allows players to add special details to Miis’ heads that aren’t covered in the already extensive lists of facial parts that the game’s Mii creation system naturally supports. Some talented early players have already shown how Face Paint can be used to create nearly photorealistic versions of actual people and animated characters. But as this Pokemon fan has proven, learning to use Face Paint is not an absolute necessity, as combinations of head shapes, hairstyles, and inhuman skin colors can be used to make dozens of Miis who are instantly recognizable as Pokemon.

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Getting all the Pokemon to look just right hasn’t been an easy task without using Face Paint, as the creator admitted. Despite providing many realistic depictions of Pokemon, not everything came through exactly as intended. In some cases, like with Poplio and Oshawott, this is because Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream does not allow players to change nose colors without using the Face Paint tool. Nevertheless, most are still impressed with how it came out regardless.

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Unfortunately, the player who created all these Miis was unable to instruct players on exactly how to add them all to their own games. All 30 Pokemon Miis were created using the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream free demo, which became available on March 25 and allowed players to get just a taste of what the full game has in store, only allowing them to make and save three Miis in one session. The creative player is doing their best to provide instructions on specific designs and has even moved on to creating other Pokemon-based Miis, like Greninja.