Avoid Time Travel in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream!

If you’re diving into Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, you might think some of the tricks from Animal Crossing: New Horizons could help you out. After all, both games appeal to life-simulation fans who love creating their virtual worlds. But hold on—time traveling in this latest Nintendo title isn’t the power move you might expect!

For those unfamiliar, time traveling involves tweaking your Nintendo Switch’s clock settings to jump ahead or backward in time. In Animal Crossing, this tactic was a game-changer—allowing players to refresh shop inventories, skip construction delays, or even engage in the Stalk Market. Recently, gamers have also used this strategy in Pokémon Pokopia to speed things up and catch certain Pokémon at specific times.

However, Nintendo has put its foot down regarding time travel in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. If you try this method, instead of enjoying benefits like boosting relationships or gaining financial rewards, you might find yourself in a world of annoyance. Once you mess with the clock settings, shops will halt their updates for a full 24 hours! And if you think changing the time back will fix things, think again—doing so resets that 24-hour freeze. This hiccup affects all shops and their weekly offerings.

And here’s another kicker: time traveling won’t help with Mii hunger. So, no extra feeding opportunities or chances to farm happiness points and rewards. In short, if you want to enjoy everything this quirky life sim has to offer, it might be best to leave the time travel to the sci-fi movies!