When Nintendo designed Tomodachi Life, a bizarre life-sim that puts the companys Mii avatars in an exaggerated parody of reality, it probably didnt expect to provoke a marriage equality campaign. Community cries for Miiquality petitioned Nintendo to add same-sex relationships to the title, but the companys initial response was sterile and dismissive. Tomodachi Life was intended to be a whimsical and quirky game, Nintendo said.