What looks like a cheap joke game contains an actually quirky and inventive RPG, with banging music and a Persona 3-like combat system where you don't control your party.

With Chihiro the Cleric, Henry the Mage, Metaton the Pop Star, Osaka the Cat, Kawasaki the Chef, Satan the Imp, Snake the Flower, Bane the Tank, Waluigi the Thief, and Me the Warrior/Scientist/Princess, we set off on our journey to stop Dark Lord Tanaka with the assistance of Great Mage Sonia, Three Fairies Mami Nano and Cirno, and many more! The Miis make the experience

copying this from my Switch review since it's the same game, just on 3DS

ever since Tomodachi Life came to American audiences in 2014 I have been, admittedly, kind of obsessed with Mii games. this game is no exception. the fact that you can make an RPG and put in whoever you want is genuinely great. it's a bit bogged down by unfair postgame enemies and in-game achievements that feel more like busywork as you get closer to 100%ing the game, but it's genuinely a great game with one of the most killer soundtracks Nintendo has ever produced. I genuinely like this game's soundtrack more than Undertale, and that's a hard bar to clear

I will note that what you put in this game you will get out of it. I never tired of having my OCs in the game but people playing with more memey characters may tire out of the game a lot easier, it seems

I was very much surprised by this game. I expected a simple little game with a very dumbed down story, but I found the story surprisingly good and very charming. The gameplay is fun, but did suffer from its simplicity longterm. Mild spoilers about the game's progression ahead so proceed with caution

Thanks to Miitomo (RIP ;_;), I have a bunch of close friends that I "met in mii form", so this was perfect for this game. It was super fun to see us interact in the game, I shared tons of screenshots cause there was a lot of funny shit happening.
The class system (Jobs) in the game is very creative. While it does feature boring RPG staples such as Mage and Thief, it also features more extraordinary roles such as Cook, Imp, Cat and Tank.
Its biggest weakness is the simplicity of its gameplay. You can only control your own character - you have very little to no influence on the 3 other team members. It's unavoidable that they will sometimes do dumb stuff, and some Jobs are kind of bad if controlled by an AI.
This becomes especially grating in the post-game since it can get very grindy. I did beat the post-game boss but it was not very fun to get there, to be honest.

I'd give Miitopia a 4/5 - if it weren't for the ABSOLUTE BANGER of an soundtrack. I have no idea why they went so fucking hard on the soundtrack for this silly little game but they sure did. Additionally to that, the game uses pitch and speed changes in certain situations, so it really adds a lot to the games' enjoyment in my opinion.

This game is so good that I'm not even that salty that I spent 30 dollars on a physical copy of this game only for the Switch remake with its enhanced character creation skills to be announced a couple months later.

The remake is, by far, the superior version, but the base game that's here is still really good and I'm happy that this game was able to reach a wider audience by being remade on the Switch. You're just better off playing the Switch version because the 3DS version typically runs around the same price and you'll get no added benefit from playing this version unless you really want the 3D effects for some reason.