Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream director says development started in 2017 after discussing a 'special attachment' to the series with the producer, but had already 'squeezed all we could' out of the 3DS title

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• Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream director Ryutaro Takahashi says development began in 2017
• Takahashi says he and producer Yoshio Sakamoto have a "special attachment" to the series
• They agreed they'd "squeezed all we could" out of the 3DS title and agreed to make a new game