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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Relationship UI Patent

A patent application for the relationship UI of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream was published last week in the US. It covers the user input, camera transitions, info/menu display, NPC behaviors, and effects of relationship stats.

Drawing from patent application US 20260263937: FIG. 12 shows a non-limiting example of the game screen according to the exemplary embodiment
Drawing from patent application US 20260263937: The virtual resident A moves and reaches a position overlapping the (stationary) cursor as shown in FIG. 60. In this case, the virtual resident A may be set as the correlation reference character, and if the virtual resident B is within a predetermined range from the virtual resident A, a correlation diagram image for the virtual resident A and the virtual resident B may be displayed as shown in FIG. 60.
Drawing from patent application US 20260263937: FIG. 33 shows a non-limiting example of the game screen according to the exemplary embodiment
Drawing from patent application US 20260263937: FIG. 29 shows a non-limiting example of the game screen according to the exemplary embodiment

Get the full details here: US20260263937

[Originally posted on 2026-09-15 Pacific Time]