Tomodachi Life 1.0.2 Fixes 10 Bugs — Corrupted Saves, Frozen Islands, and One Very Wrong Animal Corrected

After players invested significant time developing their island — placing buildings, decorating, and growing their community — the game could reach a state where no further forward progress was possible. The island would simply stop advancing.

Using the Palette House to customise the exterior of a home — one of the game’s central decorating features — could trigger a progression lock, leaving players stranded mid-makeover with no path forward.

After a Mii character successfully confessed romantic feelings and the player attempted to save, the game falsely reported the save file as corrupted — making it impossible to preserve what just happened. The save data was not actually damaged, but the game refused to write it.

When multiple Mii characters began living together — a relationship milestone in the game — saving shortly after would display a “data has been corrupted” warning. This put hours of shared island progress at risk, even though the underlying data was intact.

During certain scene transitions — moments when the game cuts between locations or events — an error would occasionally surface and stop the game entirely. Nintendo flagged this as a rare occurrence, but the nature of crash bugs means players had no warning before it happened.

The Island Builder tool let players pick up and store the wishing fountain — but once stored, it could not be placed back down. This permanently blocked wishes from being granted, which ties into Mii character progression and events on the island.

When two Mii characters failed to reconcile after a fight, the Mii who lost the argument would inexplicably lose their romantic feelings for a completely separate, uninvolved character. This could quietly erase weeks of relationship-building with no warning.

Once a Mii’s sadness meter reached zero — meaning the emotion had naturally run its course — some characters still displayed visible sadness and refused to recover. They were stuck in a permanent low mood, affecting their interactions and the player’s ability to cheer them up.

The local play feature — which lets players exchange items with friends nearby — was entirely non-functional. Neither sending nor receiving worked. All players in a shared session must now also be on the same software version for compatibility, as Nintendo noted in the patch guidance.

The in-game treasure item labelled “sugar glider” was displaying an image of a southern flying squirrel — a different animal entirely. While they share a superficial resemblance (both are small gliding mammals), they are separate species. Nintendo replaced the image with the correct sugar glider illustration.