Summary
• The Tamagotchi was a popular handheld game console in the 1990s
• It was a digital pet that you could care for and feed
• It had a variety of features, including the ability to play games
• The Tamagotchi was discontinued in 2003
The Tamagotchi was a popular handheld game console in the 1990s. It was a digital pet that you could care for and feed. It had a variety of features, including the ability to play games. The Tamagotchi was discontinued in 2003.
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Summary
• The Tamagotchi is a handheld digital pet that was created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai.
• It was released by Bandai on November 23, 1996 in Japan and in the USA on May 1, 1997, quickly becoming one of the biggest toy fads of the late 1990s and the early 2000s.
• As of March 2021, over 83 million units have been sold worldwide.
• Most Tamagotchi are housed in a small egg-shaped handheld video game with an interface consisting of three buttons, with the Tamagotchi Pix adding a shutter on the top to activate the camera.
• Tamagotchi Connection V1, released in 2004, introduced a different graphic design by artist JINCO and gameplay which elaborated upon the first generations.
• Pets have a Hunger meter, Happy meter and a Training meter, and Discipline meter to determine how healthy and well-behaved the pet is.
• There is also an age and weight check function for the current age and weight of the pet.
• Filling up the Hunger meter can be achieved by feeding the pet a meal (usually a loaf of bread or hamburger ) or aThe Tamagotchi (Japanese: たまごっち, IPA: [tamaɡotꜜtɕi], "Egg Watch") is a handheld digital pet that was created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai. It was released by Bandai on November 23, 1996 in Japan and in the USA on May 1, 1997, quickly becoming one of the biggest toy fads of the late 1990s and the early 2000s. As of March 2021, over 83 million units have been sold worldwide. Most Tamagotchi are housed in a small egg-shaped handheld video game with an interface consisting of three buttons, with the Tamagotchi Pix adding a shutter on the top to activate the camera.
Tamagotchi - Wikipedia
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Summary
• The Tamagotchi was a palm-sized, egg-shaped toy that became a billion-dollar global sensation in the '90s.
• Players quickly learned to modify their games, extending their virtual pets' lives by removing the toy's batteries or using pencil graphite to trigger a debugging signal.
• When Tamagotchi first launched in the U.S., Wired dismissed the toy, claiming it "borrowed all the gimmickry of 1970s' Pet Rock kitsch and gave it a digital facelift."
• But within a year of its release, the toy became a billion-dollar global sensation.
• At the peak of the Tamagotchi craze, stores sold out in hours and scammers preyed on shoppers' desperation, charging marked-up prices for coupons that could never be redeemed.
• Today, many of the '90s kids who were once scolded for surreptitiously tending their Tamagotchi during class are rediscovering their nostalgia for the toy's unique gameplay and endlessly collectible variations.
• The Tamagotchi was programmed to evolve in response to the player's caretaking decisions. Proper parenting would result in a well-mannered adult Tamag
A Brief History of Tamagotchi | Innovation| Smithsonian Magazine
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Summary
• The Tamagotchi was released in the 1990s and became very popular
• It is a digital pet that requires your attention to keep it safe
• There are different colors and pets to choose from
• There are also apps that you can download to keep in touch with other Tamagotchi users
Tamagotchi Friends - Tamagotchi Product Reviews
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Welcome to the official Tamagotchi YouTube channel! Everyone's favorite virtual reality pet from the 90's is back for a new generation!
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Meet the characters! Explore each Tamagotchi character’s profile to get the inside scoop on the virtual pets you know and love! As you know, each Tamagotchi character is unique in…
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Original Tamagotchi - Bandai Namco
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Welcome to the Tamagotchi Wiki! Welcome, Tama-Friends! The Tamagotchi (たまごっち) is the world's first virtual pet, first released by Bandai in 1996 and internationally in 1997. For 25 years, Tamagotchi …
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