Tamagotchi

The Tamagotchi (たまごっち Tamagotch) is a handheld digital pet created in 1996 by Aki Maita and sold by Bandai. The Tamagotchi is housed in a small and simple egg-shaped computer. Three buttons (A, B, and C) allow the user to select and perform an activity, including: more...

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Feeding the Tamagotchi a piece of food or a snack.; Playing games with the Tamagotchi.; Cleaning up a Tamagotchi's waste.; Checking its age, discipline, hunger, weight, happiness and other statistics.;

Meaning of "Tamagotchi"

According to Bandai the name is a portmanteau combining the Japanese word "たまご" (tamago) which means "egg", and the English word "watch" (as in timepiece). Consequently, the name is romanized as "Tamagotch" without the "i" in Japan.

Tamagotchi releases

41 Tamagotchi versions have been released between 1996 and 2008. These include the original Tamagotchi, Christmas-themed Tamagotchi and newer Tamagotchi versions, known as Connection, Connexion or Plus, which can communicate with other Tamagotchi for games and breeding. The most recent version is the new V5 Tamagotchi in which the player can raise a family of characters.There is also a website designed to work with V3, V4 and V4.5 Tamagotchi Connections, named 'TamaTown', and one for the V5 called 'Tama and Earth Expo'

Tamagotchi Connection Releases

Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 4.5 Version 5

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Other Tamagotchi games

Game Boy

The first Tamagotchi game for the Nintendo Game Boy portable game system was released simultaneously in both Japan and the United States. Tamagotchi (Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi in Japan) corresponds to the first two generations of the original Tamagotchi digital pets, with similar gameplay.

The second game in the series (Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi v2) was released only in Japan)

Nintendo DS

The Nintendo DS games Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop and Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 2 are games where you choose between: Mametchi, Memetchi and Kuchipatchi.

In CS1 (Corner Shop 1) you get Mame City if you choose Mametchi, GuruGuru town if Memetchi and Patchi Forest If Kuchipatchi.

In CS2 (Corner Shop 2) you just get this made up town.

CS1 & CS2 were released by Namco Bandai in 2007.

Criticism and controversy

The major controversy over Tamagotchi digital pets involves children taking them to school, mostly because certain Tamagotchi versions could starve in less than half an hour. Worry over potential ownership disputes, class disruptions, and general distraction from schoolwork has led many schools to ban the product. (Later versions included a 'pause' feature.)

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