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The Return Of Tamagotchi

Posted by simoniker on from the electric-boogaloo dept.

rm007 writes "The BBC is reporting that Bandai is going to re-release its (in-)famous Tamagotchi toy next month. The new Tamagotchi's habits will be more grown up than the original version; it will be able to mingle, chat and date with other Tamagotchis using infrared portals, and even marry and have babies. The original Tamagotchi was first launched in 1996 and had sold 40 million units within a couple of years. The new version, called Tamagotchi Plus will go on sale on 2 March priced at 1,980 yen ($19)."

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  1. AAAHHHH!! by Leroy_Brown242 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear $deity no!

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  2. Re:Brilliant marketing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    i just want to hear it start beeping porno music while they are on "dates".

  3. evil tamagotchis which breed by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want evil Tamagotchis which breed. They could randomly take on behaviors which cause irritation and emotional distress to their owners, such as playing sick or crying a lot. They could measure their success by how many times the owner presses the off button, in a futile attempt to stop the harrassment. When two Tamagotchis are within radio frequency range, they could exchange data on the most successful techniques, and try to develop new techniques from random combinations of the old ones.

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    1. Re:evil tamagotchis which breed by Mighty+Eris · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's a computerized device, right?

      Think like a real geek man, just reverse engineer and hack it.. make a tamagotchi "virus" that spreads over the infared port. ;)

      So, you're trying to convince him to write an STD for his tamagotchi?

  4. NOT a good idea by Asprin · · Score: 5, Funny


    it will be able to mingle, chat and date with other Tamagotchis using infrared portals, and even marry and have babies.

    Yep, I can't wait until I have to stay up until 4:00AM comforting mine with because it got the "can't we just be friends" speech. [*shudder*]

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  5. I Remember Tamagotchis by MBCook · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I was in middle school (or maybe it was freshman year of HS) Tamagotchis just game to the states. Everyone in school had one that they played with between classes. I remember one kid (can't remember his name though, Nevin?) who had like 12 of them because the previous Tamagotchis died. He kept them all on one keychain, even the dead ones. You should have seen his face and how mad he got when someone told him all you had to do was stick a paperclip in the back to reset one and you could play again. He didn't know this so every time one died he would just buy another.

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  6. umm... by hiroshi912681 · · Score: 2, Funny

    does your tamagotchi get an std for mating with random strangers?

  7. Babies? by Hopelessness · · Score: 1, Funny

    They now can reproduce? Argh, not more of the pesky things! I suppose that in a few years they'll be ranking in numbers with tribbles.

  8. The question that needs to be asked... by loser7punk · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if we can put Linux on this one? If so, can there be a Tux-dochi?