The Return Of Tamagotchi

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)."

Comments

death by tamagotchi

[keot]

last time there was a tamagotchi craze, people actually died. there was this mum in europe driving along, looking after her sons tamogotchi. it beeped, distracted the mum from the road, and ended up with the car making ugly contact with a few cyclists.
keep them away!

Re:I Remember Tamagotchis

[cyrax777]

The irony is the first of the japanese one did not have the reset switch.