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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)."
Won't the Tamagotchi having a baby force you to spend another $20 for another unit to house the baby? Or can one collect several generations of virtual creatures on a single device?
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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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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!
Fads never die, they just become unprofitable. Keep on dumping money down this product line, I'll go watch Power Rangers Super Crazy Ultra Monkey Donkey Clown Force Turbo.
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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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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... if you wait long enough and they come back.
When my brother and I were kids/teens, we bought Transformer, Macross, and general Japanese anime toys. We kept most in good condition including the boxes.
Several years ago, I sold off most of them, including the ones that my brother didn't want, for a total of $2400 or so. Average per toy was about $150, and a couple went for $500 or so.
does your tamagotchi get an std for mating with random strangers?
I wonder if we can put Linux on this one? If so, can there be a Tux-dochi?