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You might remember those pesky virtual pet keychain things, which managed to successfully spawn out of Japan to populate the world, and annoy the hell out of parents everywhere. They were launched 15 years ago yesterday, November 23rd 1996.
I have to hold my hands up and admit, I had not one, but two of these things when I was a kid. When it landed in Europe in 1997 I was only 12, so I hope you can forgive me, right? But a quick look on Amazon tells me you can still buy them. Why on Earth anyone would obsess over such a basic toy when you’ve got the likes of Nintendogs to take care of these days, is beyond me. Still, if you fancy a nostalgia trip that’ll likely last for about 35 seconds before you realise once again, why you hate them — an authentic one will set you back about £10. [Wired Italy via Engadget]
I dug out one of my old Tamagotchis a few years ago, and made my husband use it for a month, to judge if he was capable of looking after a cat before we got one. He killed the Tamagotchi within a week, but three years later our cat is still alive.
Ha ha ha. I love how he killed the Tamagotchi within a week but you still went ahead and got the cat. Did you want the cat to die?
OMIGOD I cant stop laughing. XD
The cat has to be miles less annoying than a Tamagotchi. I think I’d kill the thing on purpose if I’m honest (the Tamagotchi, not the cat).
haha… this logic apparently made sense then.
I remember me and my sister both used to have the same one, and we ended up going through about 12 within a year. For some reason my mum just used to buy us a new one all the time. I recall one of them was a dinosaur, but it’s lifespan was only a week regardless of how well you looked after it, so my mum returned them for us. The BEST one, was a little white one where you could pick out of like, 12 different animals, which one you wanted to raise.
Where do I get one of these colour Tamagotchis?
just see black and white ones on Amazon.