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Japan's hit Tamagotchi virtual pet toy goes color

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Japan's hit Tamagotchi virtual pet toy goes color

Friday 26th September, 06:46 AM JST

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  • Kijimuna at 10:39 AM JST - 26th September

    Had no idea these were still around. This retread strikes me very much like all the Hollywood remakes of older tv shows and books. Evidence of a total bankruptcy of ideas.

  • DenshaDeGO at 02:12 PM JST - 26th September

    “By portraying more realistic and varied scenes, the product is designed to intensify the attachment users feel toward the Tamagotchi they raise,”

    And that's exactly what Japan needs right now: it's kids feeling intense attachment to cheap toys. It's bad enough everyone's glued to their cell phones and DSes.

  • dennis0bauer at 03:15 PM JST - 26th September

    5,040 yen Tamagotchi? that is to expensive, you can download pets to your phone these days.

  • stanoue at 10:40 AM JST - 27th September

    This thing just won't die! I had one at primary school...

  • Pukey2 at 07:19 PM JST - 27th September

    The article makes it sound as if Japan has 40 million girls aged 7-9.

  • DenshaDeGO at 03:03 PM JST - 28th September

    The article makes it sound as if Japan has 40 million girls aged 7-9

    But it does ... or did you not mean mentally?

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