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Japan's hit Tamagotchi virtual pet toy goes color

Technology Sep. 26, 2008 - 06:46AM JST ( 6 )

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KijimunaSep. 26, 2008 - 10:39AM JST

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.
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DenshaDeGOSep. 26, 2008 - 02:12PM JST

“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.
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dennis0bauerSep. 26, 2008 - 03:15PM JST

5,040 yen Tamagotchi? that is to expensive, you can download pets to your phone these days.
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stanoueSep. 27, 2008 - 10:40AM JST

This thing just won't die! I had one at primary school...
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Pukey2Sep. 27, 2008 - 07:19PM JST

The article makes it sound as if Japan has 40 million girls aged 7-9.
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DenshaDeGOSep. 28, 2008 - 03:03PM JST

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

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