The characters are colorful creatures with simple designs based on animals, objects, or people. Tamagotchi is a keychain-sized virtual pet simulation game. They both won the 1997 Ig Nobel Prize for economics, dubbing them the father and mother of tamagotchi. Tamagotchi was invented by Aki Maita and created by Akihiro Yokoi in 1996. (Not to be confused with tomodachi or 'friend').Īn American girl with her Tamagotchi chained to her pocket, 1997 Most Tamagotchi characters' names end in chi ( ち) in Japanese, with few exceptions.

After the original English spelling of watch, the name is sometimes romanized as Tamagotch without the 'i' in Japan. Most Tamagotchi are housed in a small egg-shaped handheld video game with an interface consisting of three buttons, with the Tamagotchi Pix adding a shutter on the top to activate the camera.Īccording to Bandai, the name is a portmanteau combining the two Japanese words tamago ( たまご), which means 'egg', and uotchi ( ウオッチ) ' watch'. As of March 2021, over 83 million units have been sold worldwide. It was released by Bandai on 23 November 1996, in Japan and on, in the rest of the world, quickly becoming one of the biggest toy fads of the late 1990s and the early 2000s. The Tamagotchi ( Japanese: たまごっち, IPA:, 'Egg Watch') is a handheld digital pet that was created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai. We look forward to another great year! 1 st October, 2014 The Island has been updated to match the current season! 23 rd September, 2014 Are your parents looking for more information about Tomodachi Life? Show them our Parent Page! It gives information about Tomodachi Life, similar video games, gameplay ratings, and more.Tamagotchi Connection V1, released in 2004

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