The Tamagotchi is back for its 25th anniversary – this time as a wearable. Presently you can raise your small scale electronic pet right from your wrist, and utilize an amplifier to shout to it and the touchscreen to pet it.
The first Tamagotchi appeared in November 1996 as an electronic toy for youngsters. Coming from Japanese toy producer Bandai, the Tamagotchi smartwatch, spotted prior to Thursday by Kotaku, highlights a touchscreen LCD and as long as 30 hours of battery life prior to waiting to be re-energized through USB.
Price and Availability
For the time being, the Tamagotchi smartwatch will be sold by lottery – you can apply between June 17 and July 2, with the champs reported later in July. For every other person, the wearable goes marked down Nov. 23. It’ll cost 7,480 yen (around $68), and you can likewise buy extra “shrewd cards” for 1,100 yen (about $10) that you can embed into the smartwatch.
The Tamagotchi Sweets Friends card will give you themed things like desserts and pastries to take care of your little pocket pet, just as a small game. The Tamagotchi Rainbow Friends card incorporates rainbow and unicorn theming like another clock screen, and food and things for your pet.
Now you can wear your electronic pet on your wrist, and use the touchscreen to pet it.