The second version of the Connection Tamagotchis, this one is exactly the same except with a few more/different characters and a couple extra features. The extra features include a shop where you can use points to buy your character different items to eat and play with. You can also give other tamagotchis presents using the connection feature. There's more room on the friends list as well so you can have up to 50 friends names! How do you get points? You play with your Tamagotchi! Every time you play, depending on how well you play your character can gain points. There are also secret codes to get free items. Your v2 Connection tamagotchi also has a few more games than the v1 Connection. As it grows older, the games are unlocked.



Here is a picture of the one I currently own:

price

Right now V2's seem to be going for around $15-20, which is not a bad price.

Connection v2 Growth Chart

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Tags: tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, v2 connection
Current Mood: chipper

In 2004 Bandai decided to re-release Tamagotchis. This was the first version to come out in America. It's called a Connection Tamagotchi because it uses infrared capabilities to connect to other Tamagotchis. With this new feature your characters can now connect to play games and if they become good enough friends can eventually get married and have babies together. If you don't have two connections don't worry! If you are only playing with one, the Match Maker Character will come when your Tamagotchi's grown up with a choice of three mates. You will get to choose which one you want your character to marry! Then your Tamagotchi will have a baby. A day or so later you will be left with the baby and the process will start all over again. But be sure to take good care of them because they can still die! The new versions also have a friends list to see who you've connected with, a name feature to name your character, and different foods as they grow older, as well as a pause feature. They also include more than one game! Pretty nifty, huh?



Here are some pictures of the ones I currently own:

price

I'm assuming it was for $15 because that's what they usually cost when they release a new version. Now you can find a few used ones on eBay for about $30. A new one might go for a little more. Wait awhile and you might find a new one for cheaper :) They aren't rare by any means, so you'll find a good deal somewhere down the line. Just a tip, unless it is some kind of ultra super special edition Japanese v1, do not buy it for $90-100. If you do then I feel sorry for you because you wasted your money.

Connection v1 Growth Chart

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Tags: tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, v1 connection
Current Mood: bouncy

The Uratama is very much like the v4 and v4.5 connections. Except this time it has blue pixels (a major improvement over the red pixeled Keitai). Just like the v4 and v4.5 tamagotchis, it has career aspirations and it goes to work. It also has a mail box where it gets news papers and letters from it's parents. It connects to the Japanese Entama/Uratama website. I have tried connecting mine, but I seem to have trouble. Maybe I'll be able to figure it out someday. I don't have much time for the websites though. I really enjoy this tama and I have to say the characters are way different, but ultra cute! Apparently "Ura" means "horn" in Japanese so a lot of the characters have horns on their heads (correct me if I'm wrong). All of the games are very fun and you can get a lot of points playing them. Which games you play also determines its personality, and thus its growth. There is also a salesman who comes to sell you different items every day, just like with the Keitai and Akai tamagotchis. The Light also turns on and off by itself just like in the v4,v4.5 and the v5 connections :) It is very easy to get tons of points on this tamagotchi, so you won't have any problem buying items. Also, the games are very unique and probably some of my favorite games on a Tamagotchi. I give this one a 9 out 10 for functionality and cuteness. I would give it a 10, but I personally hate antennas on Tamagotchi shell designs because they are annoying and get in the way. Other than that, an awesome Tamagotchi to own. Definitely a must have for one's collection!



Here is a picture of the one I currently own:

price

I got my Ura for probably... $20-30? I'm not certain. It wasn't terribly expensive from what I recall, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten one right away. It was well worth it at any rate. You can currently find them if you type "uratama" into ebay. They range anywhere from $20-115 depending on how rare the design. If you are not picky about design you could probably get a cute $25 uratama. I see these all the time on eBay, so they are not hard to find :D Don't get the Uratama mixed up with the Cho Jinsei. The Ura has blue pixels and a star antenna, but the Cho Jinsei has black pixels and a ball antenna. I'm sure they are the same thing, but with slight differences such as characters and games.

Uratama Growth Charts

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Tags: tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, uratama
Current Mood: calm

Ocean Tamagotchi was the last of the vintage tamagotchis to be released in the United States. Whilst Bandai discontinued Tamagotchis in the U.S., Japan was still getting new versions for awhile. The Japanese Ocean tamagotchi is called an "Umi No". I personally really love the American designs better though :) Just like the Angel, the Oceangotchi has a touch screen feature. When your character is trying to sleep, a polar bear sometimes tries to attack the defenseless little guy. So you have to tap the screen to scare the polar bear away. It also includes a new meter which tells you how dirty the water is in your tama's habitat. Oceangotchis are the HARDEST to take care of . I'm not sure why, but as an aquarist I know first hand that fish are super hard to maintain and keep from dying. They come with a whole host of diseases that you never see in regular pets. That could explain why the Umino is so difficult. Another feature I dislike is when you trying to play games, an octopus will sometimes surprise you and squirt ink into your Tamagotchis water. This makes it so all the skulls are filled up, meaning the water is super dirty. You will need to clean it four times. There is no way to predict when this will happen, so i try not to even play the game because it will sometimes happen many times in a row or not for awhile. I just feed it ice cream to keep its happiness filled up. It is a very unusually hard pet to care for. I'm surprised when it lasts even a few days, but that said in my opinion it has the cutest Tamagotchi characters of all time :)



Here is a picture of the one I currently own:

price

My Umino was about $30. You can find them for around $40-50 now. Get one now before they sky rocket. I guarantee you they will. It's a bad ecomony, folks, so people gotta get rid of their Tamagotchis and they want good prices for them apparently XD I see about 5-8 of them on eBay at any given time, so they'll probably be around for awhile. The American ones go for about $200-225. Wouldn't bother with that one unless you have the cash to just throw away. At any rate, they are only found once in a great while because they are super rare. So if you find one and buy it, I am in awe of your Tamagotchi Magic Powers.

Umino Growth Chart

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Tags: tamagotchis, umino (ocean tamagotchi), vintage tamagotchis
Current Mood: bouncy

I'm not the only person in our family who has a Tamagotchi collection. My younger sister has one as well! Although, hers isn't quite as big or diverse as mine :P However, she does have some pets that my collection is lacking, so I thought that I would ask her if I could take a picture of her collection and post it up on the site :) She said yes, so here it is!



In the top row (from left to right):

* Looney Tunes Giga Pet: this pet has multiple characters. I'm not sure if you choose one from them or if you take care of all of them at once (like the Rugrats Giga Pet).
* The second pet is her Alien Giga Pet, which is one of the Giga Pets with the original programming. It functions much like the Nano Baby, except it only has one game.
* The third pet is called a Tata Puppy. I'm not sure if there are any other animal versions such as a "Tata Kitty" or something like that, but its a very cute, simple pet, and is very reminiscent of a P1 or P2 Tamagotchi. The animations are also very adorable. We've actually never played it the whole way through, though :(
* The fourth pet is a Lovely Bear, which you can find a review for here!
* The fifth pet is a very odd frog virtual pet. We've never played it the whole way through either. I think its in Japanese which made it a little confusing. Maybe I'll ask her about trying it out sometime so I can do a review on it.

Second Row:

* The first is a Dinkie Dino and is a staple for any collection. She got a cute white color. One of the best pets ever :)
* The second is a Pikachu Pedometer pet. She got it when they first came out. They go for pretty expensive now on eBay.
* The third pet is an American V2 connection, which she is currently letting me borrow. Its a very cute design.
* The fourth pet is a V3, which I think I may have bought for her. Its a very cute design too.
* The fifth pet is a V4, which I somehow managed to convince her to get.
* And the 6th one is a very crummy virtual pet. It doesnt have any good features on it and just shows a head doing nothing. It won't even show the pet eating, and it dies very easily if you make a simple mistake.

Third Row:

* The first isn't a pet, but it is a Nano Salon. Its sort of a matching game in the shape of a makeup compac.
* The second is a Talking Nano. They are very annoying so I wouldn't recommend getting one.
* The third is a Nano Puppy that I gave to her, and the fourth is a Nano Baby that she bought.
* The fifth isn't a pet, but a virtual baby that dances randomly. I'm not sure it does much else. I think its just called a Diaper Baby or something.

Just for the fun of it, here is a picture of her Giga Pet Alien :)

Tags: sister's collection, tamagotchi connection, vintage tamagotchis, virtual pets
Current Mood: amused

Despite how many Tamagotchis I currently own, my collection is not complete. There are a number of Tamagotchi I would like to own but can't collect either because they are way too expensive or too rare to find. There are also pets I simply do not wish to collect. Here's a list with some pictures so you can get an idea. Most of them are pretty rare/expensive. I won't be giving reviews because I wouldn't know anything about most of them since I've either never seen or don't wish to own them. I'm missing a lot from this list because a number of newer Tamagotchis have been released, so please send me a message if you have any info you would like to share :D :




American Oceangotchi- While I would definitely love to own this Tama, it doesn't seem feasible. The designs are cute and its in English language, but it is very rare and can cost upwards of $300 these days. Also, it is so hard to care for that it is simply not worth buying. I already have the Japanese version, so it seems superfluous to get the English edition in light of these facts.






Mothra- It's obviously based on the Japanese Mothra character. I don't wish to collect it because the characters aren't very cute in my opinon and the Mothra movies never interested me anyway.







TamaOch- The characters are based on some Japanese actress. I'm not interested in getting this one.






Tamagotchi School- Not sure what the point of this one is. Just to send your character to school? Seems a little boring if you ask me *shrug* I don't plan on collecting it :P






Kakeibo- I think this one goes with the Entama (Cho Jinsei). Probably like how the Home deka goes with the Keitai. It looks interesting, but I won't be getting it anyway.






Home Deka 2(?)- I'm not entirely certain which Tamagotchi this one is supposed to interact with. I'm assuming it goes with the Entama or the Uratama... Either way, I'm not interested because I already have a Dekatama and knowing what I know about them they don't excite me all that much.






Tamagotchi Color Hexagon- This is a variation on the color with only a couple different characters. Don't know if there are different features, though.





Tamagotchi ID- I'm assuming this is the second edition of the Tamagotchi Color. It looks prettier than the original. I decided not to collect this one because I don't think it has very many particularly cute characters.





Tamagotchi ID Lovely Melody- I guess this is another edition of the ID color Tamagotchi, with a super cute design. Originally it went for $80ish, but now its going for like $150ish. Not interested in collecting it because even though the shell design is cute, the characters aren't worth it in my opinion.






Tamagotchi Station ID- I think this is similar to the Home Deka for the Keitai, except it is a color edition for the color Tamagotchi ID. It looks really cute, and from what I hear you can use it to customize items to transfer to your Tamagotchi ID. If this is true, then I would LOVE to see it in action :D






Tamagotchi ID L Princess Spacey- Not interested in getting this one because it didn't have enough cute new characters and as far as I can tell its too similar to the ID l which I already have 2 of.



Tamagotchi P's- I now have the Tamagotchi P's, but I don't have any pierces to go along with it. So here's a list of the pierces that are available. Maybe I'll get a few someday, but its not a priority since the pet functions perfectly fine without them.

Tags: pets i don't have, tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, tmgc plus color, vintage tamagotchis
Current Mood: calm

This is one of the rarest, hardest, most expensive Tamagotchis to obtain. It is a special edition Christmas Tamagotchi with Santa Clause as the main character! I was fortunate to get this one for cheaper than usual (won't say how much I paid ;). This tamagotchi functions a bit differently than the regular pets. The goal of the game is not to raise Santa, but simply to get him to deliver presents on time! With each object Santa obtains, he can craft a new disguise to sneak into sleeping Tamagotchi's houses with. It's fun to try to get all his costumes. After 12 days (Twelve Days of Christmas!) the game ends. If Santa has acheived his goal of delivering the presents on time you win! He also gets a reindeer and a sleigh. It's so cute! This is by far one of my favorite tamas. Not only is it super pretty, the characters are some of cutest I've seen and he's super easy to take care of. When Santa turns his back on you it's because he feels unappreciated! Call Pochitchi to bring him back. When Santa reads a letter from the kids he feels better. When he goes to sleep at night, he resides in a little house with smoke coming out of the chimney. I love it!



Here is a picture of the one I currently own:

price

I got my Santagotchi ata bargain. Won't say how much, but they now run for $170-230ish. If you're lucky you may find one for $150. I see a few of them every now and again, so they definitely show up once in awhile if you wish to get one. Just check ebay once a month or so and you're bound to find one, especially around Christmas.

Santagotchi Disguise Chart

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Tags: santagotchi (santaclautchi), tamagotchis, vintage tamagotchis
Current Mood: bouncy

Osutchi and Mesutchi are the very first mating connection Tamagotchis! They were way before their time. You hook them up at the top just like with the Digimons. When they are old enough they can mate and have babies. The female sends one baby over to the male so that you can continue raising a new baby on each one and the generations continue. You can only have a female baby on a female and a male baby on a male. This way they can hook up again and make more babies when they grow up too (which now that I think about it is sort of creepy and incestuous O_O)! I think these are some of the prettiest tamagotchis I've ever seen. Other than that they pretty much function just like a regular tamagotchi, except gender is included this time. The screen is also a little bit wider. When you want to connect them you take the shell tops off.



Here are some pictures of the ones I currently own:

price

I got my pair for about $42. They now run in the $50-150 range or higher. You can probably buy each separately for cheaper total. Can't guarantee you'll find matching ones, though. If you think about it $50ish isn't so bad because it's for two of them, not just one. A very good deal in my opinion :)

Osu/Mesutchi Growth Chart

Tags: osutchi & mesutchi, tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, vintage tamagotchis

Nano virtual pets were one of the most popular virtual pets when Tamagotchis were first released. They were mostly popular in the U.S. I think. I had an orange kitty at one point, but gave it away for some reason. I only just bought another one to add to my collection. I can say that the Nanos were popular for a reason. They had two games and the characters were cute and could last for a very long time. I once got my nano kitty up to 28 years (28 days in human time) I think. Recently the company re-released them, but didn't really change anything. It looks like they slapped together all their spare parts and just sold all the old ones they had left over in my opinion. I still think Nanos are great, especially the original ones. At first they came in three characters: kittens, puppies and human babies. After awhile they started coming out with a bunch more characters like rabbits, horses, fighters, etc. Nanos also had a connection version (which I do not own).



Here are some pictures of the ones I currently own. Two kitties and a puppy. The most recently obtained one is the orange Nano Kitty (which came out before the other two in my collection). It's European and more sparkly than the original one I had! I will post a picture of it later :) :

price

Got my Nano Kitty for $25 I think. They now run anywhere from $30-150. There are a lot on eBay, even the originals, so I'm not sure why they aren't less. Get the cheapest one possible. I would recommend getting the older ones because they aren't as shoddily slapped together.

Nano Growth Charts

Still trying to find the growth chart for this one. Sorry!

Tags: nano, virtual pets
Current Mood: busy

The Forest Tamagotchi, also known as the Mori No, is a motion sensitive Tamagotchi much like the Ocean and Angelgotchis. This one is different though in that there are two growth chart possiblities since there are two different eggs you can choose from at start-up. The foods also change depending on the character. I really like the designs of this one. It's a pity they didn't release it in America!







Here are some pictures of the ones I currently own:








:)

price

I got mine for $37 and you can still find them at this price. They currently run for around $45-65. Prices have gone up sadly :( There are always about 2-5 or more on eBay at any given time.

Forest Tamagotchi Growth Chart

Tags: morino (forestgotchi), tamagotchis, vintage tamagotchis
Current Mood: awake