The Keitai Tamagotchi is Japan's V2. It connects to cell phones and has many similar characters to our V2. The most noticable difference between the Japanese v2 and the other versions of v2 is that the Japanese has an antenna, symbolizing the fact that it can connect to your phone. After this one came out most of the newer versions afterward had antennas. I decided to get a Keitai even though I already had an Akai because I wanted one without red pixels but with the same old version of Mametchi :D



Unlike the American v2, it does not have a shop, but a salesman that comes to visit 3 times a day to sell you items. You can choose whether or not to buy them. If you buy them the salesman is happy. If you decline his offers he gets sulky and walks away sadly.Another feature I really enjoy is the alter feature. When your tamagotchi dies and you start it over by pressing a and c buttons simaltaneously, there is a record kept of the previous tama. Go to the list (it's in japanese) that shows the list of dead tamagotchis. There you can select a tamagotchi to pray too. When your character prays to the dead tamagotchi, it is safer in the future. If the grim reaper tries to get your current character, all you have to do is quickly go back to the list and select the character your current one prayed to. The old dead character will come back to life and save your Tamagotchi from the grim reaper! Also if you donate enough points to the king you will get a lucky Unchi-kun to clean up your characters poop. It's pretty funny.



Here are some pictures of the one I currently own:

price

I got mine for $17. They currently run for about $22 on average but can go for a few dollars more or less.

Keitai Tamagotchi Character Chart

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

The Iro Iro Tamagotchi is the Japanese version of the Familitchi, also known as the v5 connection. I've been playing with this one for awhile and it is very similar to the American v5. They have the exact same characters, exact same animations, exact same items/foods, and exact same games. Usually Japanese are very different from American tamagotchis, but in this case they are VERY similar. The only real differences I know of is that the beeping noises are a bit softer, and there is not vacation pause feature. You have to pause like all the other Japanese Tamagotchis, simply by leaving the time in "SET" mode. The outer design is different in that the antenna has been replaced with a lock and key. This makes sense to me because it is a "keychain pet", after all. Some of the Japanese shell designs have also carried over to America which pleases me :) It also comes with a DVD, which I have not been able to figure out because everything is in Japanese and I simply don't have the motivation to look up instructions. Another feature I really love about the v5 and Iroiro is that they have contrast adjustment for the screen. Pretty cool!



Here are some pictures of the one I currently own:

price

I bought mine with the Tamagotchi CD for computers for about $52. They are significantly cheaper now, going at $27-29 with a disc. A really great addition to one's collection of Connection Tamagotchis.

Iro Iro Character/Growth Chart

A growth chart can be found here!

Tags: famitama (familitchi), iro iro, tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis
Current Mood: bouncy

These came out around the time of the original Tamagotchis. They are by Sanrio, the company that produces Hello Kitty collectibles. The aim of the game is to get Hello Kitty ready for her big date. Depending on how she starts out, you need to either help her lose weight or gain weight. She also needs beauty sleep or her date will think she's ugly. If you don't take care of Hello Kitty's needs, her date will reject her and she will never get a boyfriend. I have never played this the whole way through because I found the whole concept to be a little silly and confusing. That said, the Hello Kitty is cute, so whatever floats your boat. Also, you can't find these in English. They are only in Japanese I think. Which makes things even more confusing lol Oh well, it's a nice addition to my collection.



Here is a picture of the one I currently own:

price

My sister got this for about $12 I believe. She gave it to me so I'm not entirely sure. Right now I see one on eBay for $65. They are kind of rare, so I don't think you'll find them very often.

Tags: hello kitty, sanrio, virtual pets
Current Mood: bouncy

I purchased this Lovely Bear early last year and have since not had much time to play with it. But yesterday I started it up to see what its like and write a proper review. Firstly, this virtual pet is a bear character. The packaging claims it can live up to 99 years old (i.e. 99 days). It has all the basic virtual pet functions including statistics meters, four different types of food (burger, candy, noodes, soda), a rock-paper-scissors game, a "give affection" option, discipline (studying), shower (for cleaning up poop), weather control, lights, and medicine. The bear comes in different colors (I've owned one with a pink bear and the one I currently own is brown).

Things I like: I think the actual character is very cute so far. It has not grown (because I took the battery out after playing it for a couple days), but the baby was adorable. I also enjoyed how the animations show the bear actually eating each food, opening his mouth and putting the food inside and chewing. The bear also wiggles its butt really cutely indicating it needs a shower. When the pet beeps, it just makes a single little chirp instead of going on and on like a vintage Tamagotchi does. The pet not only has a clock, but also has an alarm clock option as well. The sound can be turned off. I like how the "discipline" entails studying, rather than just simply punishing the bear so its sad. After the bear studies, it shows happiness. When you give the bear affection it shows a balloon and some flowers and then shows the bear happiness animation. The overall design of the shell is cute, and the background design is pretty like a vintage Tamagotchi's background design.

The things I didn't like: Even though there wasn't as much beepig, the beeping was really loud, and when going through menu options and playing with the bear and feeding it, the sounds got really annoying since they were so loud. Fortunately it only beeps once when it needs something. Even though there is a clock, the bear does not seem to follow any coherent sleep routine. The bear went to sleep at 4pm the first day I started it up. Fortunately it stayed awake all night, but the next day it went to sleep at 1pm in the afternoon, and then when it woke up it was awake all night when I was trying to sleep and couldn't take care of it. I figured this might just be a glitch with the programming, so I tried switching the time to 12 hours ahead of schedule to see if that would help, but the bear still did not go to sleep at night. As a result of this incoherent sleep schedule I decided to stop playing with the bear since I couldn't possibly keep up with its needs when I'm trying to sleep. Another thing I didn't like is that when the bear needs something it does show the "request" icon in the bottom right corner, but the bear never shows on the screen any sort of animations that indicate whats wrong. Last time I played with it I went through ever single option twice trying to figure out what it needed. I almost gave up and was feeling really frustated, but then figured out that it needed a shot twice. There was never any indication that it needed a shot other than the request icon. I did not like the rock-paper-scissors game because you can choose what both sides will use, so it seems like a pretty pointless game. When you feed the bear, the only thing that fills its hunger hearts is the burger, so I'm not really sure why the food options are there to begin with.

I give this pet a 3 out of 10. Its cute, but game play just isn't that great, sounds are unjustifiably annoying, and its difficult to figure out what the bear needs without a lot of unnecessary effort.

Here are some pictures of the one I currently own:







Pricing:

I bought this on eBay for about $6. I haven't seen very many of them on eBay in the past. Maybe one other time and it was really thrashed. Fortunately, I managed to get one in really good condition for fairly cheap. Sadly, I do not recommend buying this pet. It was a pretty big disappointment.

Tags: lovely bear, virtual pets
Current Mood: blah

I decided to take some pictures of my collection a couple days ago. I have a lot more virtual pets than I thought I had, but I also don't have as many as I thought ;) Hopefully the money will start rolling in soon so that I can continue :) I haven't bought any new virtual pets in... just over a year :P

My very first Tamagotchi (not first virtual pet) was a Tamagotchi Angel. My mom bought it for me when I got really good grades on my report card. I had already owned other virtual pets in the past, but this was my first Tamagotchi, and what better way to start than with an Angel? Sadly, when I was in 8th grade a few years later I restarted my Angel, but then i forgot to take it out of my pocket and it was put through the washing machine :( After that my dad bought my sister and I each a pink Tamagotchi Angel. Mine was an American one in the American packaging, but I accidentally left it at a friend's house and I never saw that friend again because he lived really far away. Then my sister gave me hers (the pink one below), but I accidentally dropped it in a bucket of fish water about 4 years ago. So I have really bad luck with Angelgotchis lol Fortunately I have a whole new collection of Angels now :) Here are the broken ones I still have:



I decided to take three separate pictures of my entire collection since I don't have a whole lot of space on the floor in my room. The first picture is of all my non-Tamagotchi Virtual pets.


*In the back row is an "Elapet", which I didn't like. I bought it a long time ago when I was sick and didn't have any other toys to play with because they were all bagged up until I got better. The elepet would have been a fine pet to play with, but every time I would set it down it would just restart, so it became frustrating to play with and I gave up on it. Fortunately it was only $3 at the time because it was when virtual pets were going out of style. I kept it for spare parts in case my other virtual pets get damaged since tehre is no way for me to play with it anyway.

*The middle pet in the back row is a "Sweet Baby". It is unlike any other virtual pet I have ever seen. It doesn't use traditional pixels, but instead has shapes and lines that combine in different combinations to form the character as it grows. I'm not sure how to play with it because I haven't had time to use it since I bought it. Now that I have time I will be trying it out soon. My sister originally owned the exact same pet which she also bought for $3 back when virtual pets were going out of style. Later she either lost it or gave it away. I saw the exact same pet and bought it on eBay for nostalgic reasons :)

*The third pet in the back row is my Gyaoppi 9in1, one of my favorite virtual pets by far. I had bought three of this exact same pet around the same time I bought the other two in that row, each for $3. I gave two to my siblings, and kept the other one for myself. Later I gave that one to my other sibling. About 4 years ago I found it on eBay again and bought it for nostalgic reasons :) I would have preferred a different color, but I guess grey was the only color the seller had.

*The fourth pet is the Multi-pet 8in1. This was the second type of virtual pet I ever owned. Originally I had the heart shaped version, but I think I either traded it or gave it away for one reason or another. About 6 years ago a former friend gave me the one you see above.

*The two pets in the long packages on the left side I bought on eBay a couple of years ago. They restart every time I set them down, just like the Elapet, so I never got to raise them. At least I got some batteries out of the scenario, though, and the pets were only $5 each, so no big deal. They are a dinosaur and a duck character. Its too bad because they would have made cute watch pets.

*In the second row is a green pet, which I think was called "Cute Pet". It looked interesting and it was pretty cheap, so I bought it on eBay. I think it is similar to Tamagotchi characters from what I can tell.

*The white heart shaped pet is an "Electronic Pocket Chicken", which looked sort of similar to a Dinkie Dino with the icons going up and down the side. I still haven't played with it, but I will eventually when I put a review up. I bought it on eBay for pretty cheap.

*The Yuki Pengin was bought on eBay for pretty cheap. It is one of my favorite pets.

*The yellow Dinkie Dino was given to me by my sister, which she had gotten when she was younger when virtual pets were in style.

*The Aqua Palz pet on the right side is a Dolphin that I bought on eBay for pretty cheap. When I received it the batteries were dead, so I didn't get a chance to play with it yet.

*The teal Nano-puppy is actually a Nano Kitty in a Nano Puppy box (I couldn't find the kitty box, so I just put it in a puppy box lol), and it was given to me about 5 years ago by my mom as a gift after my choir concert. She also gave me a Nano-puppy, which I gave to my sister, and my first Tamagotchi connection, which was a V2 :)

*The orange Nano-kitty, which is the vintage design, I bought on eBay for $25ish about 3 years ago or so. So its a very recent pet, but I did have the exact same pet a long time ago, which I gave to a friend because I got tired of it. Later I asked her if she still wanted it, and she gave me a Gigakitty instead, thinking that was the pet I gave her. I wasn't disappointed, but it was kind of silly lol

*The Giga pet Compu Kitty next to the Nano kitty is a pet I bought for about $25. The original Compu Kitty, which had the Nano programming back in the day, was the very first virtual pet I ever saw and played with. My friend let me borrow it. I was given one with the newer programming by another friend a few years later, as I stated above, but later gave it away to someone I think. A couple of years ago I bought the one with the newer programming on eBay. It is one of my favorite pets. Both the Rugrats giga and he Little Mermaid giga next to the Kitty were also bought about 2 years ago for a few bucks on ebay.

*The Toy Story virtual pet was a pet that was one of my sister's first virtual pets. Later she either traded it or gave it away or lost it. Then a few years ago I bought this one on eBay for pretty cheap.

*The bunny virtual toy was something I bought on eBay a couple years ago. To be quite honest I have no idea how it works or what its for. It just looked really cute and it was kinda cheap. It is a Japanese toy, so if anyone has any info on how it works, let me know! It is super cute :)

*The Hello Kitty pet was a pet that was bought by my dad on eBay for my sister a long time ago when we were in middle school. We had no idea how it worked at the time. My sister gave it to me a couple of years ago because she didn't know how it worked.

*The Keroppi pet was a pet I bought on eBay about a year and a half ago for pretty cheap. I had been eyeing it for quite a long time... probably 10 years, but didn't buy it until recently.

*The Honey Bear in the bottom right corner is a pet I bought about a year and a half ago. Originally my sister and I had a pink one, which was given to us by our cousin. The one given to us was sort of broken, so I bought this one on eBay to see what it was like, but it didn't have a battery so I still haven't played with it. From what I remember it was pretty cute, though. We'll see when I put up a review about it.

I will be posting more pictures of my Tamagotchis later. For now this entry will just be about the broken Angels and my non-Tamagotchi pets

Tags: broken angels, my collection, virtual pets
Current Mood: chipper

Gengintchi is a Tamagotchi that is based on a Japanese movie about cavemen. I'm not sure what the movie is called, but I want to see it lol The characters are super cute in my opinion, but I have never taken the time to fully raise this one. It is a little more needier than the other tamagotchis, but not nearly as bad as the Oceangotchi. Also the sounds are different and they bug me a little bit because its really loud heheh. I still think it was worth collecting though :)





Here is a picture of the one I currently own:

price

I bought mine for about $35, but I could be wrong. I know it was somewhere in in the $30-40 range. Not terribly expensive for such a unique, rare Tamagotchi. Last I saw they were still in the lower $42-55ish range. If you like special edition Tamagotchis this is a nice addition at that price. If I had known the sound was so annoying then I probably wouldn't have bought it though, because I rarely play with it. Still nice to show off though XD

Genjintchi Growth Chart

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Tags: genjintchi, tamagotchis, vintage tamagotchis
Current Mood: blank

One of the very first Tamagotchis. This is a generation 2. Meaning there was one other before it. The first generation was the first to come out. I also have a Japanese p1. I've managed to get almost every character on the P2. Apparently, there are two versions of the Japanese P2, known as "type 1" and "type 2". Type 1 appears to have most of the same characters as the American version and type 2 apparently has a special characters known as "Nyantchi" which is also found as a secret character on the American V2. You can tell the difference between the type 1 and type 2 because type 1 has a blue background in the packaging and type 2 has a red background in the packaging. Both the Japanese P2's have rice for food instead of a hamburger. From what I've seen there isn't much difference beyond this. Also, the eggs on the Japanese P2's are different from each other. I give the P2 a 9 out of 10 just like the P1.








Here are some pictures of the ones I currently own:


American P2







Japanese P2 Type 1








Japanese P2 Type 2








This is my silver European version:





Here are some pictures of two of my favorite characters:

price

I got my Generation 2 for Christmas when they first came out. I'm guessing it was probably for about $10-12. Now you can find them running for about $30-200. I got the European version for very cheap at only $20, but they usually go for way more now. Auctions are usually the cheaper ones but I would hold out for a cheap "BUY IT NOW" deal if you can :) If you see one for over $40 then do not bother buying it unless it is a Special Edition or something because that seller is most likely a rip-off. These are not terribly rare so they should not be expensive.

Gen 2 Growth Chart

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Tags: tamagotchi p2, tamagotchis, vintage tamagotchis
Current Mood: bouncy

This is the very first virtual pet to ever come out :D It is a Generation 1 Tamagotchi. After that... well you know what happened :D Tamagotchis became one of the biggest fads in many different countries and Bandai has inspired other Toy companies to make their own versions of virtual pets. I can't believe I didn't get this one until just recently. So far the buttons are really easy to push, response time is good and the characters are cute. I'm very proud to own this one! I give it a 9 out of 10 since it is the original, but lacking some of the interesting features that other virtual pets at the time had.



Here are some pictures of the Japanese one I currently own:







Here is a picture of the European version I have:





I also have the 1997 Hong Kong Special Edition:

price

I just got mine for about $15 on eBay. Japanese ones are $30-50ish, and American ones have gone up to around $30-200ish or more depending on the design. The Hong Kong Special edition was about $50, and I got the European version for very cheap at only $20 even though they usually go for way more. If you are familiar with how Tamagotchis work, I would recommend getting a Japanese one because not only are they cheaper, they usually have cuter designs in my opinion :)

Generation 1 Growth Chart

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Tags: tamagotchi p1, tamagotchis, vintage tamagotchis

When the Virtual pet craze hit it's peek in the 90s, Disney decided to jump on the band wagon and released a bunch of virtual pets with Disney related characters. Toy Story was one of those movies. This virtual pet has 3 characters you can play with. "The Claw" randomly selects one for you to raise: 1) an alien, 2) an alien duck or 3) an alien pooch. They are all pretty cute in my opinion. I think you can pause this one. You have to constantly clean the air supply because they are on a space ship lol You also have to keep your character fit because it's hard to get exercise in outer space I guess. All in all I give it a 7 out of 10. I love the nice huge screen and the characters are cute, but the shell is a tad bulky and I don't think it has an actual clock for telling time. I'm not sure if the characters evolve or not because I never played with it long enough to find out.



Here is a picture of the one I currently own:

price

I got mine for about $15 if I recall correctly. I rarely see them on eBay but they generally go for $34-50. If they are not less than $30 then I wouldn't bother with this one because the seller is too expensive. If you REALLY want this virtual pet, hold out until you find one for around $15-20. It is a nice virtual pet to own, but if I had only found one for $50 I would not have bought it. That's just too expensive.

Tags: disney, toy story, virtual pets
Current Mood: amused

This is a Yuki Pengin, also known as a Dinkie Penguin. Apparently "yuki" means "snow". I presume it is by the same company who made Dinkie Dinos because they are almost exactly the same, except it's a different animal. It is a generic virtual pet that appeared on the market around the time the vintage Tamagotchis were released. This is one of my newer additions to my collection. The characters are way cute! The foods are a little more different than on the Dinkie Dino, but not much has changed. I like the outer shell design. The penguin shape is adorable ^_^ I also like the colors it comes in. These are hard to find sometimes. I would give it a 9.5 out of 10 just like the Dinkie Dino since it also lacks a pause feature, but everything else on it is awesome.



Here is a picture of the one I currently own:

price

I got mine for about $10 I think :D It was pretty inexpensive, that's all I remember really. They seem a little more rare than the Dinkie Dinos, so you may have a little trouble finding one, and then if you do it might be going for a lot because some sellers think you will buy anything for any price. Just hold out until you find a cheap one is what I say :) You might not find the color you like, but it is an excellent virtual pet to own, regardless. Right now they seem to be going for $20-50, which isn't too bad. If you are careful you could get a nice used one for $20. Just make sure to ask the seller to send a picture of the pet in functioning order before you buy any used pet. And I would not recommend buying a really rare virtual pet if it is used because you might get ripped off.

Dinkie Penguin Growth Chart

I'm having a hard time finding the growth chart for this one. Let me know if you find one so I can post it! :D

Tags: virtual pets, yuki pengin (dinkie penguin)
Current Mood: dorky