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Title: Tamagotchi Paradise looks like the most exciting virtual pet toy in
years

Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 15:50:10 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/tamagotchi-pa...

You've got to hand it to the Tamagotchi team for continuing to find new ways
to spin a toy that is now pushing 30 years old. We've seen a Tamagotchi with
a built-in camera, a Tamagotchi watch with a touchscreen so you can pet your
virtual pet and another one with its own Tamaverse. Sometimes these
experiments don't work out as well as we'd like them to ΓÇö the flat buttons
introduced with Tamagotchi Pix were kind of terrible in practice ΓÇö but they
keep the franchise feeling alive. And alive seems like the best way to
describe the newest member of the Tamagotchi family. Tamagotchi Paradise
looks like it's absolutely bustling with life.

Bandai first teased the upcoming Tamagotchi Paradise in a comic for Free
Comic Book Day at the beginning of May, but it's now official: we're getting
a Tamagotchi that's equipped with a zoom dial feature to observe the critters
up close (like, even down to the cellular level) and from afar. It'll bring
back gene-mixing, too, meaning you'll be able to create unique characters
through breeding. Tamagotchi Paradise will also be able to physically connect
to other devices with a docking port on the top of the egg.

There is a lot of information to unpack in the Tamagotchi Paradise
announcement. For one, instead of starting off by hatching a Tamagotchi
character from an egg, players will hatch an entire planet in an Egg Bang
(get it?) event. You'll be able to view the planet from space, and zoom in to
observe what's going on down at the surface. Your mission is to "enrich your
planet and make its Tamagotchi population flourish." The device will come in
three shell designs ΓÇö Pink Land, Blue Water and Purple Sky ΓÇö and
whichever shell you have will determine which location you start in. It
appears that you'll be able to unlock all three areas eventually no matter
what device you have.

Bandai

As always, you'll have to raise Tamagotchi characters from babies to adults
and do all the usual caretaking tasks, like feeding them and cleaning up
poop. But for once, you'll be able to put all that poop to good use by
turning it into biofuel for space travel. When a Tamagotchi gets sick, you'll
use the dial to "zoom in and treat them at the cellular level." There are a
total of 25 different care menus according to Bandai, including shops and
mini-games.

Tamagotchi Paradise introduces a ton of new, more animal-like characters than
we've been seeing in recent years, and they're really cute. (Don't worry,
Mametchi, Mimitchi and a few other existing favorites will still be there
too). There are also three secret characters that haven't yet been revealed.

Bandai

It looks like it's packed with activities, which would be really nice coming
off of the Tamagotchi Uni, a device I've loved in the two years since it was
released but still can't help but feel like it's a bit boring compared to
others. Tamagotchi Paradise goes back to AAA batteries, which should be good
for longevity. And it'll be cheaper than other recent flagship Tamagotchis,
at $45. Pre-orders haven't opened in the US just yet, but the device will
ship on July 12 according to the Japanese Amazon listing. The wait might
actually kill me.

Once Tamagotchi Paradise arrives, there will be pop-up Tamagotchi Labs in
some as yet unannounced stores where you'll be able to connect your device to
access exclusive items and experiences. Tamagotchi Uni owners will be able to
get a taste of all this ahead of the release as well if they buy the
Tamagotchi Lab Tamaverse ticket, which comes out on July 3.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/tamagotchi-pa...
exciting-virtual-pet-toy-in-years-155010892.html?src=rss

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