Sunday, September 12, 2010
Surprise Sundays: Tamagotchi
Surprise surprise! It's your favorite 90's virtual pet that seemed to be more needy than a real living pet. :| The Tamagotchi! Did you ever own one? If you did, I'm pretty sure there was a time when you actually wanted to throw it to the wall because it wouldn't stop making a lot of noise because it's hungry, sleepy or it needs to go the washroom. @-) But it the end, you can't deny you loved it still, right? Here you go, the top 90's virtual pet. Good times, good times. \:D/
The Tamagotchi (たまごっち Tamagotchi?) is a handheld digital pet created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ Co. Ltd., and Aki Maita of Bandai Co. Ltd. It was first sold by Bandai in 1996 in Japan. Over 70,000,000 Tamagotchis have been sold world-wide as of 2008. Most Tamagotchis are housed in a small egg-shaped computer with an interface usually consisting of three buttons, although the number of buttons may vary for different variations.
According to Bandai the name is a portmanteau combining the Japanese word "たまご" (tamago), which means "egg", and the English word "watch" (as in timepiece). Consequently, the name is romanized as "Tamagotch" without the "i" in Japan. At the end of most Tamagotchi character's names, excluding some newer characters like Makiko, is 'tchi' or 'っち' in Japanese.
Source: Wikipedia
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