The Tamagotchi Paradise is now out in the United States. Did you manage to get one, and are you enjoying it?The Tamagotchi Uni is also now out of production. Thoughts on the device, now that its run has ended?
Update on the Omori Tamagotchis:While they’re still delayed till next quarter, they’ve release production made pictures of them and they turned out great. Definitely excited to get mine in hand later this year.
He saved the series. But on a more unironic note, I do wonder what Tamagotchi would be like right now if Japanese memes didn't shape the franchise.
So apparently these are great, is it true
>>11524760The Paradise specifically? It's pretty solid. I have a few personal gripes, mainly to do with how slow the first few days of gameplay are since a lot of content is locked behind a level-up system, and the UI's horribly clunky, but you can get used to it eventually. I originally thought it was pretty passive without much incentive to keep going after a certain point, but the in-game achievements and being able to record every character you get is a decent motivator to keep going.I wouldn't call it my favorite entry, but I think it does a good job at what it sets out to do. It's been selling insanely well too, likely due to people being excited about the series' return to form, specifically in character design and tone. The color screen entries shifted in tone compared to the black and white LCDs by veering more towards explicitly feminine moe anime character designs and increased slice of life social elements, but this one goes back to having a simpler world with plainer designs that appeal to men and women.
How did they think making the player manually zoom in and out was a good idea? I like the Paradise conceptually but fuck the menus suck ass. Why not keep the normal menu layout and have the game automatically zoom in and out for you based on what you select? It just makes no sense.
Should I get this or a Tamagotchi Uni?
>>11524936The Uni relies heavily on online FOMO as its content, like timed events and paid digital DLC. Since it's no longer in production, you're going to miss out on the only meat the device has, unless you're banking on preservationists and modders to save it.Paradise is the current entry and everything is offline, meaning almost everything will be available forever.
>>11524934I ended up muting my Paradise because the zoom sound effect got obnoxious. But in terms of actual menuing, it's one giant clusterfuck altogether. Always starting on the useless planet screen that has zero practicality, and then zooming into the field. The field view's most necessary function is cleaning poop, but instead it's set as the second to last option, with the far more niche outdoor customization listed first. And then you have to zoom in more to feed, but have to zoom in even more to check out the status of your Tamagotchi before having to zoom out again to feed it.What a disaster of an interface. You'd think they'd learn, since the vintage Tamagotchi had bad UI like listing lights second and bathroom and status near the end before eventually correcting to the Status->Food->Toilet gold standard they used for years. Why go backwards like that?
>>11524934>>11525867Kids think it's fun to spin things. Age and bitterness have killed your souls.
>>11525903Thats cool except Bandai has acknowledged that the fanbase is mostly in their 30s and has refocused to appeal to them.
>>11525911Most people in their thirties have kids Anon. They aren't buying tamagotchis just to play with them themselves.
Where the fuck can I buy this?
>>11525916bandai hate america, you guys won't be seeing new stock until september at the very earliest and i wouldn't hold my breath. just remember you literally voted for this have fun paying the shipping fees
>>11525915>implying the Japanese adult audience they're pandering to have kidsbased retard
All of the Paradise's code unlocks got datamined and posted. There's a decent amount of code unlocks that putting in all of them would make them on par with Connections, and thankfully unlike other offline entries like the Pix, you don't need to rescan to gain access to them again once you use them. I am curious about how much content is locked behind Lab Tama though. I know Dekatama-exclusive content isn't new to the franchise but I do hope they're unimportant enough to feel fine missing out on.>>11525911I still have to wonder what the series would look like if Bandai didn't start pandering to adults. Paradise's character design philosophy definitely feels like they're throwing their aging nostalgics a bone, and the nonstop Plus merchandising appeals to the younger adults in their 20s or so. There's a clear shift in tone between the Meets having glittery shell designs and marketing with dolled up characters vs. the Smart's sleek, minimalistic design and mostly oddball cast.It's funny to look back on, how the 15th anniversary iDL poll got flooded with anime-era kids completely eclipsing old-school fans who were falling out of the hobby, to the 25th poll, where old fans all banked their votes on Ginjirotchi and Oyajitchi to beat the anime charas, to now, where old fans all came back and have enough majority say to shape the new devices.
God, I fucking hate Reddit. All the toxic positivity while scrolling through the sub actually makes me angry. There is next to no actual discussion of the Paradise and when there is it's just the same "OMG I LOVE IT SO MUUUUUUCH!!!! THIS IS THE BEST TAMAGOTCHI EVEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!" Literal npcs but this place is so slow and barely talks about anything. Being a virtual pet fan is suffering...
>>11527558Man I just want one at this point. I had pink preordered and decided I hated it at the last minute. reddit was convinced there'd be no stock issues so I figured they'd done this song and dance before and knew what they were redditing about. What a fool I was. You can check older threads here and some anons have talked about their experiences.
>>11527558I shared my thoughts about the Paradise in the previous thread >>11508652 (along with a few other posts), but it does seem like there aren't many people actually discussing it as a v-pet English-side outside of the few people into documenting things as raw guides, which while helpful isn't a good way to actually get a feel for the device. I still stand by the tone mattering a lot, so the shift back to something more akin to Hoshi de Hakken and the simpler designs appeal to me a lot, but it's a shame they dropped the ball on the UX/UI.>this place is so slow and barely talks about anything.I end up rambling a lot about the franchise in general since there's no good place to talk about it, but don't really get any discussion going. Reddit's Reddit and Japanese Twitter's better about people giving their honest opinions on the franchise but you can't get any discussion going on that site. Kind of tempted to just throw the towel and give the Digimon vpet Discord a go, but I never liked how Discord's a closed community so information just falls into the void there.
>>11527654The games themselves are so simplistic there's not much to talk about with any specific device.
>>11528100If the gameplay's so simplistic that it doesn't matter, then why are the V4/V4.5/En-Uratamas and P's so beloved, to the point of people asking for rereleases of them? Why do the P's, Smart and Uni sell gameplay DLC? There's clearly SOME level of interest in the game element, even if the meatier devices are still simpler than high-budget video games for the same price. It's what keeps people invested in the whole v-pet side of things, rather than it simply being yet another character merch franchise.
>kids crying because their Tamagotchis died>release the Ocean>fast forward>man children crying because it's too hard to spam feed+clean once every couple of hours>devices get easier and easier to the point that even the babysitter isn't necessaryI'm not saying that I want Tamagotchis to be a second job but some challenge makes raising them worthwhile. I don't think Tamas on the Paradise can even die....
what's the quality on the tamagotchi connection re-releases? are they worth getting?
>>11528842Funny thing is that the Uni can go days without any care. >killing a tama in UniHow do these people function in life at all?
>>11528842They can die in Paradise from neglect but it isn't likely to happen before you get tired of one and breed it
>>11528850It's based on the Western V3 release with a bit of Keitai elements software-wise, so on that front it's an upgrade since it includes a decent chunk of content from there, but the overall quality hardware-wise is a little worse. A common complaint is that while the better software makes the UI navigation and loads a lot quicker, it also drains battery life much faster so you'll likely only get about a month's worth from a fresh battery vs. the originals lasting many months, and the screens also scratch easier than the originals, so the plastic's probably built worse. I wouldn't recommend getting a Wave 1 shell at all, since screen contrast and battery issues are more common on those.It's a much fairer asking price than resellers selling their old Connections (unless you get lucky scouring eBay), but YMMV on whether it's worth paying a bit more for a used original Connection if the battery life and build quality matters, or just buying the rerelease. Personally, I'm quite fond of the Keitai elements they incorporated into the rerelease so I ended up preferring it to the original V3.>>11528842I'm kind of surprised at people getting bad-cares accidentally now that growths are so fast and discipline CMs are gone.
>>11528842eh, I get preoccupied with other things in life so I don't mind them being easy-going.>>11528880I once ended up focusing on other hobbies, so I left my uni alone without turning it off and ended up killing multiple uni tamas in a row.
>>11524664>>11527654>>11528362>this made Japan shit themselves with laughterhow
>last planet unlock are dev creditsWhy?
>>11529038They've been pandering pretty hard to their adult/otaku fanbase as of late, and I think the addition of credits is meant for that crowd, since it lets them know who made what. I do wish it was a bit more detailed than just things like "Lab HQ", since I'm not really sure what to get out of that compared to, say, Developers/Debuggers/Character Designers/Product Designers etc.Bandai's been doing a lot more dry/technical interviews, behind the scenes showcases, and general adult marketing, so I think this is just another way of showcasing their shift in tone.>>11529016>cute in a sincere, simple way>easy to draw which means easy fanart and memes>represents both vintage and Connection era>good reaction image material>most importantly, iconicI'm more surprised it took Bandai this long to capitalize off of him. The adult cast is usually used for marketing, but they ignored how vital the child stages were to old-era Tamagotchi. You can get a Mametchi or Kuchipatchi or Gozarutchi if you raise your Tama a certain way, but you'll always start with a Marutchi.
>>11529090>They've been pandering pretty hard to their adult/otaku fanbase as of lateI feel like they failed on the Paradise if this is the case. Nothing says pandering to adults like a huge egg toy with a spinny top and abysmal UI choices. I like the Paradise in concept but I really hope theres a hardware and UI revision down the line.
>>11528954>uni alone without turning it off and ended up killing multiple uni tamas in a row.Same. I was only able to keep a Uni Tama alive for 100+ days twice but after that my attempts ended in failure.I could like to try again with the DoriTama School DLC but I'm sure they will kill the servers before I'm done.
>>11529541>I was only able to keep a Uni Tama alive for 100+ days twice but after that my attempts ended in failure.The thing about the Uni's gameplay style is that simply keeping them alive long enough to marry off has been the easiest it's been in the series, since they made dying from starvation or leaving a character sick for too long a lot more lenient (alongside removing discipline, which resulted in CMs and sickness on certain devices). You can just leave the device sitting for a day or so and have no problem getting an adult.However, they haven't changed dying from getting sick too many times in the same stage, so the challenge of keeping a single character alive for a long time is still there since you can't clear out the sickness counter in adulthood. I'd even argue it's harder to get a "high score" age in the Uni compared to old-school entries due to the stricter stat depletion rates, especially with certain characters. Kuchipatchi on the Connectios loses hunger every 75 minutes and happiness every 100 minutes, and has a 30% chance of getting sick on CM (which can be halved to 15% in the 2024 rerelease with the health drink), so getting him to Age 99 there is easy. Compare to the Uni, where he loses hunger every 30 minutes, happiness every 40, wakes up earlier (7am vs. 9am on Connection), and his sickness per CM rate can't be mitigated at all, so messing up and dying along the way becomes much easier.
>>11528362In the sake of keeping the thread alive I want to ask. Is it possible to rerelease the P's in the current era. I'm not talking about the franchise shifting design philosophy but from a DLC point of view.The P's added new content with IR and Deco piece (the main distribution method) but I don't think a deco piece rerelease is a good idea, if anything is a stupid idea.It pains me to say it but I think the best color/anime era rerelease might be the IDL instead. In Japan they just announced a pop up shop and used the IDL to represent that era so I can only guess Bandai thinks it's the flagship device of the era.
>>11524657Are there any guides or anywhere that has ROM dumps of these and Digimons? I want to learn how they work and decompile them
>>11529745Tamagotchi Smart's TamaSmacard basically had the same function as the deco piece and that wasn't too long ago, right? I wouldn't put it past Bandai to try selling deco pieces again for a potential rerelease.Bandai probably chooses the ID L over the Ps because that's where Lovelitchi came from and she's basically the face of that era (well... She debut in the ID, but there's no reason to pick the ID over ID L)
>>11529839Collectables are a winning formula but they only really work on a main device not a rerelease. The best approach for a P's rerelease is to have a collection of "best hits" already on the device.
>>11528880About a week ago on the Tama reddit a handposter asked why the back of her device kept falling off. It didn't have screws.
>horrendous UI, even worse than the Paradise>slow, can't even skip feeding animations and have to hold to confirm button presses so doing the bare minimum basics like feeding becomes a chore>Corona-themed world with your Tama holed up indoors and ordering from Ubereats and Amazon>sterilized world where most of the NPCs are a soulless white blob>no idle animations, Tama just sits in the corner>durability system for items of all things>miniscule base roster with less adults than the Plus Color and zero fan favorites outside Mametchi and Kuchipatchi to peddle DLCWhat the FUCK were they thinking with the Smart
>>11530252The smart is a special case of so bad everyone forgot about it. I actually feel bad for the JP community because the Pix was a far better device (even with it's flaws). I get the feeling the Uni was Bandai's way to apologize for this thing and they managed to screw that one.Amazing shell tho.
>>11530252I'll never forgive bandai for how bad they fucked up Digimon's vital brace. DRM, limited roster, constant attempts to redo the core watch, killing the app. Wish someone out there would just make a real smart watch that just had a vpet app built in with DLC at most for new mons.
>>11530413Related, is Punirunes any good or is the gimmick bad?
>>11530413I really wish Bandai would try to emulate the Poke Walker. imo its still one of the best vpets ever made. The VB came close with being a pedometer pet but it failed hard in a lot of ways.
>>11530548Digimon Pendulum and others like it were supposed to have that function. If we're talking Tamagotchi they did make one, but it was SEA/OCE exclusive.
I think around the same time they released the Digimon Neo and it kinda sucked, pretty limited roster and functionality. Honestly it can't be that hard to add more functions to Vpets, the fucking Tamagotchi On was my favorite. I remember getting into Digimon Vpets around 2020 or so, and was blown away by how much better Tamagotchi had it with the Tamagotchi On/Meets, and they were at the same price online locally.
>>11530622I personally couldn't get behind the gene mix entries, felt like it relied too much on the gimmick over having meaningful content in other aspects, and I prefer having cohesive designs over frankensteining them together.It's a shame, too, because the actual characters introduced in the m!x and Meets are some of the best modern-era designs.
What's the deal with Violetchi anyway?
>>11530620I just think it would be a really homerun idea to have your Tamagotchi collect items, Gochi points, and meet/play with other Tamagotchis as you walk around (or jerk off or whatever). Also have different evolutions tied to steps walked+food/activities done. Thats all I want and its mindblowing that they havent even tried it.
I really dont like how fast each stage is. I see some Redditors saying they dont feel connected to their Tamas because of this too. Cant they find a compromise or something? Like having the timer stop while its with the Sitter or something?
>>11531068Pizalinatchi and Majoritchi were so good
>>11531210>>11530620There was also the Arukotch, which was a vintage-era Tamagotchi pedometer. There weren't any vpet elements to it and the goal was to go out with one of the male Tamas. Tamawalkie had more gameplay, but there wasn't much v-pet elements in it since you only had the main characters as playable options.I think the closest they got to incorporating pedometer functions in a mainline/vpet Tama were in the Smart, where it literally only showed the steps you took and nothing else, and the Uni with the 20 minute Tama Walks, which weren't very substantial, didn't show steps, and the only bearing it had on actual vpet mechanics was as a Care Mistake buffer for Neliatchi and Mametchi.>>11531268Fast growth times have been a problem throughout the Color era, where most entries only have child/teen stages that last a day. I think the real issue is a combination in how bland the child/teen stages look so there's nothing to get attached to, not a lot of ways to interact with your Tama (all items are passive, there's no individual exploration, and very little intimate "pet" mechanics beyond the basics), and the core Planet Level system in the Paradise encourages you to dump your character as soon as he becomes an adult to get more content, so taking it easy with a favorite is actively detrimental.
>>11531291The ultra rare purple pepe 1999 vpet
>>11531068My goodness what a slutty boy
The Paradise already got hacked. None of the "Lab Tama" Dekatama content is actually on the device so it gets downloaded onto it, which means people can inject their own custom eye genes and items.https://x.com/GMMan_BZFlag/status/1956624100694364278I wonder if it'll eventually be possible to make fully custom characters or change the mechanics/update the device on the fly, but being able to make fanmade content is a huge plus.
>>11531935Of course its a furry tranny (same thing). If they do anything useful, they'd do something about the UI or at least get the device to remember which menu you were at before going in standby,
>>11532083>series that bred Digimon>not expecting furfagsI'll take them over Sanriotroons any day, at least they actually care about the series
>>11531935I wish more Vpets were hackable, the VB series was easy to make customs for iirc since it was USB based and the sprites were loaded on device.
>>11532089When I played the Digimon card game, this one card art had me squint and say "This artist 100% wants to fuck the digimon". It has that specific type of "you just know" shading.
>>11532089ew... no furfag shit
>>11532090The Tamagotchi P's, Meets (On), and Smart are all hackable, but I think the Meets was the only one to get gameplay mods, I think relating to the gene lottery mechanics and forcing growth into adulthood faster/bypassing the bug that keeps your Tamas as teens forever. The other two just have character mods and English translation patches if you can't read Japanese. For P's it used an IR phone to connect to, Meets used MyMeets, and the Smart uses the same system ad VB's DIM cards.>>11532214You can blame Bandai for this one, just like how Tamagotchi's pandering to adult otaku now, Digimon's been pandering to furries and the waifu crowd for a long time. Easy money and goodwill from that audience.
Is it so immoral to marry your Tama?
>>11533461Reminder that Melodytchi is oyajipilled so (You) stand a good chance
>>11533490>tfw twinkI can't beat the appeal of a fat bastard. It was never meant to be
>Pix Party is supposed to be an upgrade to Pix>replace the one character everybody likesIt's doubly strange considering Weeptchi ended up getting used for marketing all throughout the Smart and Uni era while Wawatchi was thrown in the trash instantly
nanorayspex (Bio_100%) prototype tamagotchi spriteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_i33kaeSEYThey have a unique feeling to them, don't they?
>>11533667spritework can be seen in very early prototype P1
>>11533461I want to marry Pianitchi so much>>11533650I feel like they also tried to make Milktchi the new "female" face of the franchise but she too was quickly abandoned, a shame because Milkchi and Wawatchi are both cute.
>usual fanbase is full of mentally ill Hello Kitty and Labubu girls and trannies>fanbase here is full of gay furfags and waifufags who want to fuck the Digimon and anime girlsHow did this even happen? Not that I'm complaining
>>11534369tamagotchi in general has a larger female fanbase. But most 4chan anons are male so discussion tend towards waifufagging and furfaggotry if possible.
>>11534369If they didn't want me to fap to Tama girls they shouldn't have made them so hot
This is the only Tamagotchi I have. What Tamagotchi would you recommend?
>>11534422RIght now, you can only get the Paradise, Pix, and Uni for around market price, since the others are all out of production and resold for ridiculous amounts.>ParadiseNewest and cheapest, but also goes out of stock very quickly so buying one is a pain. If you like the Connection's simpler designs, you might enjoy this one, since it has a more feral pet feel to it meant to invoke the vintage era. UI's usually the biggest complaint.>PixIf you can get the Pix Party version, go for that, but regular Pix is almost identical so you're not missing much if you can't. It's probably the most like the Connection in terms of gameplay style, since you raise one guy to adulthood and it has a lot of features adjacent to certain Connection entries like job training and loads of items to collect which get recorded in your library, and a similar "slice of life" world established in the Connection era. The roster is a decent mix of vintage/Connection characters, series-wide mascots, anime mascots and random oddball choices, so it's a good entry to get a taste for a variety of eras character-wise. No DLC, but items were unlocked through QR codes which were datamined and preserved, so all content is available to players. Probably the one I'd recommend the most, since Paradise is hard to find. The big complaints people have with the Pix are the touch buttons, size and the poor battery life, but the latter can be mitigated by not using the camera as much.>UniMostly relies on online, but since it's not in production anymore, it's anyone's guess as to whether it'll still be supported. Weekly-Monthly events and DLC were its main focus, alongside character customization with outfits distributed through Wi-Fi, so losing that means you miss out on a lot of the intended meat. Despite that, an offline Uni still functions as a somewhat complete entry. Most of the base roster are newcomers, with the legacy cast being relegated to DLC. The world focuses a lot more on the digital age.
>>11530548>I really wish Bandai would try to emulate the Poke Walker. imo its still one of the best vpets ever made.What the hell? I'm fortunate enough to have one but I've always thought it was pretty mediocre. The actual meaning of he interactivity on the device is pretty low, and the prizes you are most likely to get aren't too exciting compared to what you can get by just spending a similar amount of time in the accompanying game.It's really just a pedometer that pays out an item and Pokemon when you get enough steps in. I barely even consider it a Vpet.Not to mention, I lost a Pokemon to the void during transfer at one point. Thankfully I was already paranoid about this so it wasn't someone important.
Been enjoying the Paradise so far. I like the character designs, especially the Shirotamas and Gaiatchi. Very cute with just enough oddness to it.
>>11528842>doesn't take his tama to work with him filthy casual
>>11534629>ShirotamasI hated these guys in the Smart and Uni since they were used in place of actual NPCs, so the world felt soulless.Very pleasantly surprised by their implementation in the Paradise, having them be used as a player stand-in for menu functions feels much more natural.
>>11534757They have a much more natural role, now. It would be fun to raise one
>Ichigotchi continues to exist both as a series mascot for Connection-era and as a raisable adult in modern entries>Ringotchi gets to piggyback off of Ichigotchi by virtue of sharing the fruit theme>Hinotamatchi gets nothing despite also being a Connection mainstayIT'S NOT FAIR
it pains me to purposefully neglect my tama to get all the types. There must be a better way
>>11535857Personally feel like some combination of the V4 and Entama's growth system would be ideal. They almost nailed it with the skill point system for both but messed up slightly one way or another.>V4 growth has skill points largely determining growth into adulthood, with stakes still included by having the Universal group act as skill point/care mistake fail evos so you don't just halfass your way to adulthood>messes up by making family growths heavily weigh towards Memezoku , meaning Kuchizoku in particular is very hard to get under most circumstances and all children still have likely chances of becoming Memezoku teens>Entama growths use a much fairer family growth system where you can tell what you get from the get-go, and marriage explicitly gives you the child you want in a Rock Paper Scissors triangle of Kuchi>Mame>Meme>Kuchi priority, so you're not left to RNG heavily skewing one way>but there's no failstate for adulthood growths, so you can do the bare minimum and get rewarded for it>and on the opposite end, alt teenager growths require 4 care mistakes in child stage, so to get anything beyond "Young x" teen characters you have to actually do nothing in the child stageThe good aspects of V4 and Entama's growths completely balance each other out, so combining the concept and ironing it out would be perfect. I'm not sure why they never experimented with skill point growths ever again outside P's, since they're a much smarter way of handling growth than letting your Tamagotchi starve, wait 15 minutes, and tally it to get anything that isn't perfect or the absolute worst tier.In terms of other mechanics, Pix Party specifically has a system where inviting an adult that matches the egg color and gender you got to a Party 5 times guarantees growing into that adult without having to rack up CMs, but that still doesn't mitigate that system's flawed egg color RNG mechanic where you could be stuck with the same set over and over.
>>11535857>There must be a better wayThe Ps already did it and they just completely ignore that it happened.
>>11537172>they just completely ignore that it happened.They ignored the good parts but they sure as hell didn't ignore the shitty aspect of the P's aka connect to multiple different devices for secrets and "eat DLC food to become DLC character". Fucking Bandai Scamco
>>11529745iDL being the "main" makes sense considering it's the first one that defined post-Connection Tamagotchi. Plus Color felt like an extension of the Plus/Connection era since it had a roster that focused on Entama and Famitama characters that would be irrelevant in the anime, and the naming convention felt like a play on the Tamagotchi Plus series, while iD was the one to introduce the Tamatomo system and a lot of anime mainstays.
>>11535857Wtf happened to Memetchi?
>>11537689Flop mascot so she's shelved outside of obligatory Connection nostalgia. The signs were there since the Smart when they canned her and relegated her to DLC.
>>11537690I guess girls only care about the boy mascots. Lame.
>>11537693The thing with Memetchi is that she consistently failed as a mascot popularity-wise, even compared to the other female mascots. Keitai introduced Furawatchi who was far more well-received by fans to the point of being the 4th mascot during the Connection era, but was eventually shelved due to the hassle of a botched localization (for context, she was redesigned and named Violetchi in the West because the name Flowertchi was reserved for a random mob chara on the Connection V2). The anime-era girls were all well-liked during the run too, with Memetchi becoming divisive due to her whiny nature in the show. After the anime ended, they started to lean back on Mimitchi, a female character who was always well-liked but Bandai never capitalized off her for some reason. Furawatchi was also brought back, with them deciding to finally ignore the localization change that went on during the Connection era and started using Memetchi less since they're no longer obligated to use her. There's a reason why the two of them managed to survive the culling for the Paradise.Bringing boy mascots into the picture, despite the Entama bringing in the Memezoku family, Memetchi herself was mogged in popularity by Togetchi and Shimashimatchi, two filler characters in her family grouping (which is also why Shima gets brought back as a surprise fanservice character ever now and then), and the lack of interest in her meant her slot ended up getting taken by Marutchi, a popular joke character, when Corner Shop-themed events happen.It's less that girl mascots aren't liked, it's more that Memetchi just didn't work but Bandai banked too hard on her to let go until now. She was the epitome of a shill mascot.
Where is she. Bring her back. You can't even get her on Tamaweb.
When did the Pix suddenly get a popularity surge? Back when it was new, people hated it compared to the On.
>>11537767>teen stageIt was over before it began. Which is a shame because every gen seemed to have popular child/teens that never get used since only adults matter in this franchise.
>>11537859i feel like that a lot of older devices go through that.The 4U has pretty bad reception when it came out but now I generally hear positive things about it.
>>11537712If they removed her for mascot reasons, it makes no sense why they'd remove Lovelitchi as well, when she was arguably the most popular female Tamagotchi
>>11538024They use mimitchi and furawatchi more because they better fit the image they're going for now. But lovelitchi is still their #1 pick if they are trying to represent the ID era
>>11538024It's not entirely new though, they couldn't even commit to Lovelitchi in the anime era since Yumekira focuses on a replacement cast.I'd want to say her being cut from Paradise was because she's too human compared to the feral tone of the new world, but they relegated her to DLC in the Uni too, so that throws that theory out the window. I think the issue with Lovelitchi specifically is the barrier of entry the anime has since most of it was exclusive to Japan, whereas current Tamagotchi tries to be more global, which is a completely different can of worms compared to Memetchi's situation.
>>11538037*"Anime" era might be a better term
>>11532092It's koki, you can find the artist on twitter and he without a doubt does kemono porn. God bless him/her.
>>11538038>but they relegated her to DLC in the Uni tooLovelitch is an interesting case, she was a DLC character in P's, Smart and Uni. It feels like they want to get rid of her and replace her but they simply can't, for a while they tried to replace her with Milktchi (female adult that also need perfect care) but she was also cut on the Paradise.>>11538009If I remember correctly, people use drop hate it because of the lack of content compared to the P's. When the U4 released you were able to buy a P's and a bunch of deco piece for cheap and infrared was still available to most phones so the 4U was a huge disappointment. Now a days the U4 has a bunch of custom downloadable content and it's cheaper than the P's.>>11537859All things considered the Pix is a great device. Petting you tamagotchi is fun and extremely cute, I'm shocked they decided to remove it for the uni and paradise. The main issues it had was the battery life, the camera (that killed the battery) and the touch buttons (accuracy depends on battery life)
>>11525950I didn’t vote for this
>>11528842My issue with the digimon pen colors is how piss baby easy they are like near impossible to fuck up on so i think I will skip the paradise
>>11538313Too many people bitched about the endless pooping of ver 20 so now they over corrected and made it harder to accidentally fuck up.
>>11538314I like the endless poop as it feels very chaotic and I thrive in chaos and turmoil, never understood the complaints unless they never carried the 20th around with them, even though that’s how you are meant to use virtual pets
>>11538317The bigger issue with ver 20 was the lack of fridge. You could only make them shut the fuck up for 3 hours at a time (unless it reached its designated sleep time which then would make the nap extend into a full sleep cycle).
The godzilla Digimon crossover device looks cool but the paradise just blows it out of the water
>>11538314I think the poop is manageable with only one digimon, two are just pure caos. (I always ran two because it was fun, a shame no other Vpet will try it again)
>>11538526Well pendulum 20 also had that but good luck finding that at below 200 smackaroos.
I want to play my Tamagotchis every day but my job takes up too much of my time
>>11538843I don't get why they removed Pause from the Connection rerelease when Digimon lets you freeze your pet. I also get what the later Color releases did with the Sitter function and all, but being able to stop and start at any time without having to worry about missing them at night or taking out the batteries was a huge plus.At least the babysitter is cute.
>>11538221This shit makes me uneasy, you just know without a doubt.
Any Digimon V-pets in color out there? That are... affordable?
>>11538959Hahaha no especially now with tariffs. Getting any now will easily cost more than $100 even if bought directly from a site like jyw-tmgc
It was torturous to have to purposefully neglect my tama, but I pulled through it for Shigemi-san. Now he can rest in the hot spring and have a happy life
>>11538957If the staff and fans both like it, more power to them. More than anything, I'm impressed that Tamagotchi managed to avoid becoming waifu/bara/TDM furry bait, but the overwhelming popularity of Tama probably means they don't have to resort to pandering to a small dedicated niche like that.
>>11540064>TDM furryI mean, Tamagotchi falls under this category (specially the anime ones) but I get what you mean, I in my humble (TDM furry) opinion I don't think they were designed to intentionally bait people.
>>11528842I also hate how new Furbies need no care whatsoever
>>11528842I think people want to have vpets that are more demanding, but modern life just doesn't really accommodate it, sadly
>>11540684Feeding/cleaning up poop during your work break/smoke break/snack break/shidding is too much?
>>11541161nta but i don't want my coworkers to see me playing with a pink little girl autism egg
>>11540684As long as there is a fridge function, I would be perfectly happy just playing at home.I just want some extra depth. Intentional stat choice, over intentional neglect.There are a lot of ways things could be expanded upon, but I feel like some things aren't changed because that's the way it's always been done.
>>11541202You dont do absolutely everything to not be around your coworkers during breaks?
>>11541266>intentional neglectThe real solution is for Bandai to make accidental neglect a part of the gameflow and create uneappealing bad cares as punishment again instead of keeping the CM system while making the actual care aspect a free ride, but they're too afraid to commit.The entire concept of intentional neglect became ridiculous with the M!X where all of the version exclusive characters people actually gave a shit about were the worst possible care, so it meant not doing anything.
>>11541365There should be a traumagotchi where by default if you do nothing you get the "best" character but you have to diligently correct this bratty little alien to get the one you want.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2r5WiuxRa0Could you love and care for a clump of iron fillings?
>>11543685What a cool idea. What happens if you drop or shake it too much, and all the filings fall off the track?
>>11543744You sniff up the fillings and your pet becomes a part of you forver! :O
Tamagotchi nano my melody & kuromi
Blue lock nano colorful
>>11527558Were is the redditor farm virtual pet game. You have to tell them god isn't real 3 hours per day or they just die.
>Nanoslop
>>11544533>>11544534They can’t trick me into getting unfun nanos…they can’t
>>11544537COLOR!?
I fell for the EVA and Jurassic Park nanos. Never again.
>>11547201Same, but R2-D2
>>11547201Tovelty factor of raising actual creatures with the Harry Potter one instead of literal humans was nice. Shame it's impossible to discuss, but it's also Nanoshit so who cares
>>11547201The eva one is probably the most hands off vpet ive ever used. The animations are cool but it really sucks
