Tamagotchi

American  

[tam-uh-goch-ee] / ˌtæm əˈgɒtʃ i /

Trademark.

1. a small electronic toy with a screen, programmed to behave as if it were a pet, requiring the owner to push buttons as if to feed it, clean it, etc.

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Example Sentences

And there's also Digimon virtual pets - another 1990s throwback - though these are also owned by Bandai Namco, and were originally designed as Tamagotchi for boys.

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For the Tamagotchi fans we spoke to, nostalgia is playing a big role.

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"I got my first Tamagotchi back in primary school, my best friend had one back then and I have fond memories of playing with them together," says Emma, known on YouTube as Emmalution.

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Tamagotchi is having a moment - again.

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Global sales more than doubled between 2022 and 2023, it tells the BBC, and Tamagotchi has now opened its first shop in the UK - something it didn't even do when it was 1996's hottest gadget.

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