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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Tamagotchi

Call them the modern day Tamagotchi, the digital pet from the 1990s, but with a lot more firepower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

One plotline involves a corporate brainstorm to make people love and nurture their own talking adbot, essentially a human-sized Tamagotchi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

Swinging from keychains, the Tamagotchi -- whose name is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for "egg" and "watch" -- has become a popular fashion accessory among young people in recent years, according to Bandai.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

Furbys — fuzzy creatures that blinked their large eyes and talked — came along in the ’90s, when digital pets, Tamagotchi, also were all the rage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025

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.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024