Tamagotchi

American

[tam-uh-goch-ee] / ˌtæm əˈgɒtʃ i /

Trademark.

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

“It’s Tamagotchi for the burned out and overwhelmed,” writes Sara Jin Li.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

Harajuku shopper Yumeho Akita, 25, told AFP she had good memories of raising her Tamagotchi for several months during her childhood.

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

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

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024

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