Bandai has announced that it will bring back Tamagotchi for iOS and Android mobile devices. Surely many mothers who saw their children hooked to death on this addictive invention will see lightning and dark clouds in the sky when they find out, but it does not stop raising a nostalgic smile. For those of you who do not know what it is or do not remember, it was a digital pet as dependent on us as a newborn that we had to care for and grow from a small pocket console with a few buttons. Since its departure in 1996, the Japanese company has sold a whopping 76 million units.
The game will be called Tamagotchi Life and he will repeat the formula that led him to success but with updated graphics and functions with integrated games and unbearable kitschy community actions. We will also have a retro game mode for the most nostalgic.
Perhaps in recent years in Europe the endearing little animal and everything related to it has been forgotten, but in Japan and the US it has been revisited through Nintendo DS games, Wii and some movies along the way.
I sincerely fear the return of this sinister bug. It should be remembered the obsessive relationship that some of its users developed with this being virtual of extreme dependency. He was like a baby who needed constant attention and the consequences of forgetting or not attending to them correctly. could cause his death. This dramatic turn of events accompanied by an artificial emotional relationship with Tamagotchi caused some children, mainly Japanese, to commit suicide out of guilt.
Foreseeing that perhaps humanity has already learned from its mistakes, we look with interest but with caution at this resurgence. Bandai has not provided a release date or price, although they do point out that the arrival is imminent. Meanwhile on Google Play you can find a substitute called Pou that offers almost the same, even if it is not the original, and it is completely free .
Enjoy, friends, but with caution.
Source: Tamagotchi Life