January 18, 2007 8:07 AM PST

Tamagotchi's terrible teens

(Credit: Uber-Review)

The Tamagotchi craze may have subsided years ago, but its concept survived intact. And recently, we've seen other products taking on similar tendencies, so it's not surprising that toymaker Bandai would come out with a new version.

The latest incarnation, according to Uber-Review, is worse than ever: "Now kids have to manage the thing's education, help it get a job and guide it through its career, all the while attempting to play mini-games to earn intellectual, beauty or social skill points--or risk ending up with a stupid, ugly, antisocial pet."

Sounds to us as if it's become more realistic than ever.

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It's just missing one thing...
by eagle33199 January 18, 2007 8:24 AM PST
Let Microsoft take over the project and implement the social sharing structure that failed on the Zune... you pretty much have a captive audience here, and the more kids that buy it, the more "friends" your pet can have... Imaging groups of kids standing there after class saying "come home right now, Bob the Tamagotchi... you've played with Sarah the Tamagotchi long enough..."
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It's just missing one thing...
by eagle33199 January 18, 2007 8:24 AM PST
Let Microsoft take over the project and implement the social sharing structure that failed on the Zune... you pretty much have a captive audience here, and the more kids that buy it, the more "friends" your pet can have... Imaging groups of kids standing there after class saying "come home right now, Bob the Tamagotchi... you've played with Sarah the Tamagotchi long enough..."
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