A Tamagotchi is a virtual pet toy in which you raise an alien from an egg through to adulthood, training it to clean up after itself, helping it make friends and nurturing it along the way.

A Tamagotchi is a virtual pet toy in which you raise an alien from an egg through to adulthood, training it to clean up after itself, helping it make friends and nurturing it along the way.

It’s a fun game of chance to try and unlock each training room. When a Tamagotchi loves something, you’ll see hearts appear on the screen. Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo ...

Tamagotchi, the Japanese digital pet on a keychain, is coming back for its 20th anniversary. The company behind the retro gadget is banking on 1990s nostalgia to fuel sales — but it's also ...

Called Tamagotchi On Wonder Garden, the $59.99 gadget drops on July 26, with online pre-orders available beginning Thursday through Amazon, Target, Walmart and GameStop, according to CNN Business.

At first, things went well with my Tamagotchi, as I turned it on and hatched a cute round creature from an egg. The device hasn't changed much from its original incarnation, a colorful ovoid ...

A Tamagotchi will eat, sleep, and poop, with some growth in between if you’re able to keep it alive long enough. The device doesn’t have a main menu to control things like, say, the sound.

Tamagotchi Connection Is a Nostalgic Reminder of How Hard Virtual Pets Were to Keep Alive This re-release of a once-fabled Tamagotchi from the early aughts is a delight at first, but it loses its ...

While Tamagotchi On may be ‘smart’ compared to the design we remember from the '90s, it’s considerably dumber than most connected game systems today, and that’s what makes it so great.