One other traditional Tamagotchi is getting the reboot therapy. Bandai introduced this week that it’s bringing again the Tamagotchi Connection to have a good time the twentieth anniversary of the toy’s launch. Tamagotchi Connection, which first got here out in 2004, was a pivotal entry to the digital pet household, introducing extra trendy capabilities like infrared pairing so two units may hyperlink up. There have been a number of variations over the course of the next decade, however v3 introduced the beloved shell design the Connection household has turn into identified for: the recognizable Tamagotchi egg, however with a fake antenna hooked up. That is the model Bandai is resurrecting.
Pre-orders at the moment are open for the English-language Tamagotchi Connection in six colours: Bubbles (gentle blue), Ice Cream (pink), Rainbow Sky, the multicolored Clear Retro, and Blue and Pink Graffiti. They’re $30 every, or you may get the 2 Graffiti shells as a pair for $58. As standard, some further, even cuter shells seem like popping out in Japan.
Whereas the brand new Connection revives the v3 design, it seems just like the gameplay will mix parts of some fashions from the pre-color period moderately than simply the one, and even add some new touches. Per the supplies which have been launched thus far, the toy will function greater than 50 characters and include 150 in-game gadgets to gather. Some gadgets can be unlockable by discovering passwords. And the units will, in fact, be capable to join to at least one one other.
There are nonetheless a whole lot of questions on what else the brand new Connection will provide — particularly when contemplating the unique v3 was the primary internationally launched Tamagotchi to hook up with a companion web site, the now-defunct TamaTown. Bandai hasn’t mentioned something at this level about launching one thing related (although eagle-eyed followers speculate it could be within the playing cards primarily based on a current trademark submitting), however a woman can dream. The rerelease of Tamagotchi Connection is big in and of itself, although; followers have been asking for precisely this for years, and now it’s truly taking place.
