{"id":45389,"date":"2021-11-30T11:01:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T11:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=45389"},"modified":"2021-12-17T17:20:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:20:02","slug":"tamagotchi-turns-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/tamagotchi-turns-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamagotchi turns 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>It is now the 25th Anniversary of Tamagotchi and users are reminiscing on the times and bringing back old memories of the highly popular digital pet game.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamagotchi is an egg-shaped digital pet game, which fits perfectly in every pocket. Tamagotchi offers a variety of colours and designs. Choosing  between 4 pets Tamagotchi users could raise their virtual pet by feeding, cleaning, giving them attention, playing with them and stop them from crying. If you didn&#8217;t take good care of your pet, there was the possibility of it to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within its first year, Tamagotchi sold out very quick and it was impossible to get one. They are still selling Tamagotchi&#8217;s until this day and improved their games. They have developed many more generations and upgrades like the Tamagotchi Smart, the Tamagotchi Pix or even a Smartwatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">November 1996.<br>Do you remember Tamagotchi? \ud83e\udd29<br>And&#8230; do you have one? \ud83d\udc7e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lQLeTKIBad\">pic.twitter.com\/lQLeTKIBad<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud83d\udc7e E. PLAYS \ud83d\udd79 (@exceptionsplays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exceptionsplays\/status\/1463997234635227139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter users were showing off their Tamagotchis to celebrate their 25th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was inconsolable when mine died.  Never again.<\/p>&mdash; Anita_Cronosoft (@AnitaUllyatt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnitaUllyatt\/status\/1464297979175751689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a 90&#8217;s kid, the term Tamagotchi is something 90&#8217;s kids are very familiar with. 25 years ago, Tamagotchi was launched from the Japanese toy maker Bandai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the first digital pet and has influenced many more digital games. Tamagotchi has a big impact on digital pet games, just like the virtual pet game Nintendogs on the Nintendo DS and many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking with people, who were owners of the game brought back their childhood memories just in time for their 25th Anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I loved my Tamagotchi, I was so sad when it died, I can&#8217;t believe it has been so long. I&#8217;m getting old.&#8221; &#8211; Sonia, 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I was so addicted to my Tamagotchi.  Everywhere I go I took it with me and I even hid from my parents under my bed.&#8221; &#8211; Rob, 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I took very good care of my pet. I called it Chubby but my school started to forbid them after everyone was taking them to school. I would love to find out where I put my old Tamagotchi and if its still alive.&#8221; &#8211; Chantelle, 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did you ever own a Tamogotchi?<\/p>&mdash; Voice Of London UK (@VoiceOfLondonUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoiceOfLondonUK\/status\/1464927789677744138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Words: Shemina Schildhauer Subeditor: Uzma Khan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is now the 25th Anniversary of Tamagotchi and users are reminiscing on the times and bringing back old memories of the highly popular digital pet game. 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