#POKEMON DESKTOP PET FULL#

#POKEMON DESKTOP PET FULL#

Needless to say, our fingers are crossed for a full range of starter Pokémon Tamagotchis, but only time will tell. We can only hope Bandai and the Pokémon Company will choose to team up again soon. Will there be another Pokémon Tamagotchi?ĭisappointingly, there’s no news as to whether any other Pokémon characters will get their own Tamagotchi. Unfortunately, this early attempt at a Pokémon Tamagotchi didn’t catch on with Pokémon fans. It also had a fairly lackluster minigame. This virtual pet pedometer featured different animations depending on the number of steps you’ve taken. With that said, Nintendo did release the Pocket Pikachu back in 1998. Is there a Pikachu Tamagotchi?Īs the star of the show, you would think that Pikachu would be the first to be graced with a Pokémon Tamagotchi, but so far, only Eevee has been granted the honor. Not quite the Pokémon Tamagotchi we wanted, but at least it got us to do some exercise. But with only three buttons and limited interactions, it shouldn’t take long for you to memorize what everything means. If you do manage to snag an Eevee x Tamagotchi, remember that the interface is entirely in Japanese. If you’re really desperate to get your hands on one, you can find both the original and pink shell versions on eBay – but don’t expect them to be cheap! As of writing, most Eevee x Tamagotchi’s are going for around $140 bucks (if you think that’s absurd, check out our guide to the rarest and most expensive Pokémon cards). And pre-orders saw it sell out in just 15 minutes before the official release date in January 2019. Unfortunately, the Eevee x Tamagotchi was only released in Japan without plans to take it global.

The Eevee x Tamagotchi was only released in Japan, but you can still get your paws on one from eBay if you have enough dough! Is it easy to buy Eevee Tamagotchis outside Japan? While this is nicer than having your digital pet turn into a gravestone, it’s still just as devastating! Eevee Tamagotchi Japanese trailer Instead, Eevee will ‘run away’ leaving you with an image of an open Poké Ball with text reading “バイバイ…” (“Bye bye…”).

Unlike a standard Tamagotchi, Eevee won’t die if you neglect its needs. Which one you get depends on how you care for and play with your Eevee. The three bonus ‘Eeveelutions’ include Pop Star Eevee, Team Rocket Eevee, and Ditto Eevee. Here’s the feature that really excited Pokémon fans: after 72 hours, you can evolve Eevee into one of 11 possible evolutions, eight of which follow the standard choices from Pokémon games, including Flareon, Vaporeon, and Leafeon. One requires you to catch falling fruit, while the other involves repeating a musical sequence sung by Eevee. Once the egg hatches, you’ll need to use the three buttons to feed your Eevee ‘Pokéblocks’ and clean up hairballs (a nice change from the mountains of poop we once had to deal with).īut what would a Tamagotchi be without some mini-games? Eevee x Tamagotchi has two pretty basic games. Just like the original Tamagotchi, you have to pull the battery tab to start the device. What’s different about the Eevee x Tamagotchi?Įevee x Tamagotchi is a licensed version of the Tamagotchi Nano that came out back in 2010.While the familiar egg shape is smaller and chunkier than the original 90s Tamagotchi, its monochrome LCD still has the same pixelated charm you know and love. You can evolve Eevee into one of 11 ‘Eeveelutions’ that all Pokémon fans will recognize. With the cooling-off of the decades-long rivalry, it seems like The Pokémon Company was finally happy to collaborate with Bandai in making the first Pokémon Tamagotchi. However, in the decades since, it’s clear that Pokémon ultimately won the duel with Digimon. Ironically, Digimon started as a Tamagotchi-like virtual pet marketed as a more masculine alternative to the Tamagotchi, chiefly because it let you connect with and battle with other Digimon.īasically, Pokémon’s main competitor started as a combination of Tamagotchi and Pokémon! While Tamagotchi never directly competed with Pokémon, another of Bandai’s properties did – Digimon. Why did it take so long to make a Pokémon Tamagotchi? One word: competition.

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