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There are plenty of things I’ve never done, some of which I’m proud of and some I’m not.  I’ve never beaten a swan to death.  I’ve never eaten live clams.  And I’ve never, never, had a Tamagotchi.  Now just when I thought the rest of the UK was made up of equally sane-minded people, I find out that over the past two years the pocket-sized e-pets have been the best selling toys.

 Tamagotchi Jinsei

Bolstered by their success at foisting bleeping, attention-hungry chunks of cheap electronics on the population, Bandai have taken things one step further and given each little Tamagotchi even more potential in its battery-powered life.  No longer are we telling our kids that their care and attention (or lack of) have implications of life and death, we’re now to explain to them that if they don’t treat their toys right they won’t grow up to have a decent job.

That’s right, Tamagotchi Jinsei not only has babies, builds meaningful social encounters with others and generally bleats and beeps for food, love and kindness, it also demands a power-suit and briefcase for the morning commute.  I’m not sure what catalogue of possible jobs there is – it’d be interesting to see if you could have a career as a schoolgirl impersonator – but you can add to the “fun” by playing online games and swapping information between units via the built-in infrared.

They retail for around £12.95 ($25)

Bandai [via Pocket-lint]

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3 Responses to “Tamagotchi grows up, gets job, settles down”

  1. Jensen February 4, 2007

    holy moly! i used to have 4-5 of them in middle school and pet them more than i pet my real dog!

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  2. Morgan March 2, 2008

    WHAT is this some kind of electonic piece of junk(A proud Tamagotchi owner myself)!This Jinsei Tamagotchi looks like a copyright of Tamagotchi v4 I mean come on!It looks just like one if you make the same kind of toys kids will get confused and buy a v4 when they wanted to buy a Jinsei Tamagotchi!ITS AN OUTRAGE!They didn’t even explain what the difference between the two.Bandai should of thought about this one.

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  3. christina December 5, 2008

    thats sou cool i am a fan from tamagotchi i love thats

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