Tamagotchi Time

what is the Best tamagotchi?(in your view)

I have wonder garden but never played with it very much and am tempted by the new retro style ones 'cause they're cheap and I'm cheap

I'm tempted by gigapets too, I saw they have one where you can take care of a bunny

I can't speak for gigapets or most other oddpets (non-tamagotchi and usually non-bandai vpets. i.. dont know why they are called that but they are)

howeverrr thats a Tough Question. Normally I'd say mid connection era around v3 or so especially if you are new to the hobby and thankfully! theyve added connection models to their "original" line with a lil mix of content from each one. I find they have a very nice balance of nostalgia/retro vibe + difficulty of care + Stuff To Do. They have waaay more character and minigame options than the p1/p2 v1/v2 (og 90s vs original line rereleases) and not too hard but not too easy (and you can pause if you must). But I've really REALLY been loving the Uni. Its the first tama with wifi connectivity and they have like little team events and QOL patches and even dlc if you can believe it. It also comes with a wristband to wear as a watch (convenient!) and is charged via USB. Certain characters are way tougher to care for than others like noticeably so but its not too bad its one of the ones where you can keep your tama as long as you can keep it alive and ive had 100+ day old tamas before i went and married them off to get a new eggy. HOWEVER it does not have the genetics features that the mix and on (the wonder garden is an on) have what you get is what you get. no color or eye variation like on the paradise even. I've only had the paradise for like half a day but the zoom gimmick is soo cute and it is the cheapest color model out there but if I end up liking it more than the Uni only time will tell.

Oh and I'm not crazy about them but the tamagotchi nano (usually a collab with some other IP, i have the eevee and gudetama ones in my pic) do have a lot of variety but they are so. SO easy and simple youd have to forget it on a counter for DAYS for it to croak (except for the gudetama where it has a gimmick where you collect different death scenes which is a fun twist) they all play pretty similarly but if theres one with characters you really really like its a cute little thing to have on a bag.

I realize i basically suggested like 4 different things and thats not entirely helpful but like different models/eras hit different and im not right now* but i have run multiple tamas at once and its pretty common in the community to do so lol

*my uni needs to charge the battery ran out but i do plan to run both uni and paradise lmao

look at this thing

can bubbies and kibbies find tru love???

is tamagotchi nano any good? was thinking of getting my brother one for his birthday since he really likes jujutsu kaisen

@octoambush

the nanos I PERSONALLY don’t care much for and I emphasize that because I find them too simple and very similar across all the different variants. Their main appeal is that they have so many with popular characters and yay cute wow but the actual like Creature Raising element that I enjoy it’s fairly light on. There is usually one or two “secret” characters that do require a bit more oomph but it doesn’t expect a whole lot of you in terms of how often you need to feed or play minigames. it can however also double as a cute/stylish timepiece accessory

basically what it boils down to is the sort of things your brother likes. just trying to figure out how to get every character can be the main draw

I've got a couple tamas, but the majority of my v-pet collection is Digimon.

Really should boot up those eggs though, I haven't actually used them...

aint nothing wrong with that! digimon is tamagotchi's younger sibling and it counts to me regardless of if its an egg or a brick or a pendulum which is just a slightly different shaped brick :U

i used to have one of those really rare and now expensive D-3s and I'm kicking myself every time i think about it. I still have a D-Tector thats just outta frame of the pic in my first post though so theres that. (and the weird black wristband in the pic is a vital bracelet, naturally). I dont got any of the color re-releases though I'm dyin for them. Half the reason i have so many of the anniversary ones is a full display box of 'em went on clearance or a measly $5 each at my job and I was Polite i didnt get them all at once I gave others a chance (and also got some for other ppl) but those were the ONLY digimon vpets my work ever got no more turbo sales for me :'C we didnt even get any dim cards even though i SAW them in the system....