There was never any doubt about whether I, a Tamagotchi fanatic, would be getting the Tamagtochi Uni. Bandai announced the new, Wi-Fi enabled virtual pet toy in June, and when pre-orders opened the following month, I bought two. Since then, it’s become the only device I use as much as my phone.
On top of the usual caretaking tasks Tamagotchi is known for, the Uni has some cute new activities. It’s wearable as a watch (as Tamagotchi was originally envisioned to be), and has basic motion sensing capabilities to power features like Tama Walks. During a Tama Walk, your character can collect items that you can later use to craft accessories. There’s also a built-in “Tamaverse” where your character can meet other users’ Tamagotchis from around the world, buy and display outfits, travel and partake in global Tama Arena events. These are competitive minigame challenges that last for one week, and they add an element of freshness to the overall gameplay. There are new characters to love, too, like the inexplicably buff-but-bashful shark, Shykutchi.
Despite these added perks, it can feel a bit boring at times — like there should be more to do in the day-to-day beyond feeding, playing the same repetitive mini-games and cleaning up poop. One of those mini-games, the motion-based “Dancing” game, I never even play because it requires you wave your arms around and the device doesn’t accurately capture the movement more than half of the time.
But the fact that it has Wi-Fi and thus receives software updates means there’s so much potential for the experience to keep expanding, and we’ve already started to see the beginnings of this. The wristband is removable so you don’t have to wear it as a watch — but, as goofy as it may look to some, I almost always do. And it charges via USB-C, which is huge for convenience. Uni feels like a fresh interpretation of the classic Tamagotchi for today’s world, and half a year into use, I still love it. – Cheyenne MacDonald, Weekend Editor
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