The CRAZY History Of Tamagotchi

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The Tamagotchi is undoubtedly the world's most popular and recognisable virtual pet. Originally being tiny handheld devices with primitive LCD screens, they went on to sell millions of units and cement themselves as an integral part of 90's pop culture.
But how was the Tamagotchi created and what happened to the brand after it's initial success? Let's take a look together as we delve into the history of Tamagotchi.
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TIMECODES
00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - The Idea
03:10 - Bandai Brings Tamagotchi To Life
04:35 - Tamagotchi Controversy
05:47 - Why Was It Successful?
06:35 - Tamagotchi Is A Hit
07:48 - The Birth Of Digimon
09:02 - New Tamagotchi Devices
10:42 - Tamagotchi Knock-Offs
12:46 - The Parallel To Mobile Phones
13:27 - Conclusion
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@timmy3822 7 ай бұрын

I bought a couple of the old Tamagotchis for the same reasons you described. That crippling realisation that life kinda sucks and it’s only going to get worse. Those old bleeps are so recognisable I forgot to silence it at work and when it went off demanding tribute someone went “omg is that a tamagotchi?!” 😂

@C_Fortysix 2 ай бұрын

😂

@MrsChangalang 7 ай бұрын

I love tamagotchi so much! I've been collecting them since 2018 and now I own over 60+ ranging from the very first one from the 90's to the newest Tamagotchi Uni.

@BrianaCunningham 5 ай бұрын

I'm envious!! I have 25 so far haha

@FabioGnecco 2 ай бұрын

i only have the classic gen 1 they re-released a few years ago xD all of them are lovely ! congratulations for your collection !

@ObjectSociety Ай бұрын

Right now I have 9, trying SO HARD to find a cheap connection on eBay. Any tips?

@steviefpv 7 ай бұрын

I remember going toys r us with my mum and getting the last one one the shelve it was a clear blue one. Still have it to this day

@No1BRC 7 ай бұрын

I remember back then kids would have like 5-10 of different brands hanging on their belts😂

@mumps_4626 7 ай бұрын

Tamagotchi is also based on assonance with the word "tomodachi" (friend)

@Karthikkun2805 Ай бұрын

That plus the word tamago for egg

@draketeeth8004 3 ай бұрын

I never had a Tamagotchi, but I did get a Digimon as a kid. Later I got a Gigapet dog. Digimon was by far my favorite. Raising a dinosaur was the coolest.

@Agent-vj3ns 5 ай бұрын

I remember seeing a huge steel bin full of tamagotchis for $1 each at the end of the hype. Already had one but still bought a few. Just found a nib white/grey one when i moved. Pulled the battery tab out and it started right up :]

@NicheCampus 7 ай бұрын

Awesome run through the history; I immediately thought of Digimon and you reminded me about the original, the TV show which I adored (and movies), then the Digimon devices. That Pokemon Pikachu with the step counter was incredible to me at the time, and I spent many hours shaking that thing to earn xp! 😂

@ZimmeR96 7 ай бұрын

I love Tamagotchi since 2000s until now I have Tamagotchi Uni which is the first Wifi feature!

@kingkazma3246 8 күн бұрын

What a time to be alive, I miss the 90's! There was a balance back then between reality and virtual reality that was just right!

@GazixVR 4 ай бұрын

grew up with some Tamagochi, Furby, digimon, heck, I even had one of the rough riders nano. this brings back some great memories.

@baumthetree 7 ай бұрын

I never had a Tamagotchi, I was probably born a little too late for that, but I had a VTech Kidipet Touch Dog which I still have somewhere around here

@piplup10203854 7 ай бұрын

I remember having one of these and I didn't have the attention span to constantly fiddle with it and then it dying just made me sad so I never picked one up ever again lol I do like them though but I am not the target audience for them lol I was definitely more into the Digimon and digi vices but the real toy I loved was the cube world stickman lol

@coldbreezeproductions1148 4 ай бұрын

I remember mine died and I thought that it was trash after that lol!

@MeganthaLion 2 ай бұрын

I love the Uni!!! Been a fan since ‘97! Got an updated T-Rex Gigapet recently too.

@dylan.t180 7 ай бұрын

Great video

@humulos 7 ай бұрын

They're are still a ton of us Vpet fans out there! Love these things

@ishmael4489 4 ай бұрын

My brother bought me a Gen 1 Tamagotchi for Christmas as a joke present (slightly more basic to the "Connect Tamgitchis" me and my friends played with back in the 2000s). Now whenever I have a second (e.g., waiting for the kettle to boil) I'm feeding or playing with my "pet alien" to keep it from being hungry or unhappy. And having had this toy for two days now, I can testify that the final point you make, "The Parallel To Mobile Phones", is spot on! I was checking my social media on my phone every time I had a few minutes but after deleting social media earlier this year and having now received a Tamagotchi, I'm instead filling up those moments of free time with keeping my Tamagotchi alive!

@sketchyskies8531 6 ай бұрын

I grew up in the early 2000s and never experienced Tamagotchi. Until now, since I just ordered a Tamagotchi Uni. I feel like I’m going to regret my decision lol

@13onethree 7 ай бұрын

"A pet that you could take anywhere you wanted" OK bro. Tell that to my grade 3 teacher 🤣

@linuxrant Ай бұрын

I love you comparison of the attention we used to put into tamagotchi, that now we put to our representation in social media. I think this is spot on and very fitting analogy. We care for and feed the monster with virtue signalling, attention, fear, obsession and dopamine hunting.

@lindastone6868 7 ай бұрын

And today, social media does the job of depressing your kids!

@into_the_void 6 ай бұрын

Ahhh yes ... Simpler times. Playing sonic on my Sega genesis and feeding my pet on the tamagotchi

@paulbabineau5958 7 ай бұрын

i remember i had tamagotchi in 1996

@fabuloussloth8670 6 ай бұрын

9:26 There were colour Tamagotchis in Japan since 2008 (Tamagotchi Plus Color and newer ones after that like called ”iD, iDL, Ps, 4U, 4U+, M!x, On, Smart”), but only the last couple of years there have been modern ones in others parts of the world too. (There are English translations of some of the Japanese versions. After a while you learn the menus even without knowing Japanese.)

@obsolete7988 4 ай бұрын

great video

@robertc4826 7 ай бұрын

And the need for constant interaction is worse than ever

@user-yu2ey7cl1o 6 ай бұрын

My tamogochi is watching this with me

@longest_comment_... Ай бұрын

My 5 are also doing the same

@khiclark31 3 ай бұрын

I'm more of a Digimon guy but I've got my fair share of tamagotchis and Cube world cubes too.

@adiplatonxD 9 күн бұрын

yall should try out their new tamagotchi uni!!

@AeonArmy 2 ай бұрын

I’m using one now 😂

@mariangodbout 26 күн бұрын

In my research on Tamagotchi I found an article attributing the idea to Maita Aki, and in the interview she talked about the ad about the boy with his pet turtle, not sure what to think of this, where did you find that it was Yokoi's idea?

@RetroDodo 26 күн бұрын

Quite a few sources state Yokoi was the one who had the initial idea based on the turtle advert. The most credible articles are from the New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine. Aki Maita was seemingly responsible for solidifying the design of Tamagotchi after Yokoi's initial concept was pitched and she became the sort of face of the brand during its early years. But really the Tamagotchi as we know it was a joint effort between both Yokoi and Maita!

@_The_Worst_ 6 ай бұрын

See, that's exactly whom I thought it was...💁🏻...but you said it was another dude with the same name, so thanks for clarifying that...👌🏼💯✔️ Some other person with a very popular video on Tamagotchi's said that name, but didn't clarify...😒...thus leaving me to think it was the one dude who perished in an automobile accident...when it wasn't even him whatsoever...ugh...such incompetence❗️❗️❗️ Such negligence like that really rustles💢my💢jimmies...😖 So mad respect to ya for giving that tidbit of facts...🤘🏼

@BrianaCunningham 5 ай бұрын

I'm a 90s kid and I realized there are so many kinds this year that I now have 25 tamagotchi from all years XD

@shiroshine7227 Сағат бұрын

I just bought my white and black childhood one a 2018 one. Its my fidget spinner for work.

@konglee7284 7 ай бұрын

I liked the NANO FIGHTERS...

@m_san_d 5 ай бұрын

I had the knock of version as a kid and i remember it having better games than the original😅

@williamhnatko1958 6 ай бұрын

90s kid here. I can say with certainty that my tamagotchi died and I remember how sad I was that it died 😢

@jesseboy7951 6 ай бұрын

nice video, Baldie, good stuff, always a pleasure. had a tamagotchi once, 28 yrs ago or smth, great little thing, all red, heart-shaped, had 12 pets to choose from. my PB is 2 weeks

@StxrbeeShanaya 4 ай бұрын

dude i literally leeped from tamagotchi gen 1 to a tamagotchi uni literally no pix no on no connection i just leaped 😂😅

@karis610 7 ай бұрын

Red: (singing) its a colourful world, its a world of colour, and, where would we be without red? Red! The colour of jellies, some ribbons, and bows, the colour of Welles, some roses & rose, in a flower bed, its a colourful world, & where would we be without red? Brown pink orange purple green yellow blue red: (singing) &, where would we be without brown, & pink, orange, and purple, & green too. Where would we be without yellow, & blue, & red? Cyan & magenta: (singing) well, this is just the start with a whole other part you can do! Indigo: (singing) why stop with the rainbow? Violet: (singing) when a colour adventure, Indigo & Violet: (singing) is waiting for you! Red orange yellow green cyan blue purple magenta: (singing) there are millions of colors for you to discover, more we can never have known, its a colourful world, so, why not mix some colors of your own! Red: Ha! Exciting!

@CassiaHawk-mo5bg 4 ай бұрын

Its just funny to me when he said its like animal crossing on steroids and I play animal crossing and have a tamagotchi uni

@Wimmle Ай бұрын

Guess who's getting a new furby for his 36th birthday because i want some stupid childhood fun

@ovedablevins5856 7 ай бұрын

I was actually talking care of mine while watching this❤ btw he has died 3 times

@duckhive 7 ай бұрын

EASTMAN & LAIRD'S

@henryairconcepts2999 6 ай бұрын

Can we say AI generated virtual girlfriend is a tamagòtchi spinoff 😮

@linrinlryt 22 күн бұрын

I have a Tamagotchi Uni

@ruvanefriebus-cv6td 5 ай бұрын

I still remember my monkey 😢

@krissydiggs 25 күн бұрын

When you start learning Japanese and realize that it’s pronounced TAMA GOH CHI not TAMA GAH CHI because “tamago” means egg. Mind blown. 🤯

@zackikianimations 4 ай бұрын

23,739th viewer and 705th liker and 44th commenter!

@j.b.b.96 22 күн бұрын

I have been playing Digimon X2 V-pet recently. I'm 29 years old 😂😂 fuck what they think

@SurvivalHorror100 7 ай бұрын

5:25 The fuck?

@Agent-vj3ns 5 ай бұрын

They're sumo champions 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Call-ofduty_legend123 7 ай бұрын

can i take itto school

@ObjectSociety Ай бұрын

Depends on your schools rules. Personally as long as you mute it and don’t take it out during class it should be fine

@Call-ofduty_legend123 7 ай бұрын

do it make noies

@quarteratom 7 ай бұрын

Not RetroDodo.

@RolandKoller90 5 ай бұрын

Majority of sales were young girls……I as a straight male that had a ton of these in the 90’s 😆 I was 6, get off my back!

@kittygangsterlover270 7 ай бұрын

I have a pet dog he’s annoying so this would be purfect but the new one causes 100 on Amazon what!

@honeybadger9425 Ай бұрын

The tech got better and the shells got worse is my basic summary. The new UNI best tama they ever done imo but boi it’s an ugly shell compared to the old variety of choices. I’m willing to bet if you sat a group of kids down showed them the 90s shells and then these modern ones most would go with the interesting 90s ones looking better.