I really didn't think I was going to get into tamagotchi as an adult because I remember the game part of the device was pretty dull when I was a kid. The brand has come a long way since the original generation of tamas, and now growing different characters is so fun! I also love to collect the decor and accessories to dress up my tama and their room. Like many other tamagotchi fans, I am hoping they release a different shell for this tamagotchi, ideally a transparent one, but I'm having a great time playing with the one I have in the meantime. Here are all the characters I've grown and unlocked so far:

This was a semi-impulsive purchase, but I'm so glad I found a decent price on mercari because I was told anything under $200 USD is a good price for this version. I really wanted to get this tamagotchi because you can grow a sanrio character, then marry other tamagotchi original characters. The children will inherit hybrid physical traits from their sanrio and tamagotchi parents, and the number of different types of possible tamas for this generation of tamagotchi is truly astounding, especially when you consider just the sheer number of base characters. I really want to get a sweets version of the tamagotchi meets as well because the sweets and sanrio hybrid characters would be amazing!

I will never forget my first time playing this game nor the tamagotchi I raised. A little sickly Riboputchi hatched, and, within that first hour, I must have medicated it twice, cleaned at least 7 poos, and fed it dozens of times. She takes after me I thought to myself as I mashed away at the buttons. It was much more needy than the tamagotchi uni characters in the baby stage; however, it was entirely worth all the effort to max out hunger and happiness because it turned into Yumehotchi, which is a little ghosty girl with a star crown in the pan pride colors !!! I was so excited that I jumped up immediately and ran over to my girlfriend to show her. The next day, we got Hanbunkotchi, which is quite a cute little split-colored tama followed by her final form: Lovelitchi, a sweet little bunny tama that likes to run around the room, smiling. From this generation onwards, the genetic mixing means there isn't really pixel art of all the variations, so I'll just preserve this first generation in pixel art unless I get extremely inspired to make my own.

My friend who inspired me to get the uni dove deep into the rabbit hole of tamagotchi, but quickly gave it up and gave me these tamas and a phone capable of a specific band of infrared for connecting to the P's tama all for ¥12,000 JPY ($82.49 USD)! They are all in great condition, and the tamagotchi pix even came brand new and sealed in its original box. Unreal! I wonder how many I can run concurrently without becoming overwhelmed.

I was most excited to get another meets device, so I can run it concurrently with my sanrio meets, but these are all incredible tamagotchi. The middle tama is a tamagotchi P's (pronounced like "piece" in Japanese), which has a removable heart charm "pierce" that can be swapped with other pierces for DLC items and characters. One of the more expensive pierces is the disney piece because it was the only collab tamagotchi has done with Disney. The tamagotchi on the right is a pink Pix Party, and it actually comes with a build-in camera! I'm going to have to take at least one photo and post it in this shrine regardless of how much it drains the battery.