There’s one more new Tamagotchi mannequin on the market, with the most recent model of the digital pet line being the Tamagotchi Uni. Not like others, which might have a keychain connected or gap for one, it comes with a watch band for carrying it on a regular basis. Whereas it isn’t nice at being a watch, because of it probably not displaying the time and being useful in the way in which the Tamagotchi Sensible was, it does make for an ideal digital pet that’s all the time available.
As standard, elevating a Tamagotchi Uni digital pet is like caring for another mannequin. Your purpose is to keep up the starvation and happiness ranges. Your attentiveness determines which kind it evolves into at every stage of its life. There are a handful of minigames you possibly can play to spice up its happiness and earn in-game cash as soon as it’s out of the child section, which encompass a movement-based dancing recreation that’s horrible and inaccurate, one by which you serve quick meals, and a 3rd seasonal minigame with goals that change primarily based on the 4 occasions of yr. You earn icons for performing sure kinds of care to indicate milestones you hit. You should utilize in-game foreign money to purchase them toys, beauty equipment, room choices. It’s also possible to get a pet for a personality by leaving an merchandise outdoors. It’s all very straightforward to do, and because it does solely want the three buttons for nearly each actions, I discovered it tremendous straightforward to perform whereas on my wrist.
The spotlight this time round, past being in a watch kind you possibly can put on, is the Tamaverse. As a substitute of connecting to an app for on-line interactions or actions, it could possibly connect with WiFi by itself. Whenever you do, you possibly can pay 2000G from in-game cash you earned to go on a tour and get an merchandise, marry them off to another person’s Tamagotchi who could also be there, or principally see a style present with Tama Vogue. There’s additionally a Tama Area with a minigame as properly. To be sincere, I appreciated the way in which Tamagotchi On dealt with on-line parts extra, with its devoted app, nevertheless it typically works tremendous and I’ve gotten a personality married off with the brand new mode and brought half in actions. It additionally means we’ve but once more misplaced a number of the focus that comes from generations of household traces like with the Tamagotchi Combine and On iterations.
What I didn’t count on is for the Tamagotchi Uni to really perform fairly properly as a watch. I’ve a Tamagotchi Sensible from Japan, which I obtained as a present. It’s unbelievable, however the strap is a little bit tight and the touchscreen aspect could make it a little bit troublesome to make sure picks. Whereas you will notice this mannequin of the digital pet within the toy aisle, I observed the Tamagotchi Uni is significantly better at each becoming me and getting used whereas on my wrist.
Primarily, the convenience of use comes all the way down to simplicity. As a result of it solely depends on buttons once more, you don’t must repeatedly swipe or faucet on a small display if sure gestures aren’t recorded. It stays off till you press the middle B button, which wakes it once more. If there’s an instantaneous want, like drugs for a sick character, urgent any button when the character is in misery will administer the treatment. It’s additionally pretty straightforward to drop it off with an in-game child sitter free of charge or select the Tama Stroll choice from the arcade to have the character “stroll” and get a lift of pleasure once you go on an precise stroll.
Nonetheless, I’ve encountered points with the Tamagotchi Uni. One entails the Tamaverse. That is the one of many on-line parts the place you possibly can ship your character into the Tamaverse to fulfill others. I observed that although I’ve the gadget set to auto replace and up to date it instantly open beginning it up, I wouldn’t see any modifications after I’d ship a personality “on-line.” Nonetheless, I’m additionally dissatisfied in how the downloadable objects by way of codes choice works. You’re restricted to eight at a time and may’t reclaim ones you had earlier than. To not point out these are 16-digit codes and that’s quite a bit to enter on a small gadget.
Mainly, the Tamagotchi Uni is enjoyable. It options some novel ideas that weren’t out there in previous incarnations of Tamagotchi digital pet fashions, resembling its watchband and WiFi compatibility. Nonetheless, its on-line typically won’t really feel prefer it updates every thing. Plus it does make it troublesome to trace generations and household traces over time. Nonetheless, it’s a enjoyable novelty. Having it helpful makes it simpler to make use of frequently. Plus I feel it’s nice for collectors maintaining with the collection.
The Tamagotchi Uni is in shops worldwide.
