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I bought a GameBoy! Just so I could get the GameBoy Tamagotchi cartridge! Which I did! Here is what the box and enclosed sheet of little decals look like (click on each image to see it larger):
The instructions in the book and in the game are all in Japanese, which unfortunately I can't read, so I was relying on my Tam-in-egg experience when I began playing with this. It helped *some*, but these Tams are much more complex and more fragile than Tams-in-egg. I accidentally killed my first two Tams. Eep!
For an article from Nintendo
Power magazine, containing detailed hints on raising Tamagotchi on the
English-language cartridge, go to My US GameBoy Tamagotchi
Page!
Click on each image to see it larger!
The title screen is VERY cute, with little Tamas popping up here and there, dancing to very cute music!
(screen shots courtesy Chris Ivarson)
I have since also gotten a US/English-language version of the GameBoy Tamagotchi! Here is a comparison of the two cartridges:
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Tam #1: Didn't get any farther
than babitchi stage. I thought that I had him in suspended animation while taking care of
Tam #2...but apparently this wasn't so. He died from too many piles of poo building up
around him :-(
Tam #2 (named ????): Lived to 2 years old, was a marutchi. I fed him
too many snacks (these Tams are much less tolerant of snacks than in-egg Tams!), and he
got sick too many times. That last piece of cake (I was only trying to increase his
happiness! eek!) was the last straw. :-( On the memorial chart (?) it looks like he went
home. Maybe his body was sent home to Planet Tamagotchi?
Tam #3 (named Kiko (CM finally learns a little bit of Hiragana!)):
Lived to 2 years old, was a tongaritchi. Was fairly happy and healthy! Then I chose the
menu item I *thought* was the one for the beauty contest or racing game...but instead I
sent Kiko home on a big rocketship! Eeeeeeeep! What a shock!
Tam #4 (Sept.11-Sept.26, 1997,
named Eko): Was a 5-year-old kutchipatchi, happy and healthy. She was able to participate
in the races 3 different days (even as a "teenager"). I was in the process of
looking for the beauty pageant when I accidentally found a sub-sub-sub menu that sent her
home on a big rocketship to Planet Tamagotchi. :-( Bye-bye, Eko! I love you! You were a
sweetie and lots of fun! ::waving::
Tam #5 (hatched Sept.27,
1997, named Biko): Was a 6-year-old masktchi, weighing 31 grams. Hungry hearts: 4 full;
happy hearts: 4 full. Her intelligence was at 100%, her strength at 50%, but her
discipline was only at 25% (masktchi are known for being rascally!). I sent her home on a
big rocket on Jan. 6, 1998. Bye-bye, dearie!
