Thread 11459545

How do we feel about the Paradise Roster?

Reposting from last thread:
I’m not sure if anyone remembered, but the Omori connections that were supposed to be coming out this quarter got pushed back due to the tariff situation. Unfortunate, but hopefully they come out better than expected.

>>11459545 (OP)
i want JINCO's style back

>>11459606
Mametchi is going to fucking die

He won.

>>11459545 (OP)
They're all really cute except for that disgusting beaver guy. Doesn't it feel as if Pink Land would be the most canonical? It would be strange to have Sky or Ocean theme faceplate while you're playing in different Fields, or at least I think so. One thing I hadn't been able to find out is if care mistakes will affect growth or is it only a matter of food+Field? Well it should be fun anyway.

>>11459606
I think it's still JINCO but with a different design brief
This art style with cleaner lines and simpler faces has become pretty popular in japan/asia - sumikko gurashi, all those kpop/jpop animal mascots like BT21 and Nizoo, you could even compare it to sanrio and chiikawa.
It's very on-trend and I think it was a fair business decision, even though I like the conventional art style more

>>11459668
You say this but the "third-wave Tamagotchi boom" in particular that's happening in Japan is specifically based on Plus (Connection) and Puchipuchi Omisecchi (Corner Shop) nostalgia, and they're completely leaning into it with recent collabs, merchandise and even the new Switch game. It makes the artstyle shift all the more baffling.

>>11459545 (OP)
I think sky has the most old school tamagotchi energy, but the pink gremlin cat is my favorite of the newcomers.
I also really Pochitchi in the new style, very rubbable belly. Also kinda wanna bully him a little.

>>11459676
Different demographics that can coexist. The fact the Uni still has more events, tamaverse tickets and even a corner shop integration suggests that the Paradise is not a successor but a separate product category. And like you say there's a lot of plus-era merch at the moment, they aren't retiring that art style.

Original = scuffed art style, derivative of JINCO but reminiscent of the original sketch style (pic related)
Plus = JINCO evergreen art style
Paradise = "trendy" art style, something new, what happens long term might determine on its success

As product streams, it seems to be
Originals - nostalgia, budget
Connections - nostalgia, budget
Nanos - novelty, price varies depending on prestige and add-ons
Paradise - trend chasing, mid-range
Uni - modern, high tech, premium

The Paradise feels like "we want the sumikko gurashi/punirunes audience" and I think it's fair for Bandai to try that out. First time they've tried something this different since the TamaSuku, basically

>>11459201
>Idk why it’s shit when you can get them all despite the device
because I don't want to buy 3 Paradises to achieve 100% completion on one of them

>>11459803
You can get all of them on a singular one?

>>11459803
Get some friends to buy the other two, or check your community reddit to see if you can meet up with people in your city.

>>11459803
You keep saying this but can you provide any evidence of this being the case?

>>11459840
If you go and read the FAQ it says that:
>Additionally, each device color comes with one secret character that is exclusive to that color.
So it stands to reason to get the other ones you would need to dock with other color devices. Don't the digimon VPs work like that?

Tamagotchi Connection is da best

ok so apparently, this "Paradise" contraption is still going to have a feature that lets you input codes to unlock items. I wonder how that's going to work, considering it's not supposed to connect to the internet or anything. Maybe it'll be a Tama Lab feature

>>11459751
>The fact the Uni still has more events, tamaverse tickets and even a corner shop integration suggests that the Paradise is not a successor but a separate product category.
I really hope you're right. We've long since lost the plot that these are virtual pets, but a split between devices for raising families of fully-backstoried humanoid wage slaves and ones exploring naturalistic themes would be the best outcome.

>>11460338
>I wonder how that's going to work, considering it's not supposed to connect to the internet or anything.
I mean, the Connection has codes. They're already on the device and you unlock them with a code.

>>11460494
I know, there's a bunch of v-pets that allow you to input and scan codes, I was just wondering if having codes like this could mean there's still some way to eventually update the system with more content or if it's just going to be stuff that's technically already in there

>>11460535
The way the code's laid out there and lack of updates makes me think it'll be closed system like the Connections and Pix. The only way I can think mod support can happen is if the Tama Lab or multiplayer connection features can inject content into the Paradise.

>>11460207
I hope the Entama/Uratama or Music Star get rereleased down the line.

>>11460568
>The only way I can think mod support can happen is if the Tama Lab or multiplayer connection features can inject content into the Paradise.
It looks like the Paradise is using digimon-style pin connection, which has a very slow data transfer rate, so I think downloading files is probably off the table. For the Lab Tama with breedable characters, either the character data is already hidden on the base device (most likely) or you need to stay connected for a long time (I doubt it)

I don't understand why they didn't just use IR, it's tried and true and they're manufacturing Connections with it so it's not like they've lost the ability

>>11460653
they had to chop the manufacturing costs down and I imagine ir ports are more costly than bent pieces of metal.

>>11460853
Cheaper than engineering, manufacturing and assembling the eggshell flip lid?

>>11459545 (OP)
The dragon is kind of hot

>>11460568
Music Star was fun

>>11460965
on a large scale, yeah. the paradise has a lot of cost cutting features. no wifi, aaa batteries, physical connection. every other color tama recently featured some sort of gimmick that upped the price, but with the return of the connection at 30 dollars, keeping the flagship tamas at 60 is no longer feasible.

>>11460975
Nooooo

>>11461313
Paradise isn't a flagship, the Uni is still being supported

it's time!
Post your
>fave tama
>fave device
>fave collab
>what you would like to see in a new device
>hopes for the Paradise

evil edition
>least favorite tama
>least favorite device
>least favorite collab

My answers, for good measure:
-Mimitchi
-Connection v3
-Call me a sucker, but I still think Hello Kitty and Sanrio characters fit just right with the Tama aesthetics
-A fully fledged out petting mode, kinda like what the Pix did but better and more involved
-It not being too streamlined, I want to feel like I'm actually raising every tama instead of letting the system do it for me

-Kikitchi is a weirdo who looks like an alien
-FUCK the smart
-I would've said any forced anime nano like jujutsu's or boku no shit's, but this Kawaisouni garbage might be a new low for the series

>>11461761
>the switch is not the next nintendo handheld, the 3ds is still being supported.

>>11461810
-mametchi
-v4 because it was my first one.
-i really like my evatchi
-i just want connection or uni sized color tamas with plus color or paradise gameplay. snappy menus would be nice too.
-good game selection and lots to do. i really like what ive seen i just hope that that's not all there is.

-unimarutchi is gay. also any lovelitchi clones.
-i guess compared to hype it would have to be the v5 because it feels like there is nothing to do. don't have much experience with the colors besides the plus color and the uni.
-every hello kitty collab is a disappointment. all i want is a roster where gudetama is the baby and the rest of the characters fill in like a nano. hello kitty = mametchi kerokerokeroppi = kutchipatchi etc. i don't want hello kitty to help raise my tama, i want hello kitty to be the tama.

>>11461832
Mametchi is such a great design, you can really see why it took off. Unimarutchi, on the other hand, feels like they have too much stuff going on, I could have seen them end up with a good design but what we've got is way too different.
>I want hello kitty to be the tama
didn't the M!X have a Sanrio collab that did just that?

i got this analog tamagochi for 5 bucks
it has shit ton of pets (half of them are popular anime characters like One Piece or that demon hunter something-something).

Honestly this is all i dreamed of as a kid.
The only problem is fucking RESET button. a fat reset button that will 100% be pressed randomly in a pocket/backpack...who the hell would design this garbage idea...
PS:
It has Yokai monsters like that umbrella-thing with an eye and other unique pets-this why i like it

you can send your pet to work/do freelance job and then buy stuff for him. weirdly interesting options to play with for such a cheap tamagochi

I have Tamagochi Nano (star wars one) i got for 25bucks but this one is way better and more fun to have.

>>11461810
>fave tama
Pianitchi
>Device
Admittedly I don't have many so I will say the pix
>collab
I love Sanrio and they often do collars
>what you would like to see in a new device
DLC that doesn't suck (sorry uni)
>hopes for the Paradise
Honestly I'm not interested so I hope I'm wrong.
>but this Kawaisouni garbage might be a new low for the series
Same, I like cutesy stuff and all but I don't get it at all. It's not cute it's just ugly.
>least favorite tama
Is just a me problem but I'm not a fan of most male Tamas, when I get a male Tama my interest in drops. Females are just the cutest.
>least favorite device
Again, not many devices but I don't understand the Nano line, I buy tamagotchi to raise a tamagotchi not an anime character. They should have gone the Sanrio route and make the tamas dress like the characters instead.

>>11461956
Pianitchi is a cutie! I like a lot of male Tama, Mametchi and Kuchipatchi are very iconic and Gozarutchi and Big Smile look fun, but I do tend to prefer female Tama too
>Nano line
yep, same pretty much. At the same time I cannot hate it because I'm sure it's good for both the brand and the source material, but imagine if they made actual complete collab devices instead..

>>11461810
-Sebiretchi
-Probably the Vital Bracelet, but I don't have strong feelings about any specific device.
Roster is most important to me and getting to pick and choose is nice.
-I really don't like crossovers, it usually kills my interest in a product.
The one that probably bothers me least is the Niziu one, because it's just OC tamas instead of just the characters/people dropped in.
-Not locking certain characters to certain shells or doing split versions. Just let me pick the shell I like and make cool looking ones again.
-I hope someone figures out the breeding so you can go after specific animals or parts.

-I hate all the old tamas, Ojitchi, Otokitchi, Oyajitchi.
-Collab vpets where characters evolve into completely different characters.
I don't "hate" them but I couldn't play the old gens without the QoL improvements.
Which is a bummer because they get all the good shells. Kinda resent that.
-Any collab that mashes characters from 2 IPs together to create a new abomination.

>>11461810
>fave tama
Pyonkochi
>fave device
Either a tossup between Connection v3 or v4. v3 perfected the classic formula of caretaking, while v4 has a meaty amount of content without sacrificing that core. The Japanese counterparts are solid too, I like the Keitai a lot but the Entama feels pretty shallow in terms of caretaking since they put extra focus on the schooling aspect and have little punishment for doing poorly in the skill point aspect and relies too much on e-Tamago to be usable.
>fave collab
I don't care for collabs much, but I do like Digimon vpets quite a bit. They're simple but appealing enough thanks to the things it does differently from Tamagotchi.
>what you would like to see in a new device
A return to form in terms of raw vpet growth. Later entries trivialized growth mechanics due to how quickly they grow and lack of ways to innately rack up care mistakes, or alternatively relying on simply feeding characters certain foods to get them. Some challenge and pushback helps with gameplay flow, a lot of "cozy games" have been falling into that same trap of making things unrewarding due to the lack of challenge to contrast the relief and reward.
>hopes for the Paradise
A large amount of side content would be nice.
>least favorite tama
Most of the anime humanoids don't do it for me. They went from virtual pets with their own society to bargain bin Sanrio girls, and it especially stings because they've done "girl" designs without devolving into that philosophy with Mesutchi and Entama females. Tamagotchi honestly lost the plot after the Plus era and didn't recover tonally until the Smart and Uni dialed back on that sort of thing and the Paradise threw that entire concept in the trash.
>least favorite device
Despite praising the Smart earlier for dialing back on the moe, it's an extremely shallow device. Never liked DLC either.
>least favorite collab
I didn't like Sanrio collabs happening in the main devices proper. Keep crossover content separate.

>>11461810
>fave tama
kikitchi
>fave device
connection v5.5
>fave collab
mothra
>what would you like to see in a new device
a fat kikitchi
>hopes for the paradise
not having the replace the batteries weekly
>least favorite tama
hanagatachi
>least favorite device
the nanos as a whole but the sanrio one is probably the most disappointing
>least favorite collab
stated above

be nicer to kikitchi

>>11461810
>fave tama
Kabutotchi
>Fave device
splitting this up..
>fave vintage
mori de hakken
>fave connection
tamatown tama-go
>fave color
plus color
>fave collab
i guess pac-man since the nano is good
give me Dragon Quest or Kirby
>hopes for the Paradise
longer growth stages

forever is strange

>>11462010
Sebiretchi is very underrated. I think the old Tama can be good when they lead to something like Shogun, but otherwise they're iffy. Why would you raise a pet to have it become a weird balding old man or something like Bill?
>>11462030
I like the "anime" humanoids..
>>11462065
>fave tama
>kikitchi
.... I'm very sorry about my previous statement.
Now that I think about it, he's not even in Paradise, right? Isn't it kind of a missed opportunity considering it's a monkey and everything?
>>11462150
The Mori de Hakken is genius. When the Paradise was revealed I thought the zoom feature was supposed to be a reference to it

>>11462274
it was funny typing it out and then reading the rest of your post and seeing you hated him so its okay lol and yeah i feel like its a missed opportunity. would have been nice if he was a special character on the connection monkey shell that came out

>>11462274
I can't see the appeal in visually sterile copypaste at all, doubly so when they're intended to be virtual pets you raise by having to feed and clean up shit but look almost human with accessories and everything.
I'd assume the old character design philosophy in vintage and Plus came from having to work with black and white LCD screens so most characters there had to have a unique silhouette and face, but those limitations bred creativity.
Ironically I don't mind gag characters like Oyajitchi and Bill at all since you have to go out of your way to get them and are treated as rare/joke characters to contrast the rest of the world rather than something unironic and sincere.

>>11462372
I'd say it depends, at least for me. There's definitely a case of sameface too, but I don't think it's bad to have options as long as the non moe-blob Tama are still there. Yeah giving them clothes and hats and all the frills goes a long way to making them feel out of place (or rather, make the old Tama do?) and yet I can't say I don't find them cute regardless, they're a different kind of appeal from what the Tama used to be so it's definitely polarizing

>>11461810
>fave tama
Melodytchi
>fave device
Ps and 4U, i can't choose either
>fave collab
Aikatsu
>least favorite tama
>oldies, because i dislike having my adults in plus-era tamas turn into them. Would be more tolerable if there was more variety at least. I don't really hate them though.
>uni, it's really boring
>pokopea because i don't care about vtubers

>>11462372
obviously people will have different taste. I saw the anime a long time ago which endeared me a lot to them. I think the ID L - 4U era of tamas also does a good job at conveying their silly quirks with the tamatomo and simple dialogue (I love the personality stages of the 4U, some of them have a specific context in the anime). I sort of overlook having to feed and clean their poop, though at least in the 4U you can potty train them.

>>11459545 (OP)
>How do we feel about the Paradise Roster?
Bring her back you cowards.

>>11462825
>humanoid

I like Bill

>>11462481
>Ps and 4U
I really want a Ps but the prices are so stupid (and I also need a phone with infrared)
The 4U is also a good candidate but supposed it's pretty finicky with the phones it connects to.

>>11459633
Marutchi now complains in-universe about how intentionally fuck with him for the meme dialogue. He actually lost.

>>11461810
-Kiwitchi
-Pix
-I have never played with any collab but based on just looks and content I like the Pui Pui Molcartchi, Hololive Fantasitchi, and the Kawaisouni Land DLC
-Lots of minigames
-Lots of content that isn't just taking care of your pet

-Masktchi
-Tamagotchi ON
-Sanrio

>>11464329
>Kiwitchi
pretty based
I didn't realize Sanrio collabs were so disliked. I always thought the two artstyles meshed well

>>11465013
I think it might be because the sanrio aspects over shadow the quirkyness of the tama designs. Almost like sterilizing the overall vibe.
They also feel a bit lazy from time to time.

you guys playing tamaweb?

>>11465211
I had no idea this existed
how long has it been a thing? It looks like it has heaps of content

>>11465013
>>11465037
I feel like the Sanrio crossover stuff cheapens the impact of both franchises. It's strange how they focus so heavily on conventional mascot cuteness when a big charm of Tamagotchi is in its unconventional ugly-cute with flawed characters (even perfect care Mametchi gets characterized as an overly-stiff blockhead in certain media like Corner Shop) and characters like Hangyodon are huge in Japan.

>>11465675
I think it came out around a year ago or so. It definitely has a lot of content and things to do, I like how many Tama there are and you can mod the hell out of it too

i just feel like the sanrio collabs are always half baked

>>11466199
I think that's a symptom of the Sanrio collabs being tied to gene mix eugenics sims that are devoid of content outside of puppy milling your Tama, and the Uni's Tamaverse DLC being barren and segmented off from the rest of the device.

>>11465211
I usually don't like the "phone Tamas" but I give it a shot. Looks cool, I wonder if there is a mod that only lets you hatch female Tamas.

>>11466514
this one is pretty much an actual tamagotchi with a huge amount of features. As for the female Tama, I'm fairly certain that with how care works, how the flowchart is structured and the fact that you can just choose whichever baby Tama you want after you're able to marry yours off, you shouldn't really need a mod to get the ones you like
We should also drop some friend codes and play together :3c

>>11466536
This is so fucked up

>>11466536
Damn. That's impressive, it truly is a passion project.

>>11466545
what? Not enough Tama for you?
Also now that I think about it, the Tama in this game don't have a gender I don't think, and since you can name them whatever you want they can all be females if you want them to

>>11466554
Bill is best girl

>>11466536
Of course fans make a better Tamagotchi than Bandai. And they also get the importance of Kuchipachi's silhouette.

>>11466536
I think combining skill points would be preferable to the way this is laid out, it looks real cluttered and some of the growths feel almost arbitrary.

Hiya /tmgc/, from /v/ and /digi/. I have a question. There were other virtual pets Bandai put out, right? Magical Witches and a few others. Do we have a list of the creatures in those virtual pets? I've been dying to know for a while, since apparently, a lot of them got absorbed into Digimon and Tamagotchi themselves.

>>11466711
I don't think there are any names for the Magical Witches cast, but a few characters like Kuchipatchi, Zuccitchi, and Oyajitchi show up there alongside a few resembling Digimon sprites. Pretty sure the Tamagotchi and Digimon characters in Magical Witches predate that device too, rather than originating from there.

>>11466221
the nano could have at least let me actually raise sanrio characters instead of a tama with a bow

>>11466711
The website Gotchi Garden has documentation about Magical Witches

>>11467705
See, I wish it had names though. I love the designs.

why is the us getting paradise a month after everyone else?

>>11467274
this

>>11468015
Tariffs disrupted Bandai's release plan, it took longer for them to figure out the logistics of how it could work

>>11468153
Is that also why we get screwed with no preorder bonuses?

>>11468269
I don't think Bandai have ever done US preorder bonuses for a tamagotchi

Got Plaza today. The Uni connectivity gives you cosmetics themed after the game like a dentures balloon (Mametchi's Dental Clinic), a WOW backdrop (Mimitchi's Mangaka), a Galette beret (Kuchipatchi's Galette Restaurant), and a Charitchi statue (Unimarutchi's bike shop). Going to try to get more, I'd assume there's cosmetics and furniture for every shop type in the game.

In related news, they're making 2 new digimon pendulum COLORS, one based on China themed digimon and another on Japanese themed digimon.

>>11472041
Roster for the red one.

>>11472045
Roster for the white one.

>>11472041
For some reason, paying $20 shipping to the US from the first place I found bothers me. Is there a better plan of action?

>>11472041
You know, despite loving tamagotchi, I never really tried to get into digimon for some reason. How are they? How do they differ from tamagotchi? Is it something entirely different?

>>11472041
are we ever getting any new digimon after the 25th and X to the US for mass diistro (i.e. via amazon, not premium bandai)?

would love a color.

>>11472111
Depends on which one but for the pendulum color it'll feel pretty familiar. Feeding it, cleaning up after it, putting it to bed, etc.
But there's also training and battle icons which uses the "pendulum" shake function.
You have to shake the device a specific amount of times to perform a "megahit". In training this fills up your strength meter which is similar to happiness on a tama. In battle this attack takes 2 out of 3 health points if it lands. Battling is necessary for unlocking many of the evolutions.
They're pretty simple 90's style v-pets for the most part. Personally I like trying to get all the evolutions to fill out the album.

>>11472120
Errm actually it was the 20th! And probably not but you can email the north american toy division asking if there will be restocks of digimon products and maybe they will get the hint

>>11472142
that sounds kind of fun. I'd imagine it would be nowhere near as in depth as a tama in terms of "bonding" with your pet, it's more like a pokemon where the entire concept is based around making them fight, right?

>>11472506
Yeah basically for pendulums your evolution is determinef by
>effort which is raised by training
>condition/care mistakes, reduced by doing stuff like letting your digimon go hungry or letting their strength run out
>wins in battles, usually a win ratio of 80% with a minimum x number of battles ensures evolution
>Jogress, either via sacrificing another same stage digimon on the same device or connecting with another device (in which case both evolve, neither gets consumed). If the new pendulums are like the COLOR remakes then evolutions will be linear once you reach adult/stage 4 and branching can only be done via jogressing. Also there are usually one or two jogress only mons in these rosters

Are Punirunes fun?

>>11472629
Fuck it, it was like $20 at a local Walmart.
>3 AAA batteries
>Huge device, it's bigger than the pix (I say it's big enough to be uncomfortable
>Slow menus
>The touch gimmick is fun
>The animations are cute
It's been less than an hour but I think there is something special that needs more publishing. I know there are going to release a second device in Japan but I highly doubt the brand will continue outside of Japan.

Aren't vpets to be considered as video games?

>>11472911
They're somewhere in the middle, but lean more towards toys given how people interact with them intermittently

I pre ordered mine the day it was on amazon. can't wait to get my hands on it

>>11462150
>Kabutotchi

All of the land ones SUCK

>>11477747
I like the snake.

>>11477747
I like the smug cat

New Corner Shop-themed short dropped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ojKwzyDp8
As an aside, I find it kind of funny how Marutchi's the only legacy character to be in Tamagotchi Plaza. The rest of the roster are either from the Uni, Corner Shop main characters, or anime characters.

>>11477747
I like the rat, bear, and hamster

>>11478240
It's wild to see Marutchi go from "completely discarded, we don't even have their illustration at a decent resolution" to a modern poster child for the franchise
Bandai are heavily playing into Marutchi's meme status in the japanese omisetchi fandom - is it landing well, or does it come off as shallow "how do you do" pandering?

>>11477782
>We want the Meowth demographic.

>>11478541
At this point, in most of my hobbies, I'd take awkward pandering over blatantly ignoring what most of the fan base wants.

>>11478541
>is it landing well, or does it come off as shallow "how do you do" pandering?
Definitely well-received. Fans of Moukona/Marutchi are quick about getting merch related to him or posting about his appearances in games. A lot of the love comes from his simple, cute design that resonates with fans (a lot of overly simple cute character designs in general are popular in Japan, like Sakura Momoko's character designs) and the bluntness of a young child saying something so honest and harsh. "Dekababymarutchi", the adult form of Marutchi in the Paradise, has also been well-liked.
The Plus era in general has been getting a lot of love in Japan because of Omisecchi's popularity too, so a lot of collaborations with other brands and new merchandise focus on that era more than the anime, post-m!x and even vintage era. It's also why you see a resurge in Ichigotchi/Ringotchi, Furawatchi (they seem to have abandoned the purple Violetchi used in Western material for consistency), the "Young" characters and Gozarutchi alongside Marutchi in merchandising, since those were also main characters of that era.

>>11479316
Another one, and a very recent Tweet too.
The @tamagotch_goods Twitter account posts about a lot of Japanese Tamagotchi goods and merchandise, but usually the ones that get the most attention are either Marutchi or Kuchipatchi.

>>11479316
>>11479354
>all over 1m views
holy shit I thought it was way more niche

Are there japanese fan communities, similar to the discords and old forums used by western fans? It looks like, by the numbers, they might be bigger than the western audience but perhaps less organized

>>11480558
The Japanese Tamagotchi community is far bigger than the Western one for sure. There's been a big resurgence after the Uni's release due to many collabs with other Japanese brands and merchandising that helps keep it trendy. As Bandai puts it, they're going through their "third boom" (the first being the fad during the original's release, and the second being the Plus/Connection era with it peaking with the Keitama/v3), and they're fully capitalizing on it this time around.
It also helps that Tamagotchi's being boosted through Japanese streamers. Dokomusu Channel in particular has done a lot of work in bringing new fans to the series with his Omisecchi streams alongside Marutchi being a recurring gag even outside of Tamagotchi streams and a resident in his Tomodachi Collection island, and his work on keeping a strong relationship with the Tamagotchi franchise paid off since Bandai ended up interviewing him for the official Omisecchi fanbook.
The current fanbase also shapes the image of the franchise right now, and what they've been doing with it. Vintage-style design philosophy returns for Paradise, since old-school fans are getting back into the series, and Plus era characters have been making a comeback, both due to the Keitama nostalgia and because Omisecchi as a series was most known during that time period.
As for fan communities, from what I've seen, most Tamagotchi fans tend to just post on Twitter than on any dedicated fansite or server. Most average Japanese people tend to like Twitter the most. Also, despite the JP fanbase being leagues bigger than the Western fanbase, I wouldn't discount the importance of Westerners either, since Connection nostalgia and vocal outcry for the remakes is why we even got the Connection 2024 remake to begin with, and why it's specifically based on the Western v3 rather than the JP Keitama. This also means it's the first time JP fans get to experience a Western-style Connection with its huge roster and game lineup.

>>11480764
What did the JP fans think of it?

>>11480805
The Connection 2024 remake? For the most part, it's been well-received because of all the additional in-game content the Western Connections have compared to the Japanese counterparts which blows them away, and the fact that the core fundamental gameplay of Connection/Plus-era is good enough to be enjoyable regardless. The expanded roster has been getting new fans too, since it's a lot of people's first exposure to Western-exclusive characters and Osumesu returning characters. People were pleasantly surprised by Hashizoutchi coming back after being shelved for so long specifically. Collab and lottery shell designs have been very popular, like Ichibankuji's 20th anniv Keitama shell and the Omisecchi design shell.
However, there's also a subsect of core fans disappointed with the Connection too, specifically in the poor implementation of Keitama content (a lot of items were cut and the phone connectivity does not have a replacement among other things) especially considering the remake was advertised as a Keitama in Japan, the bad battery life compared to the original Keitama release, the sound effects being less cute, and the double-edged sword aspect of having a large roster. Most JP Tamagotchi releases have smaller rosters but in turn have very easy to understand growth patterns where following a guide will get you what you want, but the v3 specifically splits characters off in pools where you have a 1/3 shot of actually getting what you want. I've seen a lot of disappointment from fans who wanted to get original characters they were nostalgic for getting someone else entirely. Most fan disappointment comes from people who liked the Keitama going in expecting a proper remake of that instead of the v3, and I blame Bandai for marketing it as that.
I do wonder if we'll see future Connection versions get made, and if they'll stick to the Western gameplay styling or shift to Japanese elements, since the Entama and v4 are quite different from one another.

Could this be considered a V-pet?

>>11481398
Not sure what this is but i feel like there's a distinction between a V-pet and robot pet. That looks like a robot.

>>11481400
Not saying I disagree, but what would you say is the difference in your opinion? Since they're both electronics with pet-styled features, like feeding, playing and general caretaking, most people wouldn't consider them different.

>>11481401
because it isnt a virtual pet you take care of on an electronic it’s an electronic pet you take care of in the real world

>>11481411
That doesn't seem like a meaningful distinction.

>>11481401
Part of it is the presentation, one being a pixelated thing on a screen vs. a toy that resembles a robot (granted they do often have LCD eyes).
But also i've never seen a robot pet that had consequences for not playing with/feeding it. It's more like regular roleplay with a toy rather than a simulation.

>>11481418
The name virtual pet literally implies the pet is virtual

Despite everything, I'm glad Memetchi hasn't been completely shelved, even though she lost mascot status.

>>11481735
tfw kuromametchi's been shelved

>>11481422
Not really. It just means there is a digital interface.

>>11481901
You are wrong

>>11481985
You haven't managed to explain how I'm wrong.

>>11482015
The "virtual" in the name virtual pet

Some people are getting theirs early, so, the speculation period is more or less over. Mine doesn't arrive until August because Mr. Japan hates my country so now I will have to avoid spoilers for a whole month. Well it was fun while it lasted. Hope everyone enjoys theirs when they receive them. Which shells did everyone get? I got the pink land one because people kept instantly buying the other two.

>>11482722
i got the blue one because i thought the others were a tad ugly

>>11482722
I got purple because I like purple, even though the pink parts and yellow text make it look a bit garish

I'd prefer there was more contrast between the purple and pink colors instead of both being a similar brightness/saturation, but Bandai used essentially the same colors for the Pix Party so they must have some market research that little girls like it or some shit

>>11482722
I got pink land because I liked the plant faceplate and the land tamagotchis

The Uni felt more like a game than a virtual pet. I really hope the Paradise walks a lot of that back.

>>11483409
The Uni is like a live service game with FOMO and routine events
The Paradise looks more like a single player game
There's a metagame of levelling up your planet as you raise more characters and unlock stuff

>>11482722
had blue preordered but switched to pink so I could get it sooner. a bit pricier but I get my bro meowtchi quicker