Thread 11584779

Have you been taking good care of your Gaiatchi? You signed the pledge in the manual, didn't you?

I went to the pop up event today, the line was horribly long and all I grabbed was the sea Tamagotchi Paradise and the transforming kuchipatchi plush.

I started paradise and it does feel more expansive than the original and nanos I played with.

Just glad to finally see a color screen on these things and not costing absurd prices.

>>11585490
The Paradise has a very nice feeling, and it seems to fut into my busy adult life very well. I almost wish there was a bit more consequence to it.

Batteries finally died on my Paradise, so I think I'm going to leave it be.
I can see myself going back to it eventually but I think I got my fill completing the entire Land library. I'll probably stick with the Connections and Pix, but I do appreciate them backpedaling on the things I didn't like at all about the Smart and Uni. Gives me hope for the 30th-- Tamagotchi's anniversaries tend to deliver content and roster-wise.

Went to my town's local Tamagotchi and v-pet club meet today. It was more or less what I expected, pretty laid back overall. The people there seemed nice, but it was just a few of us. Does anyone else attend in-person v-pet clubs?

>>11586691
that's a thing??? what kind of people show up?

>>11586802
Apparently not all of the regular members showed up that day, so I didn't get to see the full spectrum. The ones that were there seemed to be typical tiktok candy/pasteIcore types. Not my favourite type of people to have to interact with, but they were nice enough. They seem to be toy collectors as well, two of them made plans to hunt at the nearby Walmart after the club meeting The club has a little raffle by donation they do at the end of the meeting for tamagotchi related merch, so that's a nice incentive to show up again. I was surprised too that irl clubs/meets exist. If you're in/near a larger city there's a good chance there's one.

The shell on the Paradise feels weird. Kinda oily/greasy, but not very much so. It's also surprisingly light but I guess there's not much internal stuff in it. Also the dial feels surprisingly cheap to me, kind of loose and rattly, but most people say it's fine. I've had gemtchi for a week now and it doesn't seem their hunger/happiness deplete faster over time like they do for adults on older models. So I guess the challenge is over when you reach adult stage. Meh, it's cute and some of the minigames are fun enough for what they are.

>>11588176
I know what you mean. I think the Paradise's case is treated with some kind of slick coating to help prevent dirt buildup or something. I also figure it can be from my own hand oils so I always wipe the thing down with my shirt. Out of the box the knob definitely felt really cheap, the amount of play it has feels weird at first but I got used to it pretty quick. I guess it's pretty robust? Apparently you can just pull the knob out and put different ones in. Don't try it at home unless you know for sure. The one thing I don't like is how easy the big clear plastic screen cover gets scratched. I have nasty scratches just from it sharing a pocket with my headphone case in my jacket pocket. I hope I can find some replacements soon

>more Uni shells
Gotta keep milking DLC whales, I guess.

>>11588920
wow so the unis not completely dead after all. i think these new shells are premium bandai though.
this little thing is cute

I raised a land, sea and air Tama, so I'm giving it a rest now, but I'll get back to it, probably close to christmas when I'm home more often.

It's funny how the eyes are one of two things that can genemix, but you barely ever see the alternate eyes because tama is doing generic ^^ eyes 90% of the time if it isn't starving and drowning in shit.

new tamas

takeshita paradise special variant of purple sky

new mezzo piano shell

>>11590394
>>11590408
>forest field replaces sky
Whyyy not land. Great little fellows though. Big fan of Garfieldchi.

>>11590473
I wonder the same thing.

I wasn't a fan of how bright the shell was on the american amazon listing...But once I saw it in action-- I think I will need it for myself kek

>>11590773
how many days does each stage last?

>>11590473
>implying they would ever cut the dumping ground for all the mascots over filler rockshitters
You WILL get your P1/P2 rehashes and you WILL like it

>>11590408
Seems like they moved Kuchipatchi and Horhotchi (now recolored pink) to the Forest biome. Always found it stupid how Kuchi was in Sky when his whole deal was that he lived in Patchi Forest, so the change is welcome.

>>11590965
Don't you think they'll release a version that replaces land and one that replaces ocean fields? Shame they can't be backwards compatible for connection/breeding purposes.

>>11591028
Ever since the Smart, Bandai seems really fond of banking on mascot characters like Mametchi, Mimitchi, Kuchipatchi (Sky), Sebiretchi (who's been used since the Pix as a female Kuchipatchi counterpart), Furawatchi and Pochitchi, so gutting Land means moving four of those characters (plus Meowtchi, likely, considering Horhotchi got moved) to another biome like they did with Kuchipatchi rather than simply.
I could imagine down the line we'd get ones that replace Ocean or even Land, but they probably started with replacing Sky because it's the most inconsequential/"filler" roster-wise, whereas with Land you'd either have to ditch all the mascot charas entirely or squeeze them into whatever new biome, resulting in far less newcomers. I'm more inclined to think Bandai wouldn't ditch the Land cast, since they've been banking on nostalgia and using the same few characters lately.

seems like tmgc is getting a new "tama depa" in harajuku. seems so popular

>>11591041
Well, I think it would be fine if they released a device that put Mametchi and Meowtchi in the desert with other new characters, wouldn't it? Right now there is four options that doesn't replace mascotland, maybe five if one replaces ocean. Foreign market maybe doesn't care as much, about such things don't you think?

>>11591028
they aren't backwards compatible? i doubt that. the paradise downloads data when it connects anon.

>>11591484
>Foreign market maybe doesn't care as much, about such things don't you think?
Tell that to the loud as fuck Kuchipatchi and Mimitchifags

I made a thread for IDing this but i remember seeing some vpet toy that looks like this in the early 2010s on youtube. It had motorized legs and was shaped like a little pod.

Favorite Games/Mini Games of Paradise? Least favorite?
Me:
>Favorite Game: 3 UFOS. Short and impossible to lose.
>Least Favourite Game: Walking because it took so long.
>FMG: It's punch the meteors. Simple and a bit fun.
>LFMG: Hard to decide which one is worst. Breakout game clean the dust is so long. Way too long. Remembering meals is wretched too unless you got a great memory.

>>11593764
i wonder if this is bait because i feel the exact opposite about all of your choices kek.

>>11593827
Which do you like then?

>>11593764
The trick for matching meals is you don't have to memorize all of the meals, all you need to memorize is where the burnt meal is.
Once you click the burnt meal it's game over but if you click a safe meal you can keep selecting.

>>11593932
i like walking because its easy and pretty hard to mess up, and i like memory because it reminds me of the plus color. the ufo game is impossible to mess up if you give it undivided attention the whole time, and asteroids is just boring. i also like the doodle jump immune system game.

I need some advice, thinking of swapping the shell of a digimon X2 I have however the speaker is glued to the back of the case, I'd like to know what glue I should use to attach it to the new case.

>>11594623
have you opened it up yet? iirc the new digimon vpets use pcb mounted piezo speakers...

>>11594308
walking makes me a little motion sick.

>>11594664
Then how do you get from place to place?

>>11594663
Oh I see, there's a difference between the US and JP assembly. I had only seen the inside of the red JP version but the US one has the speaker mounted onto the board itself.

>>11594670
ur welcome anon :D

>>11594669
i'm american so i drive everywhere

>>11593305
Are you sure it was a V-Pet? The only thing I could find that matches that description is the Enabot EBO interactive camera.

Why is the Digimon X version 3 so expensive? I have all the ones released in america and I wanted to see if I could get the rest but they’re like hundreds a piece. Did they only make a super limited amount or something?

>>11594707
Yeah they only released them in Japan and didn't make that many. It was the last non color DM, probably also why Pendulum ZIIs are expensive as fuck as well.

>>11594722
So there’s no way to get one at a good price then? Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to skip that one. Maybe I’ll go for one of those pendulum ones next.

>>11594767
Nevermind they’re all overpriced as shit. I guess I better grab the color ones before they start selling for 500 a pop.
Why don’t any of these get released overseas after the X ones? Did they flop super hard or something?

>>11594791
X2 had an infamous recall that led to it flopping, the retards actually switched the boards for the two versions.

>>11594813
I don’t know anything about running a toy company, but how does it make any sense to stop selling them after that? If the X2 only flopped because you fucked up and the ones before sold well enough to get a sequel, why not just release the next one and keep making money? Now I can’t buy any of these because those retards just spooked themselves and got cold feet.

>>11594791
You're in luck since they're doing another batch for pendulum colors, first 3 should come out one of these days and the other 3 at around november/december.

>>11594704
i found it and posted it in my original thread. It was a short lived vpet called U.bo made by a taiwanese component company called Phison. It only released in europe and taiwan i think.

>>11594821
this. I will never understand that whole snafu
>take pre orders for dmx2
>somehow switch the versions
>early recipients compain about false advertising
>recall
>don't fix the board switch and instead just change the box art
>don't release the original japanese colorways
"uh oh guys, we lost money on this, looks like digimon isn't profitable outside of japan!!!"
>???????????

>>11590473
>>11590773
I assume it's meant to be a "cloud forest," given the red panda is mostly likely the secret character, which is why it replaces sky. But I'm fine being wrong. The deer is really cute.

>>11595416
I wonder if Time Stranger selling well will convince them to bring more of them over.

>>11595699
it smells like bandai is trying to keep digimon mostly as a premium bandai brand. i also suspect that they produced too many dm20s because they're still on amazon for cheap. Really it seems like every vpet bandai has been producing is a limited run. Like they'll do maximum 3 runs of one product before moving on to the next thing, to the detriment of enthusiasts and the benefit of scalpers.

Which between the akai and the jinsei would you guys suggest?

>>11595415
I see. Sorry about that. Glad you got your answer though.

>>11595721
>it smells like bandai is trying to keep digimon mostly as a premium bandai brand.
Seems like it, at least as far as anything aside from the games and cards.
I can't say it isn't a smart move, but it's still depressing to see, especially in light of how hard they tried to make the Vital Bracelet the Next Big Thing. All that shilling, just to give up and fall back on the on cards.

>>11596719
>Akai
Same functionality as the Keitai, but spriteswapped to fit the red theming. The closest to the Connection 2024 remake. You can play this knowing little to no Japanese, so it's pretty accessible, and the battery life is the best in the franchise, lasting months to even a year depending on how active your playstyle is, much better than the remake's battery life. The roster is smaller than Connection 2024, having 8 normal adults instead of the 30 there, but the selection's much more curated with the animations/exclusive items being more polished looking. Arguably the best entry for classic-style Connection gameplay.
>Entama (Jinsei)
Lots of text, so basic Japanese knowledge is required. I highly recommend getting the CYOI version since the minigame selection is better/less grindy. Gameplay styling is much different, focusing on skill points for evos and the job system with care taking a back seat. Tonally, it is much more slice-of-life oriented to parallel the Tamagotchi Town worldbuilding the series had at the time with things like Corner Shop, and growths are slower, taking twice as long as usual Connections. Sizeable roster with 21 adults and an entire family grouping for everyone. A good entry if you want something different from the usual things.

Personally, I'm a big fan of classic Tamagotchi-style gameplay so I prefer the Keitai/Akai (its overall popularity is also why Bandai chose to remake the V3 with Keitai's elements), but the Entama's pretty nice too, and it's a shame its elements haven't been carried over to future entries.

>>11597835
What about the items? My first tama was the v4 back in the day so i'm partial to the complexity of the entama. I also like that the genetics in the entama are a bit more predictable than the v4's utter madness. The hard part is finding an entama at a good price.

I don't understand poop on the Paradise and it's driving me crazy. I look around the active field - no poop. But I get suspicious because it's been a while and clean the fields anyway. No poop appears during the animation yet five turds fall into the rocket at the end. Is it simply time based? Do the number of released "wild" tamas affect the poop accumulation rate?

Finally got the Paradise.
I like it, it's very good

>>11595003
How many of these extra batches do they usually do? 75 bucks a piece is a little pricey, so I probably won’t be able to get them all in one go.

really not a fan of paradise tamas being effectively immortal with even minimal care. i guess its to keep kids happy but it means if you want a tama star you have to intentionally neglect the poor thing for several days until it finally dies. they should have lifespans again so you can feel good about getting a really old bad care tama.

>>11601675
Honestly I dunno, I got into it too recently to be able to tell you that.

The average experience of the Digimon 20th is fully raising a couple megas then getting 100 champions and letting them drown in poop because the rosters are so middle heavy and it’s the fastest way to get a new egg.
This thing really sucks to complete compared to literally every other digimon vpet.

>>11602130
I've read that there are two kinds of tama stars. You get a star for neglecting the thing to death, of course. Your tama in that star will look very sad. However, I have heard if you take good care of the adult tama for 30+ days it will die naturally and give you a tama star where it looks happy. I haven't tried this out myself, yet

>>11598234
Items for both entries are a bit more limited compared to Western-style Connections. In the Keitai, children and teenagers gain access to generic-use items like Balloons and the Jump Rope, while adults each have a set of exclusive items which they'll use to play special animation sets as occasional idle animations. To contrast, the Entama has more "practical" items which don't have special animations tied to them like the Keitai and Western Connections, but will do more useful things like raise skill points or be used for cooking, which can then be used to get special foods to further raise skill points.
This guy's guides have a list of the items in both entries:
https://curlour.neocities.org/en/tmgc/ktama/listaobj
https://curlour.neocities.org/en/tmgc/entama/objetos
In general, this person's guides are a good resource for the Plus/Connection era.

>>11604497
I ordered an entama yesterday. I like the roster since my first tama was a v4.

>>11604207
where did you see this?

>>11604743
I've seen a few posts on plebbit. It's not on the tamagotchi wikia

>>11604207
You do get a happy tama star after 30+ days but you still have to intentionally let it die, Paradise tamas are Rasputin tier resilient

Well get ready guys...
The same kpop girl that made Labubus go viral just showed off her new paradise

>>11605989
Not necessarily a bad thing, since this could also result in Bandai improving the quality of their devices content-wise or doing more things to keep people invested instead of it just being a passing fad.
Funny how it was the Paradise and Connections that brought everyone back though. Moeshit lost.

>>11606184
>Moeshit lost
As it should

I've been interested in Tamagotchi recently and was learning about it and playing the Corner Shop games the past few weeks, so i ordered one of these and got it yesterday. I've never had anything like this before, it's pretty cool so far. The Paradise model seems neat so if i enjoy my time with the Connection i might have to get one in the future. Excuse the blogpost btw.

How easy is it to remove the speakers from the back shell of a DM20? I just want to swap the shell of mine for one of those neat Alphamon shells from Japan but those Japanese models have the speakers glued to their backs.

lovelin will never die

>>11594686
Ok so follow up question, there's an issue I'm having, the problem is that the US speaker is too close to the edge so it bumps into the edge of the JP shell's back. Can I safely move the US speaker or is there some safe way to shave off the plastic from the JP shell's interior to allow the mounted piezo speaker to not get stuck on the edge of the shell?

Can I also talk about non-V-Pet Digimon here? Digimon and Tamagotchi are two sides of the same coin anyway.

So I wonder if there are people who own most of the Digi Xros Figure Series from the Japanese Xros Wars line and at least Shoutmon from the US Fusion line. You get a good Shoutmon and Star Sword from the US figure (pretty articulate compared to the stubby combining figure from the Japan line), but you get lots more variety with the Japanese line and a good Shoutmon Mic from the Shoutmon and Starmons Set. In fact, I wonder if you can display US Shoutmon with the JP Mic without breaking Shoutmon's separated fingers since it's too obvious you can fit the US Star Sword with the JP X4.

>>11605989
>>11606184
I'm with ya on this, that this could be a good thing. Now we need a kpop person to be into Digimon. Get someone a DMX3.

>>11607015
it depends on whether or not you want to retain the functionality of the case-attached speaker.

>>11607188
with what little modding i have done i would suggest shaving for tolerance on both pieces...

>>11604172
>This thing really sucks to complete compared to literally every other digimon vpet.
It's notable that they heavily scaled back completion requirements with later releases. At the same time, it's disappointing we haven't gotten such an extensive roster since the 20th series, even if so much of it was locked behind connecting to other devices.

I feel bad for leaving my Connection in a drawer since it's last battery death, I just got sick of the thing eating through batteries like candy, it got through 3 batteries before my Digimon even got through 1 thanks to the stupid always on screen

post the v-pet or pets you are raising RIGHT NOW

>>11611210
This is the first time i've owned a vpet, i'm having a good time. It grew into Mametchi overnight while i was sleeping (Excuse the shit camera quality)

>>11611210
he is sleeping.

>>11610118
this is very ironic because i remember when i first got my dm20, it would die on batteries that my original v4 could like 4 more days out of. The v4 was peak imo.

Tried restoring an Alphamon DM20 by touching up the gold painted gaps inbetween the bricks. Hopefully the paint will stick since it seems to be the same color and tone at glance. You have to put it against harsh light to notice the fresher parts shining brighter than the unpainted areas.

>>11611210
got this in the mail earlier this week.

>>11606983
blogpost in /4tama/ is better than no post at all, so long as it is tama related

>>11611521
>>11611918
Nice job, anon. Even up close the difference is fairly subtle.

>>11612262
Thanks, I also swapped out the background pic with one from an X3 so that it'd be more fitting. I think I need to look for a pendulum zero virus buster background for Omegamon's DM20.