The Tamagotchi (たまごっち, IPA: tamaɡotꜜtɕi) is a handheld digital pet, created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai.It was released by Bandai on November 23, 1996 in Japan and May 1, 1997 in the rest of the world, quickly becoming one. Tamagotchi Square offers some tips from translations of two Japanese books providing hints for raising Tamagotchi Plus (the Japanese version of Tamagotchi Connection). The books are Bandai's Tamaplus Raising Guide (Japanese title is 'Kaettekita Tamagotchi Plus Suku Suku Sodatekata Guide') and the Bandai Playing Book (Kaettekita!
The Tamagotchi Connection Version 1 was first released on 15th August 2004, in North America and shortly after, in Europe as the Tamagotchi Connexion. It's known as the Tamagotchi Plus in Japan. It was the first modern Tamagotchi to include the concept of marriage and mating, which itself come from the Japanese language Osutchi and Mesutchi.
The V1 as it's commonly known is also the first Tamagotchi to use Infrared to connect to other Tamagotchi's in order to play games, and to build up friendships which can eventually lead into marriage and offspring. It was released with 9 adult characters, 4 teenagers, 2 toddlers and 2 babies, depending on the Tamagotchi's gender for a total of 17 characters.
Tamagotchi Connection V1 Guide 2
The new Tamagotchi V1 has a larger screen than the vintages (pre 2004) releases before it, 32x30 rather than 32x16 pixels. It also has 10 icons instead of 8. The new icons that are included are:
- Communication - This icon is used to connect your Tamagotchi to others using the infrared. This is also how you can build up a relationship with a second Tamagotchi. You Tamagotchi can also receive gifts, which your Tamagotchi may then play with, or eat depending on what it is.
- Friends list - The ninth icon is how you view your friends list. Each Tamagotchi that you connect to will be recorded here, as will how close of friends you are.
The Tamagotchi Connection V1 also is the first Tamagotchi release to include more than one game. The two games that are available to play are:
- Dance: This game is played with all three buttons to make the character copy dance steps. Pressing A makes the character move to the left, C makes it move to the right and B makes it jump.
- Jump: This game is played with the middle button (B). Pressing it at the right time will make the character jump over the hurdles. The more hurdles jumped successfully, the faster the character runs towards them. There are 30 hurdles to jump in order to win the game.
The Tamagotchi Version 1 can also Connect to other Tamagotchi devices and mate with them, up until the release of the Tamagotchi Connection Version 4.5.
Tamagotchi Connection V1 Guide Pdf
*Picture of the Tamagotchi Connection is taken from Project Tamashell which can be found here.