I remember getting my first Tamagotchi on the Christmas of '06... It was a yellow V3 with pink & purple spots. I had gotten the inspiration to ask for one from seeing one of my cousins happily taking care of her V2 a couple years before.
I also remember that all my siblings wanted Tamagotchis too when I had mine, because I was having so much fun with it! :-D
The first Tamagotchi I raised was named "RUBY", and she was always with me. Sadly though, she ended up dying as a teen, because I was unaware that your pet had to have a weight above the minimum weight to play games (which was all I knew, at the time, that would raise her happy heats). She died in my hands, I saw it all... I was devastated!
Happily though, I raised the next Tamagotchi I had, "JEWEL", with a much wiser approach... By feeding her snacks to help her gain weight and happiness!
Jewel's daughter "VALUE" actually came with me on a trip to Mexico, but my dad made me have my Tamagotchi paused for the entire vacation. I still checked the screen (even though it was paused) over and over!
Tamagotchis can bring back great memories!
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