The V4.5 was the end of the big hits, I think. The school and work feature was the biggest hit Tamagotchi has had ever since Tamagotchis themselves came out. The V5 was just...not a good decision. If it had the school/work feature, it would have been far more successful. Of course, BanDai tried to bring it back with the Music Star, but nothing would blow away the memories of skill points, Ura characters, Mame and Meme families and the addictive games of the V3. I really miss the school/work feature and skill points, they sort of gave you challenge to get into all the different families and do experiments with skill points and keep you checking on your adult pet to see if it's got jobmail yet. Of course, plenty of people disagree, but I'd rather fix my V3 and smash all my 3 Tama-Gos than vice versa (if my Tama-Gos were broken and my V3 was working, but that's not the case). I miss my old, worn V3 with the design so faded you can't tell which design it is and the screen so scratched you can barely see your character. I guess we'll all remember the old Tamas in that way.