Advantages: Small and sound can be turned off!
Disadvantages: Child's interest lasts as long as the battery!

...characters). A black blob is a boy and a clear blob is a girl. Congratulations you are now the parent of a beeping, pooing spodge! --------The Icons--------- Now you are up and running you need to know about the icons. These are at the very top and the bottom of the screen. There are 10 in all. To select the icons scroll through using the first button (A), to select press B and to cancel press C. 1. The status icon. This displays the hungry and Happy meters (4 hearts that you should try and keep full), the training bar (you get further pieces of bar for praising or disciplining the tamagotchi accordingly). It also shows the age, weight in pounds, generation number, name and the number of points you have (just press B to scroll through). 2. The feeding icon. You can choose to give your tamagotchi a meal, a snack or a treat... Read review

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Advantages: Fun pet, no mess!
Disadvantages: Easy to lose.

...because it can be played together with friends. Fun? ****** This game is great fun and I would suggest best suited to children age 6 and above. It is great for car journeys (in daylight). Tamagotchi version 2 does not get boring, in fact over time you discover lots of new and interesting things about your pet. For example, the type of pet that hatches can be different each time, from a duck faced creature to an onion shaped thingy. Then there are moments when your pet appears on screen having a bath or watching TV. There are 4 games to play but you don't get them all unti you've manged to care for your baby to various stages. When you progress far enough to get the best game called slot, if you hit the jackpot of OOO, you get £9.99 added to your account and fireworks on screen!! The first time you do this you cannot be silent about your... Read review

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Advantages: Have a pet dog without having to clean up the mess!
Disadvantages: The commentators are annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...When my girlfriend first told me that she wanted a "Nintendog" I thought that it was going to be a glorified Tamagotchi! You feed it every now and then and get bored after a week.... But I was mistaken, it's actually quite addictive (So much in fact that I got one myself!). At the start of the game you get to choose which puppy you want to begin with (See list below). If you are undecided you can view some in action to help you make up your mind. I chose the Labrador. You are then prompted to call your puppies name into the built in mic. After calling it 3 or 4 times the puppy recognises it and from then on will respond to your call. You are then made to type the name on the screen. Next you are taught how to teach your puppy a trick, "Sit". Using the touch screen, pet the puppy and move the cursor downwards to make him/her sit... Read review

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Advantages: Fully interactive, user-interaction, easy-to-use, come with battery, competitvely priced
Disadvantages: Very small, can become boring, not for everyone!

...and secure with policeman Chief & fireman Sparky! However, will fights be provoked by their similar jobs?!) Each Cube can hold up to 4 stick men which means that they are very entertaining people to watch and each Cube comes with a battery included, which means they can be used almost instantaneously. Manufacturers recommend this product for 6+ and guarantee them with a 6 month guarantee, which isn't too important as I've had my 1st series for a few years and they're still as robust as ever. I would recommend these funky, dynamic products to anyone! Yes, anyone at all! This is because they are highly entertaining and any one who has seen these in my house has instantly been compelled to them! However, they would be suitable for birthday presents, Christmas presents or even stocking fillers! Some flaws to this product (that I... Read review

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Advantages: No nappies, no baby clutter!
Disadvantages: I've become a Granny in my early thirties!!!

...As a teacher I vowed that I would never, ever allow my children to be swept away by silly, expensive school crazes. So here I am sitting by the computer, Tamagotchi at the side of me, checking that it has enough food and love to keep it happy and healthy, and making sure that it doesn't need the toilet. This eating, pooing piece of plastic is the ideal starter pet. It makes no real mess, very little noise but it allows a humane experiment into how long children will really love and care for something. Of course it is not real; this little device is roughly 6x5 cm, made of plastic and fits neatly into your hand. The Tamagotchi Connexion, created by Bandai, is a re-invention of its nineties sibling. Essentially it is a very basic computer game, with a blobby inanimate object hat bounces around on the screen. It has a large screen... Read review

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Advantages: teach a child how to look after a pet
Disadvantages: can be lost easily

...There probably aren't many families with children that haven't heard of a Tamagotchi in their house. Whether they've bought them for the kids or the kids friends have one, and they have played on it, one way or another there will be a connection to one of these little toys. *What are they * Tamagotchi's are a virtual pet, living in an egg shaped brightly coloured plastic case for children to look after. When you first start playing with these toys, the child creates their first pet. These can either be a boy or girl and you don't get to know until the egg is hatched. Next you will have to choose a name for your pet. Sounds simple enough doesn't it. But what's the appeal to kids? Last year these things were all the rage, and I ended up having to go into town on Christmas Eve when I thought I'd finished all my shopping... Read review

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Advantages: Gets Boring after A Months Use.
Disadvantages: Just Mini Games played over and over gets boring! bit pricy for an easy game!

...**The Tamagotchi DS Game Description Says... ...A shopping simulation set in the world of Tamagotchi and developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS. In the game, players open specialty shops, and develop their businesses by servicing customers through mini games that utilize the Nintendo DS's touch-screen functionality. Scheduled for release this winter, Tamagotchi: Corner Shop features a colorful, hand-drawn visual style, popular Tamagotchi characters, and a variety of different shops. In Tamagotchi: Corner Shop, players help Mametchi, Memetchi or Kuchipatchi set up a shop, with the ultimate goal of creating a "royal" shop that is a favorite of Princess Tamako. Players can select from a variety of different stores, including a bakery, beauty salon, dentist's office, flower shop, and more. Once the shop is open, players will help... Read review

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Advantages: Tamagotchi with good graphics
Disadvantages: No substantial differences between this and a tamagotchi aside from the graphics

...Having heard about this game I was curious to find out whether there was any real substance to it or whether it was just a more high tech version of a tamagotchi. Unfortunately it's the latter. The game is perfectly enjoyable to start with, you teach the dog tricks and the better it gets the better it does in shows thus winning more money. With this money you buy the dog toys, treats etc. You'll also need to look after the dog i.e. feed it, bath it, take it for walks. That's it. Sure you can adopt more dogs, if I remember correctly the maximum is four, but there's nothing else to the game. There's also the issue of voice recognition which is fairly poor. Having named one of my dogs I couldn't for the life of me get the DS to accept the name when I pronounced it which made it impossible to get past a certain point with that dog... Read review

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Advantages: Decent graphics
Disadvantages: Far too much like a high tech tamagotchi

...I've already reviewed the Labrador version of this game and as I've played all of them the reviews are going to be almost identical. The only difference between the different versions are the type of dogs available for you to select from. In this review I'll just do a short summary of the problems I explained in the Labrador review. If you're looking for something more than a high tech tamagotchi you will not find it here. In this game you do the usual, feed the dog, bath it, take it for walks etc. You can also enter competitions for which you will have to train your dog quite a bit which is rather tedious otherwise you have no chance of winning. If you win you can then use this money to buy the dog treats, toys etc. Voice recognition is a problem, you may find that having selected a name for your dog and had your pronunciation... Read review

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Advantages: Amazingly realistic and detailed virtual pets.
Disadvantages: Better in short bursts.

...Nintendogs was going to be a hit from the start. It took a leap out of the book from the well known Tamagotchi that have proved hugley popular. Nintendogs aimed to expand on this idea, and with the touch screen and microphone built into the DS you just know that this is going to be something special. But what you probobly want to know is whether this would be the right game for you. Read on. ---------------- Story / Aim ---------------- The idea behind Nintendogs is that you are a trainer and you have to look after your very own virtual pup. You can meet up with other people's dogs, and try to train your own dog to enter competitions. ---------------- Gameplay ---------------- The gameplay is rather simple. The game is controlled with the touch screen thoughout the whole thing. You can interact with your pup at your... Read review

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