That is very well explained Mimitchi&Hanatchilover.
It sounded fun, hehe, and sorry to hear about your first Hinotamatchi.
I remember, two years ago, before Xmas in my school everyone was bringing these egg-shaped Tamagotchis, and were connecting. I remember back then thinking they were a bit silly, but my friend said she really wanted one, and she bought one, and she let me play with it. I decided it was a lot more fun than I thought, and convinced my mother to buy one, so I got a translucent pink ConneCTion like my friend, and I bought a yellow and blue lanyard for it.
(I bought mine in early January)
When I got home, I waited for my Dad to go on the computer, and I pulled out the tab. An egg appeared.
"Yay, I'm going to be the mum of a little pet" I thought.
I very carefully put the time in, and made sure it was the same way as the TV time. I had read the instructions very carefully, and I put my Birthday in correctly. I then stared at the egg for ages, and it began wobbling, and it hatched! I remember being so happy then.
It was a little Shirobebetchi, and I called it PING. I cared for it, and then before going to bed it began flashing (evolving) although I thought it flashed when going to bed.
The following morning, I took it to school with me, and put the sound off, and thought my baby was a bit bigger than it used to be (Marutchi), and then I realised it had evolved. My friend's Tamagotchi meanwhile had become a Hinotamatchi, and I thought it was really cute - and wanted one. (I really liked ducks then, and I still quite do so).
Then, at home my Marutchi flashed again, and it became an Ichigotchi. I wasn't sure what it was, and phoned my friend, and she told me it was really a strawberry (she's seen the stickers)! I had been hoping that my Tamagotchi would not become Masktchi (the fly) or Gozarutchi (Mr. Nathan/Fly nº 2/The Robot), but it became Kuchipatchi, and I was overjoyed. I loved my Kuchipatchi. My friend's Tamagotchi became a Kuchipatchi too.
And that concludes my first Tamagotchi generation