There have been conflicting reports from Bandai about the release date of the V5.5. One time they said 'July' and another time they said 'Fall'. Fall could mean August or Sept. Maybe the release date was pushed back... but maybe not. Who knows. There was a hint in a communication from Bandai that the V.6 may come out in December. Again, no one know for sure at this point.
I was at targett in seattle and i thought i would look at the tamagotchis and i saw a weird package on all of them it said v5 but it also said that it comes w/ a dvd and you can get new family including ROYAL!!!!!!! So it is offical the Royal Famitama has hit the states WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!it looked like the one in this ebay thing Tamagotchi v5.5and heres the aussie oneAussie v5.5