AceBun

Wow, these bootlegs are really nice! I don't remember ever seeing a battle system before, and it even has a choice to connect to actual tamas, even if it's not perfect. All the extra functions and original graphics are interesting too! Also, seeing HELL in the menu made me laugh. Strange that the A and B buttons are switched, though. The manual actually seems to state that, and it looks like a regular V2 manual with the screenshots and part of the text edited to match the bootleg. Looking forward to seeing more of them, and I'm tempted to run my bootleg again now that I found another one to test the connectivity between them.

Here's some paint doodles of your lil guys! Hope you don't mind them.

Hello! Sorry for the confusion, but I meant that a bootleg could connect to another bootleg of the same brand in that post. I still have it, but I unfortunately cannot test the connection to a v1 or v2 as I only have a v4. I'm really curious if it would just give an error or if it would transmit data of some kind, even if buggy.

I finally got my v4! Been wanting to get a legit tama since I unearthed my old bootleg quite a while ago! And here it is compared to that old bootleg! I'm hoping to have lots of fun!!

I'm sad to announce that Sol, the bootleg tama, died this morning. As of recently, it had been sleeping and waking up in the middle of the afternoon, due to that internal clock. I had to keep it in another room overnight, since I couldn't mute it either. Due to that, every morning I had to heal it back up and hope it survived. Today I only had time to rushedly pick it up, and forgot that I had it in my bag. I only noticed when it gave a final beep, showing that screen. None of the buttons or combinations seemed to do anything, so I assume you can only reset with the button. I hope you enjoyed these little "reports" on how my bootleg tama looks and works! Even if I couldn't really get it to the elder stage... Also, I believe these specific type of bootlegs come from JiDan Electronics, which come with a JD logo on their packaging. I'm not going to run it anymore, mostly because of the lack of functionalities, but I plan on getting my hands on some nice tamas very soon! Hope you have a great weekend, and hopefully see you around!

Hehe, I thought it was a dango too! The strange winking sprites also make it look like it has 3 legs for some reason. I could set the clock off, but I think that the speedup would eventually catch up, since you really notice it being many minutes ahead just overnight. That, and it would be awake when I'd be asleep, and I dont think the hourly beep would let me sleep very well, let alone take care of it. The download function is something I always thought was pretty smart to include in tamas! Too bad the egg screen only seems to stay on for a few seconds, and I bet it doesn't have the feature either, like you said... When I do get a legit tama, I'll be sure to make a log here! I've been reading some really amazing ones, and I want to contribute too.

Hello hello! As I hoped, my little bootleg did in fact turn into a Kutchipatchi! It has a couple of funny, not-quite-right sprites too: I've noticed it poos every time the internal clock hits 30 minutes of any hour, and it weirdly goes to sleep very late (1~2AM internal) and wakes up very early too. So, unfortunately, combined with the lack of a pause and mute functions, I've been struggling to take care of it, and the poor thing has had a lot of care slips... Because of this, and a friend of mine remembering that Kutchipatchi sprite, I don't believe it has multiple adult characters to grow into, since I think you get specific ones with bad care. I'll have it grow one more time before I put the tab back in again. Even though I am attached to it, it can get distracting, and even a bit annoying in certain cases... But I still want to see how it looks! Hopefully I'll get a fun tama I can enjoy for my birthday!

Today, after turning 3, my tama seemed to turn into ichigotchi! Because of this, I wonder if its following some sort of chart. The V1, for example, can get ichigotchi on odd generations if I'm not mistaken, so it would be fun to see a bootleg kutchipachi or something in the future. It has a different set of sprites, like the other life stages. I don't believe there's any way to change the time, and if there is I havent found it. Though, I've noticed it seems to be paused if I just keep it on the clock screen. Edit: It doesn't pause, I was wrong. When I play the first minigame, nothing seems to change if I win or lose several times. (It's quite hard to win since I don't know how to play it at all.) The attention icon does light up, but only when it poos. I remember, from when I was a kid, it sometimes lighted up for no reason too, and it mean we had to talk (discipline?) the tama. Most tamas I find are a bit on the expensive side, and the shipping costs (if there is any shipping available for my country) double the price, but I'll try saving up so I can buy a couple tamas to raise together.