I know you're not a 'new' Tamagotchi owner but I know there are some actual new Tamagotchi owners out there who may benefit from this information being posted here and I honestly can't think of a better place to put this (this section's description on the home page does say that this is a place to "ask questions or help fellow owners here" anyway...and you are a fellow owner of mine
).
Anyway,
HERE is a thread on the Royal before it came out, in the Comments and Rumors section. There, you can find some general information about it, character information and names, and I also saw some DVD information in the thread.
HERE is the original Japanese instruction manual in the Reference section of The Library if you're interested in taking a look. A growth chart and growth theories can be found through
HERE. If you look under the Tips and Tricks section of the board, you'll find a lot of different threads consolidated into one pinned topic for each of the Connection versions out there, including
THIS ONE for the V5 series. I'm not sure what the icon under PC is, but I have a feeling it might be the DVD password option. If this is the case, binary has posted some information
HERE in the Codes section that might interest you. Hope this helps!