TrickerTreat
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I have some things I'd like to get off my chest about the Tamagotchi V1 and V2s.
First and foremost...the colors. Have you compared the colors of the European and Japanese releases to that of the American ones? Clearly Bandai of America are targeting girls specifically and it irritates me to no end. They're literally driving boys away with their girly colors. This is what I had to say on the matter in another topic:
"Bandai of America does a fantastic job at targeting young girls with the colors of their tamagotchis. The European and Japanese releases have a wide variety of colors, while the most boyish-looking V2 tamagotchi is a purple/blue color with purple buttons.
I hope they realize that they're driving boys AWAY by making the product so girly. Tamagotchis weren't just a girl thing when they first came out, if I do recall correctly, but now they're making it one. At least the green camoflauge color won't make boys afraid to buy a tamagotchi since it won't be pink and covered with hearts and unicorns."
Next are the random animations. The random animations of the V1 and V2s are more like screensavers on computers. The animation stops when you press a button, so it doesn't feel "real". It just feels like a screensaver. Wouldn't it be nice to have your tamagotchi rolling around or singing and be able to press a button without stopping the animation? It makes it feel very fake.
Another thing are the games on the V2. Is it just me, or are they REALLY HARD? The bump game is difficult and even if you get the bar up alll the way you can still lose. The heading game is nearly impossible and the jump game definitely doesn't give you enough time to press a button. You only have 2 fingers on the 2 buttons, it's nearly impossible to jump one of those fingers to another button in less than a second to press it. This rarely happens.
So yeah that's my beef with Bandai. XD
First and foremost...the colors. Have you compared the colors of the European and Japanese releases to that of the American ones? Clearly Bandai of America are targeting girls specifically and it irritates me to no end. They're literally driving boys away with their girly colors. This is what I had to say on the matter in another topic:
"Bandai of America does a fantastic job at targeting young girls with the colors of their tamagotchis. The European and Japanese releases have a wide variety of colors, while the most boyish-looking V2 tamagotchi is a purple/blue color with purple buttons.
I hope they realize that they're driving boys AWAY by making the product so girly. Tamagotchis weren't just a girl thing when they first came out, if I do recall correctly, but now they're making it one. At least the green camoflauge color won't make boys afraid to buy a tamagotchi since it won't be pink and covered with hearts and unicorns."
Next are the random animations. The random animations of the V1 and V2s are more like screensavers on computers. The animation stops when you press a button, so it doesn't feel "real". It just feels like a screensaver. Wouldn't it be nice to have your tamagotchi rolling around or singing and be able to press a button without stopping the animation? It makes it feel very fake.
Another thing are the games on the V2. Is it just me, or are they REALLY HARD? The bump game is difficult and even if you get the bar up alll the way you can still lose. The heading game is nearly impossible and the jump game definitely doesn't give you enough time to press a button. You only have 2 fingers on the 2 buttons, it's nearly impossible to jump one of those fingers to another button in less than a second to press it. This rarely happens.
So yeah that's my beef with Bandai. XD
