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The Devilgotchi or Tamagotchi Devil is one of the most coveted tamas ever released. It was released in Japan only in 1998, and came in four colors; white, black, pink, and purple/white. Today, this sought-after tama can go for as much as $300 a piece.
The Devilgotchi is considered the counterpart to the Angelgotchi. The Angelgotchi allows players to raise an angel, while the Devilgotchi has a devil. The Tamagotchi Angel was released in both Japan, North America, and Europe, but the Devil was only released in toy form in Japan. The Tamagotchi MonsterJava app was available for old flip phones for a while in many countries.
Menu
- Status
- Age
- Stomach (おなか)
- Friendliness (なかよし)
- Devil Power
- Food
- Pie (パイ)
- Chocolate (チョコ)
- Game
- Cleanup
- Discipline
- Shake Hands
- Light
- Attention
Startup
When you startup your Devilgotchi, you will see a black bat flapping on the screen. Press the B button to go to the time screen. Use the A button to set the hour. Use the B button to set the minutes. Press C when you have entered the correct time.
The bat will fly on the screen for few minutes, then your devil will appear. Your devil will start out with empty hungry hearts (stomach), two happy hearts (friendliness), and 40 DP (devil power).
Status
The status menu will show you information about your devil. You can see the age, stomach, happiness, and devil power. You want to keep the devil power score as low as possible. You lower the score by disciplining your devil when it is misbehaving.
Food
The food menu allows you to feed your devil. The pie will fill one hungry (stomach) heart. The chocolate will fill one happy (friendliness) heart.
Game
The game icon will let you play a game with your devil. Help your devil catch eat stars. You can hit the A or B button to release a star on the left or right side of the screen. Time the drops so that your devil will catch the star in its mouth. Each successful game will gain one happy heart.
Cleanup
When your devil poops, you need to clean it up. Use this icon to clear the screen.
Discipline
Your devil is a demon, after all, so he will misbehave often. When the screen turns black, your devil is misbehaving. Select this icon to discipline him. The higher your devil's devil power is, the more often it will misbehave. Each time you discipline your devil, its DP will drop 10 points.
Shake Hands
Sometimes your devil will call you and extend its hand. It wants to be friendly and shake your hand. Select this icon to shake hands, lower devil power, and increase happiness. Each time you shake hands when your devil asks, it will lower its DP by 10 points.
Light
Your devil will need you to turn out the light when it goes to bed. Use this option to turn the light off. The light will automatically turn on when your devil wakes up.
Attention
When your devil needs something, it will call for you, and this icon will light up.
Set clock
Hit the B button on the character screen to go to the clock screen. Press the A and C button simultaneously to enter the set time mode. Use the A button to set the hour, and the B button to set the minutes. Press C when you have entered the correct time. Press B to go back to the character screen.
Mute Sound
On the character screen, press the A and C buttons simultaneously. Press again the turn the sound back on.
Growth Chart
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This is the second edition of the original Tamagotchi. It has all new characters, but the same type of gameplay as the first. The Japanese releases had a series 1 and series 2 with a few character differences. The US had one version. Released in Japan in early 1997, then the US in late 1997, this toy was part of a craze that took the whole world by storm.
Menu
The Japanese language characters will be in parenthesis.
- Food
- Meal (ごはん)
- Snack (おかし)
- Light
- On (おん)
- Off (おふ)
- Game
- Medicine
- Bathroom
- Status
- Screen 1
- Age (才)
- Weight
- Screen 2
- Discipline (しつけ)
- Screen 3
- Hungry (おなか)
- Screen 4
- Happy (ごきげん)
- Screen 1
- Discipline
Food
This is the icon you use to feed your Tama. The top item is the meal. Each meal will fill one hungry heart. The bottom item is the snack. Each snack will fill one happy heart, but it will also cause your Tama to gain twice the weight a meal will. Don't feed your Tama too many snacks, or it will get sick.
Light
When your Tama goes to sleep at night, you will have to turn the light off. When it wakes up, the light will automatically turn on.
Game
The game on this Tama is very simple. You just guess which direction your Tama will turn. This is completely random. You get 5 tries. If you get at least 3 out of 5 guesses correct, then you will fill one happy heart. If you get all 5 tries correct, then you will fill two happy hearts. Each game you play, your Tama will lose 1 pound.
Medicine
When you see a skull icon on the screen, your Tama is sick. It will need medicine. Select this option to cure it. If your Tama is sick enough, it may take several doses to get better. Continue to give it medicine until the skull goes away.
Bathroom
When your Tama poops, you need to clean it up, or it will get sick. Select this icon to clear the poop on the screen.
Status
Use this icon to see the status of your Tama. It will show the Tama's age, weight, discipline meter, hunger meter, and happy meter.
Discipline
If your Tama is calling you for care, but it has at least one of each hungry and happy hearts, then it needs to be disciplined. Select this icon to get your Tama to straighten up its attitude!
Mute
To mute your Tama's sound, press both the A and C buttons simultaneously when on the character screen.
Set Time
To set the time, press the A and C buttons simultaneously while on the clock screen.
Growth Charts
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The TamaOtch is a Tamagotchi released in 1998 based on the famous actress Tamao Nakamura. You raise a little diva, and help her become a star. This tama uses sensors much like the Ocean and Morino that respond to tapping on the case. However, unlike the Ocean and Morino, getting the TamaOtch to detect your tapping has been a sore spot for many collectors. Whatever sensors they used are not up to the same quality as the Ocean and Mori No.
This is a tama that you either love or hate. It is considered one of the most irritating Tamagotchis ever released. Some of the dislike comes from the sensor issue, but it also has to do with how long training takes to complete, how tricky the slots game is, and how difficult it is to get any character other than Tabokotchi. For those of us who do get some enjoyment out of it, the quirky characters and animations makes it a great addition to any hard-core fan's collection.
Menu
- Status
- Screen 1
- Age (才)
- Weight
- Screen 2
- Discipline (しつけ)
- Screen 3
- Hunger (おなか)
- Screen 4
- Happiness (ごきげん)
- Screen 5
- Practice (おけりこ)
- Box
- Meal (ごはん)
- Snack (おかし)
- Fan Mail (れたあ)
- Slots
- Training
- Ad-lib (あどりぶ)
- Dancing (おどり)
- Acting (しばい)
- Bathroom
- Medicine
- Light
- On (おん)
- Off (おふ)
- Discipline
Status
The status icon will show the age, weight, discipline meter, hunger meter, happiness meter, and practice meter.
Box
The box contains the food to feed your diva as well as her collection of fan mail.
Food
A bowl of rice is the meal. It will fill one hungry heart. A stick of dango is the snack. It will fill one happy heart. You can fill all happy hearts with snacks, but it isn't good for the diva, and it might make her sick.
Fan Mail
The fan mail option is to give a boost of determination to your TamaOtch. This feature is slightly different than discipline. If your diva is hungry but won't eat, unhappy but won't play slots, or needs practice but won't practice, then you need to have her read some fan mail. Do not discipline her. She just needs a little love from her fans to give her the boost she needs to get out of her slump!
Slots
To increase TamaO's happiness in a healthy way, you need to play the slots game. This game is incredibly tricky. You may get frustrated. The buttons correspond to the icons on the machine. Press A to stop the first slot, B to stop the second, and C to stop the third. A good tip is to only stop the first two slots. If you can match the first two slot icons, your diva will automatically stop the third slot to the matching icon. When you match all three slot icons, you win, and will fill a happy heart. Some players try to roll their finger across the first two buttons to get a matching pair. It's not easy, but don't give up!
If you get all 7's, then you will fill three happy hearts. If you get three skulls, TamaO will act happy, but you will fill no happy hearts.
Training
The training icon is where you can have your diva practice for her nightly shows. The three options are Ad-libbing, Dancing, and Acting. Select type of performance you would like her to give, then give her a routine. Use the A and B buttons to select what moves she should do. You get three moves per routine. After you give her the moves, she will try to mimic their order. She will always get the first two moves correct. You have to watch the third move to see if she gets it correct. If she does the routine correctly, tap the case. (Remember she has a difficult time hearing this.) If she does the routine incorrectly, press the A button. If she performs at least two out of three routines correctly, then she gets three training bars on the training meter. If she fails, she gets none. If she gets all three routines wrong, she will lose a happy heart.
Bathroom
When your diva poops, you have to clean it up, so she won't get sick. Use the bathroom icon to clean it up.
Medicine
If your diva does come down with a cold, give her some medicine to get her better. When you see the skull icon, it means that she is sick. It tastes pretty bad, she will throw a little tantrum.
Light
When your diva falls asleep at night, you need to turn the light off for her. The light will turn on automatically in the morning.
Discipline
If all of TamaO's meters are full, but she is still calling, she is being selfish. She is a diva after all! This is when you should use the discipline icon, and get her to straighten up her act! This is different from fan mail.
Morning
When TamaO wakes up in the morning, she will greet you with "good morning". If she doesn't, then tap on the case to remind her who you are. Don't let her forget her humble beginnings!
Mute
To mute your Tamao's sound, press the A and C buttons simultaneously while on the characters screen.
Set the time
To set the time, press the A and C buttons while on the clock screen.
Characters
The TamaOtch has some very unique characters. The problem that collectors have had is getting any character other than Tabokotchi. No one has really unlocked the methods to get different characters, so we are just left with the growth chart provided by Bandai with little information on how those paths are achieved.
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This was the Tamagotchi that started it all. The very first virtual pet. Released in Japan in 1996, then the US in 1997, this toy took the world over as the newest craze.
Menu
The Japanese language characters will be in parenthesis.
- Food
- Meal (ごはん)
- Snack (おかし)
- Light
- On (おん)
- Off (おふ)
- Game
- Medicine
- Bathroom
- Status
- Screen 1
- Age (才)
- Weight
- Screen 2
- Discipline (しつけ)
- Screen 3
- Hungry (おなか)
- Screen 4
- Happy (ごきげん)
- Screen 1
- Discipline
Food
This is the icon you use to feed your Tama. The top item is the meal. Each meal will fill one hungry heart. The bottom item is the snack. Each snack will fill one happy heart, but it will also cause your Tama to gain twice the weight a meal will. Don't feed your Tama too many snacks, or it will get sick.
Light
When your Tama goes to sleep at night, you will have to turn the light off. When it wakes up, the light will automatically turn on.
Game
The game on this Tama is very simple. You just guess which direction your Tama will turn. This is completely random. You get 5 tries. If you get at least 3 out of 5 guesses correct, then you will fill one happy heart. If you get all 5 tries correct, then you will fill two happy hearts. Each game you play, your Tama will lose 1 pound.
Medicine
When you see a skull icon on the screen, your Tama is sick. It will need medicine. Select this option to cure it. If your Tama is sick enough, it may take several doses to get better. Continue to give it medicine until the skull goes away.
Bathroom
When your Tama poops, you need to clean it up, or it will get sick. Select this icon to clear the poop on the screen.
Status
Use this icon to see the status of your Tama. It will show the Tama's age, weight, discipline meter, hunger meter, and happy meter.
Discipline
If your Tama is calling you for care, but it has at least one of each hungry and happy hearts, then it needs to be disciplined. Select this icon to get your Tama to straighten up its attitude!
Mute
To mute your Tama's sound, press both the A and C buttons simultaneously when on the character screen.
Set Time
To set the time, press the A and C buttons simultaneously while on the clock screen.
Growth Charts
