The Tamagotchi (ãŸã¾ã”ã£ã¡) is a handheld digital pet created in 1996 by Aki Maita and sold by Bandai. The Tamagotchi is housed in a small and simple egg-shaped computer.
a little computerised toy, which the child is meant to bring up by regularly feeding, cleaning and playing with, leaving little time for activities such as concentrating on lessons at school