> Was the original Tamagotchi only marketed towards girls? It looks like the new one will be available only in purple and pink.
IIRC, the boy version was Digimon. Basically the same toy, but you could battle them.
IIRC, the boy version was Digimon. Basically the same toy, but you could battle them.
In addition, to get in on the craze, other companies made their own products that played identically to tamagotchis. Tiger Electronics had the Giga Pet brand [1], for example, from which I had the alien.
Quick edit: Ah wait maybe you meant these [2], which were before the Digivices. I never had one, don't know if they were more like tamagotchis.
[0] https://wikimon.net/Digivice_Toy
They were and are! (They're still releasing new models, at least in Japan.)
But yes, the Digimon v-pets were definitely marketed as basically "tamagotchi for boys" and the gameplay is very similar.
Can still buy the old school versions and they feel very unisex to this day.
Later models seem geared towards younger kids in general.