Which 1990s handheld toy required you to feed, play with, and clean up after a tiny digital pet — or risk it 'dying'?
Tamagotchi
The answer was Tamagotchi. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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Tamagotchi launched in Japan in 1996 and quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. The egg-shaped keychain device demanded constant attention — if you forgot to feed or care for your pixel pet, it would get sick and eventually die, teaching a generation of kids about responsibility (and guilt).
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- Tamagotchi - correct answer.
- Game Boy - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Giga Pet - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Furby - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Tamagotchi is the one to remember. Tamagotchi launched in Japan in 1996 and quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. Tamagotchi became so distracting that schools across the U.S.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Tamagotchi