There are probably some of you out there who could frankly care less about Apple’s newest gadget, the Apple Watch. After all, we all have Macbooks, iPhones, iPods, iPads—where does it end? But when we tell you about a certain app available for the Apple Watch, you might just change your mind about it.
As it turns out, you can now relive your childhood with Tamagotchi for the Apple Watch: the app “Tamagotchi Classic” allows you to have a Tamagotchi on your iPhone and take care of it using your Apple Watch. And for those of you reading this who are asking yourselves what on earth a Tamagotchi is, three words: ’90s wonder toy. A small little device which featured a little creature you were expected to love, nurture, feed and play with from the moment it hatched up until it joined that Tamagotchi pie in the sky (a tragic day that we confess occurred all too often for our Tamagotchis).
We’re sure that close to 99 percent of you owned one as kids (or at least helped babysit them for your friends). We all had that friend who owned roughly 15 of them, all alive, all desperately needing attention—it was a miracle she didn’t crack under the pressure! Our own Tamagotchis were our prized possessions, probably featuring some sort of colorful design, and of course wildly entertaining—that is, until they started waking us up in the middle of the night needing to be fed or played with. You might say the toy was a good way to get kids to understand what real parenting is like—a 24/7 job with no off-switch or silent mode.
As you can see, the iPhone app closely resembles the ’90s gadget, pixelated screen and all. The images below depict the interface on the Apple Watch, allowing for double the Tamagotchi fun.
And if Tamagotchis weren’t really your thing as a kid, there are also apps for Oregon Trail, Furby, American Girl, Sonic the Hedgehog, and even a device that turns your phone into a classic style Gameboy. Just another way Apple is helping to distract you from adult responsibility (as if Candy Crush and 2048 weren’t enough).
Who says the ’90s are over?