Tamagotchi Mini - Tamagotchi Chibi 2017

This is a re-release of the original Tamagotchi Mini and Tamagotchi Chibi that first came out in 2005. This version was released to celebrate Tamagotchi's 20th Anniversary.

These feature the shells from the original 1996 release of the Tamagotchi, coming in blue-with-yellow/red-with blue clock-face designs, plain white, orange with a Tamagotchi label, blue with pink numbers, and a clear blue.

It's a lot like the original release of the Mini and Chibi. It's been really simplified from other versions. It's good for playing with if you don't have a lot of time for looking after it.

Pretty much everything is done just using the left button. Pressing this is how you choose to feed it, turn the lights off, clean up the screen, or give it medicine if it gets sick. You do use the middle button for confirming your food or light choices, and the right button for backing out of a menu, but that's about it.

There aren't any menus to look at; you can't see your Tamagotchi's age, weight, hunger, happiness, or anything else like that. You can press the right button, and if your Tamagotchi needs something, it'll play a little animation.

It doesn't seem like you can pause this one like you could with the original Tamagotchi Mini, much like you couldn't on the Tamagotchi Chibi, but you can still turn the sound off by pressing the left and right buttons together.

The characters are mostly the same, but Lucky Unchi-kun and Ginjirotchi, the secret characters that came from Mametchi in the Chibi and Mini respectively, have been replaced with Bill. That's a little disappointing, since I really loved Ginjirotchi, but that's the only thing I can really say I dislike.

Another good point is that the screen has been lightened up considerably from the original Mini. I'm not struggling to see it anymore, which is really nice.

I've really enjoyed playing with this version so far. Don't go getting it thinking it's going to be the original P1 or P2 release, but if you know what you're getting, playing with it can be a lot of fun.