{"id":42765,"date":"2009-11-16T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/?p=124478"},"modified":"2009-11-16T08:00:25","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T13:00:25","slug":"tamagotchi-id-new-and-customizable-tamagotchi-to-be-rolled-out-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/42765","title":{"rendered":"Tamagotchi ID: New and customizable Tamagotchi to be rolled out soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124479\" title=\"tamagotchi_id_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/tamagotchi_id_1.png\" alt=\"tamagotchi_id_1\" width=\"565\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In September last year, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2008\/09\/26\/cute-gets-an-upgrade-the-tamagotchi-goes-color\/\">Bandai has updated the Tamagotchi with a color version<\/a>, causing dozens of teenage girls to leave comments on CrunchGear for the first time. And now the company is ready to roll out yet another model: The so-called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bandai.co.jp\/releases\/J2009100601.html\">Tamagotchi ID<\/a> [JP] is named &#8220;ID&#8221; because it&#8217;s the first model you can customize to some extent. It&#8217;s also possible to install content off the mobile web on the device (but probably only in Japan).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124480\" title=\"tamagotchi_id_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/tamagotchi_id_2.png\" alt=\"tamagotchi_id_2\" width=\"365\" height=\"466\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The downloadable content can be anything from virtual items, backgrounds to mini games you first get on your (Japanese) cell phone from a special cell phone-only site and then transmit to your Tamagotchi ID via infrared. You can dress up your character, take him out to various places etc. etc. The device itself features a 1.44-inch TFT display with 128&#215;128 resolution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124481\" title=\"tamagotchi_id_3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/tamagotchi_id_3.png\" alt=\"tamagotchi_id_3\" width=\"582\" height=\"271\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124482\" title=\"tamagotchi_id_4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/tamagotchi_id_4.png\" alt=\"tamagotchi_id_4\" width=\"541\" height=\"102\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124483\" title=\"tamagotchi_id_5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/tamagotchi_id_5.png\" alt=\"tamagotchi_id_5\" width=\"595\" height=\"137\" \/>The Tamagotchi ID goes on sale in Japan on November 23 in six different colors and costs $57. Targeting mainly 7-9 year-old girls, Bandai plans to sell 500,000 units in Japan alone by March 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, Tamagotchi fans, Bandai hasn&#8217;t said yet whether it will ever sell the ID outside Japan as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ljn9RRns0MQ-WobvSXIKL3raiqo\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ljn9RRns0MQ-WobvSXIKL3raiqo\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ljn9RRns0MQ-WobvSXIKL3raiqo\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ljn9RRns0MQ-WobvSXIKL3raiqo\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=HTZgKR-i8h0:dtLi_ds25hE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=HTZgKR-i8h0:dtLi_ds25hE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=HTZgKR-i8h0:dtLi_ds25hE:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=HTZgKR-i8h0:dtLi_ds25hE:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=HTZgKR-i8h0:dtLi_ds25hE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September last year, Bandai has updated the Tamagotchi with a color version, causing dozens of teenage girls to leave comments on CrunchGear for the first time. 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