I wore my Tamagotchi Uni as a watch to a wedding. It was a lot of fun, but I ended up killing my virtual pet because I wasn’t able to pay it enough attention.
RIP to Simagurutchi, the first Tamagotchi I had on my Tamagotchi Uni. If I’m being honest, your loss won’t weigh heavily on me, but please know, you were a blast to bring to my friend’s wedding.
Mine and Simagurutchi’s union started out as a work assignment — Bandai Namco sent me a unit for review — and it quickly morphed into a bit. Determined to make the most out of my new Tamagotchi Uni, I decided that I would wear it as much as possible during an upcoming trip across the country to a friend’s wedding. Luckily for me, Tamagotchi technology and fashion have continued to develop over the years, and the Uni is no different. This particular model of the portable pet care toy comes with a rubber band so I can wear it as a watch with the world’s least sexy silhouette.
I wore it to the airport. I wore it on the plane. To my surprise, I didn’t even have to take it off for TSA. But wearing my Tamagotchi in public became the start of its deadly malaise. I was riding in the very back of my friend’s 2008 Honda Odyssey when the watch let out a shrill beep. It was one thing to bring a Tamagotchi on a trip; it was another to forcibly expose everyone else around me to its sharp cries.
Once silenced there was no turning back. I have attention problems, so without the obnoxious beeping to remind me when to feed the pet, I might as well have chucked my Tamagotchi into a black hole (despite having worn it on my wrist for the majority of the weekend).
