Tamagotchi
handheld digital pet
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Summary
Tamagotchi is a video game[1]. Tamagotchi ranks in the top 0.39% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,495 views/month, #75 of 19,301).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Aki Maita[3]
- Creator: Aki Maita[4]
- Country: Japan[5]
- Instance of: brand[6]
- Genre: virtual pet video game[7]
- Named after: friend[8], egg as food[9], watch[10]
- Manufacturer: Bandai[11]
- Subclass of: electronic toy[12], digital pet[13]
- Commons category: Tamagotchi[14]
- Language of work or name: Japanese[15]
- Original broadcaster: Nippon Broadcasting System[16]
- Country of origin: Japan[17]
- Inception: 1996[18]
- Publication date: November 1996[19], May 1, 1997[20]
- Official website: http://www.tamagotchi.com[21], https://tamagotchi-official.com[22], http://www.tamagotchi.ca/[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tamagotchi[24]
- Title: たまごっち[25]
- Native label: たまごっち[26]
- Different from: Tamagotchi[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[28]
- Social media followers: 16,078[29], 22,225[30], 25,429[31]
- P14470: Franchises/Tamagotchi[32]
- P14912: Tamagotchi[33]
Why It Matters
Tamagotchi has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Tamagotchi is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]