Remember Tamagotchi, our digital pet friend from Japan? It was such a hit during the mid-90’s after its creation in 1996 by Aki Maita. As of 2008, over 70 million Tamagotchis have been sold. Who would have guessed that a digital pet, completely in electronic state, housed in a small and simple egg-shaped mini computer for hatching, feeding, sleeping and eventually dying or flying away, would be adored by many? Presented with only three buttons, A, B, and C, users are able to feed the Tamagotchi with any piece of food or snack, play games, clean up the digital pet’s waste, check its age, hunger, discipline, happiness and other stats as well as connect with other friends.
While its fame rested for a while, it seems that Tamagotchi went into a little upgrade to better fit in modern times. Get over Tamagotchi and welcome a new digital pet, Yuruppy! Yuruppy, is an upgraded version of Tamagotchi created by Takara Tomy.
Yuruppy bears a lot of similarity with Tamagotchi, only this time, it is equipped with a touchscreen. There are no more buttons to press, users simply have to rub their fingers their fingers on the screen. Imagine it as caressing your digital pet as if it was real. Aside from the touchscreen functionality, color and face are aslo improved. A puppy, a kitten and a chicken are the pet choices you have. Unlike Bandai’s Tamagotchi, Yuruppy requires no care, except for caressing it every once in a while. Also, users can play with Yuruppy in a total of 14 mini games.

Yuruppy has been released in June already. It is expected to be released in other countries this July. If you want to get one for yourself, the standard version retails for $21 while the Yuruppy Deluxe version with a larger screen costs $38.

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