Look at this adorable mother fucker. It's a fucking duck plant. It's so fucking cute.

Now look at what 90% of modern Tamagotchi characters look like (yes Tamagotchi is still a thing), they all have the same weird human girl with a big head thing going on

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What the hell happened? They're supposed to be virtual alien pets, not virtual 3 year old girls.

This has to be the weirdest thing I've ever complained about.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      3 months ago

      They were so cute. Most kids in my school were tamagotchi heads, a few other kids had digimon. It's funny because I didn't learn until recently that tamagotchi was marketed towards girls with digimon for boys. All the boys in my middle school loved the tama.

      • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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        3 months ago

        Exactly. They used to be way more gender neutral. Now they lean heavy into marketing for "girls" and I think that holds them back.

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        I mean, I have nothing against people who like the princess aesthetic, but that's narrowing your market down to a very specific type of girl (a lot of girls don't even like it) and seems like an odd choice from a business point of view.

        Compare this to what the marketing used to be like:

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        A bunch of silly little guys that fit any aesthetic while still being full of personality.

        • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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          3 months ago

          Yeah the lore behind the tamagotchi was that it was an alien you were raising. Then it started to get all sparkles and princessey like you said.