Yuruppy virtual pet ready to make you feel guilty for not taking good enough care of it
By Laura June 
posted Mar 6th 2009 9:07AM
posted Mar 6th 2009 9:07AM
Takara Tomy's taking the virtual pet territory most famously inhabited by Bandai's Tamgotchis to the next level with Yuruppy. Yuruppy's just like any other fake pet -- you need to slave away to keep it alive for seemingly little reward other than the knowledge that it will "live" to "see" another day. This one's got a touchscreen however, so that you can actually pet your needy little buddy, on top of training and feeding. Fun! Sure, it seems insane to pile fake responsibilities on top of all the actual ones we humans have to deal with... insanely awesome. Regardless, the Yuruppy also comes in kitten and chicken varieties (yeah, we don't know), and it'll be $21 when it's available in Asia, and a deluxe version with a larger screen will run $38.
[Via CNET]
[Via CNET]
Yeah.. "Virtual Stress" is exactly what I need more of in my day.
Yet after all these years and generations of tamagotchis and Digimons...they still have the same dot matrix style graphics on the permanent background picture.
Why not multitouch, 3d stereo and surround ?
Useless.
Your right, a tamagotchi app for an iphone is just what I need. So just in case I I think I have escaped responsibility and stress for the day my phone will ring...
*brrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiinnnggggggggggggg*
Me: "yes, who is it"
muffled voice: "Your virtual pet. FEED ME NOW.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Me: "Okay here your frickin food is..."
Muffled voice: "Shut up and multi-touch me behind the ears..."
@ sacapuntas
Egads, man! I think you might have some issues you need to work through before taking on the responsibility of caring for a pet.
What the hell, are we back to 1997?
I think it's just some weird kind of social experiment... So yeah, we're actually back into 1970...
Haa tomagachi and giga pet knockoffs. I remember I stole some girls "Virtural pet" and punished it till it died.. aahhhhh the good ol days.
Harsh.
toy makers always release a pixelated mess of a toy the first go around then they release the color version next, just a way because they know people are goin to buy and its a way to get double profit