#angelgotch

How it started vs How it's going

I ended up having to tape the battery cover back onto it bc the screws are ruined >< the screws are kinda still in there, but not all the way, and then they are covered by tape

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The Tenshitchi no Tamagotchi/Angelgotchi/Tamagotchi Angel is a curious incarnation of the classic Tamagotchi series in that its multitude of hidden characters have some unexpected requirements to obtain them, ranging from perfect care (Twin Angels) to flat-out abandonment (faceless Lucky Poo).

Twin Angels resulting from perfect care. See? I can play properly.

The international version, the Tamagotchi Angel, also has a slightly different set of characters and birth/death scenes. The most heinous omission, in my opinion, is the "worst" character Debirutchi/Deviltchi. Something about angels being okay but veering clear of Satanic references in overwhelmingly Christian countries like the US? Localization is a can of worms we'll open another day.

My boy Deviltchi (in multiple!) with Sabotenshi, a hidden character removed from the international version and replaced with Smiling Angel for some reason? As featured on 1998 Sealdass "Pastel Tamagotchi Series 2" card 6.

From my understanding, in the Japanese version you can easily get Deviltchi during the baby Obaketchi stage through turning the lights off during the day, healing the illness (curse?) that results, rinse and repeat around 5-6 times until it transforms.

Well. I tried this on the US version and...um, let's just say this is the fastest I've ever played a Tamagotchi. Special thanks to my Uratama who graciously acted as timekeeper.

Here's how it went:

21:31:00: Born

21:31:36 Sick after turning lights off then on

21:31:51 Healed

21:32:06 Lights off

21:32:40 Healed after turning lights back on

21:32:57 Death spiral

21:33:14 Bad End

It should be noted that during the death spiral, instead of turning into Deviltchi, it alternated between the somewhat terrifying "sick" Obaketchi and a solid black egg.

Yikes.

So, just over 2 minutes from birth to death...which might have been even faster had I not been photographing each stage. For reference, I played a full 15 days on my last run with the Twin Angels.

My Japanese Angelgotchi is currently being repaired, but once it returns I plan to run this experiment again to see if I can get "Twin" Deviltchis on two different classic Tamas. Stay tuned?

Lots of changes have happened these past three days! Sorry for the late updates, ive been super busy lately! On Thursday, I was greeted to the sight of a little kodo-ten! He walked out once that day, and came back with little dumbbells in his arms! It was very cute, I wish I got a picture of it.

The next day, he turned into a little kuri-ten!! He looks like a little rabbit sometimes, I think its very cute. I have tried to take good care of him, but today I forgot to set my alarm and his attention beeps woke me up! Thankfully, he was only beeping for praise, and he was only empty on two hearts. I hope it didn’t affect him too much so I can try and get a secret character.. .