Tamagotchi Pix - Ocean (Blue)

It’s SO much bigger than the older Tamas and i just use the rechargeable amazon basic batteries and it works perfectly! The digital screen itself is crooked in the frame sadly (see the black peek out top left of screen). I have club thumbs and the buttons are close together so i accidentally touch a different button than intended lol Super nostalgic!

I've had my pix party for nearly a year now (i got it for myself for my 30th birthday last summer) and i still love it like when i first got it!! the party feature adds a lot of additional gameplay compared to the original pix but the same charm and all the same raisable tamas except for 1 "boy" and 1 "girl." the sitter option is great if you have work or school as it takes care of your tamagotchi from 7am-7pm and only costs one minigames worth of gotchi points per day.the only thing i dislike about modern tamas is theyre gendered unnecessarily. my paintotchi is a blob of paint.. thats not boy-specific. other than that its a blast!!full color, the training for jobs once they leave for their home planet changes based on what you do on the device, and if your friendship is high enough you have the option of keeping them forever as they dont grow old and die in this model!turning the brightness down helps with battery consumption and theres an option to turn the sound off too but id definitely recommend getting some rechargeable eneloop AAAs for continual use as the camera does drain the battery quickly. i personally really prefer using rechargable AAAs instead of a USB-c port because if the batteries wear out i can just buy new ones instead of having the entire device die because of a dead internal battery i likely cannot replace myself. rechargable AAAs is a lot better for device longevity and im not looking forward to the possible "upgrade" to a charger port.Edit: I'm coming back to review the original Pix since I know own all the shell colors and amazon doesn't let you review the Pix and Pix Party seperately which is a shame since they're a fair amount different. I've heard a lot of people hate the faceplate designs on the Pix and I personally really love the purple and green shells. The Pix (and the party) are really lightweight and fit awesome in my hands. it has easily the best hand feel out of any tamagotchi model i own.the click of the camera is really satisfying both in feel and noise. being able to turn the brightness down and sound off is a must for me since i suffer from migraines but get really bored stuck in the dark all day. its nice to be able to check on my tama when i cant do anything else. i do wish the brightness had a few more options as the lowest setting still feels brighter than it needs to be to see it but there might be hardware/software limitations im unaware of.I LOVE the touch buttons. I know this may come as a surprise since so many reviews dislike them and I honestly hated them at first but once I got used to them (didnt take much use, just some trial and error) I prefer them to traditional buttons. I'm autistic so when I'm feeling a sensory ick it's nice to not have to feel the whole button and press down hard. just a light tap or swipe does everything I need. i also just love petting my tama. it feels really immersive!changing the faceplate is possible if you dont like the design but be careful! you might scuff the shell a bit getting it off. One of my biggest complaint about tamagotchis versus other Vpets is they aren't usually designed with a faceplate change in mind. this is really annoying considering the amount of the consumerbase that ends up changing the faceplate or customizing their tama in various ways.im not going to review them here since this is just for the device but i made myself a fuzzy spider shaped case i love to pet when i play with it and theres many other soft/fluffy/fuzzy case options on etsy if you don't like silicone.

This is a major upgrade from theTamagotchi connection. I'm not sure if everyone just happens to have more free time to play with their tamagotchi for longer hours or something and that what causes the battery to drian so fast??? But as an adult who works I only have time to play on my tamagotchi for roughly 5 hours or less and I'm on day 3 and the battery has not yet died. I am not sure if the settings also play into the factor of battery drainage but I have my screen setting on low because I kinda knew about the flaws of the pix before I got it. But this model has not yet died on me yet and I know with tamagachi connection I had to switch out batteries every other day. This tamagotchi model is a bit more low maintenance which I love especially if another adult plans on buying this as our own work schedules take away moments for us to care for our tamas. I also sort of cheat which I'm starting to think it's not needed. I typically change the time when I go into work so my tama is sleeping when I'm worrking. The buttons are a little sensitive and I can understand the mixed reviews but once you get used to how the buttons work it never is really a big problem. I know the buttons get mixed up once in a while but it's not too much of a huge problem. Idk maybe it gets worse within wear and tear I'm not sure. But I have been loving my Pix a lot and I know that I'm living up to my childhood dream with this upgrade

************** UPDATE *****************I've had a few more generations of tamagotchi and so far it's been pretty good. I'll add some more impressions:- It does have an ok replay value, as you do get to unlock different characters / items etc.- I do like the ending aspect - the tamagotchi will select a career and go back to Tamagotchi Planet, selecting a new egg for you to raise.- The camera not as good at distinguishing colors from the picture and the color choices are very limited- I feel like the 'phone' option had a lot of potential but at the end didn't really deliver- The battery life is about 5 days on regular AAAs, with medium brightness and sound on. This is improved with higher capacity rechargeable batteries.Overall still pretty happy with the tamagotchi, and am looking forward on getting another to connect.******************************************************************************============ Original Review ============================First off, I'm a 30-something tamagotchi collector (since 1998 or so) so this review is from my perspective.I've been running the new Tamagotchi Pix for a few days and I thought I'd share my first impressions so far.1. Screen does scratch easily, so screen protector is recommended.2. Buttons are the biggest negative on this version. Though the touch buttons are a welcome innovation, it's very buggy. When I touch one button, about 20~30% of the time, the next button will be pressed (which means if I want to 'Accept - B button press' it will 'Cancel - C button press' instead. The swipes will sometimes not get registered either, making games more cumbersome to play and get a good score.3. Other basic interface is similar to previous newer generation color tamagotchis, which may or may not be good, since there is familiarity but also nothing impressively different.4. Camera quality is as posted above (pic of our dog), it is what you'd expect on a toy.5. The interactions using the camera are cute (like taking pictures of food to use it for cooking, exploring the 'real world') but there could be more of them perhaps.6. The 'wake' interaction can be a bit annoying but I suppose it's to conserve battery (would be nice if they'd change it to re-chargeable internal batteries). The screen will go dark after a short period of idle and you'll have to press the camera button to wake the tamagotchi, which displays a loading screen, then the tamagotchi itself.7. QR code functionalities are pretty awesome.I haven't tried the connection functionality since I only have 1 tamagotchi at this point.Overall, it has enough new functions that I feel is worth buying / collecting but I do wonder if there would be future iterations that fix the obvious issues this has and if it would be worth waiting.I'll update this review with further impressions soon.