  tamagotchi connection (uk: tamagotchi connexion) from bandai is a tamagotchi toy that uses infra-red technology to connect and make friends with other tamagotchi owners and was first released in 2004, 8 years after the first tamagotchi. the tamagotchi can make friends with other tamagotchis and can: * play games * give presents * have new baby tamagotchi. versions 1 to 4 of tamagotchi connection have 6 levels of friendship that can be viewed in the friends list: * acquaintance (one smiley-face) * buddy (two smiley-faces) * friend (three smiley-faces) * good friend (four smiley-faces) * best friend (two love-hearts, two smiley-faces, during connection they may kiss) * partner (four love-hearts, during connection they will kiss and may have tamababies) versions 5 and 6 have different levels.thumb|260px|alt=text|four tamagotchi toys if tamagotchi connection cannot find a partner to have tamababies with, a matchmaker will come, allowing the tamagotchi to have a tamababy with a computer-controlled tamagotchi character. this applies to versions 1 to 4 and 6 only, on version 5 there is a dating show which the user must access to gain a cpu partner. tamagotchi character must be an adult. ==versions== depending on the version of tamagotchi connection, the tamagotchi will do different things. if tamagotchi connections are different versions, they can still connect. for example, versions 1 to 4 can all connect with each other, and so can 5 and 6. the tamagotchi will transform into a replacement mystery character, known as nazotchi (translation: secret tamagotchi), during connection. the rules for tamagotchi connection v1 will apply. ===tamagotchi connection v2 (2004)=== in ver 2 game, tamagotchis play for a certain amount of "gotchi" points. also, the older the tamagotchi gets, the more games it can play. it has 6 stages of life: *egg. this only occurs in the very beginning. once set, it will hatch in 1 â²and a generation 1 baby will come out. no games present. *baby. the baby's game is jump. *child. the child's game is bump. *teenager. the teenager's game is heading. *adult. the adult's game is slot. *senior. the senior can only be unlocked if the matchmaker is refused every time.this goes for all versions. ===tamagotchi connection v3 (2006)=== in ver 3 game, tamagotchis play for a certain amount of "gotchi" points. like the v2, the older the tamagotchi gets, the more games it can play, and there are also 6 stages of life. *egg. this only occurs in the very beginning. once set, it will hatch in 1 â²and a generation 1 baby will come out. no games present. *baby. the baby's game is get music. *child. the child's game is bump. *teenager. the teenager's games are flag and heading. *adult. the adult's games are memory and sprint. *senior. like on the v2, the senior can only be unlocked by refusing t
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