Talk:Tamagotchi/Archive 1

message: Needs info on knockoffs, such as Nintendo Pikachu keychain.
NOt really, since this is a section about Tamagotchi and not Tamagotchi knock-offs SuperDT 20:32, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A lot of Japanese words adopt from the English. It's likely that the original Japanese is "tokee", but "wotchi" would be understandable also. - Vague | Rant 01:39, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
The romanization of that word is "toki" pronounced "toh kee". That word means Time, Hour, or Occasion. "tokei" is Watch or Clock. To romanize the word, you can't use "wo" because that's the Direct Object article and is correctly romanized as "w(o)". There is no "wo" character. To romanize the sounds of "Watch" you have to use these katakana characters: U O tsu CHI, romanized as UOTCHI. In this case, the O sound by itself is a short O. I used JWPce for WindowsCE to verify the text. With Go or Ko, it's a long O. You know? 209.240.207.71 04:53, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Info

message: Allow me to express my concerns for this article:
* Take out all references to "You," such as "you would be able to take care of them.  Replace this with words like "user," "owner," "care taker," "idiotic slave," etc.  This is a formal encyclopedia article, not a 4th grade essay =) (ALMOST DONE)
* Take out all past tense verbs, like was, were, had, etc.  and replace them with present tense like is, am, have, etc.  Unless it was something that happened in the past, like dates and past announcements and such.  Remember, Just because it was built in the past, doesn't mean it still cant dunction like it used it. (DONE)
* Take out all the helpful Tamagotchi tips, like the codes for the Connections and such.  Like stated above in a few places, this is an encyclopedia article, not a help guide for new Tamagotchi users too lazy to look for tips themselves. (WILL NEVER BE DONE)
*This is optional, but I think we should pick the notable Tamagotchi releases, which are those that had some kind of decent impact on the virtual pet industry, and keep those; the rest we can add in a seperate article titled "List of Tamagotchi releases."  This will make the article much smaller, more straight to the point, and make it look a little better. (WORKING ON IT)
If there's anything else that needs to be done, please put it down... I will do my best to try and do some major editing when I get home from the Anime Expo =D
SuperDT 05:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean Up Time!!!

message: Someone put on the page that V3's are notorious for the numerous amount of glitches... can someone please verify this and list some examples? SuperDT 19:39, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connection V3 glitches?

message: is it just me, or is "ta-ma-GAH-chee" the "short 'O'" variant, whereas "a-a-choo" should be LONG WTF!
In some places(namely the U.S.), we pronounced it GAH; in almost every other place, it's pronounced GOH or GO.
Because of the way the Japanese is romanized, the kana would be ta ma go (which is a voiced KO character) and then what I would call a lowercase tsu - this means to double the next consonant sound and then chi. Hence, tamagotchi. It could have been written as tamago-chi, as is done in a recent CMX translated manga publication - Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, in which the author expresses thanks to "Arina-chi" and that's how the editors in the English edition write it. It could have easily been "Arinatchi". I've asked one penpal in Japan about the "-chi" suffix, and she says most people use it because it's cute. It's been around before the Bandai toy was invented, so that's why it got the "tchi" suffix. It's Bandai America's goof in their commercials in which they say it incorrectly - perhaps a staff of gaijin ignorant of how the word is correctly pronounced. Everyone I come in contact with in the general public get my lesson as to why the way they say it is wrong, and it is a long O. It's not "We here in the U.S." saying it one way - it's people uninformed about Japanese saying it wrong. So please, whomever is changing the fix I keep putting in, stop removing it. I'm right about this and I will check on it from time to time to keep the right information up there. Just because one person makes an error doesn't mean it should be perpetuated. Set the record straight for once! Tah Mah Goh Chi!!! 209.240.207.71 04:26, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: I was just curious: why are most of the names missing the "i", thus spelt tamagotch?
I'm not exactly sure, I imagine is has to do with the fact sometimes syllables are "whispered" in Japanese... for example, "desu" is not "de-soo" it's more like "dess".  I guess they drop the "i" all the time because of that, and also to make it match up with "watch" more closely.  Watch/gotch?  That's my thoughts on it.  This is why it's important that whoever keeps adding "i" to the end of tamagotch on this article needs to STOP doing it, because that is not how it is spelled on the Japanese packaging.  70.160.248.98 19:24, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Tamagotch?

message: Thx, but to be a proper encyclopedia article it must say what a tamagotchi IS, or what it does, etc. This newcomer has no idea, even after scanning the details below. "alyosha" (talk) 08:18, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is it? 

message: I believe you have the name wrong on the original creator of Tamagotchi. I spent some time with a Mr. Iwashima of Nagoya, Japan who seems to be the original creator of the Tamagotchi. He owned a small gadget company and made the first and second tamagotchi himself, contractiong out the actual production to chinese factories. He sold the toys to bandai for the first and second editions, then I believe he sold the Tamagotchi name to Bandai, when he retired. He even had a golden tamagotchi in his house presented to him by Bandai, and also seveal boxes of origanl production run Tamagotchis. I am therefore interested in who this Aki Maita is.12.175.216.67 01:50, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creator Of Tamagotchi 

message: Have you seen any v3 tamagotchi's they are much better then v1 and v2 you can use your Computer to get passwords.You can also get games and also bring things off the computer on to thev3 as people call it
--TamagotchiGirl13 19:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think Tamagotchi's are sweet 

message: When was the original Tamagotchi released? --Abdull 18:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was released on November 23rd 1996 --Danny Phantom [ Phantom...] 19:38, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time of release 

message: Does anyone know why it won't let me use my items that I bought/recieved?
I don't get it. :(
And I couldn't find it in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bamfan93 (talk • contribs) 
:Please only post about things relevant to this article not questions on that topic. Also sign your name after each post by adding ~~~~ after the post. Thanks! Mike Beckham 03:29, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please note that you don't have to go out of your way to say "DIS IS NO HELP PAIJE!!!1!!132!@#" with a big orange banner at the top of a page just because of one question from a newcomer. Bamfan93 03:47, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see WP:NPA. I wrote those things to help you as a newcomber and the message is for other people who may post questions. Thanks! Mike Beckham 04:06, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't do a personal attack, I just said, to the general wiki-public, that they don't have to do the things that you did. I never even mentioned you AT ALL. Thanks! BamFan93 19:50, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You can't use those items because you have to be a certain age to use those. --Danny Phantom [ Phantom...] 23:32, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  HELP :( 

message: 1) If you're going to have a Digimon section, you might as well make a whole other section of Tamagotchi spin-offs and such, and the article will become not only too big for its own good, but so off-topic that we'll have to start all over again.
2) There was a Digimon section in the past, but it looked like butt and did not fit anywhere, so it got deleted too.
If you have any comments, questions, concerns, etc.  feel free to ask =) SuperDT 05:42, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Reasons for deleting Digimon section

message: Please tell me what Tamagotchis you believe are notable releases, and why.  The reason why is so that we can just put the important Tamagotchi releases on this article, and make a list of all Tamagotchi releases on a seperate article.  If there are no replies by Saturday, July 15, 2006, I will choose the most important Tamagotchi releases.  Thanks! SuperDT 03:51, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable Tamagotchi releases?

message: I added the section on V4 quickly a little while ago when I read about the information in an article which was linked from some cheesy fansite.  However, now I've found that the link to the article is gone and the article has been completely reworded to leave out references to "Version 4" and just says "next Tamagotchi in January 2007".  Not exactly sure what to do about it, but that's where it came from. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.160.248.98 (talk • contribs) .
Just a couple reminders on this:  Please do not add any info that is pure speculation or maybe's (for example, that sentence I took out that said "It should be based on Uratama").  Remember that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. SuperDT 03:17, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tamagotchi Connection Version 4 

message: I recently changed the Tamagotchi hiragana to katakana, and shortly after it was again in hiragana. I was wondering why this was since tamagotchi isn't a native japanese word. Therefore, shouldn't it be written タマゴッチ as opposed to　たまごっち? Holylampposts 06:00, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hiragana v. Katakana 

message: Shouldn't the Tamagotchi Kakeibo be listed somewhere?
It's the first tam to have a touch screen and acts like a home Deka for an Entama.
:I should mention that despite the changes somebody made, this person is right, the kakeibo is the first Tamagotchi to have an actual touch screen.  Although in AMERICA and perhaps other non-Japanese places the Tamagotchi Angel and Tamagotchi Ocean were marketed as having a "touch screen" they DO NOT in fact have one!  It is merely a motion sensor that works if you shake it, tap it, whatever.  The kakeibo is the first and only to have an actual digitizer over the LCD that allows you to interact in various ways depending on where you touch the screen.  ALSO, the kakeibo is not the "home dekatama" for the entama/uratama/hanerutchi2 generation.  There is a new home dekatama coming out in October.  It is yellow-orange and looks just like the first dekatama, except with new functions and that weird ball-antenna thing like the entama has.
Alright thank you for clearing that up.  I'll make the said edits to Tama Angel and Ocean.  SuperDT 21:20, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kakeibo 

message: Why does the word GigaPets redirect here? Yes, they were virtual pets, but they weren't Tamagotchis, for they were released by Tiger Electronics.
Alright, thanks for pointing that out.  I have changed it now so that it won't redirect back here.  SuperDT 23:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GigaPets 

message: I know you're only supposed to post things to improve this article but what does your Tamagotch do to celebrate your birthday? --Danny Phantom [ Phantom...] 19:37, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't want to reset my tamagotchi. I'm on 3rd generation and tommorrow 4th. I guess i'll have to wait 6 more months to see it. Also if you get a royal costume and wear it it gives you a password and when you get it it says: PASSWORD FOR ?? Do you know where to enter in the password?? --Danny Phantom [ Phantom...] 01:18, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I tried typing the password in every password place on tamatown but it doesn't work. --Danny Phantom [ Phantom...] 14:25, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question...