Tamagotchi (Game Boy Color)

Tamagotchi, known as Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi 4 (ゲームで発見‼︎ たまごっち 4) in Japan. is a Game Boy Color game based on the Vintage era Tamagotchi Virtual Pets, developed by TOSE and released in August 2000 by Bandai. 
It is based on the majority of Tamagotchi virtual pets released at the time (with the exceptions of Licensed Tamagotchi and the Deviltchi), and features the biggest roster of any vintage Tamagotchi release. 
== Gameplay ==
Upon starting a new game, you are greeted by a young girl named Mikachu, who gives you, the player, a task to take care of an alien species known as the Tamagotchi. Afterwards, you choose your gender and name. If you don't decide your name, then Mikachu simply gives you a set nickname (one of three choices). 
Once done, you get to choose one of ten eggs. The egg you select determines the pet's gender. Once the egg hatches, you are able to give it a name. Unlike the Tamagotchi Connection, Babytchi is recognized as a female while Shirobabytchi is recognized as male. All of the Tamagotchi from the Original Tamagotchi (Gens 1-4), Ocean, Mori de Hakken (Garden), Osutchi & Mesutchi, Angel, and Yasashii appear in it. However, none of the Devilgotchi or Tamagotchi seen in Hoshi de Hakken!! show up.
Once your Tamagotchi turns 7, they gain the ability to marry and breed. After the marriage, your new Tamagotchi's egg can hatch into any Baby stage, with the exception of Ghost Jr., who is replaced by KuroPoyotchi (a variant of Poyotchi from the P4). But if you don't marry your pet, they can live up to the age of 42. If they surpass the age of 18, then they can enter the "hall of fame".
=== Minigames ===
Much like it's predecessors, it has various minigames.
* Left or Right - The iconic game from the P1 returns with a twist - now your Tamagotchi can look up or down. Raises happiness.
* Math Game - A math game where your Tamagotchi does simple math equations. Raises IQ.
* Word Game - A word game where your Tamagotchi figures out an anagram. It is known to be infamously hard.
* Catch Ball - A game where your Tamagotchi catches a ball thrown by Senatchi.
=== Food ===
When you open up the refrigerator, you have access to five types of food: Bread (Onigiri in Japan), Meat, Carrots, Cake, and Cookies. The former three are meals that raise hunger, while the latter two are snacks that raise happiness.
== Characters ==
See also: Tamagotchi (Game Boy Color)/Characters List
This Tamagotchi game contains 138 raisable pets, with both international and Japan-only Tamagotchi being raisable.
== Trivia ==
* This Tamagotchi game has the largest roster of any known Tamagotchi game, with a grand total of 138 raiseable Tamagotchi. Because of this, the game was created on 8 MB Game Boy Cartridges.
** This also makes the game harder to emulate, compared to other Game Boy games.
* The set names in each region differ:
** In North America, the names are Red, Yellow, and Blue for boys, and Green, Purple, and Orange for females.
** In Europe, the set names are Mario, Luigi, and Toad for boys, and Peach, Daisy, and Wendy for females.
** In Japan, the set names are Nick, Pepito, and Wilbur for boys, and Sally, Madeline, and Fern for females.
* This is the only known appearance of Cosmotchi and Princess Gotchi in Japanese media (excluding anime). In the Japanese version of the game, Princess Gotchi is named "Princesstchi".
* Much like it's predecessors, this game was released on a colored game cartridge, in this case, green.
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