Tamagotchi!: Little Stars

Tamagotchi!: Little Stars is a turn-based RPG Tamagotchi game based on the Tamagotchi franchise developed by B.B. Studio and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (under the Bandai brand name), which was originally released on September 10, 2017 for the Nintendo 3DS. A port for the Nintendo Switch was released five years later on December 13, 2022.
== Gameplay ==
Tamagotchi!: Little Stars is an Earthbound/Mother-type RPG game where the player controls a party of four (Chamametchi, Imotchi, Lovesoratchi, and Princess Tamakoko) as they traverse through Tamagotchi Planet. Much like Earthbound, encounters aren't randomly generated and are rather sprite-based. The overworld itself is in a 2D environment, while battle segments are in a 3D environment.
=== Status ===
As with other RPGs, Tamagotchi!: Little Stars features six types of stats:
*HP - Health points. Determines how much health or life a Tamagotchi or an enemy has. If HP goes down to zero, then the progenitor is defeated. HP can be restored by either moves, resting, or items.
*TP - Tama Points. Tama Points are used whenever a party member or enemy attacks. Most attacks that use TP are special-based using an element of some type (Electricity, Fire, Ice, etc.) or a healing attack. If TP goes to zero, then physical moves are used instead.
*Attack - Attack points determine how strong an attack is.
*Defense - Defense points determine how well a party member or enemy handles an attack.
*Speed - Speed points determine the attacking order and chances of running away.
*Love - The Love stat is similar to the friendship status from Miitopia. If high enough, a party member will try to pull a critical hit or defend others. The more acts of kindness committed, the higher the stat is. On the enemy side, Love is used to power up weaker allies. Love is also special as it isn't raised when someone levels up.
== Plot ==
Taking place during the summer holiday between Tamagotchi!: Legend of the Pure Notes and Tamagotchi! Superstar Stories, Tamagotchi!: Little Stars revolves around Chamametchi, Imotchi, Lovesoratchi, and Princess Tamakoko as they embark on a journey to stop Cornstartchi and his army of Veggie Invaders from corrupting Tamagotchi Planet and turning it into their secret hideout for galactic conquest. 
During their adventures, the four encounter Hornetchi, initially a wasp-like Tamagotchi. Hornettchi initially expressed interest in joining the four, but chickened out during a boss fight. Following her return, her personality changed from a coward to that of annoyance, constantly annoying and bugging the party. She would later betray the four after getting access to Moon Crystals, following Cornstartchi's second-in-command Mecharadishtchi being defeated, and becoming her humanoid evolved form. Later, the two would join forces and travel to Mount Shiro, where Cornstartchi's operations are held.
Shortly afterwards, the four end up in Greyscale Village, where Kurotchi informs the four that Cornstartchi and Hornettchi's operations are located near the village with it being infested with Veggie Invaders. Shortly after their conversation, a Leader Veggie attempts to kidnap Kurotchi but fails. Following this, the five witness that her (Kurotchi) home was raided by invaders, who took her six Rainbow Princess sisters away to Mount Shiro. Terrified by this, Kurotchi explains that she was at Summer School (due to being falsely accused of cheating in a science test) when the kidnapping took place, but wants the four heroes to save her sisters and the Tamagotchi Planet before the "devious duo" plunge the planet into darkness.
At Mount Shiro, the three Master Veggie Invaders attempt to "investigate" the six other princesses, demanding where the "seventh one" (Kurotchi) is. Eventually, they see Kurotchi along with the four heroes and several other Tamagotchi. Kurotchi then tells them that she and her friends will distract the three invaders and free her sisters while they fight the Cornstartchi and his partner. From then, Kurotchi, along with Mametchi, Memetchi, Kuchipatchi, Lovelitchi, KuroMametchi, and Melodytchi (the latter six appearing as cameos) all seize the Master Veggie Invaders and rescue the six princesses.
At the top of Mount Shiro, Cornstartchi and his partner fight the four heroes, then fuse together to produce the Ultra Cornstar. In this monstrous form, Ultra Cornstar transforms into a giant, spider-legged mech that starts to warp time and space. At first, Ultra Cornstar seemed impossible to defeat but during the fight, Lovesoratchi discovers that the top of Mount Shiro is covered by space dust. After his discovery, the four become supercharged by the extraterrestrial crystals and defeat Ultra Cornstar. In its humiliating defeat, Ultra Cornstar separates and Cornstartchi flees. Hornetchi then threatens that "she will be back" and flies off.
== Trivia ==
*Originally, the Anti-Meister was Cornstartchi's partner during development, but it was changed to Hornetchi during mid-development, due to Tamagotchi!: Legend of the Pure Notes ending (showcasing his defeat), as well as beta testers being disappointed that the game was portraying him as an annoying sidekick instead of a powerful god-like being in the anime.
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