Tamagotchi 42902 Bandai Pix-The Next Generation of Virtual Reality Pet With Camera, Games and Collectable Characters-Sky, Purple

Although my daughter loves it, the batteries die within 2-3 daysWe’ve had it 9 days and we are on our third installation of new batteries! And it doesn’t matter what batteries you use! I’ve used the “expensive” kind and dollar tree brand, they both last the same amountSo my advice is to buy a BUNCH of dollar store brand batteries so you can change them without breaking the bank for an already expensive toy!

Set up was way more complicated than it should have been, once we got past that my daughter figured it out rather quickly. The button sensors are touchy. It's priced too high for what you get in my opinion, especially since you'll be replacing the batteries all the time. My daughter got hers on Christmas and it hasn't even been a week (5 days) and the batteries are low and need to be changed, it really should have been designed with a rechargeable internal battery. If her progress is lost when the batteries are changed out she's going to be really upset, but we haven't gotten there yet so we shall see. She loves it, it keeps her entertained so I gave it stars for that but again...it's priced way too high.

I've been collecting tamagotchi for years as a hobby.Instead of the typical push buttons that are used to control the tamagotchi, there is a sort of touch screen feature. Many games involve 'swiping' one way or another to control what direction you aim. Playing games with your tamagotchi is required to keep the virtual pet healthy and not winning games means that increasing the 'happiness level' is difficult. Some of the games I have found impossible to win because the toy isn't responding to me trying to 'swipe' one way or the other.The poor responsiveness has led to a lot of frustration for me, an adult. I can only imagine it would be worse for a child.