Tamagotchi Connection / Connexion / Plus Questions and Answers

BANDAI'S OFFICIAL. Now that you have your Tamagotchi, you must do these three things: 1) Wake up Tamagotchi from its million light-year sleep by removing the insulating sheet (pull paper tab from side of body). 2) Set the tamagotchi communication screen (Reset operation). Press the reset switch on the rear of the egg with a. The Tamagotchi Connection (UK: Tamagotchi Connexion) is a virtual pet in the Tamagotchi line of digital toys from Bandai.The Tamagotchi Connection is unique from prior models in that it uses infrared technology to connect and interact with other devices and was first released in 2004, 8 years after the first Tamagotchi toy. Ok so it is quite easy to lose instructions since they are just printed on paper and numerous things can destroy them. I have decided to upload scans of different Tamagotchi instructions up so those of you who lost them or never had any (bought used on ebay or amazon) can read them and figure everything out.

Purchasing and Locating Tamagotchi:

Tamagotchi Connection Functions:

General Tamagotchi Connection Questions:

Website Related Questions:

Purchasing and Locating Tamagotchi:

Q. When will Tamagotchi Connection be released in my area / city / country?
I live in the United States so I don't have any real resource to find out when Tamagotchi will be released in your area or country. Some ways you might be able to find this information out are:

1. Bandai's website: Tamagotchi.com or Bandai.com
2. News resources: news.google.com or news.yahoo.com
3. Call around to local toy stores and ask when they are expecting shipments.
4. Look through the local newspaper for sales ads or other information.
5. Ask for help on the Tamagotchi Chat board and there maybe someone else who lives in your area that may have the information.

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Q. Where can I buy Tamagotchi Connection in my area / city / country?
A. Tamagotchi Connection, Plus and Connexion have already been released in Japan and parts of Europe. They were released in the United States on August 15, 2004.

I live in the United States so I don't have any real resource to find out when Tamagotchi Connection will be sold in your area or country.

The typical places to look would be:

1. Toy stores, specifically large chains.
2. Toys 'R Us, Wal*Mart and Target have been known to carry Tamagotchi and these places have been the resource for many people in finding Tamagotchi Connection.
3. Amazon.com has them / will have them soon to order online.
4. If you are desperate you can try ebay.com. You may pay a little higher price, plus you have to pay for shipping. But you also get a chance at the different versions (Connection, Connexion and Plus).

Some ways you might be able to find this information out are:

1. Bandai's website: Tamagotchi.com or Bandai.com
2. News resources: news.google.com or news.yahoo.com
3. Call around to local toy stores and ask when they are expecting shipments.
4. Look through the local newspaper for sales ads or other information.
5. Ask for help on the Tamagotchi Chat board and there maybe someone else who lives in your area that may have the information.

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Q. How do I know if I have a fake Tamagotchi.
An entire thread of information has been created about this on the Tamagotchi chat board.

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Tamagotchi Connection Functions:

Q. How do I pause it?
A. If you are using a US Tamagotchi Connection do the following:

With your character showing and no icons selected do the following:

1. Press the A button and Hold.
2. While holding down the A button, press the B button.
3. It will now say 'Pause' on the screen.
4. Repeat steps one and two to unpause.

If you are using the Connexion or Plus versions do the following:

With your character showing and no icons selected do the following:

1. Press B. This will bring you to the clock screen.
2. Press the A and C buttons at the same time.
3. The clock will stop. The Tama is now Paused and nothing will occur until you reset the clock.
4. When you are ready to start playing again, use the A button to change the numbers and the B button to confirm each of your changes.
5. Finish making your changes to set the clock correct again and then press the C button. The clock will resume and the Tamagotchi will now be unpaused and ready to play with again.

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Q. How do I change the clock?
A. With your character showing and no icons selected do the following:

1. Press B. This will bring you to the clock screen.
2. Press the A and C buttons at the same time.
3. The clock will stop.
4. Use the A button to change the numbers and the B button to confirm.
5. Finish making your changes and then press the C button. The clock will resume.

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Q. How do I change the clock from Military / 24 hour times to AM/PM times.
A. With your character showing and no icons selected do the following:

1. Press B. This will bring you to the clock screen.
2. Press A. The clock should now show an AM or PM next to the clock with the correct time.
3. Repeat step two to change it back to Military/24 hour time.

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Q. How do I get *this* character?
A. At this time I do not have any specific strategies on getting specific characters. Once I have played more and experienced the ideas better, I will post my theories on how to get each of the characters. I suggest looking on the Tamagotchi chat board for advice from other Tama owners.

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Q. When will I get an adult character?
A. By age 3 you will have an adult.

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Q. What times does the Matchmaker / Mrs. Busybody come?
A. I have been told the times are: 10am, 3pm and 7pm. This will happen around age 7 or 8.

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Q. How do I turn the sound on or off?
A. With your character showing and no icons selected do the following:

1. Press the A and C buttons at the same time.
2. An option menu will come onto the screen.
3. Select on or off depending on your preferences.
4. Repeat to turn the sound back on or off.

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Q. My Tamagotchi Connection was dancing and singing!? Is this normal?
A. Yes! All Tamagotchi characters do more then just pace on the screen on Tamagotchi Connection. Each character has different actions and special animations.

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Q. When do I use Time Out / Discipline?
A. Use this when:

1. The Tama beeps and the attention light turns on.
2. The Tama is doing his usual thing on the screen and doesn't look upset or anything.
3. When the Tama refuses to play or eat even when it's hungry or unhappy.

And it seems that #3 doesn't always apply.

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Q. When do I Praise?
A. Use this when:

1. The Tama beeps and the attention light turns on.
2. The Tama has its back to you and looks angry or upset.
3. When the Tama refuses to play or eat even when it'd hungry or unhappy.

And it seems that #3 doesn't always apply.

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Q. When can my Tamagotchi have Tamababies?
A. Your Tamagotchi will know when it's time, you don't have to do anything special. Of course if you want your Tamagotchi to have Tamababies with another Tama via connecting, you'll need to connect them often. Your Tamagotchi is ready to have Tamababies:

1. When your Tamagotchi is an adult character.
2. When you have 5 hearts with a connected Tamagotchi (both have to be adults).
3. Or when the Matchmaker comes to find your Tamagotchi a mate.

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Q. Do I have to have two Tamagotchi to get Tamababies?
A. Absolutely not! If you don't want to buy a second Tamagotchi Connection and you don't know anyone with a Connection, you can simply keep raising your Tamagotchi and Mrs. Busybody will always find someone for your Tamagotchi to help keep the generations going.

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Q. Can a Connection communicate with a Connexion or a Plus Tamagotchi version?
A. Yes they can.

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Q. Can a Connection have Tamababies with a Connexion or a Plus Tamagotchi version?
A. Yes they can.

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General Tamagotchi Connection Questions:

Q. Where can I get codes for Tamagotchi Connection Version 3?
A. You can find the Tamagotchi Connection Version 3 Codes here.

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Q. Where can I get a manual for Tamagotchi Connection/Plus?
A. The manual that comes with the Hong Kong Tamagotchi Plus (in english) and the Japanese version (in Japanese) of the manual is here.

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Q. What toy company makes Tamagotchi and Tamagotchi products?
A. Bandai Co. Ltd. They are the third largest toy company in the world, with 38 subsidiaries in 13 countries worldwide. Bandai's website can be found here.

Bandai also has their own Official Tamagotchi website.

Mystic Fortress and its creator are not associated and do not work for Bandai Co. Ltd. This site, Tamagotchi Planet, is simply the work of an avid Tamagotchi fan. To contact Bandai, please do not email mimitchi.com, instead go to Bandai's website and contact them there.

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Website Related Questions:

Q. Will you be making a Graveyard page?
A. Not at this time. However you are welcome to post your pet information on the Tamagotchi chat board.

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Q. Can I post my logs on your website?
A. Sorry, I have no service nor ability to do this at this time. Right now my website is a personal site containing only my own information and experiences. I may set something up in the future to satisfy this request. But at this time I have no such service. However you are welcome to post your experiences on the Tamagotchi chat board.

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Q. Do you work for or are you a representitive of Bandai Corporation?
A. Mystic Fortress and its creator are not associated with and do not work for Bandai Co. Ltd. This site, Tamagotchi Planet, is simply the work of an avid Tamagotchi fan. To contact Bandai, please do not email mimitchi.com, instead go to Bandai's website and contact them there.

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Q. Who runs this website at mimitchi.com?
A. This website, mimitchi.com, is run by a single individual, not a corporation or company of any sort.

My name is Kat. I have been building and maintaining mimitchi.com since 1996. Mystic Fortress has gone through many global changes throughout the years, including having various URLs and site names. I create and maintain the materials on this website in my free time. Delays in updates are caused by my full time job and pure laziness. I'm an adult (so they tell me) but a child at heart. I enjoy collecting the various things you see on mimitchi.com as well as several other things.

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I live in California with my hubby-to-be Brendan. Brendan has made several contributions to the site throughout the years, specifically art and flash games. Brendan has done a ton of work on the Connection section and also helps moderate the Tamagotchi Forums.

For more information about me, go to this link. How was the Connection section created and with what help? To visit the Connection Site Credits, go to this link.

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Q. How can I contact you regarding Tamagotchi Connection or Plus?
A. My contact form is here.

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Tamagotchi Connection 4 Buttons Instructions Pdf

Instructions and manuals for over one hundred virtual pets. We scanned in the following virtual pet instruction sheets. These documents are copyright by their manufacturers. We posted them for educational and research purposes. They are large files and may take a few minutes to load. If you are a manufacturer (current or past) and would like to post instructions here (no charge), please contact us. Virtual Pet Instructions is a Polson Enterprises web site and part of the Virtual Pet Home Page. Giga Pet T-Rex Part 1Part 2 Tamagotchi Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4 Nano Puppy Part 1Part 2 Giga Frog Part 1Part 2 Nano Talking Baby Part 1Part 2 Nano Fighter (Rough Rider) Part 1Part 2 Giga Doggie Part 1Part 2 Disney Toy Story Virtual Alien This following instructions are posted on other sites. You may find more than one set of instructions in here for the same pet. First, a big thanks to Hasbro / Tiger for posting instructions for many of the Giga Pets and Giga Friends! They are one of few or the only manufacturer with their virtual pet instructions still online. Lost World Baby T-Rex Giga Pet Giga Pet Digi Pooch Giga Pet Bitty Kitty Komputer Koala Giga Pet Monkey Giga Pet Bit Critter Giga Pet Digital Doggie Giga Pet Giga Pet Virtual Alien Giga Pet Precious Kitty Barbie 101 Dalmations GigaPet Yoda Giga Pet Cyber Kitty Giga Pet Floppy Frog Giga Pet Little Mermaid Giga Pet R2D2 GigaPet Giga Friend Rancor Giga Pet Sabrina Salem the Cat Giga Pet Giga Pet Micro Pup KFC Giga Farm Giga Pound A Bug's Life Giga Pet Cabbage Patch Kids Giga Pet Looney Tunes Giga Pet Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Baily GigaPet also called Giga Circus Small Soldiers Giga Pet Rugrats GigaPet Batman & Robin Giga Fighters WCW NWO Giga Fighters

Thanks to Tamenagerie.com for posting instructions for several pets that would be very difficult if not impossible to find elsewhere.

• Tamagotchi
• Tamagotchi Plus
• Talking Nano Baby, Kitty and Puppy
• Nano Baby
• Nano Puppy and Kitty
• Nano Generation 2 Nano Bunny, Nano Turtle, Nano Horse
• Nano Fighters Supreme Sumo, Alley Rumble, Rough Rider
• Nekotcha (a Japanese keychain cat)
• Looney Tunes Giga Pet Plus
• Digital Doggie Giga Pet
• Bird Watching
• Ganbare! Ryuuta-kun
• Aruke Robocon Pedometer
• Pocket Love, Romi & Julie, Hello Kitty Love Pet
• Dr. Slump
• Pocket Biscuit
• Pocket Horse by Tomy (Japan)
• Toy Story Virtual Friends Disney
• Rikou Rikou Chan / Smarty Time
• Dinky Dino
• Dinki Penguin / Yuki Penguin

Thanks to Mystic Fortress for posting instructions online for several pets that were difficult to find in the U.S.

• Tamagotchi Angel pet
• Angelgotchi
• Tamagotchi Ocean pet Umi No
• Tamagtochi Ocean Umi No
• Mesutchi and Osutchi Tamagotchi
• Forestgotchi also known as Morino Tamagotch and Tamagotchi Garden

Thanks to Glade at the Enchanted Forest for posting many instructions online for several years. They are nolonger online. The URLs are listed here for reference

• Pausing common keychain pets www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/7753/cheats.html
• Tamagotchi I Growth Chart www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/7753/growth.html
• Raku Raku Dinokun www.geocities.com/enchantedforest/dell/8881/instructions.htm
• Cyber Mickey www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/7753/mickey.html
• Riko Riko Chan www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/7753/riko.html

Thanks to Tamagotchi Square for posting a large collection of translated keychain virtual pet instructions

Tamagotchi Instructions With 3 Buttons

• Tamagotchi Mothra
• Devilgotchi
• Tamatochi
• Yasashii
• Santaclautchi
• Doraemon-chi
• Hello Kitty
• Pocket Hello Kitty
• Pocket Sakura
• Keroppi frog
• Genji-chi
• Dr. Slump SuhiSuhiTouch
• Tamagotchi Plus

Thanks to Tinkerville for posting several unique virtual pet instructions and for working with some other sites to post them.

• Hanami a fascinating virtual flower pet, unique body

Thanks to many others for posting various keychain pet instructions

• Nano Baby
• Nano Kitty and Nano Puppy
• Pokemon Pocket Pikachu from Nintendo
• Tamakaci Virtual Duck game as a watch
• Nintendo Hello Kitty (virtual pet and pedometer) in Japanese
• RakuRaku Dinokun
• VMIGO Golden Retriever
• Tamagotchi Connection
  • Tamagotchi Connection current and past versions via our Tamagotchi Information Center
  • Tamagotchi Connection Version 2 Instructions via Tama's Rule via TamaTalk.
  • Tamagotchi Connection Version 1 instructions in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format they were originally on Bandai's Canadian site, and are now archived by us.
  • Bandai also posts some instructions and tips on their U.S. site.
• Tamagtochi
• TamaOtch
• Octogotchi 8 in 1 virtual pet

PETS FOR COMPUTERS

ROBOTIC PETS

Several of the robotic virtual pet manuals below are from the RobotsandComputers.com web site. Please visit their site for access to countless robotic manuals

Note- many of the robotic virtual pet manuals are in pdf format. Some are large files and will take a while to download on adial up connection.

• Hasbro (Tiger)
  • Chirpy-Chi
  • Dino-Chi Pterodactyl
  • Dino-Chi T-Rex
  • Furby Care Guide Emoto-Tronic Furby
  • Furby Manual Classic Furby
  • Furby Babies
  • Furby Babies Emoto-Tronic
  • Furby written copy by Mimitchi
  • I-Cybie in adobe acrobat format (very large file)
  • iCybie from Robots and Computers
  • iDog
  • Meow-Chi
  • MioPup
  • Petal-Chi
  • Poo-Chi
  • Poo-Chi Bulldog
  • Poo-Chi 102 Dalmations
  • Poo-Chi Poodle
  • Super Poo-Chi
  • Robobaby
  • Shelby
  • Teddy Ruxpin
• Sony
  • AIBO ERS-7
• Tekno
  • Tekno the Robotic Puppy - Techno Puppy also called Teksta no longer supported online by manufacturer, was at www.tekno-robot.com/Teknoim.pdf . Puppyvia Robots and Computers.
  • Tekno Newborn Puppy no longer supported online by manufacturer, was at www.tekno-robot.com/puppy_manual.pdf. Newborn via Robots and Computers
  • Polly Tekno Parrot no longer supported online by manufacturer, was at www.polly-robot.com/topsecret.html . Parrot via Robots and Computers
• Tomy
  • Spotbot
• WowWee
  • Cyber Spider
  • FlyTech Dragonfly
  • Mega-Byte an early robotic dog
  • Roboboa snake
  • Robopanda
  • RoboPet dog
  • RoboQuad
  • RoboRaptor
  • RoboReptile
  • WowWee Remote used with many of the virtual pets above
• Others
  • Me and My Shadow in adobe acrobat format
  • Petster a very early virtual pet
  • Smithsonian Bionic Bug
  • Pleo UGOBE dinosaur
  • WeeBot from Sharper Image

Downloadable viewer for Adobe Acrobat .pdf documents

Instruction Comments and Tips

We have heard from hundreds of virtual pet users who have lost their instructions or never had them to start with. Below are some tips concerning the instructions themselves.

Tip #1- Many virtual pets are packaged on a plastic wrapped 'card' in the stores. The heavy paper card is normally folded over from top to bottom and the instructions are printed on a slip of paper that is between the card halves. We open the packages by using a pair of scissors to cut off the plastic that extends below the bottom edge of the 'card'. This allows us to 'split apart' the two halves of plastic and get the pet out the bottom. Next, we reach up between the two pieces of the 'card' and pull out the instructions. Many, many people have thrown away the card, not realizing the instructions are inside it.

Tip #2 - Now that you have the instructions, don't expect them to be a great help. Many of the pets have very poor instructions. They have some translation problems, are difficult to follow, some are in a font too small to read or poorly copied and many are incomplete.

Tip #3 - If you are an adult and a little concerned about 'burning your child's ears' you might want to read them first, especially the section about cleaning up after the pet. The instructions for several of the pets primarily used in Japan or early versions instructions for U.S. pets often use the 's' word in refering to body waste.

Tip #4 If you cannot find your pet in the list of instructions above, find the instructions for a similar pet. Most of the pets are very similar. Look first for a pet by the same manufacturer, if that is not available, look for a similar animal (dog, cat, etc). Those instructions should help you get started.

Tip #5 Some of the sites and scans of instructions linked to above are a bit hard to read. You might be ableto read them better on a larger monitor.

If the instructions are not here, please do not ask us about them.

Also if you are a manufacturer, we especially encourage you to post the instructions to your pets.

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If you are aware of any posted instructions for pets that are not listed here, please e-mail us.