I am an avid Virtual Pet collector and this is my website. Feel free to browse around and take a look at my humble collection! (NOTE: This website is best viewed in Firefox or Opera browsers.)
Digimon Generation 1 [NEW] Generation 2 Angelgotchi Forestgotchi Umino/Oceangotchi Genjintchi Osu/Mesutchi Santagotchi Connection v1 Connection v2 Connection v3 Connection v4 Connection v4.5 Connection v5 Connection v6 [NEW] Keitai [NEW] Keitai Akai Deka Tama Ura Tama Iro Iro
Dinkie Dino Dinkie Penguin Gyaoppi 9in1 8in1 Minipets Nanos Hello Kitty Giga Pets Disney
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Back in the day a lot of companies were coming out with virtual pets, but none of them specifically claimed to be "Tamagotchis". Now-a-days, just looking on eBay you will find so many fakes actually claiming to be real. Don't let them fool you. Anything that does not specifically say "Bandai" on the package is probably fake!
Design: Novemberly
Brushes: rainharbour & exotica-brushes
Pattern: wingsdesired
The original Giga Pets were some of the most popular virtual pets when Tamagotchis were first released. They functioned a little differently in that you raised one animal (just like the Nanos) instead of an alien that is always shifting shape (the Tamagotchis). This was one of the first virtual pets that you could ever "name" as far as I know. When it is born it jumps out of a basket as if it were abandoned in a parking lot or something lol It gets fatter the more you care for it. The skinnier it gets the sicker it usually gets. It's hard to get it out of a slump once it's hit rock bottom. It takes a little practice to figure this one out and it's a bit needier than most virtual pets, so you must devote a lot of time to taking care of it, but its still fun and cute. It is definitely one of my favorites. It was also one of the first virtual pets to come out with a "training" feature. Eventually they also came out with multi-gigapets where you could raise more than one animal/character at a time.
Here are some pictures of the ones I currently own. A Compu Kitty and a Rug Rats Giga Pet: