Tamagotchi Pix
The Tamagotchi Pix is still a worthy pick, even if it eats through AA batteries (always bundle your gifts with batteries!). At $60, it’s pricier than the original Tamagotchi, but it’s also way more involved. It has a camera for snapping pics with your Tama in tow, and since its launch, Bandai added missions at its site that you can unlock with its built-in QR code scanner.
The only bummer to this virtual companion is that you can’t transfer any of the photos after the fact. But there is a thriving community of Tamagotchi enthusiasts concurrently playing the game who post QR codes online. If you’ve got a friend into that kind of gameplay, the Tamagotchi Pix can make for a fun distraction from the everyday doldrums.
