>>9629181Died out at the end of 1998, but came back in 2004 and has stuck around since.
>>9629464Tamagotchi has become evergreen in Japan, but popularity fluctuates outside Japan. They only just recently gave us the first English color-screen model, and now made a new color model exclusive for the non-Japanese market.
>>9628580I'm fine with that feature because it allows the cycle of raising and discovering more characters fresh, but maybe instead of forcing it onto you, it becomes available after seven days and you can do it whenever you're ready.