function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); Its official: 2017 is the year the 90s came full circle.Just like chokers, crop tops and platform sandals, the original Tamagotchi, a 90s kid staple, is back on the market.Bandai, the Japan-based toy company responsible for the pocket pet craze, this year releasedon Amazon Japana game modeled after the original Tamagotchi (the one with the basic, green-tinted LCD display), but people in the U.S. are just catching on now.The Tamagotchi is back!! (But, only in Japan for now) pic.twitter.com/DC1sAJxhy8 UberFacts (@UberFacts) April 11, 2017 They're bringing #tamagotchi back because millenials can't afford to have real children. Jen Lap (@jennifer_lap) April 12, 2017 I'm ready to be a better tamagotchi mom https://t.co/BXnuFh2v1a Alisn (@Ballncheenoes) April 12, 2017 All these kids about to learn real heartbreak when they come home to their dead tamagotchi. pic.twitter.com/9lV8wj97au Bradley Hadrian (@bradley_hadrian) April 13, 2017 Bandai first debuted its pixelated pet game in Japan in 1996, and in the U.S. in 1997.From then on, kids, teenagers and, lets be honest, a few easily distracted adults, would eagerly wait for their Tamagotchi eggs to hatch into a pet made of the most basic digital graphics (read: literal pixels). Users had to feed their pet, play with it and pick up its poop with the help of three tiny rubber buttons.And if anyone slacked in their parenting responsibilities, their digital darling would eventually die. This isnt the first Tamagotchi revival. In fact, the handheld classic toy never disappeared from the toy market.Bandai has released a number of updated Tamagotchi products over the years, including models with multicolor displays,devices that allow users to raise entire families of Tamagotchiand a Tamagotchi game app for your iPhone. Katy Perry and Orlando Boom even wore the digital eggs to the tech-themed Met Gala in 2016.Despite a few missing icons and its slightly smaller size, the re-released Tamagatchi stays true to the original, with its monochromatic display andsix original Tamagotchi characters, according to The Telegraph.Theyre currently only available in Japan, but if you need to satisfy your #TBT vibes sooner, we suggest searching through your childhood closet for your old (and probably dead) pocket pet. Or you can buy one of the newer models on Amazons U.S. marketplace.RT if you had a Tamagotchi! pic.twitter.com/RBcunL4zoa The 90s Life (@The90sLife) April 13, 2017 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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