# Tamagotchi

*Source* · `src-wikipedia-tamagotchi` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Encyclopedia / wiki |
| authors | Wikipedia contributors |
| venue | Wikipedia |
| date | 2026 |
| url | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |

## Notes

Bandai with WiZ, creators Aki Maita and Akihiro Yokoi; Japan release 1996-11-23; Hunger, Happy, and Training meters, life stages, care-dependent adult form, droppings and sickness, death; about 40 million units in the first run.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Care-dependent development](../mechanic/care-dependent-development.md), [Creature care](../mechanic/creature-care.md), [Real-time clock](../mechanic/real-time-clock.md), [Tamagotchi](../game/tamagotchi.md)

## Citation

Wikipedia contributors (2026). *Tamagotchi*. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi

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Provenance: created in run `2026-10-24-catalog-gc`.