Bandai Namco Warns Tamagotchi Owners About Death Glitch
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- Bandai Namco has alerted Tamagotchi Paradise owners about a glitch affecting digital pets at certain ages, causing unusual behavior and skipping key life milestones.
- While recent Tamagotchi models can live indefinitely with proper care and allow rescue from fatal conditions, pets aged 256-285, 512-541, and 768-797 exhibit a glitch where they skip the "Happy Tama Star" phase and display continuous crying before death.
- This glitch prevents normal death sequences and accurate age display, leading to an eerie experience for users, though it has been officially acknowledged by Bandai Namco without a current fix or replacement offer.
- The age values triggering the glitch correspond to specific data storage limits, such as 256 being the maximum for a byte, suggesting a technical cause rooted in the device’s programming.