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Nintendo’s latest Mii-based DS game is the new Tamagochi

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Do you still remember the Tamagochi handheld digital pet that millions of people got hooked on it sometime on 1996. Even the parents  at that time were very upset about the Tamagochi hype because the minds of their kids were so occupied at all times with the conditions of their virtual pet –as it can get starve, sick, and even die. Anyway last June 18, the Nintendo released  a new DS game called “Tomodachi”, which simply means friend connection. Its gameplay is like a crossover of Tamagochi and The Sims game, in which one of the highlight features is that they can import their Mii avatars from Nintendo Wii console to their Nintendo DS portable. So they can manage or play their Mii-based digital self  everywhere any time and it can even interact live with other Mii characters from other co-Tomodachi fans via wifi internet connection. Check out how the Tomodachi is selling like hotcakes in Japan after the jump.

According to Media Create, the Tomadachi sales report is off to a flying start in Japan with 102,000 sold. There is no release date announced for North America yet.

Below is the Japanese sales charts for the week ended June 21, 2009, courtesy of Gamasutra.com:

LW TW Title Publisher Platform Weekly Sales
NEW 1 Tomodachi Connection Nintendo DS 102,000
NEW 2 Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable Capcom PSP 34,000
2 3 Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days Square Enix DS 27,000
3 4 Sloan to MacHale: Nazo No Monogatari Level 5 DS 15,000
5 Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) Capcom PSP 14,000
4 6 Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth Capcom DS 11,000
NEW 7 Akira Tago’s Mind Exercises Vol. 1 Level 5 DS 10,000
8 8 Wii Fit Nintendo Wii 10,000
5 9 Koei’s Shin Sangokumusou 5: Empires Koei PS3 9,000
18 10 Pokemon Platinum Nintendo 7,000

By the way, I’m just wondering if their Mii-self could possibly meet the fate of death just like the Tamagochi? But do you know there’s bizarre cemetery in Japan where you can literally bury the actual Tamagochi hardware unit.

Tomadachi TV Commercial Video

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4 Responses to “Nintendo’s latest Mii-based DS game is the new Tamagochi”

  1. LED HD creator Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 10:14 am

    This will be the future.. “bubble head community”

  2. iPhone Cloner Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    sounds interesting too bad i dont have a DS, i wonder if there’s an iPhone app for this

  3. Captain_Basch Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 10:25 am

    machoe, you can swap your Apple iphone with my Nintendo DS if you like ;)

  4. iPhone Cloner Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 10:33 am

    No way man.. i just thought that the game will have a bigger community if they have an iphone app

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