KuromiGirl04@lemmy.world to 2000snostalgia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that the popular toy franchise Digimon was originally meant to serve as the boy equivalent of Tamagotchilemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up191arrow-down1imageTIL that the popular toy franchise Digimon was originally meant to serve as the boy equivalent of Tamagotchilemmy.worldKuromiGirl04@lemmy.world to 2000snostalgia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKuromiGirl04@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoYeah that was apparently the original intentions of BANDAI. Looking back now, the ads I remember watching on Disney Channel for Tamagotchi really did only have girls in them. I never realized that til now. I think the thought process was probably like “girls like cutesy wootsy little characters! Boys like monsters that’ll fight each other!”
minus-squaregustofwind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 days agoCaring for a creature to keep it alive? That’s girl stuff 💅
Yeah that was apparently the original intentions of BANDAI.
Looking back now, the ads I remember watching on Disney Channel for Tamagotchi really did only have girls in them. I never realized that til now.
I think the thought process was probably like “girls like cutesy wootsy little characters! Boys like monsters that’ll fight each other!”
Caring for a creature to keep it alive? That’s girl stuff 💅