Tokyomango has news of the Otoizm, a tamagotchi-like pixel pet that you hang off your iPod/PC/home stereo:
The Otoizm is kinda like a Tamagochi, except he's not just fussy and hungry all the time. This little digital pet changes form depending on the kind of music you’re listening to by reinterpreting sound waves from over 19 music genres...
You can see how this will be popular with school agers, eh? Plus, it being Japan, this 'gotchi has some lovegety functionality built in:
The Otoizm also doubles as a date-hunting tool. It uses infrared to find other Otoizms in the vicinity, and determines whether you'd be a good match with another based on similar tastes in music.
Fabulously weird, and it's made by Konami. I think I have to have one. Gizmodo reported on this almost a year ago, so you'd think they'd be imported by now, but no sign of any on Play Asia.
Take a look at this Tamagotchi Angel TV Commercial from the 1990's!
Posted by: Ryan Lepore | August 30, 2007 at 23:03