{"id":107908,"date":"2020-01-24T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/01\/weve_been_waiting_40_years_for_this_pac-man_tamagotchi_to_be_released"},"modified":"2020-01-24T02:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:05:00","slug":"weve-been-waiting-40-years-for-this-pac-man-tamagotchi-to-be-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/01\/24\/weve-been-waiting-40-years-for-this-pac-man-tamagotchi-to-be-released\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve Been Waiting 40 Years For This Pac-Man Tamagotchi To Be Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/81478d92d898b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/81478d92d898b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Tamagotchi Pac-Man\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/074ea27b0bf20\/tamagotchi-pac-man.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/074ea27b0bf20\/tamagotchi-pac-man.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Tamagotchi Pac-Man\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>This year is the 40th anniversary of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/pac_man\">Pac-Man<\/a><\/strong>. He&#8217;s already got his own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/11\/pac-man_turns_40_next_year_and_bandai_namco_plans_to_celebrate_in_style\">special music video<\/a> to celebrate the occasion and now to kick-off the year-long event, he&#8217;s teamed up with Tamagotchi to bring &#8220;Tama-Lovers&#8221; a whole new virtual pet experience.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to a Tamagotchi pet, this one also stars Pac-Man and includes some iconic features from the long-running game series. The device will go on pre-sale next month on 5th February and will appear in-store on 15th March. Like a regular Tamagotchi, it&#8217;s perfect for on-the-go-entertainment and can easily fit into pockets or bags. There&#8217;s also a wearable keychain.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some more information about the Pac-Man version of Tamagotchi:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li>Raise and nurture your Tamagotchi character with the help of PAC-MAN<\/li>\n<li>PAC-MAN will save your Tamagotchi character from the ghosts and bugs<\/li>\n<li>Feed your Tamagotchi rice or PAC-MAN\u2019s favorite, cherries<\/li>\n<li>Raise your Tamagotchi character from egg to baby to adult<\/li>\n<li>7 adults included, which is determined by how you take care of your PAC-MAN Tamagotchi character<\/li>\n<li>Two fun mini-games: play the Pac Game and the Catch Game!<\/li>\n<li>Two different shell styles to choose from<\/li>\n<li>Two PAC-MAN mazes to choose from; yellow and black<\/li>\n<li>Age grade: 8+<\/li>\n<li>Battery (LR44) included<\/li>\n<li>No WiFi needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>If you missed it, earlier this month the Belgian fashion brand Kipling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/01\/premium_range_of_pac-man_merchandise_arrives_to_celebrate_the_gamers_40th_anniversary\">announced<\/a> a new range of merchandise celebrating Pac-Man&#8217;s 40th anniversary. The lineup includes both women\u2019s and men\u2019s accessories, with backpacks, suitcases, totes, waistpacks, pouches and more on offer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Is this the virtual pet you&#8217;ve been waiting for? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year is the 40th anniversary of Pac-Man. He&#8217;s already got his own special music video to celebrate the occasion and now to kick-off the year-long event, he&#8217;s teamed up with Tamagotchi to bring &#8220;Tama-Lovers&#8221; a whole new virtual pet experience. In addition to a Tamagotchi pet, this one also stars Pac-Man and includes some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}