The First Star Wars Tamagotchi Makes You Protect R2-D2 From Jawas

A very long time in the past a digital pet known as the Tamagotchi took the world by storm. Twenty-five years later it’s nonetheless round, however now in competitors with tablets and smartphones. So how do you make a close to vintage know-how nonetheless worthy of consideration and gross sales? You mash it up with Star Wars, in fact, and eventually give followers of that universe an astromech droid to lift, practice, and look after.

Revealed by StarWars.com at this time, the Tamagotchi will probably be officially available for pre-order beginning tonight at midnight on August 3 (the hyperlink ought to work at that time). The Star Wars R2-D2 Tamagotchi’s worth has but to be disclosed however will most likely run round $20-$25, and will look and play similar to the digital pets of yore when it formally arrives on November 11. But in contrast to previous Tamagotchi collaborations and extra trendy variations of the toy that also function the little alien-like digital pets, the R2-D2 model is strictly a Star Wars affair, with solely alien creatures from that iconic universe.

Instead of elevating the droid from an egg (as far as we all know, all robots come from factories it doesn’t matter what galaxy they’re created), gamers will practice their captive animated Artoo to grasp 19 totally different expertise by retaining him charged, cleaned, and entertained via two preliminary video games—firefighting and holochess (Dejarik)—in addition to seven different mini-games that may be finally unlocked so long as Artoo is saved completely happy. R2-D2 received’t die from negligence, however should you’re not diligent along with your care he will probably be finally kidnapped by Jawas the place he’ll both be turned to scrap or bought to moisture farmers and finally get caught up in a galactic battle.

Despite the restricted decision of the Tamagotchi’s monochromatic display (newer and costlier variations of the toy do now include full colour and higher-res shows) the brand new Star Wars model may also play brief pixelated clips from the movies, and we’ve received our fingers crossed that it additionally performs a lo-fi bleep-bloop model of John Williams’ iconic Star Wars’ important theme.