Not quite your traditional gaming, but with 600 responses to user actions at least as complex as some interactive computer games I’ve played.
[Image description: two new Furbies]
Not quite your traditional gaming, but with 600 responses to user actions at least as complex as some interactive computer games I’ve played.
[Image description: two new Furbies]
Didn’t the terrifying Furby Connects of like 2016 have the ability to connect to internet-connected apps and would send OTA updates to the furby on a weekly basis? I think the furby itself was receive-only and wouldn’t send anything, but I might be wrong. I still think it’s fair to say that furby was at least semi-connected to the internet.
Technically Furby Connects is a subcategory of Furby, and I was talking about the main line, (and “Connect” is in the name, so that is still not trying to sneak it past consumers) but I could see the argument it is a little pedantic.
But saying THIS model has a camera and is connected to the internet explicitly goes against most of the advertising and most everyone is just wanting to act panicked about a basic toy. 😑
Oh! I actually thought the Furby Connect was another mainline furby, but I honestly didn’t find it good looking, so I passed on it completely (I’ve been more of a tamagotchi person anyway). I think a lot of the “furbies are creepy” opinions are just rehashed fear from the lies that were spread about the first couple furbies. I wasn’t allowed to have one when I was a kid because the people on tv said it was creepy because they might have cameras and would record children.
If my parents knew I have a stripped gen 2 furby with a single eyelash on my shelf looking like a skeleton, they’d definitely think it was creepy haha
I want the same toys but less loud and needy. 😭I loved Furby and tamagotchi too, but I wanted them to bring some of the stuff from those digimon pets they had way back in the 90s. Let me make tamagotchis fight!
Tangent here: Not sure if you’ve seen Owl House, but they show a tamagotchi-like device in the second season** where you can send little pictograph messages to your friends and WHAT I’D GIVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. It reminded me a bit of Pictochat on the DS. But I know any device that was made would be pretty expensive since it would need wireless even if it wasn’t internet-connected. So that means it’d have a high resolution screen to justify the price, which would make it more expensive, then thicker for bigger batteries. It just doesn’t seem realistic or even something I’d want in the end with all the upgrades.
I do really miss little devices with low resolution displays. A lot of charm goes away for me when you don’t have to use your imagination at all- same with furbies that speak in clear english. There’s SO much room for expanding on the ideas of furbies and tamagotchis that hasn’t been explored, but unfortunately, I’m not sure if that’ll ever actually exist until a group of nerds get together and makes it happen. Being able to fight and collect things and have actual permanence in the game without babying the digital pet constantly would be amazing!
**https://64.media.tumblr.com/81a4345c30c8c3e9a14c8b981f4a36de/470a73424ef059ec-5e/s1280x1920/fcccd5b89485fc0e51585d25388e1c216df08bb3.png