Tamagotchi Ring Reinventing a 30-Year Icon Through Smallness
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Bandai has unveiled the Tamagotchi ring, a miniature wearable device that reimagines the classic digital pet as a piece of jewelry.
Measuring just 28mm, the device was born from the discovery of a micro-sized color LCD rather than a traditional design-first approach. Because of its tiny scale, the developers utilized wireless charging contacts and moved the functional controls to the sides, leaving the iconic front buttons as purely aesthetic brand symbols. The internal software honors the franchise's history by including 30 distinct characters spanning…
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