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HOW TAMA GOC HI ISMADE.

Tamagochi is a smali, plastic toy looks like an egg, but it is not a gamę. It is youi own creature and you must cariy it. The first tamagochi was madę m Japan in 1996, and narne me ans „love labie able”.

Original tamagochi to35 are producedby,,BandaiTo3s”in Japan, butthere are also several other factories especiallyinChina. It v/as invitedbyAki Mita in 1996.

Steps what she has done:

1)    RE SE A R CHE S:

She asked a group of Japan teenagers, what would theylike to see in „egg” and what would they like to do with this. She was inteiested, what cmaturęs are the most popular and how young people would like to spend free tirne.

2)    MADĘ OFPROTOTYPE

It w^s smali, cobrful egg with smali Computer inside. Screen wasblack and white, and theie was three, soft buttons. To 35 w^ere pioducedandtestedbya group of Japanes scientists. Theydecided what thay had to changed and thought about pros and cons of tamagochi toy When it w^as ready theystarted mass-produchon.

3)    SELLING

Aft er few months toy appeared in shops in Tokjo, and during few hours they sold thousands of these creatures. Itbecome morę and morę popular. Bandaicompanysoldover40 millions to^all around the world. Now/ada^ tamagochi are still popular, mostlym Asian countnes as Japan and South Korea.