Screen Monochrome Shell colors white, pink, gold, blue; with different icons for each animal Manufacturer Gamze Pet type Basic Programming Custom Release year Unknown I have seen a dog, cat, frog, and a penguin in this line so far. They’re fairly rare and go for a lot, but they seem to have very nice animations …
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Arukundesu/Dragon Quest Slimes
Screen Monochrome Shell colors blue, orange, clear, blue/silver, translucent green, translucent purple, translucent yellow/black, white/blue, translucent blue, translucent teal, translucent black, silver/black Manufacturer Enix Pet type Pedometer Programming Custom Release year 1998 These are a pedometer pet that come with a map that the slime will travel through as you walk. How cool is that? …
Yuki Penguin
Screen Monochrome Shell colors red, white, yellow, blue Manufacturer Unknown/various Pet type Basic Programming Dinkie Release year Unknown Yuki Penguin is another pet in the Dinkie Dino line that lets you raise a penguin. It will turn into different kinds of penguins depending on how you care for it, and includes temperature features and addition …
Riku Riku Chan/Smarty Time
Screen Monochrome Shell colors blue Manufacturer Unknown/various Pet type Basic Programming Dinkie Release year Unknown Riku Riku Chan is a vpet in the Dinkie Dino line that lets you raise a little human boy. Gameplay is mostly focused on educating the pet and making sure he remains happy and responsible. It even has an art …
Dinkie Dino/Raku Raku Dino Kun
Screen Monochrome Shell colors Red, blue, white, yellow,green, green translucent Manufacturer Unknown/various Pet type Basic Programming Dinkie Release year Unknown In the US, these seem to have been distributed by a company called Innotronics, but I cannot find out who distributed them in Japan. They are dinosaur pets that are notable for having weather and …
Puppy Micropet
Screen Monochrome Shell colors white Manufacturer Cool Tech Pet type Basic Programming Custom Release year Unknown VirtualPet.com has a guide for this one here: Puppy Micropet. I have also seen this branded as “MicroPet” from Bluetech, and the instructions seem to reference that branding regardless of which version you get, so I’m assuming it was …
Zhu Zhu Pets
Screen Monochrome Shell colors brown, pink Manufacturer Cepia Pet type Unknown Programming Custom Release year 2010 This is a virtual pet based off of Cepia’s Zhu ZHu Hamster toyline. I grew up seeing the toys everywhere, but I didn’t know they had a virtual pet too. I picked up one of these a while back, …
Vial of Aruderu
Screen Monochrome Shell colors pearl Manufacturer Bandai Pet type Fortune teller Programming Custom Release year 1998 Based on an object from the anime Fushigi Mahou Fan Fan Pharmacy. This pet lets you collect different types of spirits from the anime and have them practice magic, which is a variation of the left-right game. The spirit …
UFO Wave
Screen Monochrome Shell colors white, blue, pink, silver, Men In Black Manufacturer Bandai Pet type Basic Programming Custom Release year 1997 This particular pet is designed to pick up radio waves in the air and translate them into characters or messages on the device (though they probably don’t have anything to do with the original …
Punitapi-chan Boba
Screen Color, back-lit Shell colors Peach, Blue Manufacturer Bandai Pet type Collector Programming Custom Release year 2020 Although very cute and popular within the virtual pets community, this one isn’t really a traditional virtual pet. Gameplay is centered around collecting different cute little bobas, which you can then make into drinks to sell in your …