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Harry Potter Tamagotchi
The Harry Potter Tamagotchi is a Tamagotchi release based on the Harry Potter movies and books. This new Harry Potter Tamagotchi was announced on April 25, 2023. Then on July 17, 2023, they started selling it all over the world.
The device isn’t just about Harry Potter, it also includes stuff from the Fantastic Beasts movies, which are set in the same magical world as Harry Potter.
Background
“Wizarding World” is a multimedia franchise focused on the stories and universe of Harry Potter, based in the books written by J. K. Rowling.
These stories are about a boy named Harry Potter. He finds out he’s a wizard and goes to a magic school called Hogwarts. At school, he makes friends and learns magic. But Lord Voldemort wants to take over everything, and Harry has to stop him.
The books were so popular that they made them into movies. Warner Bros. Pictures put these movies in theaters. They also made a play about Harry Potter after he grew up.
Then they made another set of movies called “Fantastic Beasts.” These are about a guy named Newt Scamander who takes care of magical animals. He gets mixed up in a big fight between different wizard groups.
The Harry Potter Tamagotchi toy lets you take care of magical animals from both the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts stories.
Watch the trailer for the Harry Potter Tamagotchi Wizarding World:
Gameplay
Hatching and Growth
After you set the clock, you choose to raise animals from Harry Potter or Fantastic Beasts. For 3 hours, you take care of something you can’t see yet. How well you care for it and play games decides what animal you get. During this time, your pet won’t sleep, need cleaning, or get sick.
Harry Potter Mode
If you pick “Harry Potter”, you see Hogwarts Castle. You’re a student learning about magical animals. Instead of “Care”, you have “Lesson”. “Learn” shows you writing notes, and “Read” shows you turning pages in a book. After 3 hours, you might get one of 11 different magical animals.
Fantastic Beasts Mode
If you choose “Fantastic Beasts”, an owl brings Newt’s suitcase. There’s a creature inside, but you only see its eyes sometimes. You take care of it to make it come out. You can feed it candy instead of petting it. After 3 hours, you might get one of 14 different magical animals.
Buttons
There are no icons on the screen to show what to do. You use buttons for everything:
- A button: Opens the main menu for care or games
- B button: Shows the clock
- C button: Checks what your pet needs
- A and C together: Turns sound on or off and lets you set the time
Your pet has 2 needs: Hungry and Happy. Each can be filled up to 4x. If they’re empty, your pet will ask for help.
Minigames
There are 4 games. Winning makes your pet happier:
- Catch Gold: Move left or right to catch 10 falling gold bars.
- Delivery of Letter: Press A fast for 10 seconds to help Hedwig the owl deliver a letter.
- Fly Hippogriff: Press A or B when you see a ! to help Buckbeak the hippogriff fly. Do this 5x.
- Picking a Lock: Help Pickett the Bowtruckle pick a lock by pressing A or B when told. Do this 5x.
Brushing
Your pet gets dirty with dust, hair, or feathers. You need to clean it by pressing A. You can’t do other things until you clean your pet. You can’t clean while your pet is sleeping.
Sickness
If you don’t take good care of your pet, it might get sick. You’ll see it looking upset with a sad mark on the screen. Press A twice to make it better. You can’t feed or play with a sick pet, but you can treat it while it’s sleeping.
Departure
After 3 days of good care, you can let your pet go or keep it longer. If you let it go, it leaves a thank you note. Then you can start over with a new pet by pressing A and C together.
Trivia
1. In Japan, you could only buy the Harry Potter Tamagotchi at a special Harry Potter store called Harry Potter Mahou Dokoro.
2. The Harry Potter Tamagotchi came out 8 days after a new Harry Potter video game called Hogwarts Legacy. This game was for the Nintendo Switch.
3. The Harry Potter Tamagotchi is special in 2 ways:
- It’s only the second Tamagotchi based on a story from the West that Disney doesn’t own. The first one was about Jurassic World.
- It’s only the second Tamagotchi where you have to wait 3 hours before you can take care of your pet. The first one like this was called Tourabutchi.
Characters
Harry Potter Characters
| Character | Details |
|---|---|
Harry Potter | Obtained after clock is set. Evolves after 3 hours. |
Hedwig | Good care. Learning with quill. 15+ perfect games in “Delivery of Letter” (no any other game played). |
Crookshanks | Average Care (never full meters). Quill and Book. No games. |
Scabbers | Bad care. No games played. No quill or book used. Simply don’t interact with the castle at all. |
Buckbeak | Good care. Learning with quill. 15+ perfect games in “Fly Hippogriff” (no any other game played). |
Arnold | Average care. Quill and Book. No games. |
Fluffy | Good Care. Only learn with quill. Only catch gold game. |
Norbert | A little learning with quill. A little read book. No games played. |
Baby Thestral | Average care. Read book only. No games played. |
Thestral | Evolves from Baby Thestral after 24 hours. |
Hungarian Horntail | Good Care. Only learning with quill. No read book. Only play Fly Hippogriff. |
Fawkes | Good care. Only learning with quill (5-10 times). No read books. Play “Catch Gold” (10-15 games, not all perfect) OR 15+ perfect games in “Picking a Lock” (no any other game played) OR 15+ perfect games in “Delivery of Letter” (no any other game played). |
Fantastic Beasts Characters
Character | Details |
|---|---|
Newton Scamander’s suitcase | Obtained after clock is set. Evolves after a few hours. |
Niffler (Teddy) | Good Care. Only Catch Gold (not all perfect). |
Occamy | Good Care. Only Letter game. |
Bowtruckle | No specific details provided. |
Baby Chupcabra (Antonio) | No specific details provided. |
Demiguise | Good care. No games played. |
Mooncalf | Only feed one time. Lots of love. No games played. |
Augurey | No specific details provided. |
Kelpie | No specific details provided. |
Chimaera | No specific details provided. |
Thunderbird | Excellent Care. No games played. |
Baby Niffler (Pumpkin) | No specific details provided. |
Baby Niffler (Pumpernickel) | No specific details provided. |
Baby Niffler (Pistachio) | No specific details provided. |
Baby Niffler (Persimmon) | No specific details provided. |
2 Comments
Kim
October 16, 2024The method to get the thestral isn’t working, I keep getting Scabbers( and I’m using the lesson book, so the scabbers method is faulty too) What is considered “average” care, as the castle still seems “sad” if I only give it books and no games…
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October 16, 2024I was able to get Baby Thestral by just not letting the meters get full and fall near empty. I was able to get it the second try, though.