{"id":9927,"date":"2023-05-09T13:38:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T11:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/09\/the-next-tamagotchi-meet-peridot-the-ar-pet-app-from-the-makers-of-pokemon-go\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T13:38:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T11:38:06","slug":"the-next-tamagotchi-meet-peridot-the-ar-pet-app-from-the-makers-of-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/09\/the-next-tamagotchi-meet-peridot-the-ar-pet-app-from-the-makers-of-pokemon-go\/","title":{"rendered":"The next Tamagotchi? Meet Peridot, the AR pet app from the makers of Pok\u00e9mon Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While kids will love throwing themselves into caring for their new virtual pet, older players looking for a next-gen AR-led Pok\u00e9mon Go may be disappointed<\/p>\n<p>From the unlikely return of Gladiators to the resurgence of the layered blowout hairstyle beloved of Rachel from Friends, 90s nostalgia is in rude health. It was only a matter of time, then, until we witnessed the return of the era\u2019s most baffling toy \u2013 the Tamagotchi.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Akihiro Yokoi and Aki Maita in 1996, these keychain-sized gaming devices became an instant playground phenomenon, seeing millions of children neglect their real-life pets in favour of cleaning pixelated poop. Then, just as quickly as they arrived, these pocket playthings disappeared. While Nintendo channelled the Tamagotchi spirit into the hugely successful Nintendogs series, the rise of increasingly complex life sims, such as \u2026 well, The Sims, saw the pet and play genre die an untimely death \u2013 until now.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/may\/09\/tamagotchi-peridot-ar-pet-app-pokemon-go\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c1603f9ea6f3b3661dde03ac81062de14b65d8c6\/0_0_1800_1080\/master\/1800.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=64e80ec723c12c1d287e7cf6d6bf5a5d\" title=\"The next Tamagotchi? Meet Peridot, the AR pet app from the makers of Pok\u00e9mon Go\" \/>While kids will love throwing themselves into caring for their new virtual pet, older players looking for a next-gen AR-led Pok\u00e9mon Go may be disappointed<br \/>\nFrom the unlikely return of Gladiators to the resurgence of the layered blowout hairstyle beloved of Rachel from Friends, 90s nostalgia is in rude health. It was only a matter of time, then, until we witnessed the return of the era\u2019s most baffling toy \u2013 the Tamagotchi.<br \/>\nCreated by Akihiro Yokoi and Aki Maita in 1996, these keychain-sized gaming devices became an instant playground phenomenon, seeing millions of children neglect their real-life pets in favour of cleaning pixelated poop. Then, just as quickly as they arrived, these pocket playthings disappeared. While Nintendo channelled the Tamagotchi spirit into the hugely successful Nintendogs series, the rise of increasingly complex life sims, such as \u2026 well, The Sims, saw the pet and play genre die an untimely death \u2013 until now. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While kids will love throwing themselves into caring for their new virtual pet, older players looking for a next-gen AR-led Pok\u00e9mon Go may be disappointed From the unlikely return of Gladiators to the resurgence of the layered blowout hairstyle beloved of Rachel from Friends, 90s nostalgia is in rude health. It was only a matter &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/09\/the-next-tamagotchi-meet-peridot-the-ar-pet-app-from-the-makers-of-pokemon-go\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The next Tamagotchi? Meet Peridot, the AR pet app from the makers of Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9927"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}