Remember Tamagotchi, the virtual pet on a keychain you could take care of until it died either through neglect or being sent through the wash? Artist Paperbeatsscissors has brought back all the fun in browser-based form, and with everybody's favourite stretchy, penguinny dictator! It's enough to fill that King Dedede amiibo-shaped hole in your heart. ...Or at least distract you from it for a bit.
Version 0.1 of Dedede Tama comes with a few basic care features, including feeding Your Waddling Majesty a variety of items (including a Gordo?) and making him take a nap. Dedede will also exercise his powers of eminent domain and do his business wherever he pleases, so you'll have to click on that to pick it up.
The king has three lives, and he can be prone to dying should your attention wane from him. According to the About section of the activity, "dedede's are very fragile, clumsy, and stupid. he will most likely die." It seems making him go to sleep is a pretty good way to make sure he stays alive, however, so you can turn away to do things such as write articles about Dedede Tama.
More options are expected to be added to the virtual pet in the future. You can check out Paperbeatsscissors's Tumblr page for updates, as well as bits of cute Nintendo-themed art.
[source siliconera.com, via paperbeatsscissors.tumblr.com]
Comments 28
This is... Weird
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Kinda wanna go check this out now
Ah well alright then yesiree wait what
...Is it weird that I want this?
This is strange...but I'm curious enough to check it out
Huh...this is adorable! I don't know if I'd play it, I always feel guilty with these kinds of games when I take a prolonged break.
I want my own little self-proclaimed king penguin!
Well, I wasn't gonna do anything productive today anyway
@Sparx If raising your DeDeDe in order to dededestroy that Kirby isn't productive, than I don't know what is.
Well there's no way i am putting my computer in the wash so atleast thats 1 way for him to not die. (unless a crazy person does put there computer in the wash)
So this is what you guys post for Kirby's 23rd anniversary?
@Kirby_Fan_DL3 Kirby will be getting much more attention in the near future. ; )
This is fantastic My life is complete
...I miss Tomogatchi. TwT
I think Dedede gained a little weight...
Eh.
Somewhere I hear a cease-and-desist letter being typed...
I force fed him gordos to death
http://imgur.com/zHZTrFV
Aand the Mario64 guy made no profits either...
@StarDust4Ever he used models from mario galaxy tho so it wasn't entirely "fan made".
@KodyDawg I wish it was a "slow news day" thing. This is so typical for this site: someone says Nintendo in an interview, is an article. Someone paints his NES controller blue and sells it for 1000 USD, is an ad, I mean, article. Someone makes a sprite/model rip game, video or app, is an article, and if that person then complains about how unfair is Nintendo for claiming copyright for that, is a premium article/discussion/editorial. The day someone at the staff rents Ghostbusters 2 (or watches the clip on YT) and gets to the scene where Rick Moranis says; "Do you wannna play Boggle or Super Mario Brothers?", he'll go nuts and make a whole article of it. NintendoLife should focus on real news even if its just 2 a day. Most of these weirdness articles are such a waste of time, bandwidth and whatever else is involved with them. The worst part of them is that most seem to be sponsored, I bet the guy behind this browser thing contacted NL directly to have his work covered instead of someone at the staff just stumble upon the site by chance.
The guy who made the browser game could have come out with something original, but not only he used an overdone concept from the 90s, he also had to "borrow" a Nintendo character.
This guy's artwork is adorable and amazing. I feel like everyone should check him out!
Is adorable and amazing that he put Dedede's eyes on the same side of his face like one of those flat fish. Or he could be facing you but has had a Looney Tunes-like accident and now has his beak on his cheek. Yeah, that's "adorable".
@KodyDawg You were the one who said slow news day and now you say it's its charm. Anyway, I like the site for its news and because it's about Nintendo. However, sometimes the articles are like this one. Not too bad but not that interesting, and they even give you the impression that they are advertising rather than informing.
By the way, I think the character is actually another sprite with Dedede stuff overimposed and badly done, that could explain why it has both eyes in the same side of his face.
What am I even looking at.
This is Why I Need a Tamagochi.
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