Don't say we didn't warn you this was coming. Bandai (with a two-fer today) launched the Tamagotchi Connection in two major markets (SF and NY), with a nationwide release planned for next week. It's basically the same thing as before, but this time it can spawn and communicate to with other virtual pets via an IR port—hardly ten years' advancement in technology. And though we'd still be surprised if such a huge, shamefully awful fad from the mid-nineties came back and bit us again, who knows? (Next up: OK Cola makes a comeback.) You'd probably better set aside the $20 now, before your kid rips your face off to get one of those things.
