The SKZOO Tamagotchi (SKZOO 다마고치) is a licensed Tamagotchi Nano model, which is based on SKZOO, animal characters of Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was revealed for the first time on February 25, 2025. Preorders opened on March 4, 2025, and the first production run shipped April 3, 2025.
The SKZOO Tamagotchi is available in eight different versions. Each SKZOO Tamagotchi set comes with a Tamagotchi Nano device and a silicon case corresponding to the version.
Background[]
Stray Kids is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment, which debuted in 2018. On December 2020, Stray Kids revealed their animal characters SKZOO for the first time. There are eight total characters of SKZOO, each one of them represent each Stray Kids member.
Functions[]
Birth and Growth[]
After setting the clock, one of eight random SKZOO characters will be born from the Octagonal Star in their baby form. The character will eventually grow from their baby form into their toddler form and finally into their adult form. Based on the quality of care it is given, the character could grow into various forms, including pastry chef, astronaut, cheerleader, or even tennis player.
Buttons[]
As with most Tamagotchi Nano models, there are no on-screen icons, and therefore all information is conveyed through the screen and buttons. The character is cared for by filling its Hungry and Happy meters, each consisting of four units. Both meters are initially empty.
The user can press the C button to check the character's status. If a dizzy spiral appears and the character looks hungry, the Hungry meter is empty. When a tangled cloud appears and the character looks sad, the Happy meter is empty. If both meters are empty, the character will be on its depression state.
Call[]
If either Hungry or Happy meter becomes empty, the character will call for attention to fill them.
Hungry[]
Throughout the day, the character will be hungry and dizzy spiral will appear at the top left corner of the screen. The user needs to feed the character with food to clear this condition.
Frustration[]
Throughout the day, the character will become frustrated and a tangled cloud will appear at the top left corner of the screen. The user needs to feed the character some snacks to clear this condition.
Food[]
When a food is fed to the character, the character's Hungry meter will fill by one unit. The character will refuse to eat anymore once the Hungry meter is full.
Snacks[]
The user can feed the character some snacks.
Games[]
There are three mini games. User can enjoy all 3 mini games regardless of the character.
- Producing: The user will be asked to list the music notes with the same shape, then Wolf Chan, DWAEKKI, and HAN QUOKKA will evaluate how good the user composed the notes.
- Dance: A rhythm game where the user needs to match the dance timing while Leebit, Jiniret, and BbokAri monitor the user.
- Vocal: A rhythm game where the user has to catch the falling music notes while PuppyM and FoxI.Ny are singing.
Timed Display[]
Throughout the day, when the designated time occurs, the character will do an exclusive animation.
Departure[]
If the user fails to get the character out from its depression state, the character will depart from the user. Then, the game will restart from the Octagonal Star again and the character will be selected randomly.
If the user wants to reset the game, the user can press the reset switch on the back of the device to initialize the game.
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Trivia[]
- This is the third Nano model to be based on a Korean boy band, the first being BT21 Tamagotchi and the second being TinyTAN Tamagotchi. Unlike the aforementioned Nanos, it is not themed after BTS.
- This is the second Nano model based on a Korean property to include a silicon case, the first being Jordy x Tamagotchi.
- This is the first Nano model to include a silicon case with multiple variants, which is designed respectively to each SKZOO characters.
- Each mini game on this Nano model represents three units of Stray Kids and SKZOO characters featured in each game represent the members of each unit:
- The Producing game, featuring Wolf Chan, DWAEKKI, and HAN QUOKKA, represents 3RACHA (which consists of Bang Chan, Changbin, and HAN).
- The Dance game, featuring Leebit, Jiniret, and BbokAri, represents DANCERACHA (which consists of Lee Know, Hyunjin, and Felix).
- The Vocal game, featuring PuppyM and FoxI.Ny, represents VOCALRACHA (which consists of Seungmin and I.N).