Snack is the word used for a food item on a Tamagotchi toy that plays a part in caring for the Tamagotchi character. However, it is possible to raise a character and never feed it snacks (whereas it is vital to feed a Tamagotchi Meals), and is actually encouraged not to especially in early toys.
The main purpose of a snack is to be a quick way to increase a Tamagotchi character's happiness, but it also serves as a way to make a character happy when it is the normal weight (on older versions, where Tamagotchis could not play games unless they are overweight). When a Tamagotchi eats too many snacks, however, it will get a toothache and players must use the medicine icon to cure it, though on many modern releases, babies will not get toothaches. In the re-releases of Original Tamagotchi, eating too many snacks can result in the Tamagotchi dying before they evolve, even if no sickness occurs.
Like meals, there is usually one "default" snack in the inventory. This default snack increases the weight and happiness by 1 on most Tamagotchi models. Additional snacks can be purchased at the shop; some of them increase more than one happy heart, but also make the weight increase more. On the Tamagotchi On, some snacks can change the color of the Tamagotchi like some other meals do.
On many color screen releases, there is a 'baby snack' that is usually cookies for baby stage characters that is replaced by the default option, much like meals. The baby characters also cannot use other snacks either, even if they present in the inventory.
Snacks are usually candy (such as lollipops and chocolate) or fruit (such as oranges and pineapples). Some of them, like milk, are drinks. Each Tamagotchi character has a favorite snack as well as favorite meal.
Tamagotchi Terminology | ||
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General Functions | Care • Health meter • Meal (Rice) • Snack • Training • Poo • C-click reaction (Close Up) • Shop • Notebook | |
Growth | Egg Stage (Cocoon) • Baby stage • Child stage (Young Forms) • Adult stage (Personality stage) • Post-adult stage • Sickness • Death • Tamagotchi Life Cycle • Generation (First Generation) • Evolution • Tamagotchi Family | |
Other Features | Bonding • Tamacom • Bump • Marriage • Gotchi Points • Skill Points • Jewelry • M!xing • Tamagotchi Power • TamaTomo • Color Changing Foods • Color Genetics and Combinations | |
Species | Tamagotchi (Subspecies) • Gaiatchi • Humans • Predator • Tama Pet • Tamagotchi Comrades | |
Tamagotchi Lore | Tamagotchimoji • Tamagotchi Vehicles (UFO) | |
Tamagotchi Device | Batteries • Debug (Tamagotchi Programming) • ROM Testing |