As an aside, the game that launched the Sony Pocketstation was inspired by tamagochi. "Doko demo issho" You played with your characters and they would ask you

As an aside, the game that launched the Sony Pocketstation was inspired by tamagochi. "Doko demo issho" You played with your characters and they would ask you questions like "Tell me something you like". You'd type in something like say "banana". The character would then ask something like "Is it something you (a) use (b) eat (c) drive (d) wear ..." and it might ask "How much do you like it? (a) a lot (b) so-so (c) a little". Later you might meet a friend, Jill, with a pocketstation. The pocketstations could communicate via infrared. You'd play hangman against each other. While that was happening, in the background the game would transfer some (all?) of your info. Later you'd be playing with your character and it might say "Hey, did you know Jill really likes bananas?" It was a big hit in Japan. It never came out in the USA IIRC.