# Help! My Tamagotchi id L needs Help!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-tamagotchi-id-l-needs-help/627221>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 4, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-tamagotchi-id-l-needs-help/627221 "2012-07-04T15:44:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-tamagotchi-id-l-needs-help/627221/1 "2012-07-04T15:44:56Z")

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Googling like crazy … I STILL can’t find understandable instructions IN ENGLISH on how to get my new toy to work … the manual and all screens are in JAPANESE. I’ve had multiple English-language tamagotchis and never had this much trouble !!!

Toy = Tamagotchi id L

Anybody got one out there & know what to do with it? I can feed and take it to the john/“sweep up” … and that’s all.

Now what??? ☹

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-tamagotchi-id-l-needs-help/627221/2 "2012-07-04T16:52:44Z")

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Isn’t that all you do with them? I had no idea those were still around.

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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-tamagotchi-id-l-needs-help/627221/3 "2012-07-04T18:24:32Z")

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FWIW, it’s the first tamagotchi (that I know of) that has a COLOR DISPLAY! I can take it shopping (for food & toys, etc.), play two games (so far), but there’s still LOTS MORE that IT can do … I just can’t read the Japanese instructions and/or pictograms to figure out what-all else ☹

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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-tamagotchi-id-l-needs-help/627221/4 "2012-07-04T18:31:55Z")

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FWIW, it’s the first tamagotchi (that I know of) that has a COLOR DISPLAY! I can take it shopping (for food & toys, etc.), play two games (so far), but there’s still LOTS MORE that IT can do … I just can’t read the Japanese instructions and/or pictograms to figure out what-all else ☹

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-tamagotchi-id-l-needs-help/627221/5 "2012-07-04T18:41:21Z")

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> **[Tamagotchi-iD L menu & stats screen](https://www.tamatalk.com/threads/tamagotchi-id-l-menu-stats-screen.174644/)**
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> This is for the Japanese-language model Tamagotchi-iD L.
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> Stats
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> Screen 1
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> The first status screen shows hungry and friendship levels, happy seals you've earned, and your cash-on-hand.
> 
> Hungry level is shown at the top of the first screen. The...