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* HistoryRepeats: Saw a relaunch probably because of the success of the relaunch of Tamagotchi, with a similar gap between the two both times.
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* LicensedGame: A few entries into the line were based on licenses Tiger held at the time, including ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', and more.
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* TRexpy: Why, among dogs, cats, and frogs, a baby ''T. rex'' was one of the options.
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* OffModel: On the ''Rugrats'' Giga Pet, the sprite of Chuckie looks a bit off, with him not having a visible nose or buck teeth and wearing a shirt with a minimalistic-looking symbol on it compared into the original cartoon. The other characters' sprites are more in line with their original appearances.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Why, among dogs, cats, and frogs, a baby ''T. rex'' was one of the options.
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''Giga Pets'' was a line of electronic virtual pets released by Tiger Electronics starting in 1997. Following on the fad of Bandai's ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' pets, it initially addressed the demand for virtual pets based on actual animals like cats and dogs. While the Tamagotchi fad died out fairly quickly, Giga Pets kept itself relevant a little longer by having licensed tie-ins with other brands that Tiger was licensing. In particular, three ''Franchise/StarWars'' pets were released to promote the Special Edition trilogy that was running in theaters at the time.
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''Giga Pets'' was a line of electronic virtual pets released by Tiger Electronics starting in 1997. Following on the fad of Bandai's ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'' pets, it initially addressed the demand for virtual pets based on actual animals like cats and dogs. While the Tamagotchi fad died out fairly quickly, Giga Pets kept itself relevant a little longer by having licensed tie-ins with other brands that Tiger was licensing. In particular, three ''Franchise/StarWars'' pets were released to promote the Special Edition trilogy that was running in theaters at the time.
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'''Giga Pets''' was a line of electronic virtual pets released by Tiger Electronics starting in 1997. Following on the fad of Bandai's ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' pets, it initially addressed the demand for virtual pets based on actual animals like cats and dogs. While the Tamagotchi fad died out fairly quickly, Giga Pets kept itself relevant a little longer by having licensed tie-ins with other brands that Tiger was licensing. In particular, three ''Franchise/StarWars'' pets were released to promote the Special Edition trilogy that was running in theaters at the time.
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* LicensedGame: A few entries into the line were based on licenses Tiger held at the time, including ''[[Franchise/StarWars]]'', ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', and more.
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* LicensedGame: A few entries into the line were based on licenses Tiger held at the time, including ''[[Franchise/StarWars]]'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', and more.
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* FollowTheLeader: Came in to cash in on the enormous fad that Tamagotchi created, but actually outlasted them and was more successful for a while.
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* CamelCase: The name of the toy series became ''[=GigaPets=]'', with no space in-between the words, when it got rebooted in 2018.
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* VirtualPet: More literally than most, the pets started out as actual animals, even if some where a bit unusual or impossible.
* WeirdCrossover: The [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]] version. While the concurrent Yoda and Rancor pets were, more or less, normal pets, R2 being a droid meant he didn't need to be fed, trained, or cleaned up after. Instead, you would have him recharge when his battery got low and... that's mostly it. As he got older, he'd open more remote control options which just made him move around the screen. This could be individual movements or a sequence of up to 8 repeated movements.
* WeirdCrossover: The [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]] version. While the concurrent Yoda and Rancor pets were, more or less, normal pets, R2 being a droid meant he didn't need to be fed, trained, or cleaned up after. Instead, you would have him recharge when his battery got low and... that's mostly it. As he got older, he'd open more remote control options which just made him move around the screen. This could be individual movements or a sequence of up to 8 repeated movements.
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* VirtualPet: More literally than most, the pets started out as actual animals, even if some where were a bit unusual or impossible.
* WeirdCrossover: The [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]] version. While the concurrent Yoda and Rancor pets were, more or less, normal pets, R2 being a droid meant he didn't need to be fed, trained, or cleaned up after. Instead, you would have him recharge when his battery got low and... that's mostly it. As he got older, he'd open more remote control options which just made him move around the screen. This could be individual movements or a sequence of up to 8 repeatedmovements.movements.
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* OffModel: On the ''Rugrats'' Giga Pet, the sprite of Chuckie looks a bit off, with him not having a visible nose or buck teeth and wearing a shirt with a minimalistic-looking symbol on it compared into the original cartoon. The other characters' sprites are more in line with their original appearances.
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'''Giga Pets''' was a line of electronic virtual pets released by Tiger Electronics starting in 1997. Following on the fad of Bandai's ''VideoGame/Tamagotchi'' pets, it initially addressed the demand for virtual pets based on actual animals like cats and dogs. While the Tamagotchi fad died out fairly quickly, Giga Pets kept itself relevant a little longer by having licensed tie-ins with other brands that Tiger was licensing. In particular, three ''Franchise/StarWars'' pets were released to promote the Special Edition trilogy that was running in theaters at the time.
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'''Giga Pets''' was a line of electronic virtual pets released by Tiger Electronics starting in 1997. Following on the fad of Bandai's ''VideoGame/Tamagotchi'' ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' pets, it initially addressed the demand for virtual pets based on actual animals like cats and dogs. While the Tamagotchi fad died out fairly quickly, Giga Pets kept itself relevant a little longer by having licensed tie-ins with other brands that Tiger was licensing. In particular, three ''Franchise/StarWars'' pets were released to promote the Special Edition trilogy that was running in theaters at the time.
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* IdleAnimation: Wouldn't be much fun to look at otherwise. R2-D2 was unique in that you could create one if you wanted, though it would start out with fewer types of movements than the standard one, with more unlocking over time.
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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You could discipline your pets even if they weren't doing anything wrong, which would lead them to becoming sad and acting strangely. Cheering them back up wasn't particularly hard, either.
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* {{Crossover}}: A somewhat successful attempt at keeping relevance. Mainly MerchandiseDriven properties.
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'''Giga Pets''' was a line of electronic virtual pets released by Tiger Electronics starting in 1997. Following on the fad of Bandai's ''VideoGame/Tamagotchi'' pets, it initially addressed the demand for virtual pets based on actual animals like cats and dogs. While the Tamagotchi fad died out fairly quickly, Giga Pets kept itself relevant a little longer by having licensed tie-ins with other brands that Tiger was licensing. In particular, three ''Franchise/StarWars'' pets were released to promote the Special Edition trilogy that was running in theaters at the time.
Unlike Tamagotchi, which had two different versions that mainly looked the same and were differentiated by the available colors, Giga Pets offered several options including dogs, cats, frogs, koalas, and dinosaurs. Each had a unique mold to help it stand out. It was the continued expansion and attempts at innovation for the toys that eventually led to the first animatronic digital pet, the Toys/{{Furby}}.
The series continued on somewhat longer than other contenders in the digital pet fad, but still was more or less done by 2000. A brief revival in 2006 called Giga Pets Explorer reimagined the series as a plug-and-play device that could connect to your TV, allowing your digital pet to interact in new ways similar to many "edutainment" games on the market like Leap Frog. The line ended relatively quickly.
The series was eventually relaunched in 2018 by Top Secret toys, now rendered as [=GigaPets=], with many of the same offerings as before but in a more standardized design. They have also shifted their focus to customer engagement, holding contests for new designs to be manufactured. Much of the same team that worked on the original version also worked on the relaunch, and it is has been noted that it was released [[HistoryRepeats made about a year after Bandai re-released the original Tamagotchi.]]
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!!Tropes relating to Giga Pets include:
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Why, among dogs, cats, and frogs, a baby ''T. rex'' was one of the options.
* FollowTheLeader: Came in to cash in on the enormous fad that Tamagotchi created, but actually outlasted them and was more successful for a while.
* HistoryRepeats: Saw a relaunch probably because of the success of the relaunch of Tamagotchi, with a similar gap between the two both times.
* LicensedGame: A few entries into the line were based on licenses Tiger held at the time, including ''[[Franchise/StarWars]]'', ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', and more.
* VirtualPet: More literally than most, the pets started out as actual animals, even if some where a bit unusual or impossible.
* WeirdCrossover: The [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]] version. While the concurrent Yoda and Rancor pets were, more or less, normal pets, R2 being a droid meant he didn't need to be fed, trained, or cleaned up after. Instead, you would have him recharge when his battery got low and... that's mostly it. As he got older, he'd open more remote control options which just made him move around the screen. This could be individual movements or a sequence of up to 8 repeated movements.
Unlike Tamagotchi, which had two different versions that mainly looked the same and were differentiated by the available colors, Giga Pets offered several options including dogs, cats, frogs, koalas, and dinosaurs. Each had a unique mold to help it stand out. It was the continued expansion and attempts at innovation for the toys that eventually led to the first animatronic digital pet, the Toys/{{Furby}}.
The series continued on somewhat longer than other contenders in the digital pet fad, but still was more or less done by 2000. A brief revival in 2006 called Giga Pets Explorer reimagined the series as a plug-and-play device that could connect to your TV, allowing your digital pet to interact in new ways similar to many "edutainment" games on the market like Leap Frog. The line ended relatively quickly.
The series was eventually relaunched in 2018 by Top Secret toys, now rendered as [=GigaPets=], with many of the same offerings as before but in a more standardized design. They have also shifted their focus to customer engagement, holding contests for new designs to be manufactured. Much of the same team that worked on the original version also worked on the relaunch, and it is has been noted that it was released [[HistoryRepeats made about a year after Bandai re-released the original Tamagotchi.]]
NeedsWikiMagicLove.
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!!Tropes relating to Giga Pets include:
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Why, among dogs, cats, and frogs, a baby ''T. rex'' was one of the options.
* FollowTheLeader: Came in to cash in on the enormous fad that Tamagotchi created, but actually outlasted them and was more successful for a while.
* HistoryRepeats: Saw a relaunch probably because of the success of the relaunch of Tamagotchi, with a similar gap between the two both times.
* LicensedGame: A few entries into the line were based on licenses Tiger held at the time, including ''[[Franchise/StarWars]]'', ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', and more.
* VirtualPet: More literally than most, the pets started out as actual animals, even if some where a bit unusual or impossible.
* WeirdCrossover: The [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]] version. While the concurrent Yoda and Rancor pets were, more or less, normal pets, R2 being a droid meant he didn't need to be fed, trained, or cleaned up after. Instead, you would have him recharge when his battery got low and... that's mostly it. As he got older, he'd open more remote control options which just made him move around the screen. This could be individual movements or a sequence of up to 8 repeated movements.
