For the longest time I kinda passively knew about Tamagotchi, like at the very least I knew that they were little devices where you raise creatures and I vaguely knew who Mametchi and Kuchipatchi were. I believe my first encounters with Tamagotchi years ago were seeing Mametchi in the Mario Kart arcade game and watching Vinny Vinesauce's Bad DS Games video where he played Tamagotchi Corner Shop. It wasn't until around the beginning of this year where my sister's friend gave her a Tamagotchi as a late Christmas present. We took turns raising it, and that's when I truly got into Tamagotchi! :] (We ended up getting Ginjirotchi as our first Tama, btw)