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  1. discovered Tamagotchi was invented by a woman (Aki Maita), and went looking for an interview with her. found this: mimitchi.com/html/q10.htm
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      i don't know how i've ended up working professionally in games and having pitched Tamagotchi-likes and never considered it an invented thing
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        not really dealing with this interview mimitchi.com/html/aki.htm
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            Maita Aki and Yokoi Akihiro's sequel was Digimon, aimed at boys. They decided Tamagotchi was a girls game because it skewed 60% female.
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              the site that those interviews were transcribed on is still updating! here's a tamagotchi log from yesterday mimitchi.com/html/log171.htm