Price: $19.99 - $16.99
(as of Jan 11, 2025 14:44:24 UTC – Details)
Product Description
2-In-1 Giga Pets Cats: Choose between 2 retro games! StarCat is a laid-back feline perfect for beginners while CompuKitty loves attention and is great for challenging play. Scroll down for all games and features packed into this Giga Pet!
90s Throwback: Bring back a classic with these retro nano pets from Giga Pets! Experience GigaPet as they were in the 90s with a re-coded version of the original CompuKitty game.
StarCat Tells Your Fortune: Once a day StarCat will look up to the stars and give you a fortune reading! Each of the star patterns create a symbol which represents something that StarCat sees in your future such as love, stability, trouble, luck, etc.
Virtual Pet Keychain: GigaPets put magic in the palm of your hand wherever you go!
Learn to Care for a Digital Pet: Feed your pets, take them to the vet, teach them tricks, and more! The more you care for them the more they will grow. Take a GigaPet home today!
Customers say
Customers enjoy the fun and cute games on the product. They find the variety of games enjoyable and nostalgic. Many appreciate the pet value. However, some customers report issues with battery life, durability, and poor construction quality. Opinions vary on lifespan, enjoyment, and sound quality.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Rebekah –
Decent replica, nostalgic
This toy is really nostalgic for me. One thing I like but is different is that it is much easier to take care of than original Giga Pets. The health on the original pets drops easily and it’s difficult to bring back up, but you can let the kitty sit for a day and still easily save it the next day. The option of two pets is fun.For some reason these do come with mostly dead batteries, so be sure to order some CR 2032 batteries as well if you don’t have any. The battery is easy to replace.
Zachary Erickson –
Review
This is a long lasting toy I have lots of fun with it. The battery died the second day I played with it but I replaced it. I have not replaced since. she is more than 100 years old now and still alive! my one complaint is I wish it would count for more than 100 years.
Joe –
Super Fun – BATTERY INFO UPDATES
FINAL UPDATE 6/14/23:We finally figured out the trick to this — turn off the sound. If you turn the sound off, the annoying battery symbol disappears. We’ve been using the same battery mentioned in the previous update three months ago, and it’s only just now started flashing the low battery symbol again. It’s sad that you can’t use the sound effects, but we’ve managed to max out the age and weight (100yrs and 40lbs, respectively) on Star Cat, so I’d say there’s significant longevity without it.UPDATED REVIEW 3/18/23:I came back to add a star. After posting the initial review, we decided to just let the cat go until the battery died. It’s now been WEEKS since the “low battery” symbol started popping up, but the dang thing is still going. I can’t give it a full five stars due to the annoyance of having a flashing low battery notification consistently interrupting play, but it seems to have a better battery life than even the toy itself would expect.ORIGINAL REVIEW:Our 6yo loves this thing. The screen is clearly visible (especially when compared to a Tamagotchi screen), the variety of games is appreciated, and Star Cat in particular is not too needy. If it weren’t for the battery situation, this would be a 5-star toy.This cat is two weeks old today, and we’re already on its FOURTH battery! The first battery started to die the day after we removed the tab and started it up, and each subsequent replacement has only lasted a couple days. Luckily, it doesn’t do a hard reset and lose progress at each change, but we’ll probably be letting this one go completely once we run through the pack of batteries we bought for it.
Ada –
My dream since I was 4 💛😻
The story is quite simple: I am a kid who loves cats. Since… since I was born. Mom and Dad didn’t want animals – so I never had a cat. Comes the era of Tamagotchi in 1998 – and I, as an ever original diva – choose GigaPets over the Bandai egg. No offense, I adore Bandai and collect original Tamagotchis more than ever. But if I have this passion about virtual pets, it’s all because of the tiny GigaDog I had the chance to get back then in time. I got a dog because despite my tireless search in the mall, all cats were sold out and I didn’t want a dino. Then tamagotchis disappeared – and I was left alone knowing that somewhere in the world my beloved toy existed and hosted a little kitten, just as I always dreamt it all.I still am that dreamy kid, well with a bit more budget to finance my wishes than at the time.And the yellow kitten was just the right gift I needed.The toy is simple, logical and cute. I think it is a bliss to have a predictable companion.The sounds are way cuter than in the first gen in 1998.The advantage of the Kitty version is that you get a 2-in-1 pet: the original one, a perfect copy of the code at inception – plus a newly improved character to raise. I let you discover, but I just want to say it is lovely.The battery type has changed, no need to have a stock of LR44 ready in hand. By the way, the toy has memory and your pet will not get erased if you change batteries before complete black-out (the toy warns you if the battery is low).Beware however to have on in stock when you receive the toy – the one coming in the package seems to last just a few hours. Mine das completely dead, I had to harakiri my car’s wireless key to run a check if the pet was working…I would probably improve the shell plastic grade – but that’s just my professional deformation. I work in design and I use plastics. So never mind.The kitty is worth it, for real!
Kim –
Battery is say low within 3 days of use
We recieved this on nov 19 2024 and started using it immediately. The battery paper strip was present and we removed it. The last one we had a couple years ago and the battery lasted at least 2 weeks.
Tara W. –
Got these for a very long car summer road trip. They sucked when I was a kid because you’d go to school and they’d die, but absolutely perfect for an “I’m boooorrrred” moment. Better see if your pet needs a snack or a bath! The battery life is not great, so we also took along a pack of those.
Marisol –
Todo bien
Diana N –
What everybody complains about the battery is true. I’ve replaced the battery 2 times because the low battery alert was always showing, but I found out that if you turn the sound off the alert disappears.It’s a pity because the sounds are really cute.
vaillant aurore –
Ma fille est ravie mais les piles sur que quelques jours dommage
Becca –
Great toy, kids love it