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 find the toy figure cute and fun to play with. They mention that the animations are cute and the games are interactive. Some also say it brings back their childhood. However, some customers have reported issues with the battery life, functionality, and build quality. They mention the batteries are already dying and the build quality is not as good as it used to be. Customers are disappointed with the die time and have mixed opinions on the ease of use.
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Christina Brescia –
Get replacement batteries with your purchase
I ordered my giga cat and received it on June 13, 2023. After reading the reviews, I bought it with some good quality CR2032 batteries and tossed the battery that came with the toy immediately to avoid frustration. One look at the reviews and I feel like it would almost be better for them to say “batteries not included” than to include one that is not suitable for long term play. Or at least include a warning on the product page that the included battery is for testing purposes only.Anyway, I changed out the battery first thing and started playing with Starcat on June 13. It is now 198 days later and the battery just today indicated that it’s getting low. I turned off sounds pretty early on, and I check it about once or twice a day.Starcat is definitely a lot easier to care for than the original giga pet cat. I have forgotten it for a day and was still able to salvage it when I remembered. The fortune telling and yes/no question features are cute. The cat’s stats cap out at 100 years and 40 lbs. It would be cool if the age counter kept going, even though a 198 year old cat would be a bit alarming.All in all, it ended up being the toy of nostalgia I was hoping it would be. It reminds me of some of the more fond memories of childhood, but with an easier curve so I can be a bit more relaxed about when I have time to play with it.Just… if you read this and you’re thinking if getting one: save yourself a big hassle and get DECENT REPLACEMENT BATTERIES with your purchase. Don’t taint your experience with the frustration of the weak battery that’s included. Just toss it immediately and use a good battery right out the box. You won’t regret it.
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.
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 ðð»
The story is quite simple: I am a kid who loves cats. Since⦠since I was born. Mom and Dad didnât 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, itâs 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 didnât 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 carâs wireless key to run a check if the pet was workingâ¦I would probably improve the shell plastic grade – but thatâs just my professional deformation. I work in design and I use plastics. So never mind.The kitty is worth it, for real!
Hilda –
Battery problem
Not a fan of this. Once I activated my pet, I got a low battery issue. i purchased and replace the battery. After a day, I got the same problem. The screen keeps flashing “low battery” even if the batteries were brand new.I decided to try another giga pet instead of the starcat/compu kitty. Hopefully floppy frog will not lead to this issue. I will write another review after I get my floppy frog
Syed Munir Akhtar / Zara Munir –
I ordered this on April 2024 and it was pretty good! The battery lasted for 2 months and you can check the time and reset it if you want. Although after the battery died it did not let me do anything.I reset it and itâs not letting me put in the time.But still itâs a good product just buy the batteries and itâs okay.
Marisol –
Todo bien
Diana N –
What everybody complains about the battery is true. Iâve 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.Itâs a pity because the sounds are really cute.
vaillant aurore –
Ma fille est ravie mais les piles sur que quelques jours dommage
Amazon Customer –
I had the original 1997 GigaPets CompuKitty when I was a kid. I am living my best childhood memories all over again with this wonderful find. Love it. Easy postage to Australia.