This character, like the Tarakochi and Takochi, is a bit of a mystery to me. Not having raised
all that many tams to adulthood, I honestly can't say if this is because of my stellar parenting
abilities or sheer luck.
I do know that Kuchipatchi and Hashizotchi are the "main characters" of Tamagotchi; they
are, for whatever reason, the "spokesaliens" of Tamagotchi that can be seen on most merchandise,
and most packaging for the tams themselves. They are also the culprits responsible for the US
(and other English-speaking countries') media's misconception of Tamagotchi as an "electronic
chicken".
IT'S NOT A CHICKEN, G*DSD@MMIT!
*ahem*
Anyhoo, I don't have many personal observations on these two characters: just second-hand stuff
from seeing my sister with hers (I believe she abandoned it to death, as she had been aiming for
her beloved Ginjirotchi).
The rest comes from you, beloved readers! So far, I've had one brave soul come forth with reports
of her Gameboy Tama's Kuchipatchi/Hashizotchi.
So, who wants to be next?
According to the Tamagotchi Daihyakka (TD), Kuchipatchi ("mouth" + onomatopoeic
word for the sound of something snapping shut) is "an easy-going, warm-hearted adult-chi.
He's a little slow, so he's always off-tempo, always one beat behind the rest. Still, you can't
hate someone with such a nice personality..."
In most Japanese illustrations, he is colored a sort of pea green colour. He has a habit of
tacking on the nonsense syllable "-chi" to the ends of his sentences; this caught on and was
popular among Japanese teenagers for all of a month or so. I happen to have a little red-inked
stamp (the "handle" is a sitting kuchipatchi) which stamps the image of an enraged kuchipatchi
accompanied by the words "Okoru-chi!", or "I'm [gonna be] mad-chi!"
My sister, when playing with her kuchipatchi, had a very hard time, since he kept "jogging in
place" after she pressed the button... making it that much harder to guess which way he was
going to look.
Meanwhile, Rebecca from the Tamagotchi Mailing List notes:
On my regular Tam, I've never gotten anything worse than a Masktchi, but on my Gameboy Tam,
that's another story...
> Kuchipachi/hashizotchi
I have gotten Kuchipachi and Hashizotchi on my Gameboy by taking very good care of my Tam,
keeping the meters all full except for the Discipline one (50%).
I think they are both very cute! I fed them mostly bread, but also the meat and carrot.
Here are some more comments on these mysterious tams:
I got those two guys on the Gameboy Tamagotchi. It's harder than the original. I forgot to "praise it". I thought I was doing well. Kuchi-Patchi is "a good guy overall but not great", on Gameboy. Nintendo messed up a little on the hints I saw in Nintendo Power.
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