Every parent knows how exhausting it can be answering newborn babies' every beck and call: the constant feedings, diaper changes and rocking them to sleep while they wail.
That's exactly the feeling that returns with the Tamagotchi Plus, a revamped version of the insanely popular digital pet from 1996.
This time, however, the egg-shaped portable electronic pets can befriend each other, even mate, thanks to an infrared link. They're still monochrome, however -- rather primitive in this world of color cell-phone video games, although the display is a bit bigger and visual quality has improved.