Bandai is closing out Tamagotchi's 30th-anniversary year with a one-two hardware punch: two new Tamagotchi Paradise devices arrive in Japan next month, and both got their Western showcase at the franchise's New York Comic Con panel earlier this month. My Lab Tamagotchi, a home-size "deka" unit, launches November 7. Neon Planets, a space-themed follow-up to the Paradise line, follows on November 21.
The lab comes home: My Lab Tamagotchi
Deka Tamagotchi — the oversized novelty versions of the virtual pet — have mostly lived in stores and event booths, most recently as the "Lab Tama" kiosks Bandai used to promote Paradise. My Lab brings that experience home. Bandai says it is the first home-use deka Tamagotchi to be productized in 16 years, and at 9,900 yen it plays like a research station rather than a pocket pet.
You collect food through Egg Hunt, then head out on "Tamagotchi Search" expeditions, where the food you bring and the field you explore determine which characters show up — more than 150 can be encountered, with 20-plus mini-games to play. Items, decorations, and toys you craft can be sent straight to any existing Paradise device, including Pink Land, Blue Water, Purple Sky, Jade Forest, Orange Tropics, and White Glacier models, so players who already own one get a companion, not a replacement.
Neon Planets: Paradise in space
Neon Planets is a full new Paradise device at 6,380 yen, and it leans into the line's signature "zoom" idea. On top of the four existing scale levels — from space down to the cellular — it adds a "Tama Galaxy" stage, plus a Planet Switching feature that moves you between three worlds. Play always begins on Cosmic Planet. New Tamagotchi Planet offers the Paradise series' popular characters, while Tamagotchi Planet brings back nostalgic Tamagotchi from the franchise's 30-year history — an anniversary nod that fits neatly with this year's celebrations.
The numbers are big: 50,000-plus possible character forms across 12 species groups, more than 60 new items, and five new mini-games, according to the announcement. The zoom dial remains, and the two new devices talk to each other: Neon Planets owners can transfer crafted items to My Lab, breed with the characters in its garden, send special food, or release raised Tamagotchi into it, though the food and release links require the newer hardware.
Western timing and a note for collectors
In the West, the NYCC panel confirmed Neon Planets for November 21 with pre-orders already open, alongside a pastel-blue silicone case and a 30th-anniversary lanyard. The My Lab reveal was the "long-awaited" surprise of the panel — it was announced for Japan back in September — but Bandai has yet to share Western pricing or a release date. In Japan, demand is expected to be strong: Bandai Namco Amusement has already scheduled a lottery for launch-weekend stock, with applications open from November 7 to 17.
It has been a good year for the line — Tamagotchi Paradise took the Hit Sales prize at the Japan Toy Awards 2026 in August — and November's double launch suggests Bandai sees Paradise, not the nostalgic reissues, as the franchise's future. For fans of the egg, it is a friendly kind of problem: which world to raise your next Tamagotchi in.