Pretty much everybody knows the drill when it comes to Tamagotchi. You feed 'em, take care of 'em, and then they laugh at you and die. OK, it doesn't really happen that way (not all the time, anyway). This blogger's just bitter because he never could get the hang of those egg-like things.

Anyway, on to more Tamagotchi news. Atari today announced the forthcoming European release of Namco Bandai's Tamagotchi Connexion: Corner Shop 2. Based on the wildly popular Tamagotchi Connexion virtual pet toy, aspiring shop keepers can open a variety of shops in which they tend to their Tamagotchi customers’ needs by successfully completing tasks in a variety of playful mini-games.

If you missed the little critters from the first Corner Shop game, fear not because Mametchi, Memetchi, and Kuchipatchi return in this sequel to help players create a shopping fantasy land populated by more than 100 different Tamagotchi. Catering to the needs of your customers will be essential in keeping the Tamagotchi happy in Tamagotchi Connexion: Corner Shop 2, so players will have to really hustle to grab what Gotchi points they can to keep their Tamagotchi overlords happy.

The European Tamagotchi invasion commences in March 2007.