Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe announced on Tuesday that its My Tamagotchi Forever smartphone game will debut on iOS and Android devices on March 15.
Bandai launched the Tamagotchi franchise in 1996 and sold about 40 million virtual pets in the first wave.
As of March 2016, the franchise has sold more than 81 million handheld games worldwide.
Bandai Namco Entertainment released the Tamagotchi no Puchipuchi Omisecchi~Ninki no Omise Atsumemashita~ (Tamagotchi’s Tiny Shops~I’ve Gathered Popular Shops~) game for the Nintendo 3DS last November.