We spoke to the bright engineering minds who brought a vape-connected "Tamagotchi" — which dies if you don't inhale — to life ...

But perhaps the biggest tell of the renaissance was the remarkable comeback last year of Tamagotchi, the Japanese toy that was a must-have in the school playground in the 1990s and early 2000s.

The Vader Tamagotchi also plays over a dozen low-res ... There’s a word puzzle, lightsaber training, a take on the famous Death Star trench run and more. Oddly, there’s no pod-racing minigame.

With the new Tamagotchi, you can raise Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader through fun mini-games. Have your Jedi do lightsaber training, go on the Death Star trench run, and battle Obi-Wan Kenobi ...