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We’ve seen some virtual pets over the years, but we’re not entirely sure what to make of the virtual pet. Do you mate them and create strange new breeds? Or fight them to the death via IR? Apparently (and hopefully) neither this time; Bandai’s new Human Player is a little more like you than an amorphous pixelated blob. You start by taking a 50 question “Eco-Gram” that assigns your little avatar one of 22 personalities, which commingles (or rejects) other Human Players, and establishes quaint, confined “interpersonal” relationships. Hits Japan for ¥2,980 ($25); it’s certainly a new take on the virtual pet, but still a little creepy for our tastes; we’re strongly hoping this isn’t how we get reincarnated.

[Via Kilian Nakamura, thanks Michael]

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Standing in front of the mirror for hours on end fulfills our daily narcissism quota, but we just never get anything done. That’s why we’re very excited about the Bandai Human Player. It’s like Tamagotchi, but your pet is…you.

After responding to fifty personal questions such as “Have you ever killed a man and gotten away with it?”, “Do you dress up in women’s clothing when alone?”, and “Why do you have the compulsion to make up fake questions for the readers…is it the latent memories from your subconscious speaking out?” your virtual you is assigned 22 personality traits that sum up your entire, pitiful human psyche.

We’re just not sure…is it really worth $25 to watch another person sit around in their underwear, wasting their life away? Probably.

Fun Japanese video after the jump.

– Mark Wilson

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