Tamagotchis
We can’t say the same for Tamagotchis, though. If you don’t know, Tamagotchis were digital pets that you had to care for. They needed to eat, bathe, poop, and sleep, and if you missed any of these steps too many times, your pet would haunt you as a ghost. You’d have to reset the Tamagotchi to bring it back to life.
Sort of like Pokémon cards, Tamagotchis came from out of nowhere and pretty much stayed relevant for the next five years or so. Everyone and their grandmothers had a Tamagotchi or knockoffs like Nano Pets. There were even Digimon virtual pets that could battle with others.