KFC launches a tamagotchi where you have to take care of a chicken thigh, only in Spain

The chicken thighs They also need love, or at least that’s what KFC Spain thinks, which has put it up for sale Eduardochi, a tamagotchi that has caused a sensation on social networks.

This tamagotchi from KFC has been on sale for a few days for only 3.99 euros, when ordering through their app.

Eduardochi honors to the original Japanese Tamagotchi, a pocket device where you must take care of a virtual pet. but here you take care of a chicken thigh.

Eduardo, from meme to KFC virtual mascot

It all started with a joke that emerged on social networks in 2021, when someone began giving Spanish names to everyday objects. They ended up calling a chicken thigh Eduardo.

The clever publicists of KFC Spain took advantage of the meme to their advantage. They launched a colony called Eau Duardoin a bottle shaped like a chicken thigh.

Now they have repeated the joke, but with a tamagotchi, the Japanese virtual pet that caused a sensation in the 90salthough it has continued to sell for the next 30 years.

As you can see in the opening video of the news, Eduardochi is also shaped like a chicken thighand a retro chain so you can wear it as a keychain hanging from your backpack or pants.

On its “non-backlit” screen, as the video reminds us, we see the thigh of chicken that we have to take care of. The four buttons are used to select options such as feed him, go to the bathroom, or go to school. Because chicken thighs also have the right to education.

There are actually ten different chicken thighs to care for, and you can personalize them by naming them.

Eduardochi, the KFC tamagotchi, invites you to take care of a chicken thigh. A dangerous marketing move for the famous restaurant chain, because once you name a chicken thigh, you never want to eat it again…

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Tags: Video, Viral, Retro, Curiosities