Welcome to Gotchi Garden! ❀: Himitsu no Cocotama Pedometer

The Cocotama Pedometer by Bandai was released in two color versions:

The device comes with two separate back covers by default. One of them has a clip, which allows you to attach the device e.g. to your pants, so that it can count your steps all the time. The other one is a basic smooth back cover that you can use when you do not need the clip on the back.

Buttons

A - scroll left

B - scroll right

C - cancel / back

D - confirm

Press A while on the home screen to quickly access the clock and status:

Date and time

The number in the heart indicates your Cocotama's level.
The number next to it indicates the total number of steps you have taken since you started running your Cocotama.
The value on the orange background is the amount of steps you need to take to reach the next level;
the value on the blue background is the amount of steps you need to take to unlock a new feature, such as a new game, a room, a new animation for your pet, etc.

The first value on the green background is the amount of steps you have taken yesterday;
the second value on the green background is the amount of steps you have taken today.

Press B while on the home screen to see a cute random message from your pet:

Press D while on the home screen to access the main menu:

Icons

1. Inventory

1) Sweets

2) Toys

3) Furniture you can decorate your rooms with

4) Seasonal decorations that you can unlock during those events, e.g. Valetine's Day, Christmas, etc.

5) Window decorations

6) Window curtains

You do not have to feed your pet. It will randomly eat sweets from the inventory by itself. You can however give it sweets yourself as well if you feel like seeing a cute animation. It will also randomly play with available toys.

You can decorate your rooms with furniture. There are only 3 rooms you can decorate - the living room, the room of the male character, and the room of the female character. Other rooms that you unlock later on sadly cannot be decorated.

Note: in order to decorate the room of the male and female characters, you have to set that character as your main pet.

2. Rooms

Here you can access the rooms you have unlocked so far:

The first room is the living room. The other ones belong to the characters you unlock by walking and acquiring higher numbers of taken steps. You can only decorate the first three rooms.

If you select a certain room, your pet will visit the character that lives there and have a short random conversation with it. There are nine rooms in total.

3. Take your pet out for a walk

4. Games

Here you can access the games you have unlocked so far. All games are very intuitive, and winning usually results in receiving new sweets for your pet. There are six games in total.

5. Dialogue

This is the option that is also available under the B button while on the home screen - you will see a random message from your pet:

6. Switch your active pet

Here you can change your active pet. You can choose between two characters - male, and female:

7. Status

The first value is the amount of steps you require to reach the next level; the second value is the amount of steps you require to unlock a new feature, such as a game, a room, a new animation for your pet, etc.