Found this at my local toy store and I never thought I’d be so addicted to this game again even after 20+ years.
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Found this at my local toy store and I never thought I’d be so addicted to this game again even after 20+ years.
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What is it called?
I used to have two of these just so I could battle them. Nice find given they came out 20+ years ago!
There are newer versions of these around too. I’ve seen them in stores, but I think they’re like 12 bucks on Amazon currently. I highly recommend the Digimon X versions because they have a revamped combat system, rpg-esque battle challenges where you can fight a series of enemies for xp and items, and several QOL features not present on the DM20th.
They look almost exactly like these except they have an X painted on the front.
I had one in middle school that got stolen. I was so heartbroken about it for so many years. A few years back I saw that they rereleased them and grabbed a classic yellow one. Most joy I’ve experienced in forever.
I had something similar. Thought that it was evolving the more I fed it but in reality the image was of it just getting more and more obese. I really wanted to see what it would ‘transform’ into if the weight reached 100 so I force fed it a bunch of food one day and it fucking died.
6 year old me was devastated.
That’s so sweet! I used to collect them💀
I loved my digimon so much, one time my mom got so exasperated she threw it into the snow, and I was so sad. Later that spring I actually found it! But it never really worked the same.
God I miss these games
Wow, this brings up a very old vague memory but not in the way you’d expect. I never had a Digivice but others on the playground did. If I’m recalling correctly, there was some process to “Digivolve” that included inserting a plastic strip into a slot on the device.
I cut up a piece of laminated construction paper from some prior school project into little tiny strips and brought them with me to recess the next day. The friends said they worked in place of the official plastic accessory that was easily lost.
Congrats on the purchase, OP! I’m amazed it still works. Battery corrosion is typical in old finds like this.
I remember when my school had to ban these along with Tamagotchi because they were interrupting classes too much.
I remember playing them back in elementary school. Mine always died every week because I keep leaving them overnight in my school desk.
Hey bro I know a cheat!
*resets game*
Wish i could find one so we could battle =-(
Digimon! I had this!
I just preordered some a few months ago, they’ll arrive next month. They’re upgraded versions with LED screens and you can charge them through USB.
I have all the 20th anniversary ones of those. They had the original 1996/1997 colors and they added new ones which also had new and exclusive digimon in them (C and D would have apollomon and diananmon and when linked would jogress to gracenovamon. E had meincoomom and the good version of its mega stage. Also had a version where the entire thing was glow in the dark)
I got an Eevee one, that you can evolve to each eevee depends on how you raise them. pretty cool
I just go punched with nostalgia seeing this. Totally forgot I had one as a kid. Need to find the original colourway I had online badly.
Woooowwww childhood
Used to love these. I had like 3 or 4 of them as they did versions for each season.
I literally just ordered one off amazon. One of the things that got me excited was [this site](https://humulos.com/digimon/), great resources for any aspect of the game.
Digimon were awesome. You could connect them together and fight which was way cooler than tamagotchi and nano pets. I had something similar called a nano fighter that was a guy you’d train and connects to others to fight.
Still gotta give credit to tamagotchi for popularizing the whole idea though
That’s cool but i have never seen that before. I would like to play with it one day
What is this is this a gatcha or digimon
I recently installed a Tamagotchi widget on my phone. It died within 4 days. I swear I fed it…
I have one that needs new batteries! Had it on my car keychain for a while.
It always bugged me how when these came out people derided them as a “Tamagotchi knockoff” when they’re both made by the same company, Bandai.
You need a 2nd one so you can fight each other, these were so much fun
There’s actually a fan made mmo that utilizes these called Digimon w0rld. If you have an arduino and are comfortable with some light soldering, you can upload your vpet to the game and play.
I was so addicted to these things as a kid. At one point I had 10+ of them. Went to Target with my mom one day and ended up stealing like 8 of them in one go. We went out to eat afterwards and I remember going into the bathroom to get them all started up. Was basically “The King” of them at school.
But, kids, don’t steal.. Lol
I just play Pokemon refresh.
Digimon!
I remember my brother and I having the Frontier digivices that you could use to scan labels. He had the yellow and blue one while I had the white and blue one. I’d give anything to get another one, but all the ones I see on sale are incredibly overpriced.
The worst was losing a battle with your friend and finding out tour Digimon died
I was just talking to my friends about these last week!
I had the yellow/brown one