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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Zantera on February 21, 2011, 02:39:41 AM
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There's a Pokémon-thread here that's pretty huge, and I was thinking that maybe there are some people here who digs Digimon as well. :)
Growing up during the time when Pokémon/Digimon came in a huge wave (late 90's, early 00's), it was kinda hard not to get involved somehow, and by the time Digimon came out (which was after Pokémon here at least), I was already so interested in the whole cartoon-thing, that the series got me hooked right away.
The reason these nostalgia memories came back to me is because well, I'm sick with fever right now, and I recall being 9-10, spending the day in my bed watching Digimon, the first season.
It was just so great, I always thought Digimon was slightly better then Pokémon, because with Digimon they could talk, instead of repeating their names, and I also thought it was cooler that you had one, instead of having endless amount of creatures.
I also remember when I got Digimon World for PS1 for my birthday back then, a game I haven't even completed until this day, even though I got pretty close. (reached the end-mountain)
Sadly I had problems to get a really good Digimon, and the few times I managed to get MetalGreymon, it managed to die before I trained it up to be good.
I strongly consider downloading the first few Digimon-seasons and watch again, because of the nostalgia. :heart
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I was obsessed with Digimon as a kid, even more so than Pokemon. I had more Digimon cards than Pokemon cards, I would wake up every Saturday morning to watch it on Fox Kids, and I even had a couple of those things...what were they called? the little handheld devices the Digidestined used. Damn, I loved Digimon. Sadly, the movie was kind of shitty, and I never watched past the third season because I outgrew it. But I have nothing but positive memories of Digimon. Much respect to the franchise, a huge and defining part of my childhood...
Remember the Elvis Presley monkey who served as one of Season 1's main villians? That was awesome. :lol
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The Digimon TV series was better than the Pokemon one but it was the other way round for the games.
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Yep, grew up with Digimon and Pokemon aswell, loved them both. The first Digimon season was amazing and i think i also watched the second one but don't remember watching past that. The music in the series was great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1uH4BnswKQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1uH4BnswKQ) Fuck yes. :hat
Also Gadough:I think they were Digivices or something? Might have to google that one.
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I think what I liked more with Digimon, was that it was much more of an adventure.
In Pokemon the fighting was something optional, but in Digimon they had to fight to survive, so it felt more serious or something. :P
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The Digimon TV series was better than the Pokemon one but it was the other way round for the games.
Exactly this. The first two seasons of Digimon were killer.
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Digimon also had a nicer art style then Pokemon in my opinion.
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(https://files.sharenator.com/Pokemon_VS_Digimon_by_theamishpiscodemon_Pokemon_Digimon_and_funny_pics_P-s1131x885-126369-580.jpg)
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Digimon anime > Pokemon anime
Otherwise:
Pokemon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Digimon
I've watched the first 4 seasons, not the 5th...
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Oh yeah, Digimon was so awesome! ^^
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Digimon could not possibly hold a candle to Pokemon
/thread
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Mewtwo vs Imperialdramon
Easy Mewtwo victory. Truth.
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Digimon could not possibly hold a candle to Pokemon
/thread
Man.
Man.
You're so wrong man. You don't even realize how wrong you are.
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Digimon could not possibly hold a candle to Pokemon
/thread
Man.
Man.
You're so wrong man. You don't even realize how wrong you are.
Mewtwo vs Imperialdramon
Easy Mewtwo victory. Truth.
Actually. Even Pikamans vs Imperialdramon = easy Pikamans victory. Thunder is supereffective vs flying.
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Digimon could not possibly hold a candle to Pokemon
/thread
Man.
Man.
You're so wrong man. You don't even realize how wrong you are.
You like ICP
/debate
:neverusethis:
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Digimon.
Digital monsters.
Digimon are the champions.
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Ultimate digivolve.
I loved how the young kids' Digimon digivolved into Angemon, and Angewoman.
I may be the only one who enjoyed the movie. It was an emotional movie for me at the time, for a kids movie.
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That was in the series... not one of the movies. It was when they were fighting Myotismon.
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Digimon anime > Pokemon anime
Otherwise:
Pokemon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Digimon
This. However, I do have a bunch of Digimon cards still.
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The Digimon TV series was better than the Pokemon one but it was the other way round for the games.
This, I love LOVE the first season
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Digimon.
Digital monsters.
Digimon are the champions.
:metal :metal :metal
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The Digimon TV series was better than the Pokemon one but it was the other way round for the games.
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To me, Digimon was just some lame thing that looked like Pokemon but wasn't Pokemon.
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To me, Digimon was just some lame thing that looked like Pokemon but wasn't Pokemon.
That's how I saw it as well. Now the only thing I'll give to Digimon is that the anime was much better written. but that's it. Nothing else is better. Nothing.
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I don't normally nerdrage like this but damn....you guys have no idea how off you are. Comparing Digimon to Pokemon is like comparing Black Sabbath to Dragonforce. Sure they're both metal, but that's where the comparisons end. It isn't fair to say that Digimon was a lesser version of Pokemon primarily because the two have virtually nothing in common, besides the -mon suffix and the fact that they're both animes centered around little monsters. That's it.
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Ugh. Pokemon is not about the anime.
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I know, but Digimon was. So I was making an argument relevant to the Pokemon anime, because I think the anime is where people are deriving comparisons from.
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60% of the pokemon anime episodes suck
0% of the digimon anime episodes are useless
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I still remember crying every time a Digimon died, when they fell into pieces... kinda sad as a 10 y/o kid to witness death. :P
Also... Wargreymon was the best them. :hefdaddy
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One of my favorite episodes is the Skull-Greymon one. SHIT. WAS.CASH.
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One of my fav ep's is Weregarurumon vs Myotismon
Such an EPIC fight scene. It's the fight after Myotismon kills the pumpkin and the stones.
Also, Hikari + Takeru ftw.
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To me, Digimon was just some lame thing that looked like Pokemon but wasn't Pokemon.
This is what I though back then too. I haven't bothered to look into it further though.
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Also, Hikari + Takeru ftw.
Who? Looks like they got different names in the German dub as well.
(But I think I know who these two are.)
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The Digimon TV series was better than the Pokemon one but it was the other way round for the games.
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Well...Digimon was mainly an anime. Pokemon was a video game that turned into everything and did relatively well at the anime and card game.
So it makes sense.
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I still have the soundtrack to the movie sitting around somewhere on CD.
Oddly enough, I remember watching the movie all the time, but can't really remember actually watching the show.
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I remember near the ending of the first season, where they needed to go to (the mountain?) the place to fight the last 'boss', the clown.
And it was like... when they all took different paths etc, I remember Wargreymon holding off the last boss until Matt came with Metalgarurumon etc. =D
Was so badass.
Season 2 was also good (not great as the first one), but it seemed like they started to loose the concept more and more.
The whole concept in the first season was just epic, involving the real world too much made it less interesting.
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Also, Hikari + Takeru ftw.
Who? Looks like they got different names in the German dub as well.
(But I think I know who these two are.)
Kari & TK
:heart
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Yes, exactly. :laugh:
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I was an avid gamer of the Digimon World around 5 years ago. Completed the game several times and with all the medals. Several times I defeated Machinedramon (the ending boss) without using any items and once I brought a max stats Megadramon to kick his ass. Good times. The mini-games were also cool. Especially I liked the curling and treasure hunt, the arena was also awesome.
Oh and the sight of digivolving in the animated series along with the music was just so badass. Although I do think that every new version was progressively worse: digimon>>>digimon2>>>>>>>>>digimon3>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>digimon4 etc.
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Oh and the sight of digivolving in the animated series along with the music was just so badass. Although I do think that every new version was progressively worse: digimon>>>digimon2>>>>>>>>>digimon3>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>digimon4 etc.
True dat
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Digimon.
Digital monsters.
Digimon are the champions.
Now it's stuck in my head, thanks.
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It's not stuck in my head because the song sucks. :neverusethis:
I wish I was more into Digimon as a kid. The few times I did watch it, it seemed really epic.
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It was cool digimon actually didn't die, they just got rebirthed. Poke'mon actually died.
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Yeah...but was there ever a time a Pokémon actually died? Ever?
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Yeah...but was there ever a time a Pokémon actually died? Ever?
(https://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le0fw5OGrp1qfs598o1_500.jpg)
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Woah. Never saw it that way.
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
:neverusethis:
EDIT: Don't forget Cubone's mother being dead and all.
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That odd bastard with an egg on it's stomach and later turned into a wolf was my favourite.
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Of course Lavender Town. I was comparing the animes. But yeah.
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Well, I don't think any1 disputes that the digimon anime carries much deeper and meaningful themes than just wandering through the woods for 20 episodes in a row with Rocketwerps vs twerps all the time. Then 3 episodes of Ash getting a gym badge.. then more crap about becoming a pokemon master
About 1/30 episodes are actually really good in pokemangs
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I was an avid gamer of the Digimon World around 5 years ago. Completed the game several times and with all the medals. Several times I defeated Machinedramon (the ending boss) without using any items and once I brought a max stats Megadramon to kick his ass. Good times. The mini-games were also cool. Especially I liked the curling and treasure hunt, the arena was also awesome.
You sir, are my idol. :hefdaddy
I never managed to complete the game, despite spending a crazy amount of time trying.
Somewhere along the way, I said to myself "this game is hard, considering what age it is for", and I was actually quite pro at games (for my age), so I strongly doubt that someone else during that time would've completed it.
Now I gotta admit that I feel a bit for trying again, but sadly I've lost the game somewhere in the apartment, and I doubt I'll ever find it again.
Still, I managed to get to the mountain behind the town, which is the last 'place' if I don't remember it wrong, never managed to kill any bosses there, probably because I never had any Digimons strong enough. :/ They always died!
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Was Digimon World the game on PS1? That one where you need to take your digimons to take a shit? Good game.
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Was Digimon World the game on PS1? That one where you need to take your digimons to take a shit? Good game.
Yeah that's the one.
I remember 'skipping' that part early on in the game (didn't think it was important), but ending up with Sukamon all the time was just... :lol
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You know Zantera, I had the luxury of having a friend who was also very good and had completed the game before. If you ever get around to playing it again then I suggest that you save all the chips that you collect along the way until you go to the mountain. I'm a 'flawed idol' because I used gamefaqs to get some of the medals though. I was very good at raising ultimate digimon. When I played it for the last time, that was around 2 years ago just for old times sake, I got an ultimate with my first digimon.
Shitting was also awesome, especially with the big ones who really took a dump.
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I guess I was too young to get the mechanics right.
I dreamed of getting like Greymon/Meramon (just 2 examples), then getting some of the pro-ultimates, but I never really managed to get lucky.
I did manage to get some ultimates, like Vademon (the flying saucer), Metalgreymon (a few times, probably my most pro), Monzeamon (not sure about the spelling, but the bear by using Numemon + the suit), also got Andromon, Giromon, and Metalmamemon OR Mamemon. (not sure)
Sadly it felt like I spent all the time at the gym to get a pro Digimon, then whenever I got lucky and got (lets say an Ultimate), I only had 1 or 2 ingame-days to do story-stuff, before they died. :P
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Oddly enough, I remember watching the movie all the time, but can't really remember actually watching the show.
That's unfortunate, because it should be the other way around.
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@Zantera: Time was also an issue for me. I just needed to make it quickly through the mountain. Which was difficult because you had to defeat 2-3 digimon in a row before making it to the final boss. You've got quite an impressive list of digimon there. Did you know that you only get Vademon if you're like really old? How old were you actually at the time? I was 13 and I tried the game for the first time a couple of years earlier. Giromon was a really useful ultimate. Small but quick and agile. Had good weapons as well.
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I was around 10 or 11 at the time I think, it came out in 2000 or something (was 9 then), but didn't get it until a year after or something.
Only got Vademon and Giromon one time or something, I guess my problem was that I didn't know what stats to train for (to get certain Digimons), so many ended up dying on Champion-level, cause I never reached any 'limits' for certain ultimates.
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That's the thing I loved a about digimon was the emotion in the show. Pokemon lacked that, is it sad that they talk about pokemon dying yet I wanted to see an episode of one dying.
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I'm kinda hunting down Season 1, would be awesome to see it again. :D
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My brother
pirated ''bought'' season one for his kids to watch, maybe i should loan it. :lol
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I'm kinda hunting down Season 1, would be awesome to see it again. :D
I have it taped in Swedish. At least 2/3 of the first season. It's beyond epic.
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I have season 1 in english on my computer now.
Have something to watch this weekend. (when I get some time) :hat
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I saw the first season last weekend, and man it brought back memories.
Some really great stuff. :hat
Gonna watch S2 this weekend I think.
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I remember when MagnaAngemon showed up at the end of the one of the seasons of the anime when I was a kid and smileing in my pants like a fiend. Oh man, that episode was epic.
I was also a big fan of the movie. A buddy of mine had the video game but I only saw him play it a couple of times and I never tried it myself.
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Yeah the last huge fight against Piedmon was pretty awesome.
What I loved when I watched it a few years back as a kid, was that TK rarely had his Digimon digivolve, so for the big fights you knew that something was about to happen, like with Devimon and on the end.
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The Digimon TV series was better than the Pokemon one but it was the other way round for the games.
This.
I recently started rewatching Digimon, actually. About midway through february, but I haven't watched much. I'm like 3 episodes into the second season.
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I'm almost done with S2, not really sure if I'll continue though.
S3 and forward seem so different from the earlier, and I'm not quite sure if I might enjoy it as much.
Has anyone here actually seen Tamers? :P
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That's the third season, right? Yeah, I've seen it. It was kind of weird; it lacked the charm of the first two seasons imo.
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Yeah, Tamers is the third.
I really love the whole 'idea' behind the first two seasons, the character are great as well, and the plot. Reading briefly about the following seasons, they don't seem as interesting.
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https://www.watchdigimonepisodes.com/series/digimon-adventure/
or
https://www.kumby.com/category/digimon-adventure-episodes/page/4/
Note: The second link is a bit better, IMO
Enjoy.
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I'm still amazed by how good Digimon Adventure is, both the first and 02.
First season easily comes down as one of the seasons (in any tv-series) that I've enjoyed the most, and when I re-watched it about a month ago, I recognized almost all of the episodes, and they still have a certain amount of magic today.
02 is really good as well, but I do have a few minor issues with it.
For example, and this is something I quite don't get, though obviously I might have missed something.
But in S1, the time spent in the digital world versus how much time passes in the real world is a huge difference, when Tai leaves the digital world after sending Etemon into the dark network, he's away for like 1 day, but when he comes back, a very long time has passed.
In 02 however, it seems like the kids enter the digital world for an adventure (lets say one episode), but then they're like "we gotta get home before our parents begin to worry", so it seems like the time in the digital world in s2 is more 'the same' like in the real world. :P
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As far as I remember, at the end of Season 1, the difference in how fast the time passed was nullified, and I think it had something to do with the kids defeating the final boss (don't remember its name). So it actually does make sense.
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Oh, you mean Apocalypmon? (or something like that)
Well then I follow, but it was kinda weird at first.
I do have some other minor issues with 02, first off I thought the identity of the Digimon Emperor was revealed way too early.
It was like EP4 or 5 already and it was obvious who he was, and frankly I thought it would've been better if they would've kept him a secret for a longer period of time.
I also think his transition from being 'evil as hell' to 'good' went a bit fast, it wasn't very believable that he would go from 'lets torture digimons' to 'awh they're real creatures' that fast.
I also feel like Arukenimon is way too weak to be a 'main'-antagonist, seeing as she's almost defeated by the DigiDestined in the episode where they visit the huge house with all the bug-digimon.
The fact that she creates BlackWarGreymon which is superior in every way, makes her seem even weaker in comparison. :P
I also preferred how the kids were stuck in the DigiWorld in Season 1, it's slightly more annoying here when they are traveling back and forth all the time.
Overall I prefer the Digimons and Characters from the first season, and it's great that they all play their parts in 02 as well. :)
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As far as I remember, at the end of Season 1, the difference in how fast the time passed was nullified, and I think it had something to do with the kids defeating the final boss (don't remember its name). So it actually does make sense.
Episode 54, from [10:53 - 10:58].
Genai: "Actually, after Apocalymon appeared, the flow of time here and in your world became synchronized."
So there you have it.
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Cool, must have missed that. :P
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Finished 02, and to be honest I thought the ending was kind of a let down.
There were so many plot-related things that kinda bothered me, and some of them felt pretty lame overall.
For starters, why did they bring Myotismon back?
Sure he was one of the best villains of the first season, but it felt lame how they brought him back for like 2 episodes, and let's not even talk about the way they manage to destroy him. The whole ending scene (the one where they defeat him) felt very American, in the sense of "everyone unite against darkness".
Arukenimon and Mummymon, and specifically the way they died was just a big let down.
Two of the main-villains that had been around for about half of the season, let's kill them in 2 seconds!
Oikawa and his story was kinda weird as well, overall I think it lost a bit charm when suddenly EVERYONE had their own Digimon and the Digital World wasn't so special anymore. :/
02 did have some great things though, characters were still good and I really loved it how the old characters still played a big part of the plot.
The fight between Wargreymon and BlackWarGreymon was one of the most epic scenes during the whole season, and I was actually a bit sad when the latter was destroyed.
Season 1 is still the best them. :P
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I think it lost a bit charm when suddenly EVERYONE had their own Digimon and the Digital World wasn't so special anymore. :/
Season 1 is still the best them. :P
That's pretty much it.