DIGIMON Bandai Original Digivice Virtual Pet Monster - Yellow

Except now, you have a new and improved digivice with longer lasting batteries, memory, you can train multiple digimon, and you can still battle your friends. Not really for little kids anymore. Seems like Bandai also re-created the combat chips that you put in the Commandos when they battle the Gorgnoites in Small Soldiers and then put them in the 20th anniversary digimon. New ability also added to copy the digimon of other players. Beware, there is a... I believe.... 45 page instruction guide that you have to decipher. You eventually learn to control the device, but after you rip out the plastic strip to make the batteries contact each other, and make the device come to life, you only get one chance to type your name in the device, and if you mess up a letter and you don't have only four letters in your name... Then good luck. Super hard to figure this thing out at first. Get a paperclip. Seriously though... These things must be flying off the shelf because it said that there was almost a month's wait for them. These are going to be the new tickle-me elmo come xmas time. Pokemon ain't got nothin' on this. Only the true OG's had digivices and if you were a nineties kid, this is and was your jam.

Seems everywhere I look that has these things listed describes them as "The original Digital Monster Virtual Pet" or something along those lines. But this is very misleading. This is not the same Digmon v-pet you grew up with in 1997... actually, it's much better, and I don't know why they leaned so hard into the nostalgia angle that they decided not to advertise this. First of all, if you're like me and you don't know anybody who wants to have one of these things, you can still battle your Digimon, there is a new feature that allows you to battle AI opponents. Selecting "Start" will pit you against the weakest Digimon. Selecting "Next" after defeating the last Digimon will pit you against a slightly stronger foe, and it will scale up and up about 100 times before looping back around. Next, you can actually raise two digimon at once!! Once your first Digimon reaches it's third stage, you can press the C button to scroll to the right, and choose another egg. This gives you the option of doing tag team battles against AI, it gives you an additional training mini-game that benefits both digimon if done successfully. And two compatible Digimon at the Mega stage can do a "jogress", into a new Digimon. Speaking of choosing eggs, this brings me to the best part about this pet... You can choose more than one kind of egg!! In the original V-pets, there were five different waves of these devices, and each wave had one egg that would always hatch the same digimon baby. That baby could evolve into a number of different digimon, but there were still a a number of digimon locked onto those other devices... well, in this release, everyone is here. All five eggs in one device. You do start with a wave 1 Botamon egg, but you can choose between the five after it evolves twice. What's more, you can unlock more bonus eggs that weren't on any devices before as you continue to play. Some older Digimon even have new forms. This doesn't mean there are no exclusives however, but they're of little consequence. But you may want to look up "Digital Monster Ver. 20th version exclusives" if you're dying to know. This device will also save your progress. Once those batteries dry up, you won't lose your Digimon. And this is especially nice because this device has a little log that keeps track of all the digimon you've raised, so you could work towards a goal of raising one of each Digimon. This device will connect to other Digimon devices to battle, and send little "Copymon" helpers over. It will connect to more than just other devices like it, but some of the more updated devices from Japan if you are looking to expand your collection or you have a friend who collects more expensive foreign Digimon V-pets. The last new feature I'll mention is the ability to put your Digimon to sleep for up to three hours outside of their usual sleep time. This is useful if you're going to be a little busy. I would have much preferred a pause function like those foreign V-pets to be honest, when I get busy, it's usually for more than three hours. And they wake up at 7PM sharp... with their bed times being any time between 8 and midnight depending on their form. There is a little bit of a cheat to get around this though. There's a tiny reset button that you can use a pin point object to press. Doing so brings up the option to "Load" or "Reset", if you leave it on this screen, time is frozen for your digimon. Once you are ready to play with your digimon again, select "Load" and set the time. Do not press reset, or you will lose your save data. ( Caution, your digimon will not age, and it will take longer for your digimon to evolve when you do this ) My biggest complaint with these things besides the inability to pause is that these things poop a lot more frequently than the original 90's V-pets. Especially when you're raising two of them on one device. It might seem like a silly annoyance but if four piles of poop appear on the screen, your digimon gets sick. Getting sick 20 times results in the death of your Digimon, and it can be a real issue for someone who over-sleeps and has two digimon. I'm a guy in my 30's who was at just the right age when virtual pets were at the peak of their popularity, I'm so happy to see such a wonderful revival of them in the west. And at a very reasonable price, unlike the extortionate prices you'd pay for one of the Japanese releases that may feature more robust battle systems, but have far less Digimon to choose from. There's also a pretty nice community of fans around these things that i've discovered after buying one of these, and I've been unable to resist expanding my collection, and I've even checked out the old Digimon cartoon series again. It's been great. If you're sold on this, I recommend checking out Digi Tama Hatchery for lots of helpful information on what these devices can do, learn all the terminology, and find out how to get your favorite Digimon. Just remember, this is a "Digital Monster Version 20th"!, and never pay over $20 for one of these. Oh, and I do not recommend this for a child with a history of attention issues. It will be distracting when they should not focus on it, and it is likely to be neglected when something more interesting comes along. But if you've got a more disciplined child... or if you're an adult who's young at heart like me and want a virtual pet, I don't think you can do better than this. Not even if you shell out for the expensive Japanese Digimon. I should also add that this is not a "Digivice", this is a v-pet. A Digivice is the term used to describe the devices the protagonists of the anime had, and those eventually did get their own electronic toys, but they are nothing at all like a v-pet, there are no care mechanics, and they rely on a pedometer to function. EDIT as of 4/23/2021: Amazon, what are you even doing??? You may notice a new option to buy these in the "Digimon X" style. I don't know why Digimon X is grouped with the Digimon version 20th, they're very different products. You only get one egg, and cannot raise more than two digimon simultaneously ( you can, however, store your current digimon in a "back up" to raise a new digimon, allowing you to have up to three digimon on the device ) And you can actually "pause" your Digimon. It's fairly more nuanced than the Digimon 20th, there's pros and cons, the cons are mostly the lack of multiple eggs, but Digimon X have huge evolution trees. And depending on the color of your device, you may get different digimon. The White and Blue, and Black and Red aren't completely the same for example. Once again, check out Digitama Hatchery for more information, it's the best resource for v-pet fans on the web, and evolution charts typically list which digimon are available on which color device. EDIT as of December 2021: There are four new Digimon X devices listed on Amazon. A red/silver and a purple/navy blue... these are called X2 and their rosters of Digimon are completely different. They're not listed under the same listing as the rest of the v-pets for some reason, but i'm sure they'll be merged here eventually. EDIT: I also want to point out that despite the product's listing, this is not at all a "Digivice", this is a "V-Pet", Digivices are actually a completely different product. They are still LCD screen handhelds but Digivices lack the care elements that qualify them as virtual pets.

Llegó antes de lo previsto, Empaque muy bien protegido y material de calidad. Sin quejas y vendedor recomendado.

I am a grown ass woman, and I am really enjoying myself with this thing. Super nostalgic if you grew up in the 90s. My boyfriend, brother, and I all got one and it is a great way to waste time and have fun without feeling like I'm staring deep into the bright abyss of a phone or computer screen. This new version also is a lot more interactive and has more features than the old ones. And like I said: The perfect pet for quarantine. Digital poop is much easier to deal with than real poop. Also no vet bills.

Brand new in box! Kids love them!! Digimon!!!!

Raising 2 digimon is fun. It's just like I remember it as a kid with some positive upgrades. My son and I are having a blast with them.

I thought I was buying the 1997 release when I put this item in my cart, and boy was I surprised when I booted this baby up. After a day or two, I was surprised when I was able to have to eggs running simultaneously. As it turns out, this is the English edition of the Digital Monster 20th anniversary edition. This means that it comes fully loaded with most the Digital Monster versions that never released in the U.S. All I can say is, this is a steal for the price, and it's more than worth the nostalgia trip. Digimon is far better than I remember it, and it was rewarding to come back to it after several decades.

It's everything I expected and more. There's a special kind of charm to watch a monster come from an egg and raising it to as far as it can evolve and ultimately die. Raising 2 monsters and 2 copies at once is convenient, especially when trying to go for fusions. The volume is surprisingly low, but still loud enough in a quiet setting. Love the design of the device itself. I preordered it and it came earlier than expected. I'm tempted to buy another one. The Japanese devices look fun and have a ton of monsters to raise, but are way out of my price range. Hopefully they'll release more versions that are compatible with this device to other countries soon.

Muy bueno

Perfect - kid loves it. Although there are tears when the Digimon die.

Awsome. Just like the original one but better. Multiple eggs to choose from. 2 digimon at once. Get it.

Tuve el digivice original (el que funcionaba con pasos) y esta version de 20 aniversario es un fiel sucesor. Mi esposa queria un tamagotchi normal pero le consegui este y ahora no lo suelta. Anda feliz jugando cada 2 o 3 horas. El sistema de digievolucion que maneja el dispositivo es muy parecido al original: tienes que probar diferentes combinaciones de que tanto alimentarlo, que tanto entrenarlo y que tanto pelear con otros digimons salvajes. Tambien puedes entrenar mas de 1 digimon a la vez, y usarlos en batalla contra otros digimons o contra otro digivice, lo cual fue una grata sorpresa. Una vez que entiendes que hay un boton para rotar entre opciones, otro para aceptar y otro para cancelar, el manejo es super rapido. El empaquetado es excelente. Se incluye instructivo en espanol para entender toooodo el funcionamiento y todas las funciones. Ojala lo disfruten como yo.

It comes with a manual and tell you everything you need to know, it's just like the one I had 20 years ago with a little upgrade, definitely worth the buy!!!