Digimon - Digidestined once, now Digidoomed?

Post by **Pikachu3828** » Mon 12 Apr, 2004 12:18 am

I was browsing around the web earlier on looking for a PokÃƒÂ©dex when I suddenly remembered Digimon and started browsing for a Digidex. It was a similar concept to PokÃƒÂ©mon and released around the same time, but was not as successful.

Then I began searching for Digimon fan sites. To my surprise there weren't many and the ones that looked like they'd been pretty "big" had all closed down and were saying farewell. Not that I am or ever was a fan of Digimon, but it made me sad. I crave for those early days of PokÃƒÂ©mon and Digimon battling it out while they were at the pinnacle of their fame. There hasn't been a kids craze anywhere near the size of it since.

Digimon is near forgotten now, Bandai (the company who made it) doesn't even mention Digimon on it's frontpage, you have to dig deeper to find it. I'm worried though. While Digimon was not as popular as PokÃƒÂ©mon, it was similar and did build an adiquate fanbase which seems to have disbanded now. Do you think this will ever happen to PokÃƒÂ©mon too?

Pikachu90000 · Post by **Pikachu90000** » Mon 12 Apr, 2004 3:21 am

Oh yeah, Digimon is dead

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Nah, PokÃƒÂ©mon is still pretty much alive and all of the fan sites like this one and Nintendo still have an ad about PokÃƒÂ©mon Collosuem at it's front page. So PokÃƒÂ©mon is not dead. Long live PokÃƒÂ©mon

kirbypika · Post by **kirbypika** » Mon 12 Apr, 2004 4:14 am

dont worry about PokÃƒÂ©mon. Although they did discontinue the manga, many kids watch the show and buy the games. check out how many months Pkmn R/S has been in the top selling GBA games! Pokemon is still popular in japan, why not in the U.S? just sit back, and support gamefreak and nintendo.

Pikachu90000 · Post by **Pikachu90000** » Mon 12 Apr, 2004 4:57 am

Still Popular the last manga chapter was #214 VS.Pellppier

kirbypika · Post by **kirbypika** » Mon 12 Apr, 2004 5:47 pm

the U.S man!!!

Pikachu90000 · Post by **Pikachu90000** » Tue 13 Apr, 2004 1:27 am

Well that is a big "?" cause I don't know

pikachufreak · Post by **pikachufreak** » Tue 13 Apr, 2004 2:00 am

I don't think it'll ever happen to PokÃƒÂ©mon, but it could, and naturally the people on this site wouldn't think it would...

Smeargle · Post by **Smeargle** » Tue 13 Apr, 2004 10:23 am

No craze lasts forever. *ominous silence*

kirbypika · Post by **kirbypika** » Tue 13 Apr, 2004 7:42 pm

Pikachu90000 wrote:Well that is a big "?" cause I don't know

They discontinued it after Yellow Calabero (sp?) in the U.S And Smeargle, PokÃƒÂ©mon isnt a craze. Its more than that. They still show "I love Lucy" even though she died. And friends has been on for ten years... but ended... And how long has Mario Shined? Still now he does!!!

pikachufreak · Post by **pikachufreak** » Wed 14 Apr, 2004 12:25 am

Well it's kind of a craze but nonetheless I still don't think PokÃƒÂ©mon will die out...

Smeargle · Post by **Smeargle** » Thu 15 Apr, 2004 9:39 am

Just an independent thought. But I suppose we all speculate that Pokemon will last. But forever? Why not just indefinitely?
And as for Digimon, it was good while it lasted. But it's had its moment of fame. (I better go sit down before I hurt myself...)

Happimimi · Post by **Happimimi** » Thu 15 Apr, 2004 10:51 pm

i actually like Digimon. Its true. i haven't heard of them for a long time. oh well..

How long has pokemon been a hit? really long. i remember when i was wee child and was watching the first episodes of Kanto. XD

kirbypika · Post by **kirbypika** » Thu 15 Apr, 2004 11:16 pm

i dont think it was a "wee" little child. But it was quite a long time ago.

Berserk Murkrow · Post by **Berserk Murkrow** » Fri 16 Apr, 2004 5:24 pm

Ahhhhh... the days of Sora, Tai, and Joe. Those were the days. It saddens me too for Digimon to fade.

I think the Digimon "craze" ended when Fox moved it off their Saturday Morning Programming with Power Rangers and Medabots. The 4th Season, in my opinion, was a dismal one. I miss the days of Digidestined, not little kids turning into the Digimon.

There is one site left though but it's an encyclopedia of the card game: Megchan's Digimon Encyclopedia. I used to use that site to get Digimon for my Fan Fictions.

Yes, it does feel like a long time ago when I was watching the Digimon Series Season One. Why can't we have shows like that anymore.

kirbypika · Post by **kirbypika** » Fri 16 Apr, 2004 6:49 pm

i only liked season 1 and 2. When Fox Kids turned into the fox box things got messy.