Welcome!

[rachel]

Hey, I'm Rachel. I hope you love digimon cuz I do!

[[deleted user]]

Oh, I do!

[Micheal]

I love digimon. but ive got a question.

[rachel]

Yah?

[Zakari]

What's your question? Zakari here. =) Just curious.

[rachel]

lol

[Zakari]

=D So, do you have a Nintendo DS? Of any sort, really. Just curious.

[rachel]

i have DSi

[Zakari]

Lucky *sigh*

[Marie]

i feel stupid, but, what is Digimon? im sorry ive just never heard of it before! dont judge me, please!:)

[rachel]

Its like pokemon, except better

[Marie]

i was never into pokemon, i just know they are little weird looking animals on cards! :)lol

[rachel]

lol

[Zakari]

Digimon definition from DigiWikia (Yeah, there's a whole website!):
Digimon is a popular Japanese series of media and merchandise created by Akiyoshi Hongo, which is comprised of anime, manga, toys, video games, trading card games and other media. Digimon, the lifeforms the series revolves around, are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World," a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks. Digimon is often claimed by detractors to be a knockoff of Pokémon, though they both appeared at about the same time, and have entirely different approaches to the monster concept.

Plus, Digimon are made of data. "Digimon" is short for "Digital Monsters." They are similar to Pokemon because "Pokemon" is short for "Pocket Monsters." For Pokemon, the cards came first. Then the show, then the game. I think the show came first for Digimon, but it could well be the cards that came first as well. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I just realized this whole thing was really unnecessary, and I look like a complete and total nerd, don't I? =P

[rachel]

haha XD

[Marie]

I think its AMAZING that you know all of that, i could never remember things like that for longer than a day, it sounded like a legit definition!:o

[Zakari]

Lol, the Digimon Wikia was made by people just as nerdy as me. ^w^ That makes me feel not so alone in the world. =)

[Marie]

lol,dont feel alone in the world! i think deep down inside we are all nerds about something!:)

[rachel]

Yup

[Marie]

actually im a nerd about Sleeping Beauty! :) I LOVE HER!!! and im kind of a nerd about the movie Newsies too! :)

[Ji Mei]

Newsies?!?! I haven't met another person who has seen that movie(unless they were in my English class).

[Zakari]

Oh? What is that movie about?

[Marie]

it is about Boys who sold newspapers in the 1800s, they are all really cute and can dance and sing as well, the music is AMAZING!!! you should watch it!

[Ji Mei]

I remember all the girls in my class had a crush on the main character.

[Marie]

i dont think hes as cute as some of the others! but ya, everyone i know likes christian bale as well.

[Zakari]

Lol, Christian Bale is a newspaper boy?? HA!

[Ji Mei]

Very true! Imagine Batman giving out newspapers and singing!

[Zakari]

Just imagine in his really husky, deep voice, "Here's your newspaper. Enjoy." Then he must deliver them super-fast with his Batmobile!!! XD

[Ji Mei]

lol

[Zakari]

♪♫♪Papers-papers-papers-papers-papers-papers-papers-papers--Newspapers!♪♫♪

[Ji Mei]

Hey, peeps, I realized there was no mod, so I, uh, kinda took over. Anyways, let's get this group going again.

[Nobody]

Hi! Hi hi hi! I LOVE LOVE LOVE digimon. ^.^

[Ji Mei]

Nice!

[[deleted user]]

Hi, my name is Claire, I love Digimon too. :)

[Ji Mei]

Welcome! ^_^

[Nobody]

Yay, welcome to the group!

[[deleted user]]

Thank you for the warm welcome. ^O^

[Nobody]

I'm glad you feel welcome. ^.^

[Ji Mei]

If you guys need anything, just let me know.

[Last_fall]

For anyone who wants to know, but Digimon's origins come from an attempt to make a boy tamagache. They later made a movie to promote the idea. Because of how popular it was, it was later turned into a full series and beyond, till this day with the 7th season in Japan.

[Ji Mei]

Interesting... 'Tamagache'? That reminds me of Tamagotchi. But Tamagotchi became popular long after Digimon. Unless in Japan they were popular and in America it wasn't until more recently...

[Last_fall]

Ji Mei ^_^ wrote: "Interesting... 'Tamagache'? That reminds me of Tamagotchi. But Tamagotchi became popular long after Digimon. Unless in Japan they were popular and in America it wasn't until more recently..."

Yes, your last assumption is right. (and yes, I meant Tamagotchi) Digital pets have always been popular in Japan, well, since they were developed. It has to do with the small living space and the unavailability to resources necessary to own a real pet.

[Ji Mei]

Like Fur Real pets! But those are more creepy... ^_^ It makes a lot more sense. I do remember my brother's older games of Gundam and of course there's Pokemon and Digimon came to America almost the same time in Japan. I think I'm more surprised about Tamagotchi being around since the same time as Digimon.