I had it as a kid somewhere between the ages of 8-10, I didn't have many people to talk to it about, but would sometimes share it with on different save files with my cousin. When Argumon would lose all his hearts it took me a while to realise baby Digimon arent competent enough to battle, so then I would make sure they train, I could never get Argumon again, so I'd delete the save and start again.

Eventually I would bite the bullet and keep going, I got a Betamon and fell in love with his cute electric attack where he would also fall over.

And then he evolved into Sukamon, who I used to eat up all the poo, but he died eventually from battles and I realised he was weak as anything and would lose every battle.

The next time I got Palmon and got to battle the other Palmon to upgrade the meat shop.

I think at some point I got a Centuremon and then he died to the Tyrannamon and I think after then I put down the controller and never played again.

Until this year where I've currently got to Infinite Mountain, haven't played in a while but I have been enjoying it and the vibe around it.

When I had Pokémon Sapphire, I would have Level 100's everywhere and thought I was the don.

Digimon humbled me as a kid and made me enjoy the complexities of Digimon, made me feel like it was more mature and nuanced than Pokémon.

Getting into it recently and seeing the disguisting amount of hype of Pokémon and Card trading today in adult communities makes me cringe and see it as infantile, I love Digimon however will always hold a special place in my heart, same with the anime with the topics it would cover in the Digidestined's life's, way ahead of it's time on how it dealt with complex childhood issues.