Check out MetalGreymon (Virus) and MetalGreymon!
Did you know MetalGreymon (Virus) came first?
So, really, it should be MetalGreymon and MetalGreymon (Vaccine)
MetalGreymon (Virus) first debuted in the very first Digimon V-Pet back in 1997. Back then, attributes hadn't been introduced yet. However, as soon as attributes did get introduced, MeyalGreymon (Virus) received the Virus type. Its Digimon Reference Book entry says that it mechaniced more than half of its body and managed to survive many battles because of this. The entry of MetalGreymon (Vaccine) continues this point, mentioning that while extending their vital functions through remodelling, the flesh parts of MetalGreymon (Virus) are discolored blue due to not being able to hold up. On the other hand, MetalGreymon (Vaccine) are an evolved form of Greymon naturally.
The "healthy" Vaccine type MetalGreymon first debuted in the anime, being the "good" perfect evolution for Taichi's Greymon after the "bad" evolution to SkullGreymon.
This is why the first Digimon World, preceeding the anime, only has the Virus Type MetalGreymon.
The upcoming Digimon COLOR V-Pet also reflects this, with the color of the MetalGreymon sprite.
There's a fair share of MetalGreymon cards in the card game, but I wanna show off these two featuring their respective debuts.
MetalGreymon BT8-067 Alternative Art by Nakano Haito from the Memorial Collection 25th Anniversary [J] / 25th Special Memorial Pack [E]
This Alternative Art of BT8 MetalGreymon (virus) was part of the original V-Pet's anniversary.
MetalGreymon ST1-09 Alternative Art by tessy from the Tamer Battle Pack 1
This card of MetalGreymon from ST1 shows it in a dessert area that resembles the one we see MetalGreymon evolve in in the Digimon Adventure anime.
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i want to blow $50 on lbc tbh
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Let's take a quick look at Shellmon and MoriShellmon!
While Shellmon lives by the sea, MoriShellmon lives by swamps in forests. That is also where its name comes from, with 森 mori meaning forest.
The Reference Book describes both of them as quite strong and agressive. Coupled with their "low intelligence", these are Digimon you can't reason with and might want to avoid stepping in their territory altogether.
Like many subspecies, MoriShellmon debuted in Digimon World as a recolor of Shellmon, in order to be able to easily tell partner and enemy Digimon apart. It was first featured in the anime in an episode of Digimon Ghost Game, over 20 years after its debut.
It was also featured in the Digimon Card Game. The artwork shows it in the Misty Forest, which is the area you can encounter them in, in Digimon World.
MoriShellmon BT5-051 by Tsunemi Aosa from BT-05 Booster Battle of Omni
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Do you think Goro having a card but not appearing in the intro means anything? (I'm just crying in my corner because of how little we see him in spinoffs)
I think I read somewhere that that intro that was datamined was actually unfinished, so he miiiiight be in the finished version? Unlikely, but it's not impossible.
Honestly, from when I first saw the intro, I thought the weirdest thing about it was that we don't even see the rest of the new guys besides Wonder in it? I feel like at least Closer and Cattle should have been up at the forefront of it with him, and yet...
I wish I could do more besides say "he's not the only one left out" and "it's kind of weird", hah, but that's about all I have, unfortunately. Sumire's not there either (we haven't heard anything about her), but Kichijoji was on the map shown in one of the trailers, so that's... whatever you want to take it to mean, I guess, haha?
When I really think about it now, in my opinion the actual weirdest thing about the intro is how it's played up like the Phantom Thieves are all Really There... when they're not, they're only cognitions? And they're also not the only cognitive teammates, as Goro, Seiji, Yukimi, and Kotone all are too, but are all missing.
I dunno. It was just the beta, so it's not impossible for some things to be missing/other factors at play here?
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