Bandai Namco - Digimon - Vital Hero Interactive Fitness Tracker/ Digital Watch/ Virtual Pet (Black)

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars | 616 ratings

Price: 12.66

Last update: 06-22-2024


About this item

The first interactive wearable Gamified Band that lets you level up and battle with a Digital Monster; Vital Hero Black Band comes with Pulse City Dim Card
Complete easy to hard Activity Missions such as sprinting, shadow boxing, sit ups/crunches, and walking a certain number of steps to earn trophies, increase your battle win rate, and evolve your character
Band is equipped with step counter, heart rate vital function (not medically accurate), LED screen with time function, and adjustable band size; USB charging cable included in package with instruction on how to set up/play
Battles are prompted automatically after training missions are completed or if you tap your band against any NFC reader (Tap to Pay, Phones, etc.)
Recommended age: 8 years and up

Product information


Top reviews from the United States

Dennis Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent item for both Digi-nerds past, present, and future.
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2023
I'm the proud owner of not one but three Vital Hero bracelets. I've been a Digimon Fan ever since watching the first season of the anime all the way back in 1997 at the humble age of four years old. As much as I love the Vital Hero and the effort your company is making to bring Digimon back into Western countries, I understand that there's an upgraded version of the original Vital Bracelet product known as the Vital Bracelet BE. As a user of the Vital Arena App, I understand that there is currently any event underway known as Fourth Battle which is based around the online novel, Digimon Seekers. I'd love to participate, but Vital Hero users like myself are left in a very awkward position. That being said, I wish to help out in anyway I can to help promote Digimon products throughout the United States and beyond. There are many over here like myself who want to introduce the franchise to a new generation of eager young Digimon enthusiast, but we don't have the means to update the products directly from Japan. Having said all of this, I humbly request more Digimon Products being officially released into all over the world, especially the VBBE, so that my younger relatives and possible future children can know the joy and wonder of raising their very own virtual pet as I did so many years ago.

Thank you for your time,

Dennis J. Taylor
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Dennis Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent item for both Digi-nerds past, present, and future.
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2023
I'm the proud owner of not one but three Vital Hero bracelets. I've been a Digimon Fan ever since watching the first season of the anime all the way back in 1997 at the humble age of four years old. As much as I love the Vital Hero and the effort your company is making to bring Digimon back into Western countries, I understand that there's an upgraded version of the original Vital Bracelet product known as the Vital Bracelet BE. As a user of the Vital Arena App, I understand that there is currently any event underway known as Fourth Battle which is based around the online novel, Digimon Seekers. I'd love to participate, but Vital Hero users like myself are left in a very awkward position. That being said, I wish to help out in anyway I can to help promote Digimon products throughout the United States and beyond. There are many over here like myself who want to introduce the franchise to a new generation of eager young Digimon enthusiast, but we don't have the means to update the products directly from Japan. Having said all of this, I humbly request more Digimon Products being officially released into all over the world, especially the VBBE, so that my younger relatives and possible future children can know the joy and wonder of raising their very own virtual pet as I did so many years ago.

Thank you for your time,

Dennis J. Taylor
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Seanymilk
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Pet
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024
I have a few Digimon pets, this one is definitely one of my favorites.
It's easy to use and helps keep you fit.
Héctor Cruz
4.0 out of 5 stars OK IF YOU CATCH IT ON DISCOUNT
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024
-It scratches way too easy
-Feels like cheap plastic
-Batterie last 1 day brand new
-Easy to setup
-Step counting can be cheated just shaking the bracelet
-Heart ratio works fine
-Digimon
-Phone app it's awful, not even usable

Got this on a discount offer, cost me $15usd
Am I happy with my buy? Yes

It's worth the $65usd?Definitely not, I mean, is not bad, but it's way to expensive for what it really is, I reccomend to wait for an offer to be honest
$65usd it's the full price at the moment I'm doing this

As a Digimon fan wouldn't pay more than $25 for something like this, but that depends on the person I guess
LZK
5.0 out of 5 stars My best impulse purchase!
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
I bought this on a whim due to seeing it on sale… My friends judged me at first but eventually came around to how awesome this is!!! It’s a digimon fit bit, cmon!! It does everything you could want and more.
Ryan Ham
5.0 out of 5 stars good for exercise and a lil bit of fun
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2023
Remember tamagotchi? Digimon is like that but they can explode each other, and this one is no exception. Combines the boring exercise body tracking of a fitbit with more exercises outside of walking and a less tedious tamagotchi to raise, so it’s good if you’re like me who will exercise if I’m distracted from it long enough
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Ryan Ham
5.0 out of 5 stars good for exercise and a lil bit of fun
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2023
Remember tamagotchi? Digimon is like that but they can explode each other, and this one is no exception. Combines the boring exercise body tracking of a fitbit with more exercises outside of walking and a less tedious tamagotchi to raise, so it’s good if you’re like me who will exercise if I’m distracted from it long enough
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Kira Banks
3.0 out of 5 stars It's a toy and it has issues.
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2022
If you don't have NFC on your phone you're losing a large portion of the features:
- Can only store 2 Digimon
- Can't take special exercise quests from the app
- Can't see detailed stats from watch
- Can't use the profile level up & store items feature
- Probably more I don't know about since I can't use it
I've read online that NFC phone adapters do not work either.

Okay now that's out of the way let's talk about the watch.

The step counter is way too sensitive. It picks up every little arm movement as 1-2 steps. I get 3,000 steps just sitting at PC all day. This is a core part of the game along with the heart rate sensor which is a little more accurate but still not great. So it's really bad at tracking your physical activity.

This device is mostly just a toy. It's also NOT waterproof. Be very careful when washing your hands.

I would have liked to have the weekdays displayed on the homescreen but it's just your Digimon, the time and your "vitals" (workout points or digimon life points I guess) & steps.

Build quality is not great, it easily scratches, the strap is not a real strap it just pops on & the buttons on the side rattle when you move.

Dim cards are how you load Digimon onto the watch, which are about 5-20$ each and have maybe 15 total evolutions depending on how active you and how many battles you win.

Battles occur when your watch scans NFC such as credit card reading machines, phones have it for quick pay, Nintendo switch and 3DS have it for amibos. I wish they went with bluetooth though. It's far more common and you'd get more battles in.

Battles are very simple, a couple animations and a life bar and it's stats like HP and Attack and some random luck.

Now then, is this device good for staying active and fit?

It's okay. It's more of a game than a serious work out. Daily you can do 4 work outs: sit ups, punches, squats, running - for 20 seconds each. Doing these gives your Digimon trophies for evolution into better or different Digimons. Also the vital points and the passage of time comes into play for this.

Final thoughts:

It's a toy, a game. It's not great quality. It has flaws. It should have been bluetooth and not NFC. Collecting the DIM cards can be fun. However if you like Digimon or Virtual Pets or need help getting off your butt just a little bit each day this is an okay purchase for $50-60. I wouldn't pay more.
Zuleika Vidal
5.0 out of 5 stars Makes a great gift for the Digimon fan!
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024
My son loves it. Gets him active and can't wait to check what his Digimon has evolved into.
Christopher John Michael Swale
5.0 out of 5 stars I love it
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
It makes for a good watch and make sure you can check your steps every single time

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