#digimon tamers battle evolution

[digi-lov]

Renamon BT5-036 Alternative Art by Teppei Tadokakoro from the Memorial Collection 02 [J] / PB-08 Tamers Playmat [E]

Sakuyamon BT5-044 Alternative Art by Teppei Tadokakoro from the Memorial Collection 02 [J] / PB-08 Tamers Playmat [E]

This card of Renamon battling Tailmon, and the card of their respective Ultimates, from BT5 are referencing the Battle between them from the Digimon Tamers Battle Evolution (West: Digimon Rumble Arena) intro.

[acquired-stardust]

Gaming Spotlight #11: Digimon Rumble Arena (2001)

Hello this is Larsa here with another spotlight feature on a game you may have missed from the Playstation era. Stand up to the fight!

Before we get to our featured title let's review some history shall we? Super Smash Bros 64 came out in the year 1999 developed by HAL Laboratory, INC. This revolutionary game was inspired by the dream match concept of SNK Corporation's own popular "King of Fighters" series where a bunch of a existing characters are thrown together to duke it out. Many in the industry took notice as the success of the new Nintendo crossover fighting game which created many fans of a whole new genre, platform fighting games.

"Digimon Rumble Arena" or "Digimon Tamers: Battle Evolution" as it is known as in Japan would become one of the first early platform fighting games following in the giant shadow of "Super Smash Bros 64" to stand out as a game worth playing. Right away a fighting game based on one of the most popular anime series of the late 90s and early 00s just seems like a perfect pairing. By the time this game was released Digimon had firmly became a massively popular series already having a theatrical movie release worldwide and currently airing its very popular third season titled "Digimon Tamers". Right away the opening would blow the minds of any young Digimon fans at the time because it was essentially a Digimon dream match title starring the Digimon and tamers of the first three seasons slugging it out for digital supremacy.

Is Guilmon really stronger than Agumon? How about Gatomon versus Renamon? Or how about a mega level battle of Beelzemon versus Omnimon? These were and still are important questions worth asking for any Digimon fan. And these sorts of playground questions are why this game was created.

The gameplay features two opposing Digimon battling it out on one of the several different stages in a 2D plane. These stages are typically filled with unique stage hazards and ring out zones with randomly spawning items in the form cards which have a myriad of effects on the battle. These cards mirror the "Digi-Modify" or "Card Slash!" mechanics from the Digimon Tamers series . The roster is filled with Digimon supported by their appropriate tamers from the show with the same familiar voices for each character featuring over 20 playable Digimon. Unlike "Super Smash Bros" this game features a more traditional health bar system and draining your opponent's life bar to zero means victory. Each Digimon has two special moves and a myriad of normal attack strings you would expect in a fighting game. Right away in a way one would expect from this beloved franchise, Rookie level Digimon are capable of transforming into a stronger even more capable form in the middle of battle through Digivolution. Digivolving improves your stats and gives you a completely new different move-set than before meaning you as a player are often switching dynamically between different gameplay experiences. There are few things that feel better than securing a comeback victory with your favorite mascot Digimon because of a well timed Digivolution. Oh and wiping the floor with your opponent using Wargreymon's mighty signature technique, Terra Force.

The main modes of the game are arcade mode and versus modes. In the Arcade Mode you take your selected Digimon through an arcade style ladder of bouts plus a few mini-games along the way with the goal of unlocking more characters. That is until you reach the new big bad of the game at the top of the ladder. Reapermon (Also known originally as Gokumon or ゴクモン) is a very difficult opponent to overcome and even now he still manages to give me trouble. I and along with anybody else who has ever played this game know of the horrors of his most powerful technique "Burning Cyclone". He is a cheap old school style boss who will test your skill at the game as one would expect from an older fighting game eating your quarters though in this case you thankfully probably own the game and you have as long as necessary to defeat him. Thankfully if you are struggling you can use some in-game cheat codes to fast unlock some Mega level Digimon along with other goodies to help even the odds. As far as versus modes go you can battle a friend locally or even play the mini-games against them. I spent many sessions having tons of fun fighting friends in this game. For an early platform fighting game the controls and mechanics are quite responsive which makes for amusing competitive bouts.

The graphics and soundtrack of the game of the game are very impressive for the platform. The Japanese version of the game features many arrangements of songs from the anime series. However the game does have one big problem: the framerate slowdown is a persistent problem throughout the experience with this game. Unfortunately they are the game's immediate faults but the game has so much excellent fanservice content and a surprisingly responsive solid fighting game underneath that it is easy to forgive the shortcoming. This game is still pretty awesome and loaded with nostalgia for me having grown up with Digimon. This title gets my recommendation for any fans of Digimon to experience especially the Japanese version of the soundtrack if you are ever in need of a quick nostalgia-fueled adrenaline rush.

A gem hidden among the stones, Digimon Rumble Arena is unquestionably stardust.

– Larsa

[antirepurp]

Been thinking a lot about Part 5 characters with Digimon, and I think Lucemon would be a very fun partner for Giorno. Lucemon is typically an antagonist in Digimon media, so I think it'd be interesting to give a partner like that to Giorno, who keeps them in check with his strong moral compass.

Also the angel symbolism is just really neat and it works pretty well with Giorno being the son of "God" (aka DIO).

i could see that working too yeah! it could present an interesting dynamic where lucemon's ability to evolve depends entirely on how well they work with someone like giorno, and if he's partnered with a lucemon who doesn't share the same vision as him it would present an opportunity for an arc where one or both of them have to compromise on their views and act beyond strict ideas of good and evil to grow stronger. the only problem that comes to mind is the satan mode that's both visually and thematically the opposite of giorno in many ways, i guess it could make for a nice contrast but it might be a bit much for my tastes lol

also i may have mused about these jojo digimon shenanigans enough to have pucci partner with a lucemon as a way for him to create his new world oop

[otakween]

Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer - Final Thoughts

Phew! If you're wondering why I've been quiet for a bit, it's because this game took me 3 weeks to beat. It was kind of grueling at times. It definitely assumes that you played the previous 3 (or 4 if Anode and Cathode count for 2) games and does NOT baby you at the start. It definitely wasn't my favorite game in the series, but the fact that it did away with the terrible old Jogress system earned it a lot of points in my book. There are still some Wonderswan games to play, but I think that's really it for Ryo games! Thank goodness :)

Notes:

Major downgrade from D1 Tamers visually! D1 was so colorful and exploring the world was actually interesting. Brave Tamer follows the Digimon World 2 strat of making every single dungeon pretty much identical and the hub world is bland as heck as well. You don't even need to travel to get to the dungeons you just walk up to the same hole every time. Lame.

Thank God this game lets digimon level up and evolve normally. It basically follows the Pokemon style of evolution. In previous games there were bullshit level caps unless you jogressed a zillion times. This game still has that dumb mechanic where your digimon devolves into a baby. I get that that happens in the show, but it felt pretty silly in the game. They get back to normal pretty quickly after a few battles.

Digimon recruitment is limited to borrowing digimon from digidestined from the various anime series. What an awkward concept. Ryo comes out of nowhere to save the day and then each partner digimon is like "See ya partner, I'm ditching you for Ryo!" I'm just imagining the characters that are left partner-less facing certain doom after Ryo leaves lol. Maybe it's one of those situations where they're only gone for a few minutes due to dimension hopping.

The card slash system (based on the Tamers universe of course) was interesting, but kind of annoying to figure out. After I got a handful of strong cards I couldn't be arsed to keep trying new jogress combos.

Speaking of taking the lazy route, I didn't use the majority of the digimon I recruited once LOL. It's more efficient to just stick with the same digimon for the whole game unless you want to spend a lot of time grinding, so that's what I did. I ended up with only mega-level digimon at the end which is frustrating because MegaloGrowmon and Taomon were at level 30! (They upgrade to mega at 31).

The bosses were strangely easy in this game (except for one that took me like 5 tries). What made it hard were the frickin' labyrinthine dungeons (the last one is TIMED! Evil). I have a terrible sense of direction IRL and in video games so the dungeons in this game were torture for me. You have to traverse up to 5 floors and sometimes there are so many dead ends and roadblocks that it takes what feels like an eternity. Also, there are random battles every 2 seconds that increase the suffering. In the later game I planned my route ahead of time by figuring out where the boss was on YouTube and mapping backwards from there. Here's a screenshot of me and my map in MS Paint:

(By the way, I always play Wonderswan games in windowed mode or else they look wonky. This time, that really came in handy).

I had to use multiple guides to figure out some of this game because the most popular walkthrough wasn't very good. It barely gives you any instructions on getting through dungeons, which was what I really needed.

Most scandalous part of this game was when Millenniummon called Ryo his lover (koibito)? Whaaaaa...?

I didn't realize that this game is a prequel to Tamers so I kinda did things out of order, whoops! I didn't realize that Cyberdramon was supposed to be the outcome of a Monodramon/Millenniummon jogress. Makes me want to rewatch some bits of the anime...

There was so much dramatic build up for the final battle and then it was so easy? I didn't even need to use the 10 low-level healing items I stocked up on. Oh well, guess I was well prepared.

Of course there's a post-game where you can scan all the digimon you missed, but that just seems silly. They're not partners in this game, they're cards. If I can't a raise a digimon I don't really see the appeal in collecting them all. (I mean I guess I wouldn't see the appeal in raising them all either, but the cards seem like even more of a waste of time).

The Wonderswan games have always been my fave digimon games but this one felt simultaneously half-assed and overly complicated. I'd give it like a 5 or 6 out of 10. Let's call it a 5.5.

[nevertoomanyspiders]

I watched the Armitage III OVA and the Dual Matrix sequel film

they were good. nothing world-shattering but they were interesting. both the OVA and the movie had cool visuals and action scenes. there were fun characters, too, like a Billy Idol-ass guy cackling like a looney, an eccentric robot mechanic in the movie...

and whatever the fuck this guy's deal is lmao:

but yeah, I do enjoy the visual style and character designs. that kinda thing can make or break things for me.

the OVA natch looks way nicer to me overall, being a mid-90s product, while the film came out in 2001 and has the trappings of that era of animation production (like more muted colour palettes and jank CG animation)

I do enjoy Armitage's design, still. she's recognizable as herself even with the style evolution.

I was originally interested in checking out Armitage III mostly because the title character's design reminded me a lot of Gally/Alita from Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita, another pint-sized cyberpunk action girl. thematically and in terms of plot, Armitage III definitely owes a lot to Blade Runner, and apparently a lot of the names are in reference to Lovecraft (Dr. Henry Armitage -> Naomi Armitage, Dunwich Horror -> Dunwich/Danich Hill, etc.)

oh yeah, the writer of Armitage III is Chiaki Konaka who is better known for Serial Experiments Lain and Digimon Tamers, among others.

are the OVA and the movie worth checking out? imo, sure, I know I like me some goofy action anime from the 90s, especially if they star spunky girls. I do kinda enjoy the Battle Angel OVA more :'D and naturally, Ghost in the Shell (1995) since they tackle similar themes.

[melancholywally]

Digimon Anime Evolution 15/?

BlackWarGreymon and its most common evolutions. It is best known as an antagonist created by Archnemon in the Digimon Adventure 02 series. BlackWarGreymon's other forms were shown in games Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit and Digimon Battle Chronicle.

Stages: Baby I: Botamon Baby II: Koromon Child: Agumon (Black) Adult: Greymon (Blue) Perfect: MetalGreymon (Virus) Ultimate: BlackWarGreymon

[firstagent]

With the finale of Digimon Ghost Game yesterday, how would you now rank the finales of each Digimon series?

You can tell it's been a minute since I've had a chance to get to these. It's what happens when you run a big tournament and immediately have a ton of con work (and a con). Anyhoo...

Appmon: Perhaps a surprise winner, but it has the massive action sequence, a tearjerker ending, didn't force an unnecessary separation, and the hero made decisive actions that both wrapped up his character arc and established where he goes next.

Tamers: Immensely powerful and ticks all of the right boxes. Both thrilling, tragic, and still somehow hopeful in the end. Only second because the partner separation, as much as it pays off and works in this ending, is out of the heroes' control.

Adventure (1999): The final farewell and the buildup to it is etched in everyone's minds as an iconic franchise moment, as it should be. But there is a lack of suspense in the final battle, which is more of a badass showcase of everyone. That's all right, but it's nice to be a little concerned about fighting a being of total destruction.

Frontier: Rough as the buildup is, it delivers on everything we wanted to see. Takuya has a proper meltdown, everyone unifies for one massive world-spanning fight against Lucemon's final form, and the big hospital scene at the end is silly yet poignant. It makes full use of everything it had to work with.

Adventure: (2020): For a series defined by spectacle, they certainly knew to go all out for the ending. A new form for Omegamon, a multi-tiered fight, and an ending that's smooth enough to offer something for every character. It's not ambitious, but it's plenty of fun.

Ghost Game: Speedrunning past the stuff that needs to be covered (big battle, exposition) to make time for things that actually ties the show together (characters taking a stand, story advancement). It's a bold choice, but it's nice to see from a show lacking in story and character meat.

Xros Wars: It's a solid enough string of action sequences and a Xros Wars-worthy final evolution. It delivers everything it needs to, but also exposes how thin the relationships in Xros Wars are, when Taiki's final farewell to Shoutmon is a hardy handshake and a congratulations. Feels like there should be more to it.

Savers: Exactly the kind of wild, badass climax you'd expect Savers to deliver, and Masaru is in top form. But it's one of those that when you let it process for a bit, forcing the Digimon back into the Digital World seems so wrong considering proving they and humans could co-exist was the point of the whole show in the first place. Masaru busting through that is but a small consolation.

Hunters: Really the only thing wrong with it is that Tagiru never cemented his place as underdog enough to earn the ending he gets. With that, you've got the last kid anyone should trust with the world forced to save it in front of legends. He brushes with that here, but his overall attitude makes it feel more like immature wish-fulfullment than a satisfying narrative conclusion.

Zero Two: Regardless of where you're at with the actual choices made with the epilogue, the franchise is still struggling to navigate all the worms it opened in that can. It's vague where it shouldn't be, definitive where it shouldn't be, and while the concept of all kids potentially becoming Chosen is both wonderful and intriguing, lobbing it at us with no development and so many distractions makes it hard to appreciate.

[absolutely-normal-about-x]

Digital World X Lore #1

How Digivolution Function with Reploids:

When it comes to reploids, being robots and not humans means that they don’t usually have a digivice as they themselves are the Device themselves. Meaning that reploids act both Tamer and digivice at the same time leading to…interesting developments how Digivolution works as they are actually different varieties two of evolution. While it requires a level of bonding between the reploid and the digimon, another is…less than pleasant to perform.

Standard Evolution: Normal Digivolution that we all know and love, it requires a level of friendship between reploid and digimon. Their energy is used to speed up a digimon’s digivolution, the higher the level the more stamina and energy that it consumes. So most of the time it has a time limit of how long the digimon stays in that form. Normally like humans, if the Digimon have a strong bond with their reploid partner the time limit extends and it consumes less stamina than the reploid provides. It can possibly create an energy feedback between reploid and digimon if their friendship is strong enough. The limit reploids Digivolve their partners is the Ultimate level, but there are cases where the reploid can Digivolve their partner to Mega or potentially Ultra level. But leaves to be determined as records show that a few reploids and their Digimon can achieve such a high level without consequences.

Symbiosis Evolution: A uniquely powerful evolution that is essentially a pure fusion between the DNA Soul and Digicore coexisting together as a new being. This is where the bond between reploid and digimon has transcended into new heights, of their souls working and existing together with no harm with each other. Despite being a new being it will inherit aspects of the reploid’s armor integrated into the form it self. But if this form is pushed to the absolute limit, there is a chance that both souls can either be damaged beyond repair. It’s an extremely rare and powerful process to perform, to trigger it this transformation must happen if the digimon and reploid have an extremely powerful bond. Only a very few and select individuals can perform this evolution without difficulty. Essentially Symbiosis is a combination of DNA evolution and Biomerge evolution, due the DNA soul and Digicores being incredibly similar and yet different.

Side note

The constant use of symbiosis evolution, can cause unexpected Mutations on the reploid’s DNA Soul to somehow obtain traits and abilities of their digimon companion and vice versa. It is unknown what this phenomenon can affect their health. But it seems that both parties are not negatively affected by their mutations. But is advised that the use of symbiosis evolution must be treated with caution.

Amalgamation Evolution: A uniquely horrifying transformation of a forced fusion between the reploid and digimon. A parasitic version of Symbiosis Evolution. Where both cores are in a constant battle of control and the body tearing itself apart into a chimera like form. It’s destructive and unpredictable, it’s commonly formed when a digimon is desperate to consume data from reploids to become stronger or a reploid forcefully fuses with a Digimon to obtain more power. It can often lead them into a state of endless agony, having one goal in mind: destroy, consume and survive. Or in a more rarer case the Digimon forcefully assimilates the reploid’s DNA Soul into their data to be their new armor, weapon or a new Digivolution. If it’s the other way around the reploid gains a new transformation that makes them even more destructive than ever.

There is a possibility to save the digimon or reploid, but the separation would also lead to irreversible mutations or worse if their souls are not extracted safely. It is strongly advised to approach these types of beings with utmost caution.

[arcthebreeder]

Log_51.TXT

03/08/2024, 23:08 (GMT-5)

Due to personal complications, the fight had to be postponed a few hours, and it was held passed 23:40, and it... Did not went well.

As I was connecting to the VC, I recognized the voice of one of the contendants, it was Herissmon's ex-tamer. This is something pretty common, the same people tend to participate in tournaments until they win, so coinciding with him on another tournament wouldn't be a surprise, tho having to face him again and this time with Stiffilmon was something I didn't expected at all.

Apparently the guy changed his username recently, that's why I didn't recognize him, his... Unusual pair of Lavogaritamon and WereGarurumon wasn't in line at all with the pair he used last time (Hexeblaumon and "Rasenmom") tho they were almost as strong as the first ones I faced.

The guy pointed out that the Stiffilmon I had was originally "his property" which is, at the very least, a pretty low kick, I would say it's even lower having a WereGarurumon on him since he's facing Stiffilmon, tho I can't say it's on purpose so I can't really put that on him. Whatever the case is, the battle was... Pretty violent.

Aside from the toxic taunting from both WereGarurumon and its tamer, the battle began with Lavogaritamon's Wild Blast, causing explosions that made my digimon blast off, and sending WereGarurumon up into the sky to attack Stiffilmon with the Kaiser Nail, however, it was received with a discharge coming from Stiffilmon's spiky fur, followed by Helloogarmon's Inferno Claw, which was rapidly comboed with the Vermillion Vortex, immobilizing WereGarurumon, as a try to recover his partner, Lavogaritamon flew in Stiffilmon's direction, being stopped by the Hati Embrace, which threw it against the Vermillion Vortex too, thus allowing Helloogarmon to send a Howling Burst, at the three digimon, while Stiffilmon was preparing herself to perform the Giga Crimson Dive in one place and create a big fire tornado that would burn the two digimon, but on that moment, Lavogaritamon used the Merudainā, a heat laser that came out of its mouth, to break the trajectory of the Howling Burst, taking both of my Digimon by surprise and freeing them from the Vermillion Vortex.

In the middle of the air, Lavogaritamon prepared another Merudainā, and when it shot it, WereGarurumon followed it with the Engetsugeri, to expand the radius of the laser beam, in the end tho, it only got to Stiffilmon, which made her burst with rage, charging against WereGarurumon specifically, I thought this could be a normal reaction to WereGarurumon's move but... Stiffilmon was out of her mind, I admit I had to take more attention, but I was too engaged in the fight to actually have the will to stop it, so I just kept on encouraging her, so you could say what happened next was my fault.

The rival Tamer began mocking how easily Stiffilmon was knocked down, and tho he complemented the fact that I trained her well, he still mocked how she wasn't as strong as WereGarurumon, and if we got the advantage at the beginning of the fight it was just because he left us this to make us feel miserable afterwards Stiffilmon... Didn't take this well, she began attacking WereGarurumon nonstop, from that point forward, everything went on a downward spiral... Quite literally Stiffilmon got surrounded by Spirals, that probably took her fur as a place to stay without us knowing, and began swirling around her, and then she began growing, she was Evolving.

This evolution, being influenced by the natural morbid feelings that inhabit Spirals, ended up turning her into Rasenmon Fury Mode, a Digimon purely made of rage and resentment that rampaged against both Lavogaritamon and WereGarurumon using the Desperate Vortex with her back tails, and then threatening to use Predator's Bite to devourer their DigiCore, an act that would end on their death... So I had to send Helloogarmon to act and change into Soloogarmon.

The referee couldn't do anything but watch as my two beasts caught each other, with a constant fight between the Prominence Laser and the Desperate Vortex to see who would end up victorious, with Rasenmon Fury Mode's claws and drills constantly clashing against the Vánagandr, Soloogarmon tried to keep her as centred on him as possible, since if she saw my opponent's digimon, they would perish instantly, but at the same time, he had to keep a fair distance, since the nearer she was, the safest she would feel to throw a Predator's Bite, Rasenmon felt close enough to charge at Soloogarmon once and eat his DigiCore, but the Skröll Rage was enough to keep her at a safe distance, in the end, another participant was authorized to enter with her Lotusmon and put my now Rasenmon to sleep, and I was disqualified from the tournament due to my digimon's misconduct and my opponent was too because his toxic behavior was what caused all of this to begin with.

Now I have another uncontrollable digimon in my hands, but this one is being influenced by external programs that infected her data so I don't know if a seal program similar to Helloogarmon's could work, but... I'll need to figure that out later I'm... Too tired rn.

I'll keep you updated.

ATT: ARC

[woozysloth]

TAMER CARD GAME AU 3 - RUKI

The reigning champion, the Digimon Queen. Or Ice Queen if you feel a bit catty. She doesn't care either way. Ruki's first year competing gained her quite a bit of reputation, as she sailed to the upper echelons of the game on a river of other children's tears. Her use of a particularly cold and menacing looking variant of Devimon bordered on psychological warfare - which seemed particularly mean-spirited given that she was already miles better than basically everyone else.

Then she met Ryo.

Ruki's second year saw her crush her competition even harder, despite having started late in the season for whatever reason. Rumour has it she was busy babysitting, which is obviously a lie, because who would trust this girl around small children? She'd probably eat them.

Regardless, Ruki took the title by virtue of being better than everyone else. And also, some think, Ryo not being there. Which very, very few people are stupid enough to say to her face or where she might be able to hear.

Ruki's mother has been running along with the whole thing surprisingly well after a period of confusion - she's now decided Ruki is going to be a "Digimon Card Game Idol", whatever that's supposed to mean. Which is great, right? That she's taking an interest in her daughter. It's great. Really. It's fine. Stop talking about it.

Whatever Ruki won in her second year, nobody knows. She doesn't talk about it, and it's not as obvious as Ryo's sudden appearance in a series of video games. Some people say she rejected any sort of prize, that victory by itself was her only goal. These people are very dramatic. Still, Ryo disappeared, and is still gone. And she had the opportunity to get what she wanted already. So why is she back, really?

Ruki only really uses the same handful of monsters, though she gave away her initial 'ace' from that first year, as if trying to rid herself of the reminder of 'only' getting second place out of several hundred competitors in her first year playing the game. Renamon is obviously her main mon, and Ruki talks to the card (some say) as if she's some sort of coach/ruthless stage mom. It's a little weird. Don't tell her I said that, please. She's very scary.

Ruki at first appears at random events to crush her opponents and for publicity, while looking dissatisfied and bored. She has parallel storylines to the boys that mostly revolve around her relationships with her family and with this seemingly childish franchise - she's a bit older than the other kids, being a young teenager, and seemingly has a lot of pride, so the image has grown kind of incongruous. She eventually takes an interest in "the gogglehead" when he evolves his run-of-the-mill Agumon card into a nonexistent and ludicrously powerful Adult. What exactly is a "Growmon" supposed to be, and is it a worthy challenge?

CARDS

Ruki's primary monster card these days - even the other monsters she sometimes puts on the field feel more like accessories to this particular monster. Renamon reacts incredibly quickly to Ruki's commands and even seems to take some initiative when not given anything to work with. Renamon will sometimes ask other monsters or Tamers questions when in 'downtime', which most seem to think is some sort of mind game that Ruki's getting her to do.

Battle wise, Renamon is incredibly mobile and versatile in any form, mostly using the one straightforward evolution line and adapting well to being given traits of other monsters.

SOME OTHER MONSTERS

A Bakumon that will evolve into Bullmon, then Vajramon. It starts out as support that will sometimes deliver a singular powerful attack while Renamon runs interference, then as a sort of 'mount' as Bullmon, then a physical attacker that covers for Taomon's longer spells, almost reversing their initial tactics. Ruki doesn't directly interact with it much, so most of its growth comes from Renamon and second-hand experience from Ruki talking to Renamon. Over time it seems to develop some sort of intense fixation on the primary monster. Is that...normal?

KoDokugumon, which Ruki seems to use mostly as a 'trapmaker' and support for Renamon, memorably using a sort of 'Survey Corps' inspired strategy, whatever that means. There's the obvious Dokugumon evolution, but rumour has it Ruki has developed a trick for quickly evolving it into something very nasty that can possess and enhance other monsters. Scary stuff. Good thing it's only a game, eh?

PROTEGE?

Apparently, Ruki doesn't have much of a problem teaching others how to play the game, as long as they don't "waste time". A friend of Takato's might benefit from this experience before making a rather...eventful debut.

[bethanythebogwitch]

OC Aztec Digimon

Another one of my digifake posts. See previous posts at moth and crab. I'm breaking tradition by making this one a vertebrate. All members of this line are virus-attribute.

The Rookie/Child level is Ocemon, a beast Digimon that lives in the jungle. While it has the size and appearance of a pet cat, Ocemon is a wild and unruly Digimon that will not tolerate being treated like a pet and is difficult for tamers to handle. it is a hunter who loves battle and sometimes challenges enemies out of its league. Its attacks are Kitten Claw, where it attacks with its claws, and Petite Predator, where it stealthily approaches its target from behind and leaps onto the target, attacking with claws and fangs.

Ocemon is based on an ocelot, a species of wild cat found in Mexico and Central and South America. I definitely took inspiration from Liollmon in this design and the two may be a related species.

Ocemon evolves to Jaguarmon. Jaguarmon is a violent and dangerous Digimon that is a master of jungle combat. It loves challenges and hunts and can switch between using stealth to attack or challenging its enemies in open combat. Jaguarmon is proud and refuses to submit to all but the most skilled and worthy of masters. It wears a necklace strung with the teeth of foes it found particularly challenging. Its moves are Istetl Iuan Tokuatlak (Nahuatl for claw and fang. Disclaimer that I am using an online translator for these names) where it savages it enemies with its powerful fangs and claws and Jaguar's Roar, where it unleashes a roar that paralyzes its foes with fright or even kills low-level Digimon.

Jaguarmon is based on jaguars, who were a big deal to the Aztecs. They were viewed as the mightiest of animals and avatars of the god Tezcatilpoca. The colorful attire Jaguarmon wears is inspired by Aztec clothing and art and the mask also kind of has a Luchador vide for a modern Mexico reference.

Jaguarmon evolves to WarJaguarmon. It is a powerful and dangerous Digimon that claims to be the mightiest warrior of the Digital World's jungles and has a body count to back up that claim. While it loves to fight, it has a code of honor and will give respects to those it believes to be a worthy foe. Its mighty weapon "Macuahuitl" is tipped with pieces of obsidian digizoid, allowing it to cut through most forms of armor and it breaths fireballs capable of melting rock into magma. Its attacks are Obsidian Blade, where it delivers a mighty blow with "Macuahitl", and Tletl (fire) Flame, where it spews forth a fireball.

WarJaguarmon is based on jaguar warriors, a class of elite warriors in aztec society along with the eagle warriors, collectively called cuāuhocēlōtl. Jaguar warriors dressed in attire that looked like jaguars, but WarJaguarmon doesn't really need that. The clothing it wears is based on an Aztec loincloth called a maxtlatl and the Digicode on the sash reads "ocelotl" which is as close as I could get to the Aztec word for "jaguar" as Digicode doesn't have accent marks. A macuahuitl is a common Mesoamerican weapon consisting of a club imbedded with obsidian blades. The snake design on it is based on this Aztec statue.

The final evolution is Huitzimon. It is feared and revered amongst jungle-dwellers as the "bloody god of the jungle" for it possesses and endless desire to fight and can command the power of the sun. Its combat prowess is such that it can rival members of the Royal Knights. While violent and bloodthirsty, it has a sense of honor and respects good fighters. Digimon who bring it the Digi-Cores of their defeated enemies will be rewarded for their courage and combat prowess. The snake that lives on its arm is named "Xiuhcoatl" and when in battle, it transforms into a mighty spear that both burns and poisons those it strikes. When under the light of the sun, Huitzimon sprouts flaming wings and gains the ability to fly. Its attacks are Serpent Spear Strike, where it impales its foes with "Xiuhcoatl" and Tonatiu Tlekiauitl (sunfire rain), where it spews forth stellar plasma that rains down on its foes.

Huitzimon continues the jaguar warrior inspiration while also being based on Huitzilopochtli, the god of war and the sun (though jaguar warriors were actually associated with Tezcatilpoca). There are several bird-like elements in this design such as the wings, bird skull helmet (which is a Hououmon's skull) and the hummingbird skull decoration on its clothing. Huitzilopochtli was associated with birds, particularly eagles and hummingbirds. A common symbol of Huitzilopochtli was an eagle perched on a cactus holding a snake in its claws, which is depicted on Huitzimon's shield. That same snake statue from WarJaguarmon is also on its shield. The blue mask it wears references Huitzilopochtli usually being depicted with blue skin. I tried out making Huitzimon blue and didn't like the way it looked, so I settled for the mask. The Digi-Code on its sash reads "sun god". Xiuhcoatl was a serpent either associated with or an alternate form of Huitzilopochtli and the god was depicted using a spear thrower in its shape. I exaggerated this into an actual spear largely because I think spears are cool and more characters should use them. I did include the snake-shaped spear thrower on Huitzimon's design as well. Huitzimon's habit of giving blessings to Digimon who offer it Digi-Cores is a reference to Aztec human sacrifices to Huitzilopochtli where hearts were removed from the sacrifices so their blood could empower the god. As I mentioned last time, I have a trio of OC evolution lines that fit into three trios: vaccine/virus/data, day/night/twilight, and fighter/mage/rogue. Huitzimon is the virus attribute, represents day, and is the fighter. My previous post had Nyxmon as the vaccine, night, and mage member.

Let me know what you think of these designs. I'm still not a great artist, but I am getting better and these were by far the most complex designs I've ever drawn. Both of the final two stages each took about as much time as the whole moth evolution line did.

[digi-lov]

Terriermon BT3-046 Alternative Art by As'Maria from the Memorial Collection 02 [J] / PB-08 Tamers Playmat [E]

This Alternative Art Card of Terriermon from BT3 references the intro of Digimon Tamers: Battle Evolution (West: Digimon Rumble Arena)

[emeraldthelynx]

Digital Fusions

Okay, so I've started watching Digimon (this show never really showed its face when I was a kid, I knew it existed, but I knew nothing else.) So, anyways, I watched Tamers and had a realization. WE COULD OF GOTTEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN MEGAMAN NT WARRIOR! I'm referring to Biomerge. (Or whatever it's called.)

(...I want to put a picture of it in here... But any pic that conveys exactly what I'm talking about... Well, people who have watched the show know.)

Anyways, it's not the actual merge that I'm talking about, but the way the animation cuts between the Biomerged Digimon and the human Tamer inside, not to mention the dialogue of both as they fight, why couldn't of we gotten something like that with Cross Fusion? For comparison, Cross Fusion feels like Spirit Evolution in Frontier. And that's just not how I like Megaman Battle Network.

Even the manga got it better! Full Synchro is very much the combination of Navi and Operator, even in personality! (Megaman flies off the handle so many times.) Point is, if we ever get a reboot of the anime (which is highly unlikely since the last seasons weren't even dubbed into English) I hope Cross Fusion gets a little more interesting.

I'm thinking of drawing a thing that conveys my point, but I don't know if that will actually end up happening. Let me know what you think.

[astralcat]

One Piece Digimon AU: Buraimon vs. Drimogemon

Summary: A Drimogemon attacks the kids and the first Digivolution happens.

(Start)

"Okay, let's start tracking down Fangmon!"

A new day had dawned on the Digital World, and the six children with their Digimon were determined to hunt down Fangmon, who they had caught a glimpse of the day before, but for only a short while before it disappeared into the darkness.

"Sabooooo, we haven't had breakfast yet! My tummy's growling sooooooo muuuuuch!" Luffy whined.

Hm, guess I am putting the cart before the horse, Sabo thought.

"Yeah, we're all hungry!" Blucomon said. "By any chance, do you have donuts?"

"Not by any chance," Sabo said. "Sorry, Blucomon..."

"Aw, man..."

"Wait a second! Something weird's happening to Monmon!" Luffy called out.

Monmon looked like he was experiencing visual glitches similar to a sprite in a video game.

"I-is he even okay?!"

Just as suddenly as they started, the glitches stopped.

"Ahh, me back to normal," Monmon said. "Ooh! Partner!"

"Yeah, Monmon, you're my partner!" Luffy said. "Wait, back to normal?"

"Yes," Liollmon said. "We six used to be a group of adventuring Digimon. We were foretold that six human children would arrive in the Digital World to protect it from evil, and so we trained and trained so we would be strong enough. Unfortunately, an evil Digimon decided to reset us to our In-Training forms, undoing all our hard work. In the specific case of Monmon, this also reset his memories to default."

"Yeah! You thought me being weird!"

"Precisely, Monmon," Liollmon continued. "The reason he speaks like that is that as a baby Digimon, he got so lost he couldn't find his way back to his village, and ended up living in the wild, fending for himself until we found him."

"So he's kinda like the Child of the Trees!" Sanji said.

"Who's that?" Spadamon asked.

"It's a well-known legend in the North Blue. It goes like this: a family decided to abandon their baby on a Sky Island because they were being hunted by pirates. A pack of cloud wolves would later come by and raise the baby, and the child later grew strong enough to take down Sea Kings."

"That's so cool..." Blucomon said.

Suddenly, a Digimon with a drill-like tusk would emerge from the earth right under their feet.

"What is that?!" Nami said.

"The Digivice can provide some useful information," Liollmon said.

"You mean this?!" Sabo held up his mysterious device.

"Yes! Do it now before we all get killed!!"

Sabo scanned the Digimon.

"Drimogemon. A Champion-level Beast Digimon with the Data attribute that moves at high speeds underground with the drill attached to its snout."

"Drimogemon are usually shy," Pomumon remarked. "I wonder what's got this one riled up."

"C'mon, Zoro! Let's step up and save everyone else!" Hyokkomon said.

"Digivice... Ready!" Zoro said as he pressed a button on his Digivice, causing it to spew lots of bits of data that surrounded Hyokkomon with a flash of light, knocking Zoro back a little. "Commence... Evolution!" Zoro hadn't done this before; it just seemed to come naturally to him in the moment.

"Hyokkomon digivolve to...!" Hyokkomon was surrounded by a flash of light as he began to transform into a humanoid bird with wings sprouting from his shoulders, wielding two katanas. "Buraimon!"

Buraimon stood intimidatingly in front of Drimogemon.

"Wh-what was that?!" Zoro said. "Why did all of that just come to me naturally? Why did Hyokkomon transform? Will he stay that way?!"

"I Digivolved," Buraimon said. "In the moment, when it seems like it would be necessary to Digivolve, the process of the Tamer beginning the Digivolution process just seems to come naturally to them. I don't know how it happens either. And this is only temporary; I will de-digivolve as soon as this battle is over."

"Drill Spin!" Drimogemon lurched at Buraimon, spinning its drill horn, but Buraimon tried to parry it with his katana. In the end, however, the Drimogemon was able to strike Buraimon with its horn.

"You fool... Tsubame Nimai Gaeshi!" Buraimon slashed relentlessly at Drimogemon with its swords, but it wasn't down just yet.

"You're the persistent kind, aren't you?" Buraimon said. "Zoro, help me out with your swords."

"On it!" Zoro pulled out his three swords and wielded them, one between his teeth.

"Bond Attack: Five-Sword Style: Aquila Talons!"

Drimogemon was assaulted with swords from all sides, finishing with a deep stab from Buraimon's sword. By now, it could no longer fight.

"You idiots... I'll make sure that Boss Fangmon hears about this!" Drimogemon said before being converted back into data.

"Did you hear that?" Sabo said.

"So it was working under Fangmon..." Pomumon said. "That's why this one was so battle-hungry."

"Speaking of hungry, can we eat now?" Luffy asked. "I'm staaaaaarviiiing!"

"Don't worry," Liollmon said. "There's some delicious meat plants around here."

[otakween]

Digimon Frontier - Episode 4

I really enjoyed this episode! Probably because it was really pretty and focused on token girl Izumi. We already almost have all the spirit evolutions...will the next step be powering up each one or something else?

Notes:

I guess it's okay for them to emphasize the Fairymon is a "female warrior" (episode title), but I was kind of annoyed that she wasn't strong enough to win her debut battle and Wolfmon came to the rescue. That's kinda bullshit. And then Takuya and Tomoki laughed at the thought of Izumi digivolving 😑 (probably accurate to elementary school boys in the 2000s tho)

Was Koji gonna just sleep on that bench without anything else? DigiWorld life is rough. If this was Tamers then sleep wouldn't be needed (I think)

I think they've introduced about 4 different train digimon at this point. How many are there? And can I collect their figures?

When Tomoki and Takuya were running across the bridge and it was falling apart, what was up with that? Is Cherubimon actively destroying the DigiWorld?

Omg Fairymon's design is amazing <3 Love the color scheme and her face is cute too. I'm a little surprised how sexy she is though, she's basically wearing lingerie and it wasn't censored in the dub at all. Also, I had to laugh when part of her transformation sequence was a perfectly triangular pair of panties hovering towards her. She also attacks with her butt at one point. Oh well, despite feeling awkward about her design being in a kids' show, she's still a queen

Izumi slapping the Mushmon was great lol. Love it when humans fight digimon directly like that.

The gag where Junpei is like "purple and yellow, what kinda loser would like those colors? " to the Mushmon and then Izumi's like "you've gone too far." got a laugh out of me.

Koji continues to be a butt munch. Wonder when he'll officially join the team?

[digimonloving]

ah I forgot your box was opening today! if it's still open, could you do something with a freshly digivolved Exermon with his tamer? The evolution whiplash might not be as extreme as turning into Namakemon would be, but it's still quite different from Pulsemon lol

A freshly Digivolved Exermon and his Tamer

Examon is a relatively calm Digimon, not too big of a change from Pulsemon in a few ways but one that might leave their Tamer scratching their head. He's much more relaxed and always has a balance to him, but is quick in movements that can be a bit startling with how fast he is.

Exermon spends most the time in sunlight. It's how he can keep his electricity charged - his antenna converting it into the energy he needs. He doesn't need as much space as Pulsemon did, and he's usually content to sticking to one spot for hours on end! Which can be nice if his Tamr has school or work they have to do that was tough when he was Pulsemon, as the little guy was just so energetic and constantly wanting to do something.

Though, if the Tamer enjoyed playing with Pulsemon, and he is now this more calm and meditative Digimon, Exermon might lend himself to be like a jungle gym for his Tamer to climb upon. He will not lose balance, and he will remain perfectly still as they climb all over him. Exermon might even see it as a sort of challenge, and an amusing one as well.

Exermon mostly stays so still so he doesn't use up his energy before a battle. Charging up for the day for if something happens in the night, or a Digimon strikes for one reason or another nearby. He does not mind moving about with his Tamer if they want him to, he is quite nice to have to carry thins his Tamer can't.

There are a few times when he first Digivolved where his Rookie stage was still part of his personality, and at times he actually zipped around the house/apartment a few times before stopping and realizing that he was a little too big to do that properly anymore. But it didn't cause him to be sad, it felt rather nice to simply sit and meditate.

Before, as Pulsemon, he couldn't sit still. Now, Exermon does near nothing but sit still. He also offers his Tamer advice in little poems, and at times will tell them what he means, but also tends to let his Tamer figure it out by themself. Fun head-scratchers for them to decide how they want to take it.