#digimon world redigitize

[hisuikouha]

rina and veemon

[digi-lov]

Which is your fave version of the digital world from all the games, anime, etc? Mine's definitely the one from the original Digimon World haha It just has a specific charm to it

Totally agree! the plugged out trees- just *chef's kiss*

Digimon World holds a very special place in my heart, and I absolutely adore the aesthetics! I love the weirdness, the messiness if you will.

[images from grindosaur.com]

I also love the Digital World of Digimon World 3!

Especially the circut board lines on the ground or water.

[images from wikimon.net]

I also wanna give a shoutout to Digimon World Re:Digitize! I've been loving the visuals in this game. I'd like a bit more of the old school clumsy digital world, but it's just super pretty. There are still many instances of tech stuff lying around or being incorporated in the enviroments, which I appreciate!

Oh and, in terms of anime, I like the classic Adventure Digital World best, and the Tamers Digital World the least I guess-

[alycoris]

Very Cute! - Rina Shinomiya and V.V.

Unglazed and Full Resolution on Ko-Fi.

[digimontamerrichie-tcg]

BT6-007 | Agumon

Rookie | Vaccine | Reptile

Uncommon | Red

Digimon Games | Digimon World Re:Digitize

[Featuring: Railroad Plains, Trolley Car]

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[r0bita]

I think a lot about Lucemon from Digimon World Re:digitize: Decoded and Digimon World: Next Order because neither are technically evil, at least not intentionally.

Spoilers, if you haven't checked out the games, I guess?

Decoded Lucemon is pretty much a little kid that got seperated by it's gaurdian and friend angemon and kidnapped by Barbamon (most likely the very same one you confront with Rina in Cyber Sleuth, yep...). Lucemon, along with several other unfortunate digimon, was tortured and experimented by Barabamon and left for dead calling for help in a bolted prison cell until the protagonist breaks it open only to see him succum to his injuries. This results in the child Lucemon's digicore being overcome by malice and turning to Falldown Mode. Barbamon adds insult to injury by continuing to brainwash Lucemon FM to the point where he's become a mindless killing machine. Eventually, it digivolves into Lucemon SM and almost destroys both the digital world and the real world. After it's defeated, Lucemon's (rookie/child level) spirit thanks you for stopping it, says that everything should return to normal on its own, and the spirit returns home. Needless to say, Lucemon's circumstances in De:code is kinda horrifying and Barbamon is the worst.

And then there is -Next 0rder-'s Lucemon who is arguably the most chill Lucemon so far (both figuratively and literally, you meet him in an ice dungeon during post-game content). Many, if not all, of the digimon who were initially introduced in Digimon lore and animes as villains are a lot more laid-back and sometimes down right friendly in-game and some don't need to fight you in order for them to become your ally (It's kinda refreshing, really). The Lucemon here is no different, and in-fact takes a very unique interest in the protagonist, first approching you as a rookie to tell you that they've been watching you since the begining of your journey, and then challenging you in FM and later SM, albiet asking the player some philisophical questions over "what defines good and evil" to either test, startle, or just confuse the protag. Once the fighting is done Lucemon confirms that it's not the protagonist's strength that defines them as a force of good but rather the their perserverence and conviction. They also start talking in a more casual tone with you and join the city where you've been recruiting a whole bunch of other digimon to live in. They also help you out in a DLC quest with Beezlebumon, which is pretty neat!

Can't rememer if this is correct but I believe Next 0rder Lucemon also keeps track of your in-game movements. From wins and loses, money earned, traversed areas?, etc.

[antirepurp]

it's weird that while digimon world next order is like mechanically a better dw game and lets you have more control over how you raise your digimon, digimon world redigitize decode has a better gameplay loop to me anyway. like in next order after a few generations and lifespan upgrades the digimon just Don't Fucking Die which is a real ordeal when it comes to actually completing the beastiary, and it makes it really difficult to estimate when to do important story fights and when to fuck around bc your fellas are about to die anyway. redigitize seems to have a set lifespan for your digimon that doesn't increase with generations, it's just base stats that do, and it gives you this neat about 15 in-game day cycle of raising your dude up (which can be done entirely in the gym) and exploring in-between if you need to adjust your stats carefully for specific evolutions. if redigitize had the evolution control of next order i think i'd say it's the ultimately better experience just for that tbh

[digi-tama-in-your-pocket]

I saw your So You Want to Buy a Vpet post, and one thing stood out to me in that you mentioned the Digital Monsters Color are not newbie friendly , which I take it the rationale being they run their evolution timer too quickly due to protein and sleep.

This is the one bit I sort of disagree with, because it always felt like a brand feature as one of the vpets to teach about growth, death, or in the strange lore of Digimon (following Buddhism) the idea of reincarnation

As a pet raiser I feel like the kidlike philosophy (which i definitely possessed with the orignal vpets when I was young) of wanting to hold on to the same pet or put it in cryo in order to preserve its form to stare at sort of goes against the concept of them being creatures we are responsible for into objects we own.

From a gameplay perspective a quicker timer also let's you explore the roster better. In a similar sense to Pokémon nuzlocke runs it opens up experimentation and new sentimental attachments to monsters other than our favourites

The digivice and anime forgo this in chase of constancy and mass appeal. For me it loses its original flavour and makes "digital monsters" and "Digimon" somewhat two distinctive separated fanbase. It always makes me slightly taken aback when fans prefer the RPG games to say, redigitalize or world championship on the DS, or say world championship is boring.

Actually I considered them not newbie friendly because they are expensive. And because they were Premium Bandai exclusive, they are kind of hard to find for the already expensive price tag they launched with. And with a price point like that, they're fairly basic. I don't think someone who's just getting into this hobby is going to want to drop more than half a hundred bucks on a virtual pet that they might not even enjoy especially when other virtual pets are more feature heavy.

As for your opinion, I can appreciate how you feel but to me it just sounds like another case of Casual gamer vs Hardcore gamer to me. I hesitate to use the word "Gate Keeping" here but if people want to keep their pet alive longer and have an easier time raising them, we should let them, especially if the features that enable this are mostly optional. We don't have to freeze our digimon if we don't want to.

Besides that, the easier digimon are not immortal, they can still die with neglect. And it's a little funny to call the mindset of wanting to keep your digimon "childlike" given... it's a fucking toy. So it's not like the lesson of life and death and possible reincarnation ( though I don't know how a kid is supposed to glean that from an LCD pet with no dialogue ) is going to be lost on a kid raising a virtual pet. But adults already understand this concept. But are less likely to appreciate it when they're likely more busy, and frankly, more likely to actually buy a virtual pet than a child. It's like "okay yeah I get it, but I still wish the window for mistakes was more narrow so my greymon doesn't fucking die before I go on my 10 minute break for work."

And again, I'm recommending these to NEWCOMERS, not enthusiasts. Like you wouldn't recommend someone with no video game experience play Zelda 2 The Adventure of Link as their first game, even if you actually love it, you'd start them with something easier and more contemporary, and slowly ease them into it.

I can't speak on the video games because 1. I've only played like three and finished none of them. And 2. Digimon just keeps making completely different styles of games, and I don't think most people play them for virtual pet aspect. They're likely in it for the story more than anything. At least that's my impression from trying Cyber Sleuth, currently the most popular digimon game, and being bored to tears because it was almost nothing but human characters talking. There is just no accounting for taste, but you can't act like people are wrong for it not aligning with your own.

[kichimiangra]

What was Specter's card game like?

In all fairness I don't really know. I never owned a PSP so I never got to play them, I just watched a playthrough of it once a while back when looking for any tidbits of of info to use with character building for the Ukki Five so I didn't pay much attention to the gameplay. I just spent it cackling over the entire premise:

Look at this impressionable baby if he watched Smokey and the Bandit he'd want to go on a beer running truck driving adventure with a pregnant elephant I love this blorbo.

I love the Serious!Specter the first game implanted into my brain but I also love this Keroro Gunso level antics that solidified the "Specter has a store room full of THIS bullshit and the humans only get to see the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the ideas he comes up with for world domination" headcanon. This bullshit is what Spike gets to deal with for the rest of his life. Specter is the manic pixie dream girl that wakes up at 2am going "I need to go build a hot air balloon right now! I'll explain later! My Muse struck!" and Spike knows this is going to go hindenburg before it just gets put in the store room with the other whims.

(Told myself if they localized Digimon Adventure or Digimon World: ReDigitized into English I'd immediately go out and buy a PSP and a list of games for it like KH:BBS and the Ape escape remake and Ape academy games but as you can see they were never officially localized and as such I still don't own a PSP)

[mathewryf]

I've come to appreciate Digimon a lot.

In particular I feel like having only one mon to focus on in games like Digimon World ReDigitize is actually really liberating. It helps me get immersed better.

[relixakousa]

REDIGITIZE ME CAPTAIN

Let's go back to the Digital world in Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth! Time to be the very best hacker/detective https://www.twitch.tv/relixakousa

[goathasablog]

btw idk if you got an answer its digimon world redigitize decode for the 3ds

how did a little marshmallow that went :3 evolve into a twink angel-

[digi-lov]

As a Digimon World fan, what's your thoughts on Next Order from an aesthetic/gameplay perspective? (as in not story or characterwise)

Very tough to answer, as I am so mushy with Digimon. I am happy just hanging out with my lil guys!!

But I will try! (Mostly gonna compare DWN0 to DW1 and Redigitize)

Next Order has a very clean and pretty aesthetic, very "modern anime" vibe if you will. It looks good, in my opinion, but I do feel that a lot of charme of Digimon is a more messy, clumsy, "ugly cute" anesthetic, which I do miss in this game. DW Redigitize also had a relatively clean modern look, but not to this extent, and many of the locations had more memorable and "weird" designs that feel more in spirit with the franchise.

I was not a big fan of the way the Town grows in DWN0. It's super tiny in the beginning and then suddenly a huge jump to a way too large area that is still mostly empty until you upgrade. The original File City in DW1 was more cozy and you felt more connected to the growth. The DWReD File City is still a bit too large for my taste, and especially since the location barely changes as the population grows, but it feels more lived in than DWN0.

I also do not enjoy the material collecting... not much to say about it. It's kind of annoying 😅

The two Digimon partner in DWN0 are a cool idea, but in the end just make things unnecessarily tedious. Once their lifespans desync you struggle to get anything done. They do introduce a mechanic to move life time from one to another in an attempt to resync, but that barely helps imo...

Now this is a lot of critique, but I still do very much enjoy the game, it's Digimon and I love Digimon. I really hope they make more Digimon World games and take the best out of all previous titles!

[alycoris]

10 Promises to Your Digimon

=From your Partner's Perspective= Part 1 | Part 2

[mat2modblog]

Greymon X, buddy, the third floor literally has one exit in each room...

[chimera-gui]

It depends on the exact game, the original Digimon World and by extension ReDigitize and Next Order are closer to Monster Rancher in that all four derive their mechanics from virtual pets and thus involved you raising your monsters(s) and tending to their needs such as hygiene for Digimon and stress/fatigue for Monster Rancher

Digimon also has Story Cyber Sleuth and Hacker’s Memory which is closer to Pokémon and Yokai Watch only instead of catching monsters you are scanning them to get enough data to generate new Digi-Eggs

Like non-game media, namely anime, in other Mon franchises though; Digimon media does tend to emphasize Digimon, namely Partner Digimon, as being individual characters with personality and agency as seen with Pteromon’s relationship with not just Shoto himself but with Shoto’s secondary Partner Digimon, Muchomon, and Owen’s sassy magical girl gremlin of a Partner Digimon, Elizamon, in Liberator

Now NPC characters like Nokia do have Partner Digimon as characters as seen with her partners Agumon and Gabumon AKA Omnimon but it’s less common for the player character’s Partner Digimon to get this treatment unless the Partner Digimon appears in media outside of the game itself

Like in SMT demons are very disposable but it's like... Very suited to the tone of the game in a way it isn't in Pokemon, Yo-Kai Watch is very sweet in how it feels less like you're catching the monsters and more like you made a friend by giving them a snack and they CHOSE to join you and now when they battle by your side they're doing you a favor... I haven't played enough Digimon to have a strong opinion about it in that sort of gameplay way but it seems to be more intimate in a similar way to Monster Rancher but perhaps even moreso since if it's like the anime there's very much an air of a Digimon being your friend and equal

[antirepurp]

the possibility of me making at least one digimon world redigitize decode page on my site that combines a bunch of shit from gamefaqs and my own experiences with the game into a kind of masterpost of resources is rising with every day