Digimon World

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Digimon World
North American boxart
Developer(s)	Bandai (Original Programming), Flying Tiger Development (US Reprogramming) [1]
Publisher(s)	Bandai
Series	Digimon series
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Release date(s)	JP January 28, 1999 NA May 23, 2000 PAL July 6, 2001
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: T ELSPA: 3+ OFLC: G8+
Media	1 CD-ROM
Input methods	Controller

Digimon World (デジモンワールド, Dejimon Wārudo^?) is a video game by Bandai on the PlayStation, released in 2000, about the Digimon Virtual Pets. It has four sequels, Digimon World 2, Digimon World 3, Digimon World 4 and Digimon Digital Card Battle.

The storyline focuses on a human brought to File City on File Island by Jijimon to save the island. Digimon have been losing their memories and becoming feral and the city has fallen into disarray. The goal of the player, who is represented by a young boy whose name is given as "Hiro/Hero" (this is a common Japanese naming convention for RPG protagonists), is to save the island by helping Digimon recover their memory and return to the city.

The PAL region's variant cover art features the seven initial chosen Digimon from Digimon Adventure. The group includes Gomamon, who is otherwise completely absent from this game.

[edit] Gameplay

The gameplay revolves around raising a single Digimon from its Digitama form, hatching into a Fresh, up through In-Training, Rookie, Champion, and with work, Ultimate. A Digimon partner will die with age, and return to an egg eventually, so the player has to raise it again. To raise a Digimon partner, the player must train it, feed it, let it rest and take it to a bathroom.

The other main part of gameplay is battle. The player's partner Digimon fight the Digimon that have become aggressive due to a crisis on File Island. Partner Digimon begin the game with a few basic skills, but acquire more as they progress in levels through the game.

[edit] Plot

The game revolves around a young boy, the protagonist, who is drawn into the Digital World through his V-Pet device. Jijimon greets and asks him a few questions, the answers to which determine whether he begins with an Agumon or Gabumon. His goal is to travel around File Island, locating all of the resident Digimon of File City who have turned feral and bring them back, raising Digimon partners in the process. He must eventually go to Mount Infinity (the final location) to confront the antagonist, Analogman, and the mega Machinedramon, and save the Digital World from destruction.

[edit] Featured Digimon

[edit] Obtainable Digimon

There are 61 species of available Digimon partners. A wild Digimon from each species can be recruited to File City, excluding all Fresh and Training Digimon (already present), Seadramon, H-Kabuterimon, MegaSeadramon and Phoenixmon.

^{1: Technically a Mega level Digimon, however the Mega level did not exist at the time of the game's development.}

[edit] Other Digimon

There are 62 species of Digimon which are not conventionally available as partners. Many are simply variant species of obtainable Digimon.

^{1: If obtained with a cheat device, it cannot perform any actions or register for multiplayer battle.}

^{2: Can be raised with a Digivolution item, although it is only acquirable through the use of a cheat device.}

^{3: Technically a Mega level Digimon, however the Mega level did not exist at the time of the game's development.}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Digimon World at MobyGames