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Digimon World DS

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Digimon World DS
North American version cover art
Developer(s)BEC
Publisher(s)Bandai Namco Games
Director(s)Akiyoshi Kanbe
Producer(s)Ryo Mito
Masahiro Knittel
Yoshinobu Matsuo
Writer(s)Shinya Murakami
Composer(s)Koji Yamada
SeriesDigimon
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: June 15, 2006
  • NA: November 8, 2006[1]
Genre(s)Role-playing video game
Mode(s)Single Player
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

Digimon World DS, known in Japan as Digimon Story (デジモンストーリー, Dejimon Sutōrī), is a role-playing video game for the Nintendo DS developed by BEC and published by Bandai Namco Games. The game was released in Japan on June 15, 2006, and in North America later that year on November 8. Despite its localized title, the game shares no relation to the separate Digimon World series.

The Digimon Story series has spawned several sequels; including Digimon World Dawn and Dusk, Digimon Story Lost Evolution, Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars Red and Blue, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory.

Gameplay

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The player selects an attack from the menu to battle an enemy Digimon.

In the game, the player controls a Digimon tamer and embarks on a journey to discover, tame, raise, train various Digimon. The player can build Digi-Farms to raise, evolve and communicate with the Digimon. Using Wi-Fi and local DS wireless connection, players can interact by exchanging Digimon, engaging in battles, and pooling resources to create rare types of Digimon.

Plot

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The game's plot features characters and settings loosely based on the Digimon Data Squad anime series (known as Digimon Savers in Japan). The story sees the player character transported to the Digital World, where he or she raises and befriends Digimon and fights an evil entity calling himself "Unknown-D".

Reception

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Famitsu gave the game a relatively positive score of 30/40, receiving cross review scores of 8, 7, 8, and 7, respectively,[3] as well as earning a "must buy" recommendation for the month. It also appeared in Famitsu's list of 100 best selling Nintendo DS games in their December 2006 issue, ranking in at number 33, with 213,770 units sold.

Elsewhere, the game received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2]

IGN reviewer Jack DeVries claimed that "...despite its derivative nature and somewhat mediocre elements, it's still a lot of fun..." and recommended the game "...for players that are dying to get their monster battling RPG fix", also meriting it for its humorous scriptwriting and unique method of collecting Digimon.[7] GamePro said, "Old Digimon fans will absolutely love this game; it's a repackaging of the older Digimons [sic], but with much more to do."[10][a]

Notes

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  1. ^ GamePro gave the game 4/5 for graphics, 3.5/5 for sound, and two 3.75/5 scores for control and fun factor.

References

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  1. ^ "Digimon World DS Materializes Into Retail Stores". GameZone. November 8, 2006. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Digimon World DS". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "June 7, 2006". The Magic Box. June 7, 2006. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  4. ^ Provo, Frank (January 25, 2007). "Digimon World DS Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  5. ^ Theobald, Phil (November 27, 2006). "GameSpy: Digimon World DS". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on December 5, 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  6. ^ Bedigian, Louis (November 27, 2006). "Digimon World DS – NDS – Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on September 29, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  7. ^ a b DeVries, Jack (November 22, 2006). "Digimon World DS Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  8. ^ Castaneda, Karl (January 15, 2007). "Digimon World DS". Nintendo World Report. NINWR, LLC. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  9. ^ McCallum, Leona (June 4, 2011). "Digimon World DS". RPGFan. Emerald Shield Media LLC. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  10. ^ Her Misnomer (December 2006). "Digimon World DS". GamePro. No. 219. IDG. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
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