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[RadioHeadAche]

I was making an effort to click every day beforehand, but now it's just "oh yeah I should go and click again" every time I see this thread.

 

[I-hate-u]

I guarantee Numemon will pop after Scumon is gone.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

I guarantee Numemon will pop after Scumon is gone.

I hated that thing so much in Digimon World, until I needed it for that Monzaemon costume. Then I couldn't seem to get it.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Armor evolution just made Veemon look weird and lewd.

 

[TreIII]

So much potential for awesome arcs featuring Royal Knights. And it doesn't have to feature Yggdrasil either.

Truth. But then again, I'm the kind of guy that would love to see something for the original "Warrior Ten", too. Considering some of them appeared in Xros Wars, it actually made me smile to see that SOMEBODY at Toei remembered them.

Armor evolution just made Veemon look weird and lewd.

C'mon, now, my friend. It's not like XV-mon was that much better off in that respect.

Plus, I actually do like Magnamon and Saggitarimon's designs!

 

[Pegosaurus]

Armor evolution just made Veemon look weird and lewd.

I actually disagree though. Raidramon and Flamedramon are some choice designs.

edit: Regarding Armor Evolution (from the wiki) "It is an ancient form of Digivolution that was developed when the Digital World was young and it was almost impossible to digivolve even to the Champion level without assistance." Anyone have any idea what this means regarding the strength comparison?

 

[I-hate-u]

^ I remember in the show that if possible, the kids would choose Adult evolutions over Armour. Thats why I think its weaker than the regular path.

 

[Paper Sparrow]

Isn't there an episode where Patamon is able to digivolve to Angemon because the towers aren't present and they make a big deal out of how strong he is or something?

 

[Pegosaurus]

Isn't there an episode where Patamon is able to digivolve to Angemon because the towers aren't present and they make a big deal out of how strong he is or something?

^ I remember in the show that if possible, the kids would choose Adult evolutions over Armour. Thats why I think its weaker than the regular path.

yeah i think you guys are actually right. They never use armor evolution once they can evolve to champion.

anyways I'm watching the episode in Adv. 1 where they're looking for the 8th child. They hitch hike and some teenage guy picks them up and is basically flirting with Mimi and Sora, which is super weird b/c they're like 11 lol

 

[TreIII]

[Regarding Armor Evolution (from the wiki) "It is an ancient form of Digivolution that was developed when the Digital World was young and it was almost impossible to digivolve even to the Champion level without assistance." Anyone have any idea what this means regarding the strength comparison?

The anime is the anime. But in other media (games, TCG), Armors are just treated like Adults(Champions) or Perfects(Ultimate). It gets even crazier considering some Digimon evolution paths allow for them to evolve into those Armor forms as if they were their respective Adult/Champion or Perfect/Ultimate phases. For example, XV-mon can actually evolve to Magnamon "normally".

 

[I-hate-u]

The anime is the anime. But in other media (games, TCG), Armors are just treated like Adults(Champions) or Perfects(Ultimate). It gets even crazier considering some Digimon evolution paths allow for them to evolve into those Armor forms as if they were their respective Adult/Champion or Perfect/Ultimate phases. For example, XV-mon can actually evolve to Magnamon "normally".

So then whats his perfect form?

yeah i think you guys are actually right. They never use armor evolution once they can evolve to champion.

anyways I'm watching the episode in Adv. 1 where they're looking for the 8th child. They hitch hike and some teenage guy picks them up and is basically flirting with Mimi and Sora, which is super weird b/c they're like 11 lol

Is that the episode where Sora took the blame for Koromon's poop lol?

 

[Pegosaurus]

The anime is the anime. But in other media (games, TCG), Armors are just treated like Adults(Champions) or Perfects(Ultimate). It gets even crazier considering some Digimon evolution paths allow for them to evolve into those Armor forms as if they were their respective Adult/Champion or Perfect/Ultimate phases. For example, XV-mon can actually evolve to Magnamon "normally".

Man I want to play some of the games. Which ones are the best? In anyone's opinion.

Is that the episode where Sora took the blame for Koromon's poop lol?

yeah haha

 

[Paper Sparrow]

Man I want to play some of the games. Which ones are the best? In anyone's opinion.

I enjoyed Digimon World 1, which is probably the closest in concept to the original Digimon virtual pets. (I think it was made before the anime?)
Last I checked it's not the easiest game to obtain.

The rest of the "main" games (that are in English) are more typical RPGs. I liked Digimon World Dawn/Dusk on the DS.
(You can get Skullgreymon or Diaboromon earlier in Dusk...)

 

[TreIII]

So then whats his perfect form?

In a case like that, Magnamon is just one of several possibilities for what XV could evolve into next. And that's also considering the notion that in the games/TCG, XV-mon could've evolved from any thing ranging from V-mon to Agumon or Patamon, among others.

Man I want to play some of the games. Which ones are the best? In anyone's opinion.

Digimon World Dawn/Dusk for the DS still holds up pretty well, I'd think.

I'd recommend the likes of the aforementioned Digimon World 1 and Digimon World Championship (also for DS), but since those games are closer to the V-pets, they may not be to everybody's tastes.

 

[zeromcd73]

Man I want to play some of the games. Which ones are the best? In anyone's opinion.

The GOAT

2003 was good too.

 

[Ultimadrago]

I haven't played Digimon World 1, but I think Digimon World 2 is fine if you're willing to overlook some flaws. It seems to take a page from the intense evolution charts posted here though, which I think is its largest flaw (DNA Digilution for everything).

I also played Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for the first time the other day and really enjoyed it with a friend. It's unfortunately barebones, but if you can rent or borrow it, it's worth a play. The stages were better than I expected as well.

 

[lordfroakie]

Speaking of Armor evolution, I wish it went further and allowed everyone to share their Armor digieggs with eachother. We got horrible looking jogress evolutions instead :/

 

[I-hate-u]

Speaking of Armor evolution, I wish it went further and allowed everyone to share their Armor digieggs with eachother. We got horrible looking jogress evolutions instead :/

That would have been insane. There would be like 54 evolutions. I don't think Toei had a budget anywhere close to that effort.

 

[I-hate-u]

I also played Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for the first time the other day and really enjoyed it with a friend. It's unfortunately barebones, but if you can rent or borrow it, it's worth a play. The stages were better than I expected as well.

I always thought that the game was awesome for having Agunimon. I hope he is in the new PS3/360 game.

 

[Paper Sparrow]

I haven't played Digimon World 1, but I think Digimon World 2 is fine if you're willing to overlook some flaws. It seems to take a page from the intense evolution charts posted here though, which I think is its largest flaw (DNA Digilution for everything).

I also played Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for the first time the other day and really enjoyed it with a friend. It's unfortunately barebones, but if you can rent or borrow it, it's worth a play. The stages were better than I expected as well.

Is Digimon World 2 the one where you drive that tank around or something?
I think a friend of mine owned that one...

Speaking of Armor evolution, I wish it went further and allowed everyone to share their Armor digieggs with eachother. We got horrible looking jogress evolutions instead :/

There is a radio drama with this concept. This beauty happened...

(Patamon + Digi-Egg of Light... idk man)

 

[I-hate-u]

That's a magikarp.

 

[Ultimadrago]

I always thought that the game was awesome for having Agunimon. I hope he is in the new PS3/360 game.

Yeah, its character selection is pretty damn sweet. I'm certainly more interested in the upcoming one now after playing Arena 2.

Is Digimon World 2 the one where you drive that tank around or something?
I think a friend of mine owned that one...

Yeah, you dungeon-crawl in an upgradable tank and engage in 3-on-3 turn based battles. The environments for a given continent can get stale after a while, but the DNA Digivolving and Digimon capturing keep it all fresh enough. Plus the Digimon tournament, which was pretty fun.

 

[TreIII]

Speaking of Armor evolution, I wish it went further and allowed everyone to share their Armor digieggs with eachother. We got horrible looking jogress evolutions instead :/

A number of those different evolutions do actually exist.

For example, Honeybeemon is what V-mon would get if he used the Digimental/Digiegg of Knowledge.

The only time this ever factored into the anime continuity was during a radio drama where Takeru/TK and Daisuke/Davis' Terminals got mixed up, and V-mon ended up Armor Evolving into Sagitarimon via the Digimental of Hope, instead.

 

[SkyOdin]

Speaking of Armor evolution, I wish it went further and allowed everyone to share their Armor digieggs with eachother. We got horrible looking jogress evolutions instead :/

They exist. Every possible combination of digiegg and season 2 main digimon. They even created a digiegg of kindness to have even more. Most of those designs ended up in the card game and so forth. However, a large number of them have appeared as random digimon in every season since 2. Those random scarecrows from Digimon Tamers? A Patamon armor digivolution! The chef who kicks out the digidestined in an early Frontier episode? That was Wormmon's armor digivolution with the Miracle digiegg.

However, a very large percentage of these armor digivoltions are freaking weird. I don't even know how most of them are supposed to make sense.

 

[unknownstranger]

Still sad I lost my Digimon World 1 and Digimon Arena games. Still have Digimon World 2 but haven't gone back to it in forever. Never got the 3rd one though. Rented Digimon Arena 2 once but don't remember it all that well.

 

[Boss Doggie]

I just really find them weird, especially Magnamon and his gold bikini.

 

[Paper Sparrow]

I don't like how a lot of the armor digivolutions don't look like they used the corresponding digi-egg.

Some just seem completely random:

(Hawkmon + Digi-Egg of Hope)

Some are cool though:

(Tailmon + Digi-Egg of Knowledge)

 

[Professor Beef]

Man I want to play some of the games. Which ones are the best? In anyone's opinion.

Here ya go:

Skip Digimon World 1 through 4, they're not very good and/or haven't aged well at all. I made a semi-detailed post about each game, but it was a while ago and I don't know if I can find it through GAF search.

Digimon Dawn/Dusk are the go-to games, though. Very good on their own, and also have some Pokemon-like traits when it comes to breeding.

EDIT: Found my post

DW3 isn't awful, and does a good job with the turn-based style of RPG fights, but the lack of any quick-travel options hurts the game badly. Not to mention it's easy to forget your next objective. I've owned the game for years, and I STILL have no clue what I'm supposed to do next.

DO NOT touch DW4. It's easily one of the worst games I've played. It tried to hook people with the X-Men Legends style of gameplay (4P co-op, leveling and equips, etc.), but it failed miserably in the execution. I couldn't get rid of the game fast enough.

The DS games are fantastic. They have a system in place similar to Pokemon's EVs, but it's even less required and much easier than Pokemon. The battles look really simplistic with barely any animations, but it's not a huge deal. Digivolving is also different from the other games. Each Digimon has a level cap that can only be raised by digivolving up or down a level. DW4 tried this system, but the game botched it by having your stats reset to 1 each time. In the DS games your stats don't reset, but they rise/fall accordingly. You can eventually max out your stats by constantly digivolving, and by putting them into your "farms" (which is the equivalent of Pokemon's PCs) where they can do individual training and raise certain stats and elements. It's very, very in-depth and also surprisingly simple.

Digimon World Championship plays kinda like Pokemon Ranger, where you control everything with the stylus, but the battles themselves are random in the sense that you only control where your team moves. You have to hope that they use the moves you have assigned them. A friend of mine who loved World DS and Dawn/Dusk didn't like Championship at all.

 

[SkyOdin]

Probably my favorite Digimon video game was Digimon Card Battle. It was a surprisingly fun card game, with the added gimmick that you could armor digivolve your starter.

 

[Subtle]

I've only played Digimon World 4. Don't play Digimon World 4.

 

[ReiGun]

Digimon World 3 was pretty good. Standard RPG-fare from battling to leveling, but that was hardly a mark against it. The card battle side game was also dopeness. The biggest problems were no quick travel options like Beef said and getting the best mons required large amounts of tedious grinding.

 

[Wazzy]

I love 1-3 and wish they would get a psn release.

 

[Crimsonlink]

Warning about Digimon World 3. You want to get the PAL version which was called Digimon World 2003.

There is some end game content cut out in the US version titled Digimon World 3 that only 2003 version has in its game.

Really wish it was on PSN. Would play the crap out of it.

 

[Cosmozone]

Ooooohh! Just found out about this news. Should go to off-topic more often! Awesome hype on the first pages. Count me in. Put me in the Dark Ocean camp, that episode was awesome and my favorite.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Yeah adding Sukamon definitely pissed me off lol. If they would have added him earlier it wouldn't have been so bad but it was seriously right in the final stretch after waiting weeks to get that far. So I just said fuck it, I'll let everyone else do this (I'm still clicking though... just more angrily).

Still can't control my hype.

I don't think Tai's hair will be the exact same, but similar. I think it'll be toned down a bit and smaller. TBH I think his hair in 02 was a little overboard.

Yeah I rage quitted....how far are we now

 

[Professor Beef]

I've only played Digimon World 4. Don't play Digimon World 4.

I want to like DW4, because it's essentially X-Men Legends with a Digimon skin (and is also the foundation of the DS games). But holy shit, having all of your stats reset to 1 when you digivolve? Boy, I really hope someone got fired for that blunder.

 

[Lucumo]

Digimon World 1 is awesome, definitely worth to play it.

Hopefully, this series will be as good as Digimon Adventure, but I'm not holding my breath for that.

 

[Squire]

Hopefully the new season is as good as Tamers.

I'm at the D-Reaper arc now. This is in my top ten animes.

 

[Boss Doggie]

My favorite Digimon game has been 1. That's why I'm anxious for Reigitize.

I want to like DW4, because it's essentially X-Men Legends with a Digimon skin (and is also the foundation of the DS games). But holy shit, having all of your stats reset to 1 when you digivolve? Boy, I really hope someone got fired for that blunder.

Personally Digimon 2 was more frustrating in that aspect, forcing to fuse because your mon hits the level cap (quite early too).

 

[I-hate-u]

Not sure how this indicative of the potential plot in this new show, but http://bokutachinodigitalworld.blogspot.ca/, did a translation of the Royal Knight 13 outlook that was released with Jesmon.

Royal Knights, they are gathered to manage the world of Yggdrasill, the 13 Holy knights with name of their pride of being the strongest in the Digital World. For the longest time, there wasn't the 13th Royal Knights. After meeting, Gankoomon seeks the potential on the "Hackmon", who was in the Child Level, after numerous strict training, Hackmon surpass its Adult level, Perfect level, and finally evolves to its Ultimate form: "Jesmon" as the 13th Royal Knights. In front of all Royal Knights, they can't gather completely without Alphamon. As the one loyal to Yggdrasill, appreciates the ones who chose his ability, with its incomparable overwhelm power, and in-accordance with the justince he believes in.
Theere's another Cyber World other than the Digital World Yggdrasill dominates: Digital World: Alias, which it's managed under the name of Olympic 12th Digimon. The world that Royal Knights do not interfer with the Olympic 12th. However, if one day Yggdrasill plans to cover virus to the other side of Digital World(Alias)...
Then will there be conflects between the Royal Knights and the Olympic 12th?

http://bokutachinodigitalworld.blogspot.ca/2014/08/digivicejesmon-shfalphamonetc.html
A potential Olympus XII vs Royal Knights storyline? Sign me the hell up.
Huckmon has been added to the new released Digivices too. I guess its all but confirmed now.

Hopefully the new season is as good as Tamers.

I'm at the D-Reaper arc now. This is in my top ten animes.

Are you watching the jap version? Episode 34 is so good.

 

[Squire]

Are you watching the jap version? Episode 34 is so good.

I'm watching the dub, but yeah, episode 34 was fantastic. I'm at 45 now and just wow.

 

[I-hate-u]

I'm watching the dub, but yeah, episode 34 was fantastic. I'm at 45 now and just wow.

The 3 characters make the season shine.

 

[ThePrivateCookie]

the only reason i liked agumon is because he reminds me of chamander

 

[Ultimadrago]

Y'all are getting me excited for Tamers. I'm taking a Digi-break at the moment (nearly done watching Hellsing Ultimate), but I'm almost ready to get back at it again. I'll be watching the Japanese version when I do start, but it's good to know the dub is a viable option here.

the only reason i liked agumon is because he reminds me of chamander

I liked Agumon as a kid because of his natural evolution line (plus Skullgreymon). It's the same reason I like him today, I suppose. Funny, I've never been a Charmander fan, but gravitated immediately towards Agumon when getting into Digimon.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

I liked Agumon due to how badass Wargreymon is

 

[Pegosaurus]

So many posts since I last checked!

Not sure how this indicative of the potential plot in this new show, but http://bokutachinodigitalworld.blogspot.ca/, did a translation of the Royal Knight 13 outlook that was released with Jesmon.

http://bokutachinodigitalworld.blogspot.ca/2014/08/digivicejesmon-shfalphamonetc.html
A potential Olympus XII vs Royal Knights storyline? Sign me the hell up.
Huckmon has been added to the new released Digivices too. I guess its all but confirmed now.

Ok wait, so Yggradsil rules TWO digital worlds? WHoa re the Olympus XII? This all sounds really interesting but I don't know who these guys are lol

edit: actually I remember Merukimon from Savers being part of this group, but it's fuzzy

I enjoyed Digimon World 1, which is probably the closest in concept to the original Digimon virtual pets. (I think it was made before the anime?)
Last I checked it's not the easiest game to obtain.

The rest of the "main" games (that are in English) are more typical RPGs. I liked Digimon World Dawn/Dusk on the DS.
(You can get Skullgreymon or Diaboromon earlier in Dusk...)

In a case like that, Magnamon is just one of several possibilities for what XV could evolve into next. And that's also considering the notion that in the games/TCG, XV-mon could've evolved from any thing ranging from V-mon to Agumon or Patamon, among others.



Digimon World Dawn/Dusk for the DS still holds up pretty well, I'd think.

I'd recommend the likes of the aforementioned Digimon World 1 and Digimon World Championship (also for DS), but since those games are closer to the V-pets, they may not be to everybody's tastes.

The GOAT

2003 was good too.

Here ya go:

thanks guys, I'll definitely look into Dawn/Dusk for the DS. Are there any significant differences between them that make them both worth playing?

I think I may still have a Digimon World disk lying around somewhere...

this really makes me want Cyber Sleuth and Reigitize localized ;-;


also that WarGreymon gif above is great. WarGreymon is great.

gonna throw a question out to DigiGAF here, how many of you prefer sub to dub or vice versa?

 

[Frog-fu]

So I figured I'd rewatch adventure 1 to get back into the series, and since the dub for the sequel come out for a while I decided to go with the sub but quickly went back to the dub. Neither are perfect but I prefer dub over sub on this. Might give sub another try at some point though.

 

[Paper Sparrow]

thanks guys, I'll definitely look into Dawn/Dusk for the DS. Are there any significant differences between them that make them both worth playing?

No, not really. They have pretty much the same story line and only like, two or three Digimon are exclusive.
Edit: Actually scratch that. I don't think any are exclusive...

I think I may still have a Digimon World disk lying around somewhere...

this really makes me want Cyber Sleuth and Reigitize localized ;-;

Reigitize is getting translated by some fans. By the sounds of it, the patch will come out by the end of the year.

gonna throw a question out to DigiGAF here, how many of you prefer sub to dub or vice versa?

I have a soft spot for the early dubs, but the subs are better. Especially for parts that need silence or emotional weight.

 

[KuroPyonyo]

PSA: The site is really badly coded, just block cookies for the domain and you can click as often as you want. (tested on chrome)

 

[TreIII]

A potential Olympus XII vs Royal Knights storyline? Sign me the hell up.
Huckmon has been added to the new released Digivices too. I guess its all but confirmed now.

*whistle*

I'd take yet another iteration of the

Spoiler

"Yggdrasil is really being an asshole"

plot outline again, if it meant that we were actually getting a nice gang war out of it.

Things like Omegamon

Spoiler

just going around killing innocent Digimon

in X-Evolution just made things sad.