Some people thought it was a pain in the butt, I’m sure, but I loved keeping an eye on my little buddy and watching him grow.ĭigimon World was focused on caring for your companion, paired with RPG elements that fleshed out the game. He could get overworked, sick, or injured. You had to feed him, let him sleep, and make sure he had bathroom breaks. The game was created before the anime, so it took its inspiration from the Tamagotchi. Your Digimon aged, died, and was reborn as a baby. The special thing about Digimon World was the way you raised your monster. It was exactly what I’d expected after spending so much time with the Digimon virtual pet. So when I got the first Digimon World on the PlayStation as a reward for good grades, I was totally ecstatic. The Digimon anime, games, and cards were all born from the blooping virtual pet. I didn’t know it then, but Digimon was created as a “boy’s” Tamagotchi that was the birth of it all. My sister had one too, and we’d battle each other all the time. You took care of a monster (that could grow into one of many cool, stronger monsters) that fought other people’s monsters! Ingenious. The Digimon virtual pet* was my absolute favorite. That’s not what it’s all about, Home Goods Store! It’s about feeding, caring, raising, and watching as they evolve. Even my child-self was put off by the false claims that were printed on the packaging. The dog stayed a dog, the rabbit stayed a rabbit. They never grew into new forms, but did age and die after a while. You selected a typical pet to “raise”, but all you did was play minigames. There was the Dinkie Dino and that weird egg-shaped one that my mom wrote my name on (and then I got mad and rubbed nail polish remover on it until the permanent marker was eaten off), and the crappy blue one that came from a home goods store. I never had a Tamagotchi, but I had a whole bunch of gadgets in the same family. My childhood was speckled with virtual pet key chains.
Since Digimon World Re:Digitize is celebrating the series’ 15th anniversary and has very strong ties to the first Digimon World on PS1, this breaks my little monster-loving heart.
The North American and European branches of Namco Bandai appear depressingly uninterested in Digimon. And not to be a Negative Nancy, but it probably won’t be seen outside of it.
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It’s scheduled for release on PSP on July 19th in Japan. I am in physical pain whenever I see updates on Digimon World Re:Digitize.