Digimon World Championship

Digimon World Championship (デジモンチャンピオンシップ Dejimon Chanpionshippu, lit. Digimon Championship) is a life simulation video game for the Nintendo DS developed by Epics and published by Bandai Namco Games as part of the Digimon franchise. It was released in Japan in February 2008 and North America in August 2008. Despite its localized name, it is not an official part of the Digimon World sub-series of role-playing games, but instead revolves around the player raising, feeding, and caring for their Digimon as they take part in various activities and learn to battle. (edit: This is in fact incorrect as the original Digimon World title for the PS1 played as such and this game in particular tries to harken back to the original gameplay of Digimon World where taking care of your Digimon was a main part of the gameplay. So while it may not be an offcial part of the Digimon World series, its gameplay replicates the original more than the sequels in the series.)

Digimon World Championship
Developer(s)Epics
Publisher(s)Namco Bandai Games
SeriesDigimon
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: February 14, 2008
  • NA: August 26, 2008
Genre(s)Life simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
Multiple Digimon engage in a battle. The creature named "Vals" is being attacked.

It varies from other Digimon DS games in that the player does not give commands in a fight but the Digimon choose their attacks themselves. It also requires that the player feeds and looks after their Digimon, also having to heal, cure, and clean up after them, much like the older Digimon games. This is also the first Digimon game to include the Dracomon line of Digimon, featuring Petitmon, Babydmon, Dracomon, Coredramon (Air), Coredramon (Ground), Wingdramon, Groundramon, Slayerdramon, and Breakdramon. The starting Digimon is Botamon.

Reception

IGN staff writer Lucas M. Thomas listed the game as one of the "tears" on his "Cheers & Tears" list of DS fighting games. He bemoaned the confusing nature of the Digivolution mechanic, adding that the Pokémon series offered a more straightforward approach to evolution.[5]

References
  1. "Digimon World Championship". GameRankings. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  2. "Digimon World Championship". Metacritic. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  3. Shau, Austin (August 26, 2008). "Digimon World Championship Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  4. DeVries, Jack (August 26, 2008). "Digimon World Championship Review". IGN. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  5. Thomas, Lucas M. (August 21, 2009). "Cheers & Tears: DS Fighting Games". IGN. Retrieved March 28, 2010.


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