Digimon World DS

Nintendo exclusive

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 and the first Digimon game for the Nintendo DS. It is not part of the Digimon World series, as suggested by its localized title, but the game does bears a resemblance to Digimon World 3.

Also known as: Digimon Story · デジモンストーリー Dejimon Sutōrī · DWDS
Released: 15 June 2006
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genres: Role-playing
Developers: Bandai Namco Holdings
Publishers: Bandai Namco Holdings
Series: Digimon
Modes: Single-player
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E10+

About

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, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory, and Digimon Story: Time Stranger.

Keywords

breeding
artificial intelligence
anthropomorphism
leveling up
special attacks
non-player character
nintendo wi-fi connection
digivolution

Media

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Gameplay

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.

Story

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

Famitsu gave the game a relatively positive score of 30/40, receiving cross review scores of 8, 7, 8, and 7, respectively, 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 "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.