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| From: Namco
Buy New: $39.95
New (14) Used (11) from $26.99
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1714
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 70015
UPC: 722674700153
EAN: 0722674700153
ASIN: B000GA8U9W
Release Date: November 7, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: brand new factory sealed
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| Customer Reviews:
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 The best of the Digimon World games January 20, 2007
Jarred Israelsen (Castle Dale, UT USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
One thing I appreciate about this game is that, while they've adopted some of the traits that made the Pokemon games successful, they've also maintained the separate identity of the Digimon. Before I played this game, my favorite in the series was the second. And, by the way, this is the fifth in the series, not the sixth.
Of the Digimon World games, this one is the most cartoony-looking; but that doesn't take away from playability. I like that this game has an index of Digimon that've been encountered, and even an indication of which ones have been trained by the player. At some point in the future, I hope to make my own computer and video games. One idea that works well for this game, although I wouldn't put in my game, is that enemy Digimon are scanned for their data, which can be used to create your own of that Digimon. And, as Ultimate and Mega types are collected, once you have the right item, you can create those Digimon, then degenerate them for their Rookie, and even their In Training forms.
One thing that I especially like about this game is that they got away from those deliberate bugs that they had in the Digimon World 2 game. Yet, I do have a question or two about this game, which may be answered for me as I complete the Digi-dex: Is Gazimon in this game? If not, then where's he been? Since Digimon World 2, he seems to have disappeared.
Wow...Digimon Is Actually Fun! December 15, 2006
Alan Ng (Torrance, CA USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love Digimon when I was a kid, and I still do after finishing watching the first season of Digimon just now (again...) It was never a big phenomenon like Pokemon, but somehow it still lives on! This is the first Digimon game for the Nintendo DS, and a great one too! It features almost every Digimon from Season 1 to Season 4! Even though it doesn't follow the digivolving mechanism introduced on the television series, it is still as addicting as ever! This may feel like a rip-off of Pokemon (the battle system, the "gotta catch'em all" theme, etc), it is one of the best RPGs on DS! If you are a Pokemon fanatic who is waiting for Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, this game will certainly warm you up! Buy this and I am sure you will have a blast with it!
 Digimon World 6 January 19, 2007
Dana Bridges (Lexington, KY USA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This game was a big hit with my son and his friends.
They Should Have Called This Something Else August 1, 2008
Trevor J. Edwards (Columbus, OH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every now and again you'll have a game come along which associates itself with otherwise dull material and you'll pass it up for years based on that premise. Digimon World is one of those games. I wholeheartedly dismissed this game on the basis of it being a Digimon game because the anime I find to be lackluster and previous Digimon games had been pretty bad.
Upon starting up this game you'd probably be pretty skeptical because the writing and story are apparently laughably bad and the graphics really aren't anything to get in to a nerd fervor over. Fast forward an hour to a point when you've circumnavigated the mindless RPG introduction drivel ("This is how you do turn based combat" "This is your health points"...) and you'll slowly but surely fall in love with one of the most original and well done monster collection games I've set my hands on since the original Pokemon games.
You start by selecting from 3 starting critters which will probably be familiar to fans of the series. From there you embark on various tasks in the digital world in an effort to become the greatest trainer. This all sounds generic but that's really where most of the similarities to other games end.
As opposed to having to catch or entice monsters like you would in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker or Pokemon Pearl Digimon has you slowly collecting a monster's data as you fight them. Some faster than others but you're still effectively always "catching" monsters as you fight. This removes nearly all of the randomness I found to be annoying in the aforementioned titles, you simply have to fight a monster enough times to get 100% of its data and then you may "digiconvert" it in to existence.
Once you've materialized your monster you then develop the monster along an evolution tree similar to the demon system in Castlevania Curse of Darkness. Some evolutions are harder to achieve than others which leaves you revisiting old monsters and spawning new monsters of old varieties.
Still not convinced? Here's the grand slam for the game in my opinion. A large portion of the game is devoted to a monster farm system the game has implemented. With these farms you can leave it to the computer to effectively raise monsters you aren't using. You can have several farms, you can put equipment on these farms to alter the growth of your monsters, you can go in and manually train your monsters, and several other features. With the farm system you're effectively getting two games in one and furthermore you always feel like you're making progress and there's always something to do whether it be battling with your party or managing your farms and reserve monsters.
If I had to come up with any faults of this game it's that with the constant activity of the farm you sometimes can get tied up on the farm rather than progressing through the game. For me this isn't really a negative but others will undoubtedly dislike the sometimes nagging feeling the game gives you.
All things considered it's a darn shame I let this game slip under my radar. I'm thoroughly enjoying it thus far and I'd highly recommend this game to RPG fans and monster collecting game fans.
Digimon DS is great! October 4, 2008
Digimon DS is awesome! Great plot, makes you wonder what's going to happen next. On the top screen of the DS,you can check out your digimon messing around on your farm while you do a mission. Sometimes they will talk while they train which is very useful when they send you $1,000. Missions are challenging because sometimes you are required to find something hidden somewhere to unlock where the boss is. Real bosses for big missions are hard, but not hard so that you give up. Also music is pretty good. Lots of different music for different areas. When you get into a random fight with wimpy digimon, there's different music than tough bosses. Overall awesome game. Wi-fi options are limited to only friend things and not random people who are on so that sort of stinks if there's no one around with that game. Also, if you don't know ANYTHING about Digimon like I did, it'll introduce you to how you play the game. Also good for Pokemon lovers! Great game for Digimon fans and everyone else!
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