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Digimon RPG
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Developer(s)DIGITALIC
Publisher(s)DIGITALIC, Bandai, CDC Games
Designer(s)DIGITALIC
SeriesDigimon series
Platform(s)Windows
ReleaseKorea: Jan 22, 2002; America: March 2010;
China: Sept 25, 2008.[1]
Genre(s)MMORPG
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Digimon RPG is a free to play micro-transaction supported MMORPG in a setting based on that of the Digimon media franchise, specifically the Digimon Tamers anime. It is currently only available to play in South Korea, but fan-created English and Spanish translation patches exist. In addition Bandai and Digitalic are working on an official English version of the game that is planned for Global launch in March 2010 by WeMade Entertainment.

Game Basics

The game is a typical MMORPG, except that players do not personally fight enemies; the Digimon they capture fight in their place.

Players control an avatar of one of the four main characters of Digimon Tamers: Takato Matsuki, Rika Nonaka, Henry Wong, and Jeri Katou. The players are not intended to be representing the actual characters, and thus are allowed to choose their own name and modify their appearance to some extent. Players then choose a "starter Digimon". The starter Digimon selected is one of the three used by Takato, Rika, and Henry in Tamers: Gigimon, Gummymon, or Viximon. In addition, different starter Digimon are sometimes offered during special events. So far, events have offered DemiVeemon, Hopmon, Yaamon, Dorimon, and a Digimon Savers-themed Koromon. Regardless, the player chooses a starter Digimon, which they use in battle to obtain stronger Digimon and accomplish NPC-given missions. Over the course of the game, starter and captured Digimon will digivolve into stronger forms with more powerful attacks.

Catchable Digimon

Special Digimon

There are some Digimon that may only be obtained by doing events, or meeting special circumstances.

Capturing Digimon

Most Digimon begin at In-Training and generally are able to digivolve to either Ultimate or Mega level. Captured Digimon tend to remain at the level they were caught at, i.e. a captured Greymon would not likely become Agumon again. Only In-Training Digimon have a reasonable chance of being captured for free:

During battle, the player has three tries to capture a Digimon, via the "capture" option in the in-game interface. However, there is a high chance that the attempted capture will fail, with an estimated 0.01% chance of a successful capture. The player can, if they so choose, buy a "Net" item with real-world money that has a 100% chance of success, even on high-level Digimon.

Battle

Battling is done in a turn based style. The player does not directly fight in battle. Instead, a digimon chosen by the player as his or her "main" digimon fights in their stead. Each Digimon has a time bar that goes up over the course of the battle. When the time bar fills, the Tamer may take action with that Digimon, such as attacking, fleeing, or using items to recover health.

In battle, the player is only directly able to use card items to temporarily alter their digimon's stats, induce digivolution, or switch in other Digimon they own. A tamer can only use 3 cards at a time, and are limited to a certain number of card uses per battle. Cards are bought in-game or traded with other players.

Account legality outside Korea

During registration, Digimon RPG asks for the usual information that any RPG asks for. However, it also verifies Korean citizenship by tying the account to a Korean resident registration number. While this greatly inhibits international player use, the system is not foolproof. Keygens exist that will generate a false Korean resident registration number, and therefore allow account creation. This is heavily frowned upon, but Digitalic is not known to actively pursue users of these keygens.

In the past, "Temporary Accounts" were available to anyone regardless of nationality. Despite the name, the only real difference from Korean citizenship required accounts was the restriction of certain special events, such as the special partner Digimon. Eventually, Digimon RPG ceased offering Temporary Accounts, and those who already possessed one were required to change it into a normal account.

English version

Recently, WeMade Entertainment signed a contract with Digitalic allowing them to release Digimon RPG along with its currently-in-development sequel, Digimon Masters. Originally Digitalic had signed a contract with CDC games, however the contract got cancelled. [2]

Digimon Battle is the English version of the Korean Digimon RPG, which was originally scheduled to be released sometime last year (2009) by CDC Games. Now it is scheduled to be released march 2010, the date displayed on the official trailer, with Korean MMO developer and service provider "WeMade Entertainment" handling its operation.

Digimon RPG/Battle Official English Website

References

  1. ^ "CDC Games Launches Digimon RPG In the World's Largest Online Game Market". CDC Games. September 25, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  2. ^ "CDC Games Signs Agreement with SK Telecom to License Digimon Online Games for North America and China". Reuters. March 10, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2009.


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