Operation Decode

[Netkeeper]

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[Source (http://digi-egg.tumblr.com/post/90395576442/help-operation-decode-reach-50k-signatures-and)]
Yo. I'm not usually the type that even signs online petitions, much less spreads the word about them, but I thought I'd give it a shot here because this is important to me and it appears that Bandai Namco might actually listen if this petition hits the 50k signature mark. We're almost there. If this is something you want to see, just give this link a quick click. (http://www.change.org/petitions/bandai-namco-games-europe-america-localize-digimon-games-again-e-g-digimon-world-re-digitize-decode-for-3ds-digimon-story-cyber-sleuth-for-psvita) Thank you!

EDIT: We've got Digimon All-Star Rumble on pre-order for PS3 and 360. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MIZJXTY/) Please, for the love of god, get this game.

[Shred Head]

An interesting new development has happened while the two portable games still aren't localized there is still a new game. A sequel to Rumble Arena Digimon Allstar Rumble. So far I only found the Europe trailer but I'm beyond sure it going to make it to the states. While I also signed the petition I think getting this game will be the real way to convince Namco Bandai and Saban to get the 3DS and Vita games to the west. Heres the trailer yeah the graphics dont even look good for last gen but it reminds me a Power Stone and I remember having fun with the other Rumble games so I'm optimistic.

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[Allio]

^sadly it looks like it suffers the same thing from Rumble Arena 2

too much Adventure characters, not enough variety

guess Rumble Arena 1 will still be the best

[Netkeeper]

Who cares about any of that, we need to buy it so that we can get our localizations. This is definitely getting my money.

[Allio]

Didn't say I wasn't going to get it

Digimon doesn't really get any good stuff in the States (all we get is extremely cheap toys and a mediocre dub)

[Netkeeper]

Mediocre? The Digimon dubs [except Fusion's, haven't seen enough of it to really tell] are fantastic and I prefer all of them to the subs. Don't bring your dub-bashing **** in MY thread.

I will agree on the cheapness of the toys, though. Dear god most of my Digimon toys broke within a few days of playing with them when I was a kid.

[Allio]

only good dubs are the last half of Tamers, frontier, and Data squad (Data Squad being the best dub) the adventure ones are just a product of 90's dubbing, Fusion is trying to replicate that same 90's dub but it is 2014... dubbing doesn't work like that.

wish digimon was picked up by Funimation or something

[Netkeeper]

I said don't bring your dub bashing into my thread. I love the Adventure dubs. I even fed you material to NOT argue with me about dubs, you didn't ****ing take it.

Don't talk about Digimon dub vs sub in my ****ing thread.

[Allio]

As an apology, have Tinkermon
https://38.media.tumblr.com/4bf6d66a18332f565330196d66add213/tumblr_n9otn2KHI81rb0dgyo3_500.png


Regarding All Star Rumble, hopefully they know what they are doing with it. Hopefully they have the option to switch for different evolution forms. Ie. Agumon can have either Wargreymon, Omegamon, Shinegreymon or Victory Greymon; Gomamon can become either Plesiomon or it's Adventure canon form Vikemon...and hope to Yggdrasil that Dorulumon can have it's Jaegerdorulumon instead of Shoutmon X4

the game could be good, but only time will tell

[Netkeeper]

Oooh, Tinkermon! Apology accepted!

All I really hope for would be characters from Tamers being present. But I don't see why they wouldn't do that, so I'm all set. I'll criticise gameplay after I get to play the game.

[Peanut]

Don't talk about Digimon dub vs sub in my ****ing thread.

Get a grip. You have zero ownership over a thread, kid.

Anyways, I'm going to get this, because I have some old school love for Digimon and I wish to god we got the PSP/3DS games. Hopefully showing support will give them another chance at release.

[Ninjinister]

^sadly it looks like it suffers the same thing from Rumble Arena 2

too much Adventure characters, not enough variety

guess Rumble Arena 1 will still be the best

Dude there's been literally 4/12 characters revealed. Let's see what the final roster holds.

(But yeah RA2 actually was ass - not specifically roster-wise, but it was just a terrible aping of not only Smash Bros. but the previous game)

[Allio]

Dude there's been literally 4/12 characters revealed. Let's see what the final roster holds.

(But yeah RA2 actually was ass - not specifically roster-wise, but it was just a terrible aping of not only Smash Bros. but the previous game)

actually the following are confirmed

Agumon (Wargreymon)
Gabumon (Metalgarurumon)
Tentomon (Atlurkabuterimon)
Piyomon (Houhoumon)
Gomamon (Plesiomon)
Tailmon
V-Mon
Shoutmon (Omegashoutmon)
Dorulumon (Shoutmon X4)

[Ninjinister]

actually the following are confirmed

Agumon (Wargreymon)
Gabumon (Metalgarurumon)
Tentomon (Atlurkabuterimon)
Piyomon (Houhoumon)
Gomamon (Plesiomon)
Tailmon
V-Mon


I feel like one more was announced, but i forget who

Waitwhat? When?

[Allio]

Waitwhat? When?

Tentomon and Atlurkabuterimon artwork (which you could argue it is just Concept art, but come on, you know he is in)
http://i.imgur.com/ukQinfE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/44Qscng.jpg



Tailmon
http://www.megaforcecast.com/gallery/albums/merchandise/games/digimon/normal_Digiscreen_02.JPG


V-mon in the player 3 icon
http://www.megaforcecast.com/gallery/albums/merchandise/games/digimon/normal_Digiscreen_05.JPG


Piyomon and Gomamon
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[Netkeeper]

And let me tell you, Plesiomon makes me very happy. He's so much cooler than Vikemon.

[arkangel]

Dude, you are one serious digimon fan. Remind me not to mess with you. :lol:

Not my corner of fandom, but I added myself to the petition to support a bro.

[Netkeeper]

Haha, sorry if I came across as a little intimidating there! But I appreciate your support of the petition regardless. I really want that 3DS game.

[Peanut]

We're never going to get it, which is such a huge bummer.

[Ninjinister]

Well I stand corrected. All I saw everywhere was the initial 4-character trailer that was released a couple of days ago. I think it's cool that we're getting the Adventure characters' Megas in a fighter, but man... just the idea of a 12 character roster is extremely limiting for a giant (character-wise) franchise like this, but to pick almost exclusively from one series (and all "heroes" to boot) is a bit disappointing. I'm still excited, just a bit less so.

Shoot, I hope the Megas aren't separate characters as well in that case, like they were in the original. If that were the case we know the entire roster already!

EDIT: Never mind, somehow forgot about Gatomon and Gomamon :|

[Allio]

my dream rumble arena game would still be to skip evolution all together and just focus on the characters, characters would be:

The Royal Knights + imperialdramon paladin mode
Olympus 12
10 ancient Digimon + Susanoomon
Seven Demon Lords
The Bantyos
Arbitrators

also Wargreymon, Kaisergreymon, Shinegreymon, Omegashoutmon and Arresterdramon for good measure

[Ninjinister]

I want the Four Holy Beasts and all of the Millenniummons

[Peanut]

So, what was everyone's favourite Digimon game anyways? I'd be interested to know, because a lot of them are way different from each other.

[Netkeeper]

My favourites were Digimon World 2 and Digimon World 1. I hated Digimon World 3, loved Rumble Arena, and thought the DS games were boring. Never got to play Rumble Arena 2 because of how obnoxiously expensive it is.

But as far as I'm concerned, Worlds 1 and 2 cover most of the bases in a Digimon game for me anyway. If I want a monster-raising game, I pick up 1, and if I want an RPG, I pick up 2. 3 Was an RPG as well, but it just wasn't as charming to me, and you can't even get that many Digimon. What's the point in a monster-based franchise if you can't get a bunch of monsters?

Also, my ideal Rumble Arena would probably place the Digimon in tiers. Only Rookies can fight Rookies, Champions fighting Champions, etc, and would include an equal amount of each. It'd make for a huge game, but it'd be great, since I've always thought using an evolution system in a fighting game makes it a little too complicated for my taste and it feels awkward pitting a Rookie against a Mega. And I prefer Rookies and Champions, so an all-Mega game has no appeal to me whatsoever.

[Allio]

So, what was everyone's favourite Digimon game anyways? I'd be interested to know, because a lot of them are way different from each other.

impossible for me to say

I haven't play world 1 or 2 since I was a kid (My world 1 disc stopped playing) and since I'm not a "muh nostalgia" guy, so I can't rank them

the only games I have indeed played recently are the Rumble Arena games, Battle Spirits, and the Digimon Story games: Dawn and Dusk. that's not really enough for me to "pick a favorite"

[Ninjinister]

Literally all of the ones I've played were from the PlayStation and WonderSwan with the exception of Rumble Arena 2 and World 4 (which I disliked) so uh... actually the immediate predecessors of both of those were my favorites. Rumble Arena 1 and World 3.

[Peanut]

Digimon World DS was great. I spent hundreds (yes, hundreds) of hours getting every single evolution and every permutation, maxing out every possible evolution line. So much fun. I played the sequel way less, though I can't recall why.

I also played tons of the original Digimon World and Digimon World 2 on PS1. 1 is such a weird relic of a game and I remember cruising proto-GameFAQs sites looking for methods to evolve my Digimon into something that wasn't Numemon. 2 is probably a worse game, but I spent more time with it. The dungeon crawling aspect is pretty bland and awful, but seeing all the different Digimon rendered in 3D was awesome. World 3 and 4 I couldn't get into at all.

One of the other ones that comes to mind is Digimon World Data Squad for the PS2. Savers was sort of a reinvigoration of my love for the series, so when I found out that game was coming out I jumped all over it. Kind of a standard JRPG, but considering every other Digimon game I had ever played was a more niche-style of RPG I was super into it. I also really liked the forking evolution trees as well.

I played the Rumble Arena games briefly, and by myself, so I was never very fond of them.

[Netkeeper]

When my dad bought me Digimon World 1 he bought it with the strategy guide [he did this with World 2 as well] so I never really had a problem evolving my Digimon into something that didn't suck. My first Champion ever was the decent Birdramon. I have gone through that game countless times and I love it so, so much. Even today when I pick it back up and play through some of it, it manages to surprise me and I get some Digimon I never had before.

Yeah, World 2 was rather bland, but it was such a fun game to play while I was multitasking. I used to sit down and put a TV table in front of the couch and play World 2 all night while I drew or even played another game. It was very slow-paced, which is probably a negative, but it allowed me to do other fun things at the same time.

[Ninjinister]

I played the Rumble Arena games briefly, and by myself, so I was never very fond of them.

As indicated before, I had never played Smash when I got RA1. None of my friends had a 64... or a Saturn for that matter. So it's one of the few things that I still hold a nostalgia for even though I rarely do anymore, just because it was something new to me. So for me, personally, I will always hold it in my heart.

Rumble Arena 2 was utter trash though. Crappy AI, super broken-powerful bosses (who are unlockable, I might add) and glitchy as hell - plus by the point that I got that game, I'd already put hours into Melee.

[Allio]

https://33.media.tumblr.com/6361aeef0d5f348bd60f188b1dccb911/tumblr_nbrf95aHjX1rtjgwno2_r1_1280.png

All star cast my ass

[Netkeeper]

Is that the entire cast? There's gotta be a few missing for us to unlock and be surprised by, right?

[Allio]

We know that there is 12 playable characters (as according to what we have seen)

Agumon
Gabumon
Gomamon
Tailmon
Tentomon
Piyomon
V-mon
Guilmon
Shoutmon
Dorulumon

and the last two are more than likely going to be Patamon and Palmon

the game also mentioned 32 evolution forms, some people are hoping Agumon might have an alternate skin to where he would evolve into Shinegreymon

[Netkeeper]

Oh, right, Guilmon IS in.

Then I'm happy, honestly. Who are you wanting that didn't get in?

[Allio]

You mean outside of the fact it needed to be more diverse, and not 8/12 of the digimon coming from 1 series...this is why I find Rumble Arena 1 to be better than 2...
I would be perfectly content if the game had

2-3 digimon perseries
Hackmon
Dorumon

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on a side note, If I was given the chance to make a Digimon fighting game...I would picture it like Marvel vs Capcom where the characters are throwing around their power levels

The cast would probably be

Wargreymon
MetalGarurumon
Sakuyamon
Kaizergreymonn
MagnaGarurumon
Susanoomon
Shinegreymon
Miragegaogamon
Omegashoutmon
Zekegreymon
Arresterdramon
Astamon
Royal Knights + Imperialdramon Paladin
Seven Demon Lords
Diablomon
Darkknightmon

A good variety of digimon from each series is all I would like

[Netkeeper]

The thing is, they have to use Digimon that people will recognise. Obviously, I am a huge fan of Hackmon, so that would be a great addition, but it's not one I can expect because hardly anybody even knows who Hackmon is. [Though, with the recent reveal of Jesmon, it's not impossible that Hackmon could be one of those last two unknown Digimon in the roster; I'm guessing one of them is Patamon].

While using lots of panseries Digimon would be really great, from a marketing standpoint they have to use recognisable ones.

[Allio]

but it kind of beats the purpose of a crossover game when majority of the characters comes from one show

[Netkeeper]

It's not a crossover game, it's an "all star" game. The idea is to include the most popular characters. Since Adventure is the most popular, this idea makes sense.

I'm not saying it's the best decision, but this game hasn't even come out yet and has already faced so much criticism regarding the cast when we NEED this game to sell. If you guys that keep bitching about it don't buy it, I'm blaming you assholes when we don't get any more localized Digimon games.

Speaking of that, thanks for not mentioning it's on pre-order (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MIZJXTY/). It's like you don't WANT more Digimon games after this one.

[Allio]

why should I have mentioned the pre-order, I already have it pre-ordered

[Netkeeper]

So that other people can pre-order? I found out about the pre-order news from WTW.

[Allio]

I'm sorry you didn't do your pre-order last month when they opened up

as for the "marketing stand-point"

it's like Power Rangers...just use the characters that the casuals will fan-wank over (ie. Tommy) and you are good to go

For adventure all you would need is Agumon and Gabumon along with Omegamon and that is all you need to keep them happy

[Shred Head]

Well tons of info has been dropped on this game and boy is it not good at all. Heres the Twitch Stream that been released on youtube.

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Just a bit of info if you dont have time to watch it.

Only four characters are unlocked at the start you have to play the story mode to get the rest and the alternate Digivolutions. Only twelve base characters and that it. Each sorta has an alternate form I'll get to this later.

Local play only zero online yes a fighting party game in late 2014 is local only I cant even oh man do words fail me on this one.

The game will be priced at $39.99 to me thats way to high for the little amount of content your getting.

There are more enemies and bosses in Story mode but sadly they will not be unlockable. Sorry but no playable Boltmon or Goblimon I saw a screenshot of them in story mode.

The story will not be fully voice but text boxed yup they go out of the way to get voices from the show and there used for only fight sounds and attack name shouts.I really should be putting that picard picture on this this but like the maker sof this game i'm to lazy.

DLC they have no plans unless it sales *snicker* ahem a million copies yup that realistic. In other words no DLC ain't happening you stuck with this **** roster.

Now here is the main event all the playable characters and alt digivolutions.

AGUMON
Digivolved Form: WarGreymon
Super Form: Omnimon


GABUMON
Digivolved Form: MetalGarurumon
Super Form: Omnimon


BIYOMON
Digivolved Form: Hououmon
Super Form: Examon


TENTOMON
Digivolved Form: MegaKabuterimon
Super Form: TyrantKabuterimon


GOMAMON
Digivolved Form: Plesiomon
Super Form: AegisDramon


GATOMON
Digivolved Form: Angewomon
Super Form: Examon


SHOUTMON
Digivolved Form: OmniShoutmon
Super Form: Shoutmon DX


DORULUMON
Digivolved Form: Shoutmon X4
Super Form: Shoutmon X5B


VEEMON
Digivolved Form: ExVeemon
Super Form: Imperialdramon Fighter Mode


WORMMON
Digivolved Form: Stingmon
Super Form: Imperialdramon Fighter Mode


GUILMON
Digivolved Form: WarGrowlmon
Super Form: Gallantmon


IMPMON
Digivolved Form: Beelzemon
Super Form: Shoutmon X5B

Yup thats it no Patamon no Renamon lots of alt forms are reused and some are just random. Examon for Gatomon and whats really amazing Magnadramon is in the damn story mode yet cant be Playable WTF. I knew this game wouldn't be good but damn not this bad.

[Peanut]

What does any of that have to do with the quality of the game? Is it good? Is it FUN? You're whining about specific things you don't like and saying the game is a huge disaster, but you didn't mention a thing about how the game actually plays. That's the most important part of a game...isn't it?

[Allio]

some gameplay

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disppointed the player is mostly spamming the special attacks

only interesting digimon are Examon (woo, a Royal Knight) Tyrantkabuterimon, and Aegisdramon

[Ninjinister]

What does any of that have to do with the quality of the game? Is it good? Is it FUN? You're whining about specific things you don't like and saying the game is a huge disaster, but you didn't mention a thing about how the game actually plays. That's the most important part of a game...isn't it?

Yeah I was wondering that myself, when reading the diatribe. He missed out on the most important factor.

[Netkeeper]

SO WHO'S GOT THIS GAME

damn it people buy this game

[Allio]

I got it...not really that impressed with it

I even played that horrible digimon fusion cellphone game to ease me into All Star

[Netkeeper]

I haven't gotten much time with it yet, but I'm liking it just fine so far. What problems are you having with it? And don't mention the cast. The cast is fine.

[Peanut]

Few questions, because I'm lazy right now.

1) What's this out on again? 360?
2) Is there a physical copy?

[Netkeeper]

1: 360 and PS3.
2: Yes.

[Peanut]

Thanks! I might order a copy this weekend.

[Allio]

I haven't gotten much time with it yet, but I'm liking it just fine so far. What problems are you having with it? And don't mention the cast. The cast is fine.

one of the major issues is the story mode, it's all the same more or less tedious a waste of time and uninspiring. The only good thing is that you don't have to play story mode for 4 of the players. Should of left the story mode and just had an arcade style single player. Would of saved 30 minutes

as for cast, yes there is a problem with the cast...especially with Impmon's second evolution. when the game said "36 forms" I wasn't expecting 4 of them to be the same as others.

TyrantKabuterimon is fun to play...so I'll give it that

as for gameplay itself, it's alright...I find it more easier than Rumble arena 2 at least. Best characters in the game Tentomon(Tyrantkabuterimon), wormmon, Piyomon(Examon)


also:

No items, No Digicards, Toy Town Only

[Netkeeper]

I don't see any issues with the story mode. I think you're just being overly picky. And I said NOT to mention the cast, you idiot.

Also, can you turn off items, out of curiosity? Didn't think to check, but I don't particularly care if you can't, either.

[Allio]

I'm sorry for being unbiased

[Netkeeper]

Nah, you're being biased. There are changes I'd make to the cast too, if I could. But that isn't what's important. What's important is making sure the game sells, so we can get a shot at having the upcoming Digimon games brought over here. So we have to make it sound like buying this is a good idea.

[The Stryker]

You girls bicker in every single thread. There something personal with ya'll?


What's funny about it is that it's pretty much someone fighting their mirror image.

Anywho. I was thinking about checking it out but the videos don't look so hot. After Smash Up I have a very low tolerance for bad to mediocre 4 player fighting games.

[Netkeeper]

Allio likes all the things I like. :|

[Peanut]

Nah, you're being biased. There are changes I'd make to the cast too, if I could. But that isn't what's important. What's important is making sure the game sells, so we can get a shot at having the upcoming Digimon games brought over here. So we have to make it sound like buying this is a good idea.

This section is way too full of savy game players to be fooled by that kind of nonsense. Acting like an asshole about the game doesn't make it look good, it makes you look bad.

[Ninjinister]

I'll bite down on ASR eventually but, seriously, releasing two weeks before Smash? My funds are limited and the money's gonna go to something I know I'll enjoy versus something I might enjoy.

[Netkeeper]

This section is way too full of savy game players to be fooled by that kind of nonsense. Acting like an asshole about the game doesn't make it look good, it makes you look bad.
I'm not talking about just here. My attitude here is the same as everywhere else I go. While yes, being an asshole about the game is more likely to make the person look bad than the game, talking positively about the game makes the game look good.

I'll bite down on ASR eventually but, seriously, releasing two weeks before Smash? My funds are limited and the money's gonna go to something I know I'll enjoy versus something I might enjoy.
Also yeah this was dumb on Bandai's part. [Not that it could really be helped, since Smash's release date was bumped up.]

[Ninjinister]

Also yeah this was dumb on Bandai's part. [Not that it could really be helped, since Smash's release date was bumped up.]

Smash on Wii U had always had the vague release date of "Holiday/Winter 2014" until after the 3DS version released, when it got a solid confirmation of Nov. 21, which is still well within that timeframe. It wasn't bumped anywhere.

[Netkeeper]

Yeah it was. It was scheduled for December sometime before bumped up to November.

[Peanut]

No, it wasn't. Every date it "had" was made up by retailers and the like. Nintendo never gave any other date than the one we have now.

Either way it doesn't matter. This game is going to bomb regardless of when Smash releases.

[The Stryker]

Yeah. It's a budget title with no press whatsoever being released on last gen consoles.

Also, Digimon. The brand is deader than dead in the US.

[Peanut]

Also, Digimon. The brand is deader than dead in the US.

This still bums me out to no end.

[Allio]

The game we will never get

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but hey, we are getting Digimon crusader for the cell phone.

[Netkeeper]

BUMPING THIS FOR IMPORTANT NEWS!

http://www.rpgsite.net/news/4416-digimon-story-cyber-sleuth-coming-to-north-america-in-2016-on-ps4-and-psvita

At Bandai Namco's RPG Panel at Anime Expo, the publisher has announced that Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth will release in 2016 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita as a digital only title. It will also make its way to Latin America and Brazil.

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, developed by Media Vision, is a turn based RPG that follows main character Takumi or Ami Aiba and their ability to jump between the real-world and cyberspace to befriend Digimon and investigate a mysterious group of hackers.

I'M JUMPING!!! I'M ACTUALLY JUMPING I'M SO HAPPY!

[Allio]

http://i.imgur.com/eyvHBzo.png

[Peanut]

I said this was happening like last week and everyone ignored me.

[Netkeeper]

I heard you but it wasn't 100% confirmed and I didn't want to be too hopeful.

[Allio]

Also, Digimon. The brand is deader than dead in the US.

Just about, Cyber Sleuth is literally the last chance it has

[Allio]

And it's out

[Peanut]

And it's incredible.

[Allio]

a new update will be added to the game on the 10th. adding more digimon to the japanese and western release

ShineGreymon Burst Mode (Ultimate)
MirageGaogamon Burst Mode (Ultimate)
Rosemon Burst Mode (Ultimate)
Ravemon Burst Mode (Ultimate)
Valkyrimon (Ultimate)
Darkdramon (Ultimate)
Chaosmon (Super Ultimate)

[Allio]

Looks like Cybersleuth did pretty well, Wolrd Next Order was just announced for western release. though it doesn't look to have a vita release - which doesn't bother me as I don't have a vita.

I am glad they are keeping Story and World separate in the west.