Digimon Masters

Digimon Masters is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game by Digitalic for the PC. It was originally going to be released in English by WeMade in December 2010 but was delayed until early 2011.

Game Basics
The game is based on the television series, Digimon Data Squad. You begin by choosing between Marcus, Keenan, Yoshino, and Thomas as your character and choosing one of four partner digimon. You then level up your character and digimon and collect new digimon. New digimon are acquired through a "mercenary system" involving either the hatching of partner eggs or the not yet implemented usage of a serial code found on select Korean Digimon cards.

Characters
There are currently four selectable tamers and four starter digimons:

Tamers

 * Marcus Damon
 * Thomas H. Norstein
 * Yoshino "Yoshi" Fujieda
 * Keenan Crier

Starter Digimon

 * Agumon (2006 Anime Version)
 * Gaomon
 * Lalamon
 * Falcomon (2006 Anime Version)

Mercenary Digimon
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 * Agumon
 * Betamon
 * Bearmon
 * Biyomon
 * Candlemon
 * DemiDevimon
 * DemiMeramon
 * Deputymon
 * Dobermon
 * Dogmon
 * Dracomon
 * Drimogemon
 * Elecmon
 * Gabumon
 * Gomamon
 * Gotsumon
 * Guilmon
 * Hagurumon
 * Impmon
 * Kiwimon
 * Kotemon
 * Kunemon
 * Palmon
 * Patamon
 * PawnChessmon (Black)
 * PawnChessmon (White)
 * Renamon
 * Salamon
 * Starmon
 * Tentomon
 * Terriermon
 * Veemon
 * Wormmon

Extras

 * Gizumon AT
 * Tanemon

Hatching Mercenary Digimon
Hatching involves fighting the mega, ultimate, champion or rookie level of the available partner digimon. All four will drop the same colored eggs, some of which can be cashed in for data chips.

Their are currently eight types of data chips:
 * Beast
 * Dark
 * Reptile
 * Fire
 * Insect
 * Plant
 * Rock
 * Water

These chips are then used to hatch a rarely dropped partner egg. It has a similar color as a normal egg but is significantly larger and is surrounded by a blue aura. They drop from a mega, ultimate, champion, or rookie level of the before mentioned hatch able digimon.

The data chips and partner egg are then brought to an hatching NPC where you attempt to feed the data chips into your partner egg. Each attempt costs a varying amount of chips and three successful attempts results in the hatching. You can attempt to procced further with up to five successful attempts for a digimon with higher base stats and more unlocked digivolutions. It is possible for the egg to break after feeding it chips, in-which case you will have to acquire another partner egg to try again.

Side Digivolutions
The GUI evolution tree suggests that starter digimon have side evolutions that have not yet been implemented.

Exceptions to the Rules
Nearly all digivolution trees are canon to the television series, Digimon: DATS. Exceptions such as dobermon, kunemon, and impmon follow proper evolution routes as listed in digimon wikia.

Battle
Battling is done in real-time. At all times the currently selected partner digimon follows the player. The player initiates combat by clicking on the selected enemy or walking near a boss enemy. The player's digimon then approaches the enemy and immediately performs their standard attack. The player's digimon has a health bar measuring health and a digisoul meter. The digisoul meter measures how much energy the digimon has to use special attacks. When empty, the digimon can only use standard attacks. While in combat tamers are able to use items that restore health and digisoul but must wait several seconds before being able to again. After the enemy digimon is defeated the player and digimon receive varying amounts of experience points depending upon the level of them and the enemy.

There is a tool bar running along the bottom of the player's screen with two columns. The first has a small thumbnail of the digimon and click-able icons for the digimon's special attacks. As the player levels up they have access to more attacks. The second column has a small thumbnail of the player and click-able icons for telling the digimon to: attack, run away, stop attacking but not run away, and pick up dropped items.

Combat takes place in real time with nearby players able to watch and even join in on battles; however, the only person who will receive experience and any dropped items is the player who attacked first. Players can also join temporary "parties" where players share all experience points gained in battle.

Community
Registration is currently restricted to Korean citizens.

References and External Links

 * Official Digitalic Website
 * Official Digimon Masters Website
 * International Fansite
 * Official Facebook page