Digimon Survive

Unreleased

Digimon Survive (デジモンサヴァイブ) is a survival role-playing video game developed by Witchcraft and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Originally scheduled for 2019, Survive was instead delayed into 2020. On July 29, 2020 Toei Animation Europe stated Survive would release in Europe in January 2021 however this was removed from their website on August 4. On October 8, 2020, Kazumasa Habu stated Survive was delayed again as the game system for was being reviewed and they had to redo their schedule from scratch. Bandai confirmed on October 15 that it had been delayed to 2021 due to the as well as having changed the game's engine during summer 2020 meaning they needed more time to work on the game. Bandai promised an update on the game's status in Spring 2021 however this update never came with Bandai remaining silent. On July 28, 2021 Toei Animation stated the game would release in their Q3 2022 which means, as Toei's 2022 fiscal year starts in April 2021, they expect Digimon Survive to release between October and December 2021.

Plot
The game does not take place in the Digital World, and will instead take place in a completely different world.

Takuma Momozuka, Minoru Hyuuga, Aoi Shibuya, Saki Kimijima, Ryou Tominaga, Shuuji Kayama, Kaito Shinonome, Miu Shinonome, and others are on a historical studies extracurricular activities camp during spring break. On the second day Takuma, Minoru and Aoi visit a famous local temple to investigate the legend of the "Beast Gods" (Kemonogam) where a festival to celebrate them will take place. As they explore, they come across, then hear screaming. Koromon and the group run to the source and find their class mates being attacked by other Digimon. Koromon digivolves to and scares the Digimon away. It is at this point, that Takuma and the others discover they are in another world.

Development
The inspiration for the game was taken from the bonds between characters and their Digimon partners from the various Digimon anime series. The staff wanted players to experience this for themselves by making choices that would effect the Digimon's growth. In addition, game producer Kazumasa Habu talked to Digimon Adventure director, Hiroyuki Kakudo about his interpretation of the origins of Digimon, that being that Digimon were not born as a result of humans creating computers, and instead always existed, living alongside humans, though in another dimension, becoming visible to humans once they created computers and digital technology. Digimon may have been manifested through magic or sorcery, through the ancient art of, subjugating them as , , or s, but is now accomplished digitally, making them Digital Monsters. This inspired Habu to make Digimon Survive.

The western version of Digimon Survive has English, German, French, Spanish and Italian subtitles.

Gameplay
Digimon Survive is a Survival RPG. Player choices influence the direction of the story, including the Digimon's digivolution process. Multiple playthroughs can result in different paths and different digivolutions. The game will feature multiple endings and should wrong choices be made, characters will be killed. The game is split into multiple types of gameplay, such as "Drama Parts", "Search Action", "Free Action", and "Free Battle". During "Drama Parts" the game proceeds as a text adventure to tell the story. In "Search Actions", the player searches for a way to survive. In "Free Action", the player chooses where to go and who to talk due in a limited window of time. During "Free Battle", the player can enter certain areas to train their Digimon and collect items.

Credits

 * Chief Producer: Kazumasa Habu
 * Producer: Katsuaki Tsuzuki
 * Composer: Tomoki Miyoshi
 * Character Designer: Uiti Ukumo

Cast
All voice actors are sourced to the official site's character pages unless stated otherwise.