Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory (デジモンストーリー　サイバースルゥース　ハッカーズメモリー) is a role-playing video game developed by Media.Vision and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment released at December 14, 2017 in Japan for the ', Playstation TV Vita and '. . Like its predecessor, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, the localized release does not feature an English dub.

Plot
The game is set at the same time of the first Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth where it follows a different story line and phrased subtitle chapters "Yet Another Side Story", however interactions of the first series' characters are imminent to make a progress. Players will be controlling and tackling the story of the protagonist named Keisuke Amazawa, a drop out high school student, and judged by his fellow classmates as a hacker because of his EDEN Account being raided or stolen.

In order to chase the account raider, an unknown Hacker named "K" introduces himself to Keisuke and tips him off the hacker who stole his EDEN account. Keisuke persuades his bestfriend, Yu Nogi, to make him a temporary account, and promises to head into Kowloon's black market together. However Keisuke broke his promise and went on solo so Yu wouldn't get involved in his problems. Keisuke proceeds to the black market alone and starts asking questions about the hacker "K" mentioned. He meets digimon sellers at the black market and caged three digimon: Gotsumon, Betamon, and Tentomon. The seller will then sell what Keisuke chooses and then delete the remaining digimon he calls "trash". He is asked for his payment but Keisuke doesn't know a digimon would be worth more than he could and he decides to free the two digimon. The seller however did not agree to his reasoning and a conflict happens, outnumbered by 2-1 and Ryuji came in to interfere. Ryuji together with his partner digimon Cyberdramon helps Keisuke to fight the seller. After winning the battle, the two go off the black market to free the two digimon imprisoned while Keisuke's chosen digimon stays right beside him. Ryuji interrogates Keisuke about his reason to begin with and gives the answers he needs. Ryuji also reveals his mission; which is to pursue the hacker Keisuke is after. Later on, Ryuji offers Keisuke to join his Hacker Team Hudie after being intrigued by his courageous side and also his mysterious talent to tame a digimon he did not scan. Ryuji also offers the help Keisuke needs since their opponent is a top notch hacker.

Keisuke then joins Hudie as their "whack" or frontliner of the group and his task is to infiltrate servers and URLs of their clients have given. However as the story progresses, heavier problems occur and their team gets involved in larger conflicts that cover other events based on the Real World, Digital Shifts, and the cyberspace EDEN.

Gameplay
The gameplay follows the same flow of the previous series where all digimon battle fights on an action turn based format,and the free roaming inside Shibuya adds the area of Net Cafe Hudie. While on Eden, players can access the other side of Kowloon named Under Kowloon, which consists of 5 levels, and level lift firewalls that can only be dismantled by digimon battle. Unlike its predecessor, however, Under Kowloon has darker and messy environment than Kowloon and is full of trap portals that will transport players into certain location or sometimes takes them back into the entrance of every level. Yet, there is a noticeable glitch at the Kowloon Level 5 trap rooms: Partner Digimon(s) and Characters accompanying a player will disappear after the first encounter that lasts until exiting the said room.

The game introduces other Eden URLs which is accessible via Quests and will be removed after finishing the quest. Yet the developers added permanent URLs which is essential to the entire game's plot such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Server, Erika's Virtual Memory Server, Akira Hosaka's Server, etc.

Digimon Lab

There is nothing much has changed inside the Digimon Lab since the story progresses at the same time with the first series but players are expected to receive quest from Mirei Mikagura pertaining to "Bad" Tamers. But in addition to the last series' list of Digimon, the game will feature other Digimon of the entire series such as the Legend-Arms, 20th Anniversary Digimon, Zubamon, ZubaEagermon, Duramon and Durandamon. The Digivolution conditions for the Royal Knights and Imperialdramon Paladin Mode were also changed for the game itself as it will need no more fulfilment of certain investigation quests of the first series. The DLC Digimon are Sistermon Blanc and her Awakened Form, Sistermon Noir and her awakened form (Sistermon Ciel in USA due to censorship) Ryudamon, Ginryumon, Hisyaryumon, Ouryumon, Apocalymon and Chibi NX versions of Leopardmon, Omnimon, Gallantmon, Alphamon and Crusadermon.

The Digimon Frontier's Legendary Warriors Agunimon and Lobomon were also included as an addition to the Field Guide and allows players to digivolve them into their Ultimate forms, BurningGreymon and KendoGarurumon, as well as their Mega Forms, EmperorGreymon, MagnaGarurumon, and MagnaGarurumon (SV) (a form change from MagnaGarurumon) respectively and Ultra Form, Susanoomon as their DNA Digivolution. However, the Champion and Ultimate levels require their respective Spirits.

Digimon Fusion's Shoutmon and OmniShoutmon were also included, though uniquely - neither are listed with a level. Shoutmon has 5 memory, making it equal to Rookie level Digimon, whilst OmniShoutmon has 20 memory, making it equal to Mega level Digimon.

Other than this, Hacker's Memory mainly served as a line filler game, adding in missing Digimon from lines already included in the original Cyber Sleuth, such as the entire Dracomon line, as Examon was the only member, Turuiemon, Monodramon, BaoHuckmon and more. Hacker's Memory also included a few new pallet swap Digimon, such as MudFrigimon and Guardromon (Gold).

Hudiemon also makes it's debut as a new Champion level Digimon for Wormmon, it although requires the game to be cleared or clear saved data before players can digivolve Wormmon into it.

Domination Battles

Domination Battle is the latest addition to the Digimon gaming format. It is actually a team battle consisting three members of two opposing sides and has the main goal to dominate, capture, and steal hacking tiles, giving their team collective points which is essential for reaching the needed points to win. Digimon battles while on Domination Battles are also applicable, and has rules followed by those who chooses to fight. (1) The player who initiate the battle will have the first initiative to fight, while the latter will take the last, (2) Only one turn per digimon is allowed in a battle, and (3) Digimon in the front lines cannot be changed in the span of the Domination Battle. When a targeted player who fought while standing in their captured tile loses, their tile will be stolen by the attacking player. While if the initiating player loses the digimon battle will lose theirs, and if it's a draw the two opposing player will not lose their tile. The best way to complete a domination battle is to chose the digimon partners wisely since changing front lines digimon is not applicable.

The domination battle tiles will have designated points ranging from 1, 5, and 10. The tiles with no number indication makes it 1 point while 5 and 10 has. Some domination battle adds tweak to digimon status when reaching 10 points (consecutively) and will give the entire team power ups while power downs will initiate if a team successfully steals a tile of the opposing team if and only if it truly affects the conditions said above.

A player who lost a digimon battle will be teleported back to their portal in their next turn, it although disable them to move in that turn. This process will continue on and experience can only be gained at the end of the domination battle.

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Characters
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 * Hudie Hackers Team
 * Keisuke Amazawa - The main protaganist/ hero of the game and the newest member of Hudie. A newbie in the fields of hacking, having his sole reason to chase the hacker who raided his original EDEN Account. But his fate changed when he arrived to Mirei Mikagura's DigiLab telling him he is part of a great change to come.
 * Erika Mishima - The best hacker of Hudie. Her ability on hacking started when she was 5 where she saw Ryuji, his brother, whom she got inspired on. She can sometimes be Tsundere, but she cares for everyone around her especially to her brother whose solely been taking care of her ever since their parents died of a car crash. Erika was the one who proposed to create their Hacker Team just to fill the sadness her brother suffered with the past events in their family.
 * Ryuji Mishima - The leader and founder of Hudie. A former member of Jude, he acts as the calm leader but has another reasons to fulfill his role on the team.
 * Chitose Imai - The bestfriend of Ryuji Mishima and also one of the founders of Hudie. He is an efficient hacker making his forte is to make Malwares. Just like Ryuji, he's also a former Jude member and followed Ryuji's side rather than re-establishing the team.


 * Zaxon
 * Yuugo(Yuuko Kamishiro) - the leader of the next generation hacker team Zaxon. He is loved by his colleagues but despised by others because of his strict rules on his members. He can be talkative and everyone gets irritated which is also one of the reasons they hate him.
 * Fei - the second hand man of Yuugo and one of the most powerful hackers of Eden. She has taken a liking to Yuugo/Yuuko's personality after he/she saved her and has been following him/her ever since. --if Yuuko is identifying as Yuugo, it's "he". If Yuuko is identifying as Yuuko, it's "she".--


 * DEMONS
 * Jimmy KEN - a former top brass of Zaxon but decided to leave and formed the Demons. He is a singer at heart which Nokia and Sakura idolizes because of his singles. But later became obsessed for his popularity and turned to Rie Kishibe to make his ambition come true.
 * "K"/Yu Nogi - a top notch hacker who wears a mask and black hoodie jacket to hide his true identity, he is the second hand man of JIMMY KEN. The man who tips Amazawa pertaining to his raided account and has the ability to control digimons without using any commands.
 * Jude
 * Arata Sanada - the former leader of Jude and now a loner hacker. He seeks forgiveness to Ryuji after his disappearance and later on intertwined to Amazawa's adventure. He is one the chosen ones and beta testers of EDEN cyberspace.


 * Rebels
 * Nokia Shiramine - leader of the Digimon Tamer group Rebels. She is one of the chosen ones and beta testers of EDEN cyberspace.


 * Tokyo Metropolitan Police/ Cyber crime Division
 * Gorou Matayoshi - the head detective of Tokyo Police Cyber crime division and commonly known as Shinjuku Matagi.
 * Makiko Date - a police inspector and apprentice of Matayoshi. She can be strict sometimes and tries to arrest those who make her snap. She solely has taken a liking to Ryuuji Mishima.

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 * Kamishiro Enterprise
 * Rie Kishibe - top brass of Kamishiro Enterprise and takes a liking to men with builds. She ispossessed by the Royal Knight Crusadermon.

Credits

 * Producer: Kazumasa Habu
 * Composer: Masafumi Takada
 * Creature design: Oh!Great
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 * Digimon design: Kenji Watanabe

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