Digimon BattleSpirit

Digimon Battle Spirit is a fighting game originally developed and published by for the Japanese-only  handheld system under the name Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit. It was later ported to 's for international releases in North America and Europe two years later.

The game features characters and Digimon that were included in the first three seasons of the animated series of the same name in a somewhat simplistic fighting scenario, and also has slightly arranged samples of the show's soundtrack.

Story
The Digital World, a computer-generated subspace that exists between all forms of digital devices, and home of the creatures known as "Digimon" is under attack by a malevolent and powerful force known as, who seeks to corrupt all the data present in the world and modify it to his own designs. In response, several Digimon and their human companions have set out to stop Millenniummon and his minions before any irreparable harm can be done. This is accomplished in a very round-about and atypical way to the fighting video game genre, by finding and defeating as many opponents as possible on the way.

Gameplay
While structured very similarly to a conventional fighting game, Digimon Battle Spirit is much more like a barebones representation of the genre, mostly due to the limitations of the handhelds it was released on. Each character only has a handful of special attacks they can perform, with the two action buttons, A and B, allowing them to jump or attack respectively.

Each match is won by collecting small blue spheres called "D-Spirits". These are obtained by hitting your opponent, which causes a few of them to fly from their body and scatter across the battlefield. Different attacks can produce more spheres to fly out, and the player who has collected the most by the time the round ends wins. Each character can also digivolve into their most powerful or "Ultimate" (Mega) form by touching a flying Digimon named Calumon that appears every so often in each stage. This form grants them different, more powerful attacks for a limited time.

As the player advances through each stage, they will occasionally have to battle a character named Impmon. Winning or losing this encounter has no bearing on the actual game progression itself, and only serves to award more points. In the final stage, the Digimon must face off against Millenniummon himself.

Characters
The game features characters from the first three seasons of the anime (or Digimon Adventure 01/02 and Digimon Tamers in Japan). Each one has their own special moves and digivolutions, as well as slightly varying normal attacks and taunts.

Playable characters

 * Guilmon is somewhat weak physically but very quick on his feet. His special attack, Fireball, travels straight forward and has a bit of a recoil. His digivolution is Gallantmon.
 * Terriermon's special move, Blazing Fire, has limited ranged, but his rushing attack is quite effective. He is the smallest fighter but is actually fairly strong. He digivolves into MegaGargomon.
 * Renamon is a very well-rounded character with effective normal attacks. Her special attack is Fox Leaf Arrowhead, and she digivolves into Sakuyamon.
 * Veemon has Limited range on nearly all attacks but is powerful. His V-mon Head and Boom Boom Punch moves can cause a lot of damage. Imperialdramon Paladin Mode is his digivolution.
 * Wormmon is one of the slowest characters, but his moves come out very quickly. He can also cling to and climb up vertical walls for a short time. His digivolution is Imperialdramon Fighter Mode.
 * Agumon has a mixture of weak and strong attacks, but good range on his Baby Flame attack. He digivolves to WarGreymon.
 * Sukamon is a weak and unorthodox character, but his digivolution, Etemon, is quite powerful.

Hidden characters
These are characters that are not available at first, but have to be unlocked by fulfilling certain conditions.


 *  is a virus version of Agumon, with a slower, more powerful normal attack. His digivolution is, and can be unlocked when beating the game with 2 different characters.
 * Lopmon is a variation of Terriermon who is obtained by beating the game with three separate characters (although not the same ones used to unlock BlackAgumon). His digivolution is the evil Cherubimon.
 * Gabumon is a slow, yet very offensively oriented Digimon. He is obtained by beating the game with all the normal characters, as well as BlackAgumon and Lopmon. His digivolution is Omnimon.
 *  is a special version of Agumon with a floating ability and can digivolve into . Also, his Baby Flame attack lasts longer. He's unlocked along with Gabumon.
 * Impmon is powerful and quick, but with limited attacks. Unlike the one that attacks between stages, he does not have a sphere attracting move. He is the only character without a digivolution, and is unlocked by beating the game and collecting at least 300 D-Spirits.

Item Digimon

 * Mushroomon appears on Guilmon's stage.
 * Penguinmon appears on Sukamon's stage.
 * Betamon appears on Terriermon's stage.
 * DemiDevimon appears on Renamon's stage.
 * Numemon appears on Veemon's stage.
 * Bakemon appears on Wormmon's stage.
 * Gotsumon appears on Agumon's stage.