Fan:Digimon Hunter: Partners

Digimon Hunters: Partners is a Video Game for the Nintendo Wii. Although being built around the Monster Hunter 3 engine it has completely different gameplay. It and it's sequels focus around some sort of threat in the Digital World and it's up to you to destroy it. Partners, the first in the series, sets the player as a human with a Digimon at their side. Players can forge weapons and armour using materials carved from Hunted Digimon.

Partner Digimon
Partner Digimon can be computer controlled or controlled by a second player. The Player's Partner Digimon can use special skills which it learns through levelling up which require a special energy which regains over time. The Partner Digimon a Player gets is determined at the begining of the game after a Personality Test which determines the type of the Digimon, then one of three Digimon of that type is randomly selected and is revived at Level 1. Like Digimon World, you don't know what Partner you got until slightly into the game. The three Digimon have one ability which can be either; Sword (The Digimon can also use Weapons), Special (The Digimon focuses on Special Attacks) and Physical (The Digimon attacks the opponent directly). The Digimon that can be obtained along with their abilities and their Types are:

Dragon
 * Agumon (Sword)
 * Guilmon (Special)
 * Dracomon (Physical)

Animal
 * Dorumon (Sword)
 * Gabumon (Special)
 * Gaomon (Physical)

Earth
 * Renamon (Sword)
 * Lalamon (Special)
 * Gotsumon (Physical)

Machine
 * Shoutmon (Sword)
 * Hagurumon (Special)
 * KoKabuterimon (Physical)

Virus
 * BlackAgumon (Sword)
 * Impmon (Special)
 * Keramon (Physical)

Bird
 * Falcomon (Sword)
 * Biyomon (Special)
 * Hawkmon (Physical)

Holy
 * Kudamon (Sword)
 * Patamon (Special)
 * Salamon (Physical)

Aqua
 * Kamemon (Sword)
 * Gomamon (Special)
 * Gizamon (Physical)

Secret
 * Bantamon (Learner)

Partner Digimon can Digivolve when they reach a certain level and no Special Requirement is needed. The Digivolutions can replace Abilities and Special Attacks.

Bantamon
If a Player gets the question "Would you like a Secret Digimon?" (which has a 1/1000 chance of appearing) and answers "Yes." the player will get Bantamon, an Earth Type Digimon and the only In-Training Digimon in the game. This Digimon, when Level 5 is reached, will be able to Digivolve into any of the Starters. It's weak, but it's Learner Ability makes it easier to Level Up.

Full Ability List
Ability - Effect


 * Sword - The Digimon can use Weapons
 * Special - The Digimon mainly uses Special Attacks. Less Special Energy is needed if the Digimon has this Ability.
 * Physical - The Digimon will go up to an enemy to attack with their own strength.
 * Firearm - The Digimon will keep a distance and use a built in firearm to attack.
 * Defendant - The Digimon will guard itself and the player instead of attacking.
 * SwordSpecial - The Digimon can use Swords and Special Attacks.
 * PhysicalSpecial - The Digimon will use it's own strength and special attacks in battle.
 * Learner - Digimon will gain extra EXP from Hunting a Digimon. Also has the effect of PhysicalSpecial.
 * Weaponry - The Digimon can use Hunter's Weapons.
 * Mega - (All Mega Level and above Digimon have this Ability) The Digimon can do all of the above. Some Digimon may not have guns so Firearm may be excluded.
 * Invincible - Only 1 Digimon has this Ability (Uxirusumon when Tamed). The Digimon cannot be harmed and all it's energy bars are always at maximum. The Mega Ability is also included.

Full Type List

 * Dragon
 * Animal
 * Machine
 * Virus
 * Bird
 * Holy
 * Earth
 * Aqua
 * Warrior
 * Final

Digivolution
Every Digimon has a full Digivolution line to Mega. A select few to Super-Ultimate. When Digimon get to a particular level, one can go to the Town Elder Calumon and choose a Digimon for their Digimon to Digivolve to. (Each Digimon has a set evolution line. Some Digimon have multiple Digivolution Trees.)

Taming
All Rookie Level Digimon can be Tamed by use of a Data Re-Writer. When Tamed, a Digimon will be transferred to the DigiData Storage in the Village. All tamed Digimon start at Level 1.

Storyline
Coming Soon.

Sequel
The next game in the series, Digimon Hunter 2: Dual-Team Hunt, focuses on the Player being turned into a Digimon themselves and fights alongside a Digimon. Players with a Digimon Hunter: Partners save file have the option to use their in-game Starter's Rookie Form (or whatever they Digivolved Bantamon into) as their Partner or can take a test to get a different or new Digimon.