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Digimon Story: Time Stranger (デジモンストーリー タイムストレンジャー Dejimon Sutōrī: Taimu Sutorenjā?) is the upcoming seventh release in the Digimon Story series. This is the first game in the Story series to include an English dub.
Development[]
This game was first announced on December 8, 2017, just before the release of Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory. Producer Kazumasa Habu stated that making a new game for Playstation 4 from scratch (with the other recent games being handheld releases) would take around four years of development time, so they decided to develop Hacker's Memory and the new Digimon Story game simultaneously, and release Hacker's Memory first. This way, fans wouldn't be waiting a long time for the next game.[1]
A year later, on September 12, 2018, Bandai reconfirmed the game's development and stated that – alongside Hacker's Memory having been made for the same reason – they had decided to create Digimon Survive to give the Digimon Story team more time and to once again make sure there wasn't a big gap in between the releases of Digimon video games.[2]
In 2019, the two Cyber Sleuth games were ported to new systems, for the same reasons as the prior two games' announcements.[3] Digimon Survive found itself delayed for over three years, originally intending to release in 2019, only to be delayed to 2022.
On February 27, 2022, Bandai once again confirmed that the Digimon Story game was being worked on and revealed that the game would take place in the Digital World (unlike the two Cyber Sleuth games) and that the game would feature the Olympos XII as the main characters.[4]
On February 20, 2024, Habu revealed he was no longer working on Digimon games as of April, 2023. He stated the game was still being worked on, but that someone else had taken over his role.[5] The new producer was Ryosuke Hara.[6]
On February 12, 2025, eight years after first being announced, its first trailer was shown in a State of Play stream — with the platform being the Playstation 5.[7] A few hours earlier, the game was leaked by GameStop — who stated the game would also be coming to Xbox Series X/S.[8] The game was then listed for Steam a few hours later.[9]
During Digimon Con 2025, a trailer was released featuring various digimon performing their special moves.[10]
Story[]
"The Story beings in Tokyo, Japan. The protagonist is an agent of ADAMAS, a secret organization that specializes in investigating and solving anomalous phenomena. In the course of their investigation, they encounter an unknown creature called a "Digimon" in Shinjuku, an area sealed doff by the government, and are caught up in a mysterious explosion. They reawaken eight year sin the past..."
- ―Digimon Con 2025
The story is split between the Human World (mainly Shinjuku and Akihabara) and Digital World: Iliad.[6]
Gameplay[]
As per the other Digimon Story games, it is a turn based monster collecting game. The previous entries use random encounters, however Time Stranger instead will use "symbol encounters" — with the enemy Digimon roaming around the dungeons. Making contact with one of them will cause a turn based battle to start.[6]
Characters[]
Digimon[]
The game will feature more than 450 raisable Digimon.[6]
Staff[]
- Producer: Kazumasa Habu (2017—2023)
- Producer: Ryosuke Hara (2023—2025)[6]
- Main Character Design: Suzuhito Yasuda[6]
- Boss Character Design: Oh!Great[6]
- Music: Masafumi Takada[6]
Preview[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Gematsu: "New Digimon Story game in development separate from Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker’s Memory"
- ↑ Gematsu: "Digimon producer reconfirms new Digimon Story game in development"
- ↑ Gematsu: "Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition coming to Switch, PC on October 18 [Update"]
- ↑ Gematsu: "Next Digimon Story game still in development, set in the Digital World and themed around the Olympos XII"
- ↑ ハブ (@habumon). "【ご報告】社内の人事異動に伴い、デジモンゲームのプロデュース担当から外れることとなりました。 実際には昨年の4月の時点で担当からは外れており、引き継ぎを粛々と行っておりました。新作のデジモンストーリーは信頼するディレクターの下、チームが開発を継続していますので、ご安心ください。。" February 20 2024, 7:33 AM. Tweet.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Digimon Con 2025
- ↑ YouTube: "State of Play | February 12, 2025 [English]"
- ↑ Digimon Story: Time Stranger Listing Leaks Ahead of PlayStation State of Play Showcase
- ↑ Digimon Story Time Stranger
- ↑ Digimon Story Time Stranger – Special Moves