Just last week, Digimon Survive was officially announced to the world - the brand new game is being developed by Bandai Namco and will launch on Switch in Japan next year. Now, ahead of the Digimon 2018 Special Meeting event taking place next weekend, we've been treated to the first set of official screenshots from the game.
The game is taking a very different direction this time around, with strategy RPG battles taking place inside a visual novel story. A big part of the game centres around the choices you make in-game, and we get our first glimpse of this taking place in the images below. The options in the second image translate to "Let’s split up and search", "Let’s yell loudly to lure it", and "Let’s stick together and move".
We also get a good look at the game's battle presentation with these three shots below.
Of course, having only just been officially unveiled, we don't expect to hear any concrete release information for Digimon Survive for some time. Hopefully, more details will be shared in the event mentioned above which is scheduled to be streamed live on YouTube on 29th July.
Share your early thoughts with us on this one in the comments below.
[source siliconera.com]
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Reminds me a bit of that Pokémon Tactics crossover game. That was so fun so I am hoping this is just as, or even more, fun, particularly with the choice mechanic thrown in.
Wait, are those 2D sprites ? This looks terrific.
Digital Monsters > Pocket Monsters.
This looks absolutely gorgeous. I think they are choosing a Retro/Modern JRPG route, kinda like Octopath. Day one buy.
I like the style, it seems natural this way
Do hope this isn't just a Sony release over here. This looks really fun. Would dig a Cyber Sleuth bundle too while they at it.
I'm a huge fan of Digimon, so sad they never released more games for the 3DS Looking forward to switching evolutions on my Switch.
this is coming from a guy that only bought toys and watch the anime from Digimon. this is a pretty exciting digimon, here hoping that it's coming to west for PS4/Switch
The style seems interesting so far. I'll still be keeping an eye on this. I've been craving another Digimon game (on a Nintendo platform).
Looks kind of interesting. But so far, I'm not interested. Not a fan of anything point and click.
Like how it looks ,and big fan of tactical rpg. So will be look forward to more information. Still unless the game will suddenly change completely this will be day one
So far it looks really interesting. I wonder if they have Suzuhito Yasuda working on this one? The name and the two character designs shown put me somewhat in mind of his work on the Devil Survivor and Cyber Sleuth games.
Color me intrigued. I don't give a toss about Digimon, but Digimonstory Cybersleuth was one of the most refreshing JRPGs I've played in years (at the time of it's release).
I think a lot of the older original Digimon games were based on a grid style RPG mechanic seem to remember the PS and wonderswan ones were
I think this looks really cool. I'm hoping that that's the battle mechanic and conversation system in the pictures, with more classic jrpg exploration not shown, that would be a day one purchase for me.
I rather they just stick with the Cybersleuth line. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Hacker's Memory on VITA are amazing.
@JHDK
Can't they both fit in your pocket in a digital file?
Not ENTIRELY my thing, but I'd definitely like to give it a try; looks pretty.
That being said, if I were given choice I'd much rather have the Digimon World and Story games brought to the Switch. (And translated, in the case of Re:Digitize Decode)
@Agramonte
Where did they mention point and click?
I actually like the approach of using the visual novel style to tell a story and engage the player with choice (even if it has little impact), because it's not the only aspect of the game. It's still an SRPG at its core, it's just using a different approach than cut scenes to tell the story.
And I'm cool with that. I don't know how it will turn out, time will tell, but I do like to see new things and new approaches with a different mix of genres mashed together. This may turn out really excellent and spin-off an entirely new sub-series on its own
I don't think I have ever played a Digimon game. But this looks interesting thus far. I remember enjoying the anime back in the day and I rewatched a bit with my roommate in college.
@JaxonH i could have sworn It was at the comments section in Gematsu. But you are right, pretty big assumption based on hearsay - should edit that.
I played the first Utawarerumono on VITA (Had to stop because the text were tiny). But it was Visual Novel with sRPG. I just really like the Cyber Sleuth set up. Yeah, new thing you not expecting are good - I guess we will see.
Those screenshots are giving me pangs of nostalgia I haven’t felt from Pokémon in years...
Is this game gonna play like Fire Emblem and other tactical games OMG!!!
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