Digimon Survive Producer Explains Why The Game Has Been Delayed Until 2020

It's because they're not called Game Freak

Game Freak can learn a thing or two from these developers.

These guys can take all my money now that GameFreak doesn't want it.

Pokemon vs. Digimon in the comments, eh? I feel like a kid again. 😁

I’d rather they wait anyway because the rest of this year is pretty stacked and this gives digi a chance to shine :3

It's almost as if they care about their series...

I'm buying the complete edition, loved the vita game, except that some cool digivolutions are kept looked till the very late stages of the game.

I hope Digimon World Next Order will find it's way to the switch. For some reason i can't get myself to play it on the PS4. It's just one of those games you want to have on the go.

I didn't grow up with digimon or anything like that, but survive and story are games that I'm super excited for, can't wait for these two

Never playeg a Digimon game before but they look interesting. Are these coming Switch games worth getting. How do they compare to Pokemon?

definitely been waiting for the Cyber Sleuth games! Hopefully there will be a new open world Digimon Game with new Digimons for Switch as well aside from the tactical survive game.

Man so many games next year..... I'm already broke and bust with college!

Final Fantasy 7 remake, CyberPunk, Animal Crossing..... A few others I can't remember off the top of my head.

Definitely have this on my watch list!

@Xelha thank you, I think I might give them a go. Like I said, they look interesting and I'm getting a little bored of Pokemon. I know Digimon has been around for a long time now, and it looks like they have decent stories and some resonably deep mechanics. Looks like now could be a good time to jump in.

I just knew there'd be a bunch of the Pokemon-haters in this thread. Cancer. That's what it's become. You can't escape it. The internet has decided to hate games that aren't even on the market yet.

can't wait. i always liked Digimon

@Heavyarms55 I guess been disappointed with how they're treating your favorite videogame series since you were a kid is hating now. Good to know.

Digimon Cybersleuth complete edition on the Switch this year, is the best news I have read in a while!!

I so wanted this to happen and now it’s friggin’ happening. 😊

@Heavyarms55 Hate? Many on here are criticizing your Pokeman game.

@SakurabaNeku @MsJubilee I wasn't the one who even brought up Pokemon in the comments here. This is a Digimon article. Yet the very first comment and many of those following were bashing on Pokemon.

But sure, I guess that's "legitimate criticism".

@Heavyarms55 because pokemon deserves to be bashed for what its becoming. Simple.

@Heavyarms55 Those comments were towards Gf.The developers of Pokemon. That's why i said Gamefreak can learn a thing or two from these developer's.
Choosing quality over quantity.

I like both pokemon and digimon, so maybe i'll check out the game in october since I've never played a good digimon game (I tried the crappy mobile game that was dull)

Played the first game on the vita and loved it. Might pick up the complete edition. Does anyone know if it is getting a physical release?

I'm totally fine with a delay. I'd rather wait longer and have a polished game than a rushed mess. I've got plenty of other games in I can play in the meantime.

I hope the Switch version of Cyber Sleuth has better QA in English than the Vita version. The interface in the story portion is bugged, and the game is riddled with obvious typos and grammatical errors. I would have loved a dub, but I accept the Japanese voice acting (it's mostly very good). I know it costs a lot to dub a game. On the other hand, it's jarring when concepts that are common in Japan are not fully explained (chuunibyou, for example, is translated as "junior high school disease" but unless the player is familiar with what that is, the joke about digivolving and still being a child falls completely flat). It's also jarring that in an undubbed game, we're getting all the dub names of the Digimon (Tailmon -> Gatomon, child level -> rookie level, etc). And then there are some completely nonsensical Digimon names, like Kurisarimon (not Chrysalimon)...the chrysalis Digimon.

There's absolutely no reason to compare this game (either game!) to Pokemon. It plays like a SMT game. The deeper I get into the game, the more it feels like an SMT clone, with Digimon consuming others for data, enemies that look like eldritch horrors (to be fair, that's also pretty standard for both Digimon and Pokemon), creatures from other worlds, Digimon that flirt with humans, gray morality, and running around from district to district in Tokyo. Unlike Pokemon, which takes place in an alternate world, Cyber Sleuth is a game that is distinctly Japanese.

To be honest, I may forego all the issues I had with the English version and play it in Japanese if I buy it for Switch. If I can only read 50% of the text, I won't notice the typos!