Digimon Survive

is a video game that also has elements of a tacticial/strategy survival role-playing game.ESRB: Digimon Survive" It is developed by Hyde (having been originally developed for two years by Witchcraft) and is published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It released in Japan on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on July 28Gematsu: "Digimon Survive launches July 28 in Japan" whilst the localized versions released on those two platforms, as well as on Windows and Xbox One on July 29.Gematsu: "Digimon Survive launches July 29 in the west"
==Plot==
The game does not take place in the Digital World, instead taking place in a completely different world.Bandai Namco Entertainment America, Youtube, The Future of Digimon Panel - Anime Expo 2019 (2019, July 22)
Takuma Momozuka, Minoru Hyuuga, Aoi Shibuya, Saki Kimishima, Ryo Tominaga, and Shuuji Kayama are middle school students on a historical studies extracurricular activities camp during spring break. On the second day the students follow local siblings Kaito Shinonome and Miu Shinonome to visit a famous local temple and investigate the legend of the Kemonogami where a festival to celebrate them will take place. As they explore, they come across , then hear screaming. Koromon and the group run to the source and find their class mates being attacked by other Digimon. Koromon digivolves to and scares the Digimon away. It is at this point, that Takuma and the others discover they are in another world.Dual Shockers: "Digimon Survive Gets New 1080p Screenshots and Details Showing Characters and More"Romano, Sal. Digimon Survive details story, Takuma and Agumon, Aoi and Labramon, and Minoru and Falcomon (2018, September 14), Gematsu
==Development==
The inspiration for the game was taken from the bonds between characters and their Digimon partners from the various Digimon anime series. The staff wanted players to experience this for themselves by making choices that would effect the Digimon's growth. In addition, game producer Kazumasa Habu talked to Digimon Adventure director, Hiroyuki Kakudo about his interpretation of the origins of Digimon, that being that Digimon were not born as a result of humans creating computers, and instead always existed, living alongside humans, though in another dimension, becoming visible to humans once they created computers and digital technology. Digimon may have been manifested through magic or sorcery, through the ancient art of , subjugating them as , , or s, but is now accomplished digitally, making them Digital Monsters. This inspired Habu to make Digimon Survive.
The western version of Digimon Survive has English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese subtitles.BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment DE (@BandaiNamcoDE) Deutsche, englische, französische, spanische und italienische Untertitel. 2018-07-31 Tweet.
Survive was originally scheduled for release in 2019,Sato. "Here's A First Look At Digimon Survive's Visual Novel-Style Story And Strategy RPG System" (2018, July 18), Siliconera. but faced a series of delays—to 2020,Romano, Sal. Digimon Survive delayed to 2020 (2019, July 6), Gematsu January 2021,Toei Animation: "Licensing January 2021, New video game : Digimon Survive" fiscal year Q3 2022,東映アニメーション株式会社 2022年3月期 第１四半期決算 (2021/4～2021/6)" and most recently to July 28, 2022 (Japan)/July 29, 2022(Worldwide). Bandai credited the various delays to re-reviewing the game system,ハブ (@habumon). "ご心配をおかけし申し訳ございません。デジモンサヴァイブは開発体制を見直し、スケジュールの仕切り直しを行っております。関係各所調整し、状況を近々ご報告させていただく予定です。楽しみにしていただいている皆様には大変恐縮ですが、今しばらくお待ちいただけますよう宜しくお願い申し上げます。" October 8, 2020, 6:29 PM. Tweet. production difficulties owing to the ,Digimon Games (@digimon_games). "Digimon fans, we have an important message from #Digimon game producer, Habu Kazumasa:" October 15, 2020, 3:00 PM. Tweet. a change in the game's engine,デジモンゲーム公式アカウント@Digimon_game "デジモンサヴァイブ 発売時期延期のお知らせ この度、発売時期を2020年内から2021年内に変更させていただくことになりました。 お待ちいただいている皆様には、心よりお詫び申し上げます。 延期に伴い、羽生プロデューサーのコメントを公開しております。", and a change in developers from Witchcraft to Hyde. and apologized for missing commitments on providing updates on the game's status.Digimon Games (@digimon_games). "#Digimon fans, please read this message from Digimon Game Producer, Habu Kazumasa:" October 28, 2021, 15:00 PM. Tweet.Digimon Games (@digimon_games). "デジモンサヴァイブ 発売時期延期のお知らせ この度、発売時期を2021年内から2022年内に再度変更させていただくことになりました。お待ちいただいている皆様には、心よりお詫び申し上げます。" October 28, 2021, 15:00 PM. Tweet.
In July 2022, shortly before the release of the game, Habu stated that they had changed the development studio as his original intention was to create the game with a small team on an budget, rather than the budget a Digimon game would usually get, but as the project went on he realized this wasn't possible and had to switch to a bigger studio with a bigger budget to be able to achieve his vision for the game. He also stated he was lucky that the smaller studio (Witchcraft) hadn't used much budget as it allowed him to convince Bandai's stakeholders not to cancel the game.Noisy Pixel: "Digimon Survive Interview – Producer Reflects on Crafting This Unique and Dark Digimon Experience". As Witchcraft were using a custom made engine that Hyde could not access, development of the game had to be restarted from scratch which caused the game's development time to double from two years to four years, with development switching from the custom engine to .One More Game: "Digimon Survive Producer Talks About Development Challenges, Storytelling, and What Fans can Expect"
Habu also that he used his prior work on the franchise as inspiration for the game, as well as taking inspiration from the franchise.
 was chosen as Takuma Momozuka's partner as Bandai did a survey asking fans what Digimon would they want to be their partner, which saw more than 60% of the answers say Agumon. So in choosing Agumon, this allowed Bandai to please the highest amount of fans possible with said choice.「デジモンサヴァイブ」インタビュー。人間とデジモンの心の成長を，ダークな要素も含んで描く“異聞奇譚”の開発経緯や世界観を羽生Pに聞いた
==Gameplay==
Digimon Survive is /Survival RPG hybrid with strategy and roleplaying elements. Player choices influence the direction of the story, including the Digimon's digivolution process. Multiple playthroughs can result in different paths and different digivolutions. The game will feature multiple endings and should wrong choices be made, characters will be killed.Wong, Alistar. Digimon Survive's First Trailer Revealed (2018, July 29), Siliconera. The game is split into multiple types of gameplay, such as "Drama Parts", "Search Action", "Free Action", and "Free Battle". During "Drama Parts" the game proceeds as a text adventure to tell the story. In "Search Actions", the player searches for a way to survive. In "Free Action", the player chooses where to go and who to talk due in a limited window of time. During "Free Battle", the player can enter certain areas to train their Digimon and collect items.Gematsu: "Digimon Survive details Saki Kimishima, Floramon, and Free Action"
==Characters==
==Credits==
*Chief Producer: Kenichi Toida
*Producer: Kazumasa Habu
*Assistant Producer: Katsuaki Tsuzukihttps://withthewill.net/threads/20487-Digimon-Thanksgiving-Livestream-Event-Announced-Plus-New-Game-Announcement-Incoming
*Composer: Tomoki MiyoshiRomano, Sal. "Digimon Survive official Japanese website opened [Update"] (2018, July 21), Gematsu.
*Character Designer: Uiti Ukumo
===Cast===
All voice actors are sourced to the game's credits unless stated otherwise.
Voice Actor 	Role(s)
Kohei Amasaki 	Takuma Momotsuka
Chika Sakamoto 	
Kaede Hondo 	Aoi Shibuya
Yukiyo Fujii 	
Atsushi Abe 	Minoru Hinata
Hiromu Miyazaki 	
Yohei Azakami 	Ryo Tominaga
Ryohei Arai 	
Minami Takahashi 	Saki Kimishima
Shino Shimoji 	
Yuya Hirose 	Shuuji Kayama
Naomi Ohzora 	
Kengo Takanashi 	Kaito Shinonome
Cota Nemoto 	
Misaki Watada 	Miu Shinonome
Asami Takano 	
Kazuhiro Yamaji 	Professor
Mayumi Yamaguchi 	
Konomi Kohara 	Miyuki Minase
Masami Suzuki 	/
Bin Shimada 	
Akio Otsuka 	
Wakana Yamazaki 	
Etsuko Kozakura 	
Hidekatsu Shibata	
Kenji Nojima 	Haruchika
Ryoko Shiraishi 	Yukiha
VOLCANO OTA 	
Yasunori Masutani	
Ikuto Kanemasa 	
Kohsuke Tanabe 	
Yasunao Sakai 	Unspecified roles
Shogo Sakata 	Unspecified roles
Kousuke Oonishi 	Unspecified roles
Chihaya Terasaki 	Unspecified roles
Satsuki Miyoshi 	Unspecified roles
Akiko Utsumi 	Unspecified roles
Arisa Kori 	Unspecified roles
Momo Ishibashi 	Unspecified roles
==Gallery==
Artwork - Digimon Survive.jpg|Official promotional image
Digimon Survive banner.jpg|Official promotional image
Digimon Survive banner 2.jpg|Official promotional image
Digimon Survive promotional image 2022-06-01 b.jpg|Official promotional image
Digimon Survive promotional image 2022-06-13 b.jpg|Official promotional image
==Other Notes==
==External links==
*Bandai-Namco Entertainment Official Site
==Notes and references==
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