Digimon

[WarOmnimon]

Habu is no longer in charge of Digimon games. It's so over.
https://twitter.com/habumon/status/1759843635770904977

This made me upset enough for me to have to eat some Pop Tarts (My personal comfort food) not long after hearing about it and that is all I will say on the matter for now aside from seven words. Those seven words being, and I quote... "I don't like where this is going."

[Ryo-Okay]

Digimon Con's schedule is out and it is looking like a whole lot of nothing again this year. At least I have Liberator to look forward to.

[WarOmnimon]

The one thing I'm hoping from in Digimon Con's program lineup (Unless there's more than what they're saying in it) is that the Digivice 25th Anniversary Project is a Digivice Color. If that's a Super CSA Digivice, then this year's Digimon Con is already confirmed to be a nothingburger for me and I'm actually going to be angry. (Context: Digimon Con is happening right before my birthday this year, and the last thing I want to deal with going into my birthday on any year is disappointment.)

[Ryo-Okay]

First 2 hours of Digimon Con were a wash, but the Liberators stuff saved it for me. We got a look at it and it is in the webtoon format, but then out of nowhere, they announced there will also be a Liberators web novel. They didn't make it clear if the novel would be in English simultaneously, but I assume it will. The idea of the webtoon and the novel being different stories that can connect sounds fun. Also Impmon being the female MCs partner makes me think we might get Beelstarmon which would be cool. Then they announce they are doing a Digimon manga digital magazine with a bunch of Digimon manga including something from Yabuno, which I assume will be a Dreamers follow up. That was the biggest announcement of the night, and I'm really looking forward to it.



As for the new digimon revealed, I'm mixed. I think Pteromon's babies are great, I also think Pteromon's ultimate and Shoemon's ultimate are good. I really don't like the megas. Cinderallamon I can at least appreciate the inspiration and how they made Cinderella look as a Digimon, but Pteromon's mega is really ugly to me. I wish that his ultimate was his mega and they tossed in something else for the ultimate. Also, the fact that they still haven't fully revealed the pink digimon is strange. I wonder why they are keeping it so mysterious.

Overall, I'd say this was a slightly better showing than last year, but not by much. No new games and anime sucks, but I appreciate Bandai investing in cheaper mediums, like manga and novels, to keep the franchise going in between. The franchise feels like it is in a bit of a dry spell, but compared to what things used to be like between anime seasons we are getting way more content now then we would have years ago. My expectations for Digimon Con were low, but it just barely managed to surpass them.

[WarOmnimon]

First 2 hours of Digimon Con were a wash, but the Liberators stuff saved it for me. We got a look at it and it is in the webtoon format, but then out of nowhere, they announced there will also be a Liberators web novel. They didn't make it clear if the novel would be in English simultaneously, but I assume it will. The idea of the webtoon and the novel being different stories that can connect sounds fun. Also Impmon being the female MCs partner makes me think we might get Beelstarmon which would be cool. Then they announce they are doing a Digimon manga digital magazine with a bunch of Digimon manga including something from Yabuno, which I assume will be a Dreamers follow up. That was the biggest announcement of the night, and I'm really looking forward to it.



As for the new digimon revealed, I'm mixed. I think Pteromon's babies are great, I also think Pteromon's ultimate and Shoemon's ultimate are good. I really don't like the megas. Cinderallamon I can at least appreciate the inspiration and how they made Cinderella look as a Digimon, but Pteromon's mega is really ugly to me. I wish that his ultimate was his mega and they tossed in something else for the ultimate. Also, the fact that they still haven't fully revealed the pink digimon is strange. I wonder why they are keeping it so mysterious.

Overall, I'd say this was a slightly better showing than last year, but not by much. No new games and anime sucks, but I appreciate Bandai investing in cheaper mediums, like manga and novels, to keep the franchise going in between. The franchise feels like it is in a bit of a dry spell, but compared to what things used to be like between anime seasons we are getting way more content now then we would have years ago. My expectations for Digimon Con were low, but it just barely managed to surpass them.

Yeah, this year's Digimon Con had a slow start but then we got to the Digivice Color (I know it has a longer name than that but I'm referring to it as the Digivice Color for simplicity sake; preordering that bad boy as soon as preorders go up at JYW of course) and Liberator reveals which saved it for me, too.

Super happy that I called Zephagamon being a Vortex Warrior well in advance. Didn't expect GrandGalemon to also be a Vortex Warrior, though. MedievalDukemon isn't alone anymore!

[Ryo-Okay]

Not much going on with Digimon lately. Liberator is trucking along, but I still haven't checked it out. The Vital Braclet app is shutting down. The only real announcements have been the first batch of manga/comics for Digimon Comic was announced, and they could be neat. I'm hoping that Digimon Comic will have some ongoing stuff and not just one-shots.


Was DigiFes announced for this year? I don't remember hearing anything, and we are approaching the usual date with no news. If there is no DigiFes, this year will be pretty sparse for Digimon stuff.

[Ryo-Okay]

Digimon Con is coming back next year in March. I am once again expecting no significant news to come from it. Also Digimon Adventure Beyond was announced, which I think is just an animated short directed by Kakudou.

[Ryo-Okay]

Gamestop leaked the new Digimon game. Digimon Story Time Stranger. People think it will be revealed at the Playstation State of Play today. If not today it will certainly be shown at Digimon Con in March.
https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/playstation-5/products/digimon-story-time-stranger---playstation-5/422053.html

[Ryo-Okay]

We're back, baby.

https://blog.playstation.com/2025/02/12/digimon-story-time-stranger-launches-2025-on-ps5/

[Ryo-Okay]

A lot of stuff is happening before Digimon Con. The TCG seems to be teasing a mobile version, and there was seemingly a leaked screenshot from a trailer for it.
Official TCG Twitter Teaser
Leaked screenshot


Then we have something called Digimon Alysion that was trademarked by Bandai. I have no clue what this could be.
https://digimon-alysion.com/
https://x.com/gematsu/status/1901702136968220681


Digimon Con is only a couple of days away, but it is looking to be the most worthwhile one since Digimon Con started.

[Ryo-Okay]

Well, that was definitely the best Digimon Con so far. Each segment actually had something to show so everyone could walk away happy.

Time Stranger is looking good and has a sizeable roster of 450 Digimon, which I think is the most in any Digimon game. The real world areas have been expanded, and it seems like they are putting emphasis on making the digital world actually feel lived in. No release date being announced makes me think the 2025 release date might not happen, but I guess we'll see.

The TCG segment did indeed announce a mobile version, which is cool for the people that like the TCG. I don't play, so it wasn't of much interest to me. It was nice to see it will seemingly have a story and characters and isn't just a lazy rushed out app. Gemmon is kind of lame though. Also Liberator is continuing which is cool. I need to get around to reading that.


The toy segment also didn't have much to appeal to me since I don't buy much these days. Getting stuff off Premium Bandai is more expensive than I'm willing to pay. The Godzilla crossover v-pets looked cool though. The Godzilla Digimon I think looked great.


Then finally, they wrapped the show up with the Digimon Beyond PV, which looked more interesting to me than all the other Adventure sequel movies. I still haven't watched the last 4 Tri movies, Kizuna, or The Brgining. I would check out Beyond if it was a movie though. Then it ended with a teaser for Digimon Beatbreak, a new anime coming in October. It didn't show much, but the MC and MCmon certainly look interesting.