Digimon Story Lost Evolution
{{Short description|2010 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title=Digimon Story: Lost Evolution
|image=Digimon Story Lost Evolution.jpg
|developer=BEC
|publisher=Bandai Namco Games
|designer=
|engine=
|series=Digimon
|released={{vgrelease|JP|July 1, 2010}}
|modes=Single-player
|genre=Role-playing, simulation
|platforms=Nintendo DS
}}
{{nihongo foot|Digimon Story: Lost Evolution|デジモンストーリー ロストエボリューション|Dejimon Sutōrī Rosuto Eboryūshon|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a role-playing video game published by Bandai Namco Games for the Nintendo DS. It is the third game in the Digimon Story series, part of the greater Digimon franchise. The title was released exclusively in Japan on July 1, 2010.
Plot
Players assume the role of either {{nihongo|Shu|シュウ}} or {{nihongo|Kizuna|キズナ}}, male and female Japanese fifth-graders respectively, who have just moved to a new district.{{cite web |url=http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/ds_digimon_lost/character.html |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |publisher=Bandai Namco Games |script-title=ja:主人公 |trans-title=Heroes |language=Japanese |archive-date=August 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826042623/http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/ds_digimon_lost/character.html |url-status=live }} After witnessing a luminous object falling into the mountains during a fireworks ceremony, they are transported to the Digital World, where they meet their Digimon partners. They are joined by classmates {{nihongo|Hiroyuki|ヒロユキ}}, a curious troublemaker, and {{nihongo|Asuka|アスカ}}, a caring, older-sister type, along with Hiroyuki's second-grade younger sister {{nihongo|Yui|ユイ}} and her friend, a first-grader named {{nihongo|Takuto|タクト}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/ds_digimon_lost/character_2.html |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |publisher=Bandai Namco Games |script-title=ja:仲間キャラクター |trans-title=Other Characters |language=Japanese |archive-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511212155/http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/ds_digimon_lost/character_2.html |url-status=live }} Together, they must aid their Digimon companions while thwarting a group of villains named Uno, Dos, and Tres.{{cite web |url=http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/ds_digimon_lost/character_3.html |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |publisher=Bandai Namco Games |script-title=ja:お邪魔キャラクター |trans-title=Antagonist Characters |language=Japanese |archive-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511224541/http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/ds_digimon_lost/character_3.html |url-status=live }}
Development
In November 2009, Bandai Namco Games launched a teaser website with a countdown to the reveal of a new title referred to only as "RPG_LOST" and "The RPG that will return".{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2009/11/18/the-rpg-that-will-return-is-digimon-story-lost-evolution/ |publisher=Siliconera |date=November 18, 2009 |author=Spencer |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |title="The RPG That Will Return" Is… Digimon Story: Lost Evolution? |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529093046/http://www.siliconera.com/2009/11/18/the-rpg-that-will-return-is-digimon-story-lost-evolution/ |url-status=live }} On November 20, the timer reached zero and officially revealed Digimon Story: Lost Evolution, along with a release date set for the following year.{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2009/11/20/yep-namcos-countdown-clock-was-for-digimon-story-lost-evolution/ |publisher=Siliconera |date=November 20, 2009 |author=Spencer |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |title=Yep, Namco's Countdown Clock Was For Digimon Story: Lost Evolution |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529093623/http://www.siliconera.com/2009/11/20/yep-namcos-countdown-clock-was-for-digimon-story-lost-evolution/ |url-status=live }} The game received a final release date the following April, along with an official website that revealed additional content as visitors completed minigames.{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2010/04/11/digimon-story-lost-evolution-returns-to-its-roots/ |title=Digimon Story: Lost Evolution Returns To Its Roots |author=Laura |date=April 11, 2010 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |publisher=Siliconera |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529093357/http://www.siliconera.com/2010/04/11/digimon-story-lost-evolution-returns-to-its-roots/ |url-status=live }}
Fan translation
A fan translation by Operation Decoded, who had fan translated previous Nintendo DS Digimon games, was released on January 1, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Thought to be lost to time, we finally present you our Lost Evolution Translation! |url=https://www.facebook.com/100064713607143/posts/pfbid02rSPNCQG8gbTxVf8X2SpcyCWxadMNupgLRSDVL2L6w3zmcmdBmgHsM9r71SeWjZ5zl/?mibextid=Nif5oz |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=www.facebook.com |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101050012/https://www.facebook.com/100064713607143/posts/pfbid02rSPNCQG8gbTxVf8X2SpcyCWxadMNupgLRSDVL2L6w3zmcmdBmgHsM9r71SeWjZ5zl/?mibextid=Nif5oz |url-status=live }}
Reception
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Digimon Story: Lost Evolution received a 30 out of 40 total score in Japanese Weekly Famitsu magazine, based on individual reviews of 8, 8, 7, and 7.{{cite journal |journal=Weekly Famitsu |title=New Games Cross Review |publisher=Enterbrain, Inc. |issue=1125 |language=Japanese}} The game debuted as the 5th-highest selling title of its debut week, selling 42,153 copies.{{cite web |url=http://spong.com/article/21773/Japanese-Software-Charts-Inazuma-Eleven-Top-of-the-League |publisher=Sprong |title=Japanese Software Charts: Inazuma Eleven Top of the League |date=July 9, 2010 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626220429/http://spong.com/article/21773/Japanese-Software-Charts-Inazuma-Eleven-Top-of-the-League |url-status=live }}
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Notes
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/ds_digimon_lost/}} {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/ds_digimon_lost/ds_digimon_pv_1m.asx Official trailer]
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Category:Japan-exclusive video games
Category:Nintendo DS-only games
Category:Role-playing video games
Category:Single-player video games