Digimon World DS
{{Short description|2006 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Digimon World DS
|image = Digimon World DS Coverart.jpg
|caption = North American version cover art
|developer = BEC
|publisher = Bandai Namco Games
|designer =
|director = Akiyoshi Kanbe
|producer = Ryo Mito
Masahiro Knittel
Yoshinobu Matsuo
|writer = Shinya Murakami
|composer = Koji Yamada
|engine =
|series = Digimon
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|June 15, 2006|NA|November 8, 2006{{cite web |date=November 8, 2006 |title=Digimon World DS Materializes Into Retail Stores |url=https://gamezone.com/news/digimon_world_ds_materializes_into_retail_stores/ |website=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005170259/http://nds.gamezone.com/gamesell/extras/e30905.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=May 3, 2025}}}}
|genre = Role-playing video game
|modes = Single Player
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
|platforms = Nintendo DS
}}
Digimon World DS, known in Japan as {{nihongo|Digimon Story|デジモンストーリー|Dejimon Sutōrī}}, is a role-playing video game for the Nintendo DS developed by BEC and published by Bandai Namco Games. The game was released in Japan on June 15, 2006, and in North America later that year on November 8. Despite its localized title, the game shares no relation to the separate Digimon World series.
The Digimon Story series has spawned several sequels; including Digimon World Dawn and Dusk, Digimon Story Lost Evolution, Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars Red and Blue, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory.
Gameplay
File:Digimon World DS gameplay.png
In the game, the player controls a Digimon tamer and embarks on a journey to discover, tame, raise, train various Digimon. The player can build Digi-Farms to raise, evolve and communicate with the Digimon. Using Wi-Fi and local DS wireless connection, players can interact by exchanging Digimon, engaging in battles, and pooling resources to create rare types of Digimon.
Plot
The game's plot features characters and settings loosely based on the Digimon Data Squad anime series (known as Digimon Savers in Japan). The story sees the player character transported to the Digital World, where he or she raises and befriends Digimon and fights an evil entity calling himself "Unknown-D".
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Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 71/100{{cite web |title=Digimon World DS |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/digimon-world-ds/ |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213104803/https://www.metacritic.com/game/digimon-world-ds/ |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=May 2, 2025}}
| GSpot = 7.2/10{{cite web |last=Provo |first=Frank |date=January 25, 2007 |title=Digimon World DS Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/digimon-world-ds-review/1900-6164745/ |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406230707/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/digimon-world-ds-review/1900-6164745/ |archive-date=April 6, 2022 |url-status=live |access-date=May 2, 2025}}
| GSpy = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Theobald |first=Phil |date=November 27, 2006 |title=GameSpy: Digimon World DS |url=http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/digimon-world/747687p1.html |website=GameSpy |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205235020/http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/digimon-world/747687p1.html |archive-date=December 5, 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 2, 2025}}
| IGN = 7.5/10{{cite web |last=DeVries |first=Jack |date=November 22, 2006 |title=Digimon World DS Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/23/digimon-world-ds-review |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218215337/https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/23/digimon-world-ds-review |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=May 2, 2025}}
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Famitsu gave the game a relatively positive score of 30/40, receiving cross review scores of 8, 7, 8, and 7, respectively, as well as earning a "must buy" recommendation for the month. It also appeared in Famitsu{{'}}s list of 100 best selling Nintendo DS games in their December 2006 issue, ranking in at number 33, with 213,770 units sold.
Elsewhere, the game received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
IGN reviewer Jack DeVries claimed that "...despite its derivative nature and somewhat mediocre elements, it's still a lot of fun..." and recommended the game "...for players that are dying to get their monster battling RPG fix", also meriting it for its humorous scriptwriting and unique method of collecting Digimon. GamePro said, "Old Digimon fans will absolutely love this game; it's a repackaging of the older Digimons{{sic}}, but with much more to do."{{cite magazine |author=Her Misnomer |title=Digimon World DS |url=http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/ds/games/reviews/86068.shtml |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |issue=219 |date=December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116145852/http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/ds/games/reviews/86068.shtml |archive-date=January 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 2, 2025}}{{efn|GamePro gave the game 4/5 for graphics, 3.5/5 for sound, and two 3.75/5 scores for control and fun factor.}}
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Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091125235245/http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/ds_digimon_lost/ Official site]
- {{moby game|id=/38637/digimon-world-ds/}}
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Category:Multiplayer online games
Category:Nintendo DS-only games
Category:Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection games
Category:Role-playing video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan