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EricFabian said:
Digimon and Vita exclusive... so no


I honestly think being a Vita exclusive will help it. It fufills a gameplay niche that is largely missing on the system and garners the game more attention, deserving or not. Judging from the developer i assume the game will be deserving though.

Theres a reason why the Ragnarok series has sold more units on the PSVita then the previous games did on the DS and PSP combined.  Although the Vita has a smaller userbase it is still a very dedicated base, actively looking for games to play. The only titles which suffer from its small userbase are games which would either outpace its userbase (games that would easily become multimillion sellers) or games which have such niche appeal that they are resigned to a minority, even if they do arrive during a software drought. A big budget, Monster collecting RPG would clean house on a starving system in my opinion. That fact that its digimon is a slight boost in that  its recognisable brand which carries nostalgia for some. A reboot (which this is) is a perfect opportunity for people to jump back on board.



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Looks amazing for a handheld game. This and PS Nova really show how great the Vita is and capable of offering an experience abive any other portable format.

I see it doing well with the existing via audience but not sure it'll sell many systems mind. However it is funny how being exclusive to via is being viewed as negative on here. Most by the same people who say they won't buy a Vita because it doesn't have enough exclusives..



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MikeRox said:

Looks amazing for a handheld game. This and PS Nova really show how great the Vita is and capable of offering an experience abive any other portable format.

I see it doing well with the existing via audience but not sure it'll sell many systems mind. However it is funny how being exclusive to via is being viewed as negative on here. Most by the same people who say they won't buy a Vita because it doesn't have enough exclusives..



It's a negative in terms of popularizing Digimon again.

Seemed to put Persona back on the radar.



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wow it looks nice, I'd for sure buy it for vita



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Um, well maybe if it wasn't exclusive to Vita, then yes. I had no idea Digimon still existed! :o



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Hardly... But i hope! I just want an english version of it



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Zkuq said:
Horrorfest said:
Zkuq said:

It'd be easier to put it back on the map if it ever was on the map in the first place. Can't put something back where it never was, you know.

leyendax69 said:
It looks great, if they bring it to the west I would buy it. Responding the question: not even Vita is on the map now.

Totally offtopic but I approve of your avatar, as little as I know about it. (And yes, I think I do have an idea about where it's from.)

Are you not aware that Digimon was hugely popular back in the 90's? Particularily the anime and card game but the original trilogy of video games was pretty successful.  I'm taking this as a sign that you probably a teenager who was just a baby during that time or not even around.

I think I've actually seen a few episodes from the anime and no, it was never popular here. It always stayed in the shadow of Pokemon, and I've never heard about it having any great success elsewhere either. Some moderate success, maybe, but nothing too big. Or maybe I'm just ignorant as I haven't really done my research here. As for my age, you're very quick to jump to assumptions because you could easily have seen my age on my profile. Hint: You guessed wrong, by up to a decade or so.

You're from little Finland, no wonder why. Here in the states the anime was a HUGE hit and both the card game and video games did pretty well. Nothing like Pokemon well but in terms of anime, Digimon was arguably even more popular at one point. Back in the 90's there was the big three. Pokemon which was at the top considering everything all around, Digimon followed closely and lastly Monster Rancher which didn't have much success with the anime but did quite well when it came to the video games.



Horrorfest said:

You're from little Finland, no wonder why. Here in the states the anime was a HUGE hit and both the card game and video games did pretty well. Nothing like Pokemon well but in terms of anime, Digimon was arguably even more popular at one point. Back in the 90's there was the big three. Pokemon which was at the top considering everything all around, Digimon followed closely and lastly Monster Rancher which didn't have much success with the anime but did quite well when it came to the video games.

Huh, so it really was popular then. Funny how differently it went over there. Here, Pokemon was a huge hit and every one of my friends at school knew it, probably watched it too. I don't think I ever had a single discussion about Digimon with my friends and if I did, it was probably along the lines of 'a cheap Pokemon clone'. Never heard of Monster Rancher... Just try to guess how popular that was over here! :P Then again, I suppose we have our own Japanese oddities too.



Zkuq said:
Horrorfest said:

You're from little Finland, no wonder why. Here in the states the anime was a HUGE hit and both the card game and video games did pretty well. Nothing like Pokemon well but in terms of anime, Digimon was arguably even more popular at one point. Back in the 90's there was the big three. Pokemon which was at the top considering everything all around, Digimon followed closely and lastly Monster Rancher which didn't have much success with the anime but did quite well when it came to the video games.

Huh, so it really was popular then. Funny how differently it went over there. Here, Pokemon was a huge hit and every one of my friends at school knew it, probably watched it too. I don't think I ever had a single discussion about Digimon with my friends and if I did, it was probably along the lines of 'a cheap Pokemon clone'. Never heard of Monster Rancher... Just try to guess how popular that was over here! :P Then again, I suppose we have our own Japanese oddities too.

Poor Monster Rancher got slaughtered more than Digimon which is sad because the games were very innovative. You create monsters through the codes in CD's and DVD's. It also goes very in depth about raising monsters. They can become sick, tired or even die if not taking care of. In terms of monster home console releases, Monster Rancher killed the other two. I watched the anime of all three when I was a kid and had at least one game for all of them. Brings me back.