Digimon Survive Runs The Risk Of Being Dead On Arrival

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It feels like Digimon Survive has been in development for roughly 500 years. The reality is far less dramatic, with Bandai Namco announcing the game back in July 2018 before it was subject to a series of high profile delays. Even with its gorgeous anime aesthetic and compelling premise, fans had given up hope of it ever seeing the light of day.

Now we finally have a release date, with Digimon Survive set to launch worldwide on July 29. This also happens to be when Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will be coming to the Nintendo Switch, a game which many could justify labeling as the year’s biggest JRPG. Now the two announcements were made within mere days of one another, so this is likely an awkward coincidence rather than an act of self sabotage on the part of Bandai Namco.

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But with Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Digimon Survive having a certain amount of crossover between their respective audiences, one of them is going to suffer in the long run - and part of me worries that it will be Digimon. While the series remains beloved, and holds a nostalgic place in the hearts of many, it arguably pales in comparison to Monolith Soft’s blockbuster that seems set to sell millions of copies and dominate the genre conversation.

Survive on the other hand, like a number of other Digimon games in recent years, appears to be a modestly budgeted title that is fully aware of its own restrictions. Digimon World Next Order, Cybersleuth, and Hacker’s Memory are all great games, but relatively predictable in both mechanics and storytelling when compared to other, more innovative games in the genre. While a small hardcore audience remained, they failed to breach the mainstream in the way