Digimon Survive's Dark Storytelling is Perfect to Expand the Franchise Universe
Bandai Namco's Digimon games have come a long way since the release of the Japan-exclusive Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers in 1998. Between the Digimon World series, the Digimon Story series, and several other spin-off games, the IP includes dozens of entries. Digimon games have almost as long a history as the Pokemon games, yet Digimon never reached the same heights. Perhaps, the Digimon games need a new vision to expand its universe, and Digimon Survive could help the series gain some prominence.
Digimon Survive, which is set to release this year unless delays hit, promises to take the franchise into its darkest storyline yet. The game's setting is reminiscent of the original Digimon Adventure anime where several teenagers on a camping trip are transported into a digital world, and must fend for themselves while fostering a bond with their digital monsters.
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Yesterday saw the Digimon Con 2022 livestream where Digimon Survive producer Kazumasa Habu revealed more details about the game's story. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth featured Digimon appearing in the real world, but that presented some inconsistencies between what the digital world is and the nature of Digimon. After all, if Digimon are just an amalgamation of data, so they could be considered lines of code rather than proper lifeforms.
To clear up this discrepancy, the canonical story will henceforth depict Digimon as ethereal life forms from the digital world. According to Habu, it was the director of the first two seasons of Digimon Adventure, Hiroyuki Kakudo, who told him that this was the true nature of Digimon.
A recurring adage in the Digimon franchise is that Digimon never really die. When Digimon are
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