Digimon World: Next Order for PS Vita Hits Japan In 2016

The next Digimon game is “Digimon World: Next Order”, coming out exclusively for the PlayStation Vita in Japan next year. A Western release is yet to be announced. The game was first revealed in V Jump magazine.

Protagonist and Digimon Information:

Digimon World Next Order PlayStation Vita Gameplay Screenshot

Takuto – (Default. Name changeable.) – A senior at high school who is at the end of his club activities and the main character. He has been a lover of Digimon from a young age, as a 5th grader he became the runner-up of a Japanese Digimon game competition.

Gabumon – A shy young Digimon that grows out his fur and digivolves into Garurumon.

Agumon – A low-level Digimon. His special attack is known as “Baby Flame”, fire that he shoots out of his mouth to roast his foes.

Digimon World Next Order Night Sky Gameplay Screenshot PSVita

Digimon World: Next Order will feature characters designed by “Taiki” (Also known as “Pixiv”), who has been the main illustrator of a lot of characters and card art from the “Lord of Vermilion” franchise, an extremely popular digital “Trading Card Game” series in Japan for arcades by Square Enix.

Lord of Arcana” & “Lord of Apocalypse” for PSP & PSVita are Action-based spin-offs in the Lord of Vermilion franchise. They are available in the West so you may have seen them on store shelves. A MOBA entitled “Lord of Vermilion Arena” was also released in Japan earlier this year.

Digimon World Next Order Grassy Field Gameplay Screenshot PSVita

According to Taiki, he is a big Digimon fan.

He says, “When I was in elementary school, I bought my first Digimon handheld and it was the first time I fell in love with Digimon. As I was with my very own Digimon, I felt half of the pressure of my very own life.”

Gameplay details on Digimon World: Next Order are scarce, but fans will probably be able to glean some information from the gameplay screenshots. You can also check out the official Japanese Digimon World: Next Order website.

It’s definitely worth noting that Namco Bandai is publishing “Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth” in English for Western markets in 2016 for both PSVita AND PS4.

Digimon World Next Order Enemies Gameplay Screenshot PSVita

If that game proves to be moderately successful (I imagine it will be a digital-only release), then it is very likely that Namco Bandai will also publish “Digimon World: Next Order” in the West too.

So if you want to see Digimon World: Next Order, be sure to pre-order a copy of “Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth” to show Namco that you are interested!

Digimon World Next Order Artwork Official PSVita

Digimon definitely seems to be one of the franchises that has devolved (har har!) into “B-Game” status. There has yet to be a big Digimon game in the modern age.

This is kind of surprising, as Digimon is a franchise that has a lot of fan-love and is well-remembered by Millennials who grew up with the franchise (alongside Pokemon & Yu-Gi-Oh) when they were kids.

I think there is potential for a Digimon game, done right, to be a massive success. But so far no developer has shown that kind of interest in the property.

Digimon World Next Order Freaky PSVita

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Here’s the Digimon World: Next Order image gallery. Click on any of these image thumbnails to see the full-size photos: