Digimon World: Data Squad is an upcoming PS2 Digimon game with a release date in the US of September 28th later this year.
The game is set in the Digimon Data Squad universe, and revolves around the Seven Great Demon Lords. In this game the player will be able to control the four main Savers characters, Marcus Daimon, Thomas H. Norstein, Yoshino “Yoshi” Fujieda, and Ikuto Noguchi along with their respective Digimon partners.
The graphics are cel-shaded and the battle system is similar to the Battle Terminal (a Japanese-only arcade game). Bandai Namco is calling the game a “Dramatic/Innovative RPG” which means that the Digimon partners are affected by how you, the player, treat them. The way your Digimon evolves will be similar to Digimon World; the Digimon will be affected by how you take care of it and, depending on that, will digivolve into different types of Digimon.
In Digimon World Data Squad, a new type of digivolution method is used, called the Galactica Evolution System: this will determine what Digimon your partner will evolve into. There will also be new original characters, meaning that these characters are exclusive to Digimon World Data Squad, and will not appear in any other Digimon Data Squad media.
Exclusive characters include:
Yuma Kagura, who has a Renamon as her partner; Kosaburo Katsura, who has an extremely clumsy, female Biyomon as his partner; Tsukasa Kagura, who is Yuma’s older brother, and the new DATS technician, who graduated from the same academy as Thomas; Masaki Nitta, who is said to be apart of DATS’ past, but is currently missing; and Manami Nitta, Masaki’s daughter.
Digimon World: Data Squad E3 2007 trailer
Digimon World: Data Squad Mammothmon Battle Gameplay Video
Digimon World: Data Squad DigiSoul Charge Gameplay Video
Digimon World: Data Squad Galactic Evolution Gameplay Video
The long list (so far) of Digimon that are going to be included in Digimon World: Data Squad for the PS2 include:
Agumon
Airdramon
Angemon
Angewomon
Aquilamon
Bakemon
BantyoLeomon
Barbamon
Beelzemon
Belphemon
Birdramon
Biyomon
BlackAgumon
BlackGabumon
BlackGarurumon
BlackGatomon
BlackGreymon
BlackMetalGarurumon
BlackWarGreymon
BlueMeramon
Bulbmon
Butterflymon
Candlemon
ChaosGallantmon
Chaosmon
Chuumon
Creepymon
Darkdramon
DemiDevimon
Devimon
Dorumon
Etemon
Falcomon
Gabumon
Gallantmon
Gaogamon
Gaomon
Garudamon
Garurumon
Gatomon
Gawappamon
GeoGreymon
Ghoulmon (both versions)
Goburimon
GoldNumemon
Gotsumon
Greymon
Growlmon
Guilmon
Hagurumon
Honeybeemon
IceDevimon
Impmon
JumboGamemon
Kamemon
Keramon
Kokuwamon
Kudamon
Kyubimon
LadyDevimon
Lalamon
Leomon
Leviamon
Lilamon
Lilithmon
Lucemon Fallen Mode
Lucemon Shadow Lord Mode
MachGaogamon
MagnaAngemon
Mammothmon
MarineAngemon
MegaSeadramon
Meramon
Mercurimon
MetalGarurumon
Minervamon
MirageGaogamon
Monzaemon
Moon=Millenniummon
Myotismon
Neptunmon
Numemon
Omnimon
Otamamon (both versions)
Palmon
Pandamon
Patamon
PawnChessmon (both versions)
Peckmon
Pegasusmon
Phoenixmon
PlatinumNumemon
Psychemon
Pumpkinmon
Qilinmon
Ravemon
Renamon
Reppamon
RiseGreymon
Rosemon
Sakuyamon
Salamon
ShadowToyAgumon
ShadowWereGarurumon
Shamanmon
Shaujinmon
ShimaUnimon
ShineGreymon
Sleipmon
SnowAgumon
Solarmon
Soulmon
Starmon
Stingmon
Sunflowmon
SuperStarmon
Taomon
ToyAgumon
Tylomon
Unimon
Veemon
WarGreymon
WarGreymon X
WarGrowlmon
WaruSeadramon
WereGarurumon
Whamon
Woodmon
Yanmamon
Yatagaramon