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In March 2019, Bandai released Digimon X, an updated version of the original Digimon virtual pet that combines features of the 20th anniversary release and the Pendulum X series. This new version features RPG-like gameplay that allows Digimon to earn experience points and level up through battles. The English language release was in October ...
A pet-raising simulation (sometimes called virtual pets or digital pets [1]) is a video game that focuses on the care, raising, breeding or exhibition of simulated animals. These games are software implementations of digital pets. Such games are described as a sub-class of life simulation game.
Digimon — a similar digital pet by Bandai; Giga Pet — a brand of virtual pets released by Tiger Electronics to compete with the Tamagotchi; Furby — a 90's toy with a similar market and a robotic feature with simulated speech and movement; Fin Fin on Teo the Magic Planet — a similar digital pet game; Neopets — a type of online browser ...
The Digimon franchise began as a series of virtual pets created by WiZ and Bandai, intended as a masculine counterpart to the more female-oriented Tamagotchi pets. [3] [4] It was released in June 1997 [2] with the name Digimon, [5] short for Digital Monster.
The first-known virtual pet was a screen-cursor chasing cat called Neko. It was rather called a "desktop pet" since at that time the term "virtual pet" did not exist. PF.Magic released the first widely popular virtual pets in 1995 with Dogz, [5] followed by Catz in the spring of 1996, eventually becoming a franchise known as Petz.
Plot holds that an "unknown Digimon" is born at the corner of the Digital World and begins to terrorize that world as well as a fictional version of Earth. The Digimon and Tamers from both worlds band together to fight it [61] Titled Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit in Japan [59] Sold 25,296 copies in Japan in its first two weeks of release [62]
A virtual pet is an imaginary pet that, as in the real world, needs to be cared for. Such pets are usually on the Internet or in a computer game. Subcategories
Agumon was created by Kenji Watanabe for the Digital Monster virtual pet in 1997 and was created to be a dinosaur that would be able to be taken on a stroll. [2] [better source needed] While creating the Digimon Adventure short, director Mamoru Hosoda wanted to focus on Tai and Kari's relationship with Koromon, the Digimon that appeared in their house.