Digimon Con 2023 occurred on twenty third December this yr. The hosts had been joined by the Digimon Card Sport’s producer, Kouhei Murata. After rounding off the outcomes of the varied Japanese and worldwide competitions throughout the 2023 Championship.
There was a lot hypothesis a few model new Digimon simulator and followers had been ready on the announcement. They didn’t have to attend lengthy and simply 3 minutes into the stream, Digimon Liberator was revealed.
It’s Not a Simulator
Being digitally targeted, many assumed that the venture could be a Digimon TCG simulator. The road from the trailer “What’s essential remains to be the identical even when its form has modified” additionally lead folks to consider that it was lastly occurring. Whereas not everybody believed that the brand new venture could be the simulator, it was the bulk consensus, or on the very least, want.
What’s Digimon Liberator?
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After replaying the unique trailer, the promised December replace was delivered with a brand new video. It referred to as again to Digimon’s massive historical past and pointed to its new route.
Digimon Card Sport “Digimon Liberator” is a Webcomic that can be launched in spring 2024. Extra info is due in January. The trailer showcases the brand new female and male leads in addition to their Accomplice Digimon, all with out names. It briefly teases some anticipated antagonist Digimon and tamers as properly.
This marks the second new Digimon story media in a non animated kind. It additionally marks an entry into the TCG visible media, becoming a member of the likes of Yu-Gi-Oh! (YGO) and CardFight!! Vanguard (CFV). Each of which may hyperlink a few of their meteoric success to accompanying animated media with memorable characters and plotlines.
What does this imply for the TCG?
The Digimon TCG already matches its product releases to different media fairly properly. The Digimon 02 film obtained promo packs, in addition to launching alongside the reveals for BT16 in Japan, which targeted on the Digimon 02 film’s forged and evolution traces.
Digimon Seekers content material has already offered 3 consecutive Booster units of content material. So we count on to see the webcomic’s forged featured in future expansions. YGO and CFV have set the usual for showcasing new playing cards of their anime. Seeing the TCG performed by way of a storytelling lens can be an excellent introduction for newcomers and drum up pleasure for the product. One thing a number of the player-base’s greatest content material creators have replicated to nice success.