Digimon World Championship apparently doesn't actually want you to play it. Which would explain why it does all its gameplay by itself. Maybe it thinks you're stupid and just decided all you can be trusted to do is moving Digimon from cage to cage. This is just an insult to Digimon fans. It's like the developer borrowed my car, stole the stereo out of it, crashed it into a wall, then tried to bring it back and tell me it was a "new car revolution."
Presentation - 3.0
Graphics - 5.0
Sound - 7.0
Gameplay - 4.5
Lasting Appeal - 6.0
Overall -
GamerDad writes: "Digimon World Championship is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence. Your monsters do fight, but it's very cartoony. The little critters just tackle each other or zap them with lightning bolts or fireballs. Defeated monsters don't die, they just lie there with stars around their heads. Reading skill is helpful for all the text. Normally I wouldn't think kids would like this game, but little brother Jeff is a big fan of monster battle games like Digimon and Pokemon, and he says in his own words that this game is "very addicting." So maybe this game has some hidden charms that I'm just not seeing".
WorthPlaying writes: "'ll admit that I'm one of the people who think that the Digimon franchise is a simple Pokémon knockoff, but from what I understand, the series actually spawned from Bandai's Tamagotchi craze. It's still difficult to not draw comparisons between this franchise and Nintendo's "Gotta catch 'em all" behemoth. In Digimon, you can corral your little digital monsters or hatch them from a Digi-Egg; they'll evolve over time or through training, and the handlers are called "Tamers" (not trainers!). There are some definite similarities between the two, but I noticed that the Digimon and Pokémon games play out quite differently from one other.
It's been a while since I've played a Digimon title (think the PS1 era), so I wasn't sure what to expect when I sat down to check out the newest DS game, Digimon World Championship. Not a whole lot seems to have changed. In Digimon World Championship, the core gameplay seems to be pretty similar to what I remember, where you house your Digimon in a training facility of sorts, allowing you to raise them, feed, them, clean them, and run them through some exercises, all in preparation for their various battles, which earn you in-game currency and allow you to create a name for yourself. Winning matches also lets you level up, which in turn nets you some of the more valuable Digimon down the road."
Gamernode writes: "Anyone who is familiar with the digital pets such as Tamagotchi or Gigapet should already have a fairly clear understanding of the gameplay involved in Bandai Namco 's Digimon Wolrd Championship for the Nintendo DS. In fact, the Digimon product began as a rival to the Tamagotchi and has since "digivolved" to the videogame medium.
Because the Digimon franchise focuses raising and training digital monsters, players will find that the Digimon World Championship experience is more about maintenance and management than actual gameplay. Most of one's time with this game will involve moving Digimon from cage to cage in an effort to boost certain stats or give the little buggers a bit of rest, dropping food in their faces to prevent starvation, cleaning up waste with a broom and dustpan tool, applying bandages, administering medicine, etc."
