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Digimon

Digital monsters, real partners

Digimon grew out of Bandai's 1997 virtual pets, reaching video games on the Saturn in 1998 and Digimon World in 1999, with raising, battling and partner bonds at its core.

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1998
First game: 4
Series: Bandai and WiZ
Creator

In the frameDigimon Story: Time Stranger

One world. Many eras.

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Tamer roots. Digital Monster Ver. S reached the Saturn in 1998, and Digimon World brought pet-raising to PlayStation a year later. Rumble Arena and Digital Card Battle pushed the brand into fighting and cards.

Start with Digimon World

Your next late night

The essentials

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Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth

Media.Vision2016

Digimon Story: Time Stranger

Media.Vision2025

Chapters

Series (4)

DigimonBandai's Digimon games take the monster-raising property across RPGs, fighters and card battlers, with digital partners to train and evolve.Digimon StoryThe Digimon monster-collecting RPG line that grew out of Digimon World on Nintendo DS, with Time Stranger arriving in 2025.

A legacy worth revisiting

Raised, not just caught.

Digimon has always leaned on the link between a tamer and one partner. The games raise, train and evolve that partner through RPGs, card battlers and arena fighters. The Story and World lines remain the backbone, with Cyber Sleuth and Survive adding story-heavy takes.