Shueisha Publishes -next 0rder- V Jump Books Guide

March 16th, 2016. V Jump Books formally announced its next title, the official guide to Digimon World -next 0rder-. The guide was previously teased in an issue of V Jump magazine; VJB is an imprint of Shueisha, the publishing company which owns V Jump. The Digimon World -next 0rder- Official Guidebook is sponsored by Bandai Namco Entertainment, and touted as a "Tamers' Bible." It comes packaged with a product code that can be entered to download Black War Greymon and Metal Garurumon (Black) evolution items, in addition to stat-boosting items.

While the guide does provide a visual list of 216 of the game's Digimon, the evolution trees, names, descriptions and Tech lists are all in Japanese, requiring some level of literacy to read. The back of the guide features short section of pages featuring concept art of the core human cast, and the front contains a small foldout artwork of the adult Digimon World protagonist with Mugendramon.

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Digimon World -next 0rder- will launch in Japan March 17th, 2016, on the PlayStation Vita for 6,980 yen (7,539 JPY after tax). It is the latest entry in the World series, succeeding directly from Re:Digitize Decode on the 3DS, Re:Digitize on the PSP, and World on the PSX. Tying into Digimon Adventure tri., the game will feature Maicoomon as free downloadable content.

Those that preorder the game will get access to five special DLC Digimon, a remastered copy of the 1999 Digimon World soundtrack, and two original Vita themes, "ver. Nostalgic" and "ver. Dot." Theme ver. Dot features a montage of original Digimon LCD sprites, while theme ver. Nostalgic turns the screen into the layout of a Digital Monster virtual pet. 

First Digimon World Protagonist Returns for -next 0rder-, New "EXE"-Volution System

November 19th, 2015. The first scans of January 2016 issue of V Jump magazine were uploaded to Twitter this morning by Japanese Digimon fan @kimi_463, providing a first look at the mysterious Digimon teased in Digimon World -next 0rder-'s TGS2015 trailer. The magazine has one more surprise in store: a character resembling the first Digimon World protagonist is appearing in the game as the tamer to Mugendramon, the Digimon that has been wreaking havoc on the Village of Beginnings.

Referred to as ??? and "the young man in the knitwear cap" in V Jump, he is not expressly identified with the first game, but has an extreme resemblance to the official guidebook art for the character that Japanese fans call "Analogboy" and American fans call "Hiro." (See below) The magazine shows him doing something to a Digitama, and collectively identifies him and the black Omegamon as "those bearing darkness." It's possible that this new character is the one Taomon's profile refers to as distorting the digital world. Direct translations are provided further down.

The much-speculated-on Jogress system has been named in the magazine to as '"EXE"-Volution' which is a "miraculous evolution" that allows both of the player's two partners to evolve into one when put in a difficult situation.

This issue also promises that next month's volume will include more information on the 15th Anniversary D-3 Digivice, which is due to be reprinted in 2016.

Last month's issue of V Jump introduced Dukemon Crimson Mode & Taomon. Digimon World -next 0rder- will launch in Japan on the PlayStation Vita in 2016. 

Dark Robed Knight!

Digimon designer Watanabe Kenji has drawn a new Digimon!

"Executor"
A Digimon bearing resemblance to Omegamon Zwart, but about which everything is shrouded in mystery.

Those Bearing Darkness 
With the appearance of new characters, the protagonists' future becomes pitch black.

??? (New human character)
"...Failed again, huh."

Miraculous Evolution! "EXE"-Volution!!
When your two partners are in a pinch, they can combine through the power of bonds and "evolve" to restore themselves!

A Young Man with a Piercing Gaze!
The protagonists meet a young man wearing a knit cap, clutching a Digitama in his hands. [Remainder cut off]