Digimon World -next 0rder- Coming to Taiwan in June, No PS4 Port

April 15th, 2016. Bandai Namco Entertainment Taiwan announced that the PlayStation Vita game Digimon World -next 0rder- will be coming to the island country on June 9th, 2016. Like Cyber Sleuth, which Taiwan got a translation of ahead of western gamers in November 2015, the game currently appears to be in undubbed Japanese but with traditional Chinese subtitles and in-game text.  But unlike Sleuth, the game will exclusively be brought over on the PlayStation Vita, with no PlayStation 4 port having been announced. No word has been given as to whether or not -next 0rder- will be coming to English-speaking countries; previously Sleuth debuted in North America and Europe about 70 days after it did in Taiwan.

This is a key localization for Bandai, as it marks the first time in over seventeen years that a World game has been localized in Chinese. Initial screenshots already show successful implementation of Chinese text in gameplay, suggesting that progress on the translation has been ongoing for some time. Bandai Taiwan reuploaded one of the game's primary official trailers to YouTube, which is in Chinese-subtitled Japanese. Unlike Bandai of Japan, Taiwan has chosen to present the title as -Next Order- online, whereas other sources like @Digimon_game use -next 0rder-.

Chinese Bootlegs of the Digivice iC 10x

Recently I spotted this Chinese bootleg of the Digivice iC 10x floating around on eBay. It's being sold by "ordergracias," and "offergreat," both located in China. I have not seen detailed documentation about how to spot bootleg iCs, so here's a rundown of what's wrong with this one;

• The most obvious flaw is that the logo reads DIGIGAME instead of DIGIMON.
• The iC was only manufactured in orange + white (iC 101), blue + white (iC 102), gray + purple (iC 201),  and gray + red (iC 202). Special editions include the 111 Rize Red (red + white) and 121 W Red (red camouflage pattern). The fake 10x mixes gray and black.
• As seen in the picture below, the bootleg has no three-pronged connectors on its underside. (Presumably because it was copied from a Data Link mold.)
• The included plate has an LCD sprite of Fladramon crudely stickered onto it. None of the iC plates have LCD sprites on them; they all use icons representing the type of Digisoul they confer, or Bandai artwork relevant to the Digimon presented.
• The manufacturer is listed as "Chinese Factory Homegrown products" rather than Bandai, and the item is listed as being unbranded.

This seller seems to be taking advantage of the current pricing crisis the iC is undergoing. What was once a generally-stable Digivice that could be bought for $20-25 has been incrementally rising in price throughout 2015, currently sitting close to $30 at the cheapest, and seems poised to jump. By offering a bootleg at just $17, the seller is hoping to take advantage of a market that may not notice the flaws right away.