Digimon World Tour Introduces DigiDollar Exchange System

Late on the 22nd, Digimon World Tour updated with an explanation of how participants are to win the previously-teased prizes at the Pittsburgh Digimon Celebration. The Celebration will use its own official currency, the DigiDollar, which can be redeemed at the event's prize table in exchange for the prizes previously shown. DigiDollars are awarded to the winners of events at the Celebration. The grand prizes of the event--like the War Greymon D-Arts figure--are in the 5000 DigiDollar range, while smaller prizes like trading cards and keychains are in the 100~500 range. A partial exchange list has been posted to the Celebration's Facebook page.

Digimon Celebration will take place at the Victory Pointe gaming lounge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 6th, 2016. Tamer Union will be traveling to provide on-site coverage of the event. The event is being organized through Facebook, and currently 65 persons have committed to going. 150 others are "interested," and 344 invited. In addition to the gaming and cosplay events that day, the Celebration will feature artist duo Ramen Bento as a vendor, selling Digimon plush toys, stickers, and magnets. Up until February 3rd, fans can purchase commemorative Digimon Celebration T-shirts from Redbubble, and those that arrive wearing one will be awarded 200 DigiDollars just for attending.

Digimon World Tour Announces Full Tournament Lineup & Rules

January 16th, 2015. Digimon World Tour announced the full details of their Digimon Celebration event today, which will take place three weeks from now on February 6th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event has been moved an hour forward to 12 PM, and it will end at 12 AM. The Digimon Celebration will feature tournament play for Rumble Arena, Rumble Arena 2, and Digimon All-Star Rumble. These will be the only sanctioned events with prize payout; tournament play for other video games, virtual pets, or trading card games may be organized on-site. For further details on the tournament rules, see the DWT webpage.

There will also be cosplay, fanart, and trivia contests on-site. The cosplay contest will be split into Craft and Exhibition divisions, with the Craft division reserved for cosplays designed, sewn, and constructed, while the Exhibition division is reserved for store-bought or commissioned cosplays, and cosplays made through clothing alteration. The fanart contest will cover only the visual arts, and participating artists may bring either a physical copy of the artwork to present at registration or send a high resolution PNG file to World Tour's dedicated email address by January 31st. For further information, see the DWT webpage.

Digimon Celebration will take place at the Victory Pointe gaming lounge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 6th, 2016. Tamer Union will be traveling to provide on-site coverage of the event. The event is being organized through Facebook, and currently 59 persons have committed to going. 138 others are "interested," and 346 invited. In addition to the gaming and cosplay events that day, the Celebration will feature artist duo Ramen Bento as a vendor, selling Digimon plush toys, stickers, and magnets.

Digimon Plush Toys and Merch at the Digimon Celebration in Pittsburgh, Rumble Tournaments

January 7th, 2016. Fan event organizer Digimon World Tour reports that their first vendor of the Digimon Celebration event in Pittsburgh has signed on. Artist duo Ramen Bento will be joining the Celebration, selling Digimon magnets, stickers, art prints, and plush toys.

World Tour has further expanded on their previous announcement of Rumble tournaments at the Celebration; the organization is currently gauging interest in each game, to help determine which Rumble Arena games should have tournaments organized for that day. Currently All-Star Rumble is on the table, as the most recent and most accessible of the Digimon fighters. While tamers have been asked to bring their Digivices and virtual pets, any competitions for those toys will have to be organized the day of. No tournaments for the virtual pets can be guaranteed by World Tour due to their relative rarity.

Digimon Celebration will take place at the Victory Pointe gaming lounge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 6th, 2016. Tamer Union will be traveling to provide on-site coverage of the event. The event is being organized through Facebook, and currently 50 persons have committed to going. 13 others are "interested," and 277 invited.

Digimon Celebration Event Coming to Pittsburgh

December 2nd, 2015. Digimon fan event organizer Digimon World Tour announced that the first Digimon Celebration event will be held on February 6th, 2016, at the Victory Pointe gaming lounge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Opening at 11:00 AM, the first Digimon Celebration will host several retro and modern Digimon games, including a demo of Cyber Sleuth, and a Rumble series tournament. (Which Rumble games out of All-Star Rumble, Rumble Arena and Arena 2, will be hosted has not been stated.)

The Celebration will also feature prize raffles, vendors, as well as fanart, cosplay, and trivia contests. World Tour has suggested that some copies of Cyber Sleuth may be given away as prizes at the event, which will serve as a launch party for the game.

Participants will have to pay a $10 entry fee in order to gain access to the arcade and accompanying café. At this time over 160 persons have been invited to participate in the Digimon Celebration.

Original image uploaded by the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette.

The Victory Pointe gaming lounge is a barcade located in the South Side of Pittsburgh, which had its grand opening last September. The location hosts regular tournaments for fighting games like Street Fighter and Super Smash Bros., and provides a host of classic arcade games and pinball machines, as well as more recent titles played on game consoles provided by the Pointe's management. Victory Pointe distinguishes itself from competing barcades by being open to minors; the establishment does not serve alcohol out of its kitchen, but does allow its patrons to bring their own drinks, making it accessible to a greater audience than most American barcades.

Digimon-Only Event Digital ∞ Infinity To Be Held in January

Last June the for-profit doujinshi market event organizer Studio YOU began scheduling the Digimon series-only event "Digital ∞ Infinity." Set to take place on January 11th, 2016, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM JST, Digital ∞ Infinity will feature 100 spaces rented out to a minimum of 20 different artist circles. These circles will exclusively be selling Digimon series doujin manga, self-published fanmade comics. In addition to the artist circles already committed, Studio YOU is renting out space to any fan circles that are willing to pay the 3500/7000 yen (approx. $30/$60) fee, granting them either one or two spaces (consisting of chairs and half-desk plus entry for three persons) depending on which price they opt for. The event details are projected to be finalized around December 14th, when the deadline for space registration ends.

Tokyo Distribution Center, the scheduled site of the event. Original image uploaded by TRC.

Although the manga will be fanmade, the quality of doujin work is often on par with professional manga. In the past former Digimon series animators and staff have been known to occasionally publish their own doujin at such events, such as Adventure 02 animation director Takeda Yoshihiro. The event was originally going to be held at the Oota City Industrial Plaza PiO, but in early October Studio YOU announced a change of location to the Tokyo Distribution Center (abbreviated as TRC, for Toukyou Ryuutsuu Center). No age limit has been specified on the event; typically minors are able to enter these markets and purchase general audiences doujin, but will be refused the sale of any Restricted-18 works.

The admission fee for consumers attending the market is currently undecided, but attending cosplayers will be charged a 500 yen entry fee for their "cosplay ticket." Additionally, cosplayers are asked not to bring model weapons to the event, change using specified locker rooms rather than the public restrooms, and only take photos within a predetermined "cosplay zone." Video recording on the premises is prohibited.