-next 0rder- Portal Site Shows Off New Area

September 11th, 2015. Bandai's official Digimon World -next 0rder- website has updated with the first images of a new area from the game, which had briefly been teased in last month's issue of V Jump. The screenshots show a wasteland littered with discarded communications racks, and a stack of vending machines not unlike those found in the original game. The open desert is juxtaposed with the amenities of a modern office building; a watercooler, trash bins, and café tables, a typical contrast for the Digimon World games. One of those vending machines even sneaks the original Japanese Digimon World logo in, immediately next to the watercooler.

These are also among the first screenshots to show female protagonist Shiki in action. As with the previous batch of screenshots, the digital world's day-night cycle is given its own spotlight. All of the screenshots can be found uploaded below.

Soulja Boy Instagrams Digimon World Photo

September 2nd, 2015. American rapper and celebrity Soulja Boy uploaded a surprising photo of his original copy of Digimon World, attracting over sixteen thousand likes in the next twenty-four hours. The photo quickly generated a multilingual Digimon discussion. In recent years the '00 PlayStation title has experienced a surge of interest from adults nostalgic for the peak of the franchise's popularity, attracting numerous Let's Plays across several platforms, including YouTube, Dailymotion, and the popular SomethingAwful forums.

-next 0rder- Website Adds Screenshots

September 4th, 2015. The official Digimon World -next 0rder- site has updated its screenshots page with watermark-free versions of the first wave of screenshots, previously sent out to the press in early August. These screenshots show with the "mysterious digital space" alluded to in Famitsu, a new town the player turns to for shops, and the day-night cycle found in the field. At present several of the earliest shots shown in magazines are not available on the website. Each of the screenshots are provided below.

English Cyber Sleuth Demo Previews Official English Script

August 24th, 2015. At a Brazilian press event, Bandai Namco Entertainment demoed the PlayStation 4 build of the English edition Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth. A recording of the demo was later uploaded to YouTube on the 28th. The demo showed off both a brief gameplay and a storyline segment, including a peak at the official English localization. The script for the scene hones very close to the original; in the Japanese script Kyoko was fond of referring to the protagonist as both "my assistant," (私の助手 watashi no joshu) "Watson-kun" (ワトスン君 Watosun-kun) and "Cyber Sleuth" (電脳探偵 Dennou Tantei translated "cyber detective" in Tamer Union's Let's Play to distinguish from サイバースルゥース Saibaa Suruusu) each of which has found its way into the official translation. Moreover, Kyoko's use of "Cyberspace" instead of "digital world" is a distinction that was present in the Japanese text.

While the demo does show certain dub-developed names like Gatomon and Flamedramon being used rather than Tailmon and Fladramon, the script that was shown is otherwise faithful to the original game. Digimon's long-awaited return to the English-speaking world will also be at the finest it's ever been.

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth will be available internationally in both English and Chinese on the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation TV, and PlayStation 4 in 2016. The game will feature original Japanese audio with a translated script, subtitles for cutscenes, new difficulty options, cross-save support, and a New Game+ feature unique to the international editions.

Digimon World Website Adds Kouta's and Guilmon's Profiles

August 28th, 2015. The official Digimon World -next 0rder- portal site has updated with a profile for Hirose Kouta, one of the supporting characters introduced by last week's issue of V Jump magazine. Kouta brings along with him his partner Yukimura, a Guilmon. The pair have contrasting personalities, with Kouta speaking casual macho Japanese, while Yukimura addresses everyone politely regardless of the situation.

Hirose Kouta
"I'm Hirose Kouta. This's my partner, Yukimura."

 「俺は広瀬コウタ。こっちはパートナーのユキムラだ」

A third year student in the same high school as the player. What you'd call a "nice guy" effective at reading the mood. While not unpopular, to no small extent you could say that he's unsatisfied. Like the player, he wanders the digital world. His partner is Yukimura (Guilmon).

主人公と同じ高校3年生。空気が読めてやさしい性格の、いわゆる「いい人」。モテないわけではないが、物足りないと言われることも少なくない。主人公と同じくデジタルワールドへ迷い込む。パートナーはユキムラ（ギルモン）。

Yukimura (Guilmon)
Kouta's partner. Polite to everyone, he has a stoic personality.

 コウタのパートナー。誰にでも礼儀正しく、ストイックな性格。

Last week the page updated with a section for the female protagonist, Shiki. So far the latest entry in the Digimon World series has followed a weekly schedule for distributing information. On a related note, With the Will user Theigno found the profiles' text embedded in the source code of the -next 0rder- website. Under normal circumstances the text is not displayed, but when viewed it gives both the text seen on the main page and the alt text for each image. At this time none of the hidden text contains more information than what the images already convey.

V-Tamer Author Shares Design Notes

August 24th, 2015. Today Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 writer Izawa Hiroshi uploaded an early draft from V-Tamer to Twipple, in commemoration of the manga's recent electronic reprint. Izawa attributes the prototype character designs to September 17th, 1998, three months prior to the manga's first serialization in V-Jump magazine. In this early version of the story, eleven-year-old Yagami Taichi was instead twelve-year-old Jimon Kakeru, and Zeromaru was nameless but nicknamed V. V. by his owner. According to a 2001 statement by Digimon Adventure director Kakudou Hiroyuki, prior to the manga's serialization executives at Toei chose the name Yagami Taichi to be used for the concurrent main character across all continuities. This, along with the Adventure title shared across V-Tamer, the 1999 film, and the anime series, helped improve brand awareness among audiences of the multimedia franchise.

Jimon Kakeru is described in the draft as an energetic and simplistic sixth-grade boy, who raises a special monster. V-Dramon is stated to be a Child-level Digimon in the draft rather than Adult as in the final manga, and is said to have some emotional dependence on Kakeru, with his mental age being around that of a five-year-old human child. The draft is otherwise close to the final version of V-Tamer; Kakeru is summoned to "Digimon World" by the residents of Folder continent, seeking his abilities.

Illust. Yabuno Tenya (1), (2)

Previously Izawa met up with V-Tamer illustrator Yabuno Tenya on the day of V-Tamer's closing anniversary, on August 21st. Both Yabuno and Izawa have been celebrating the anniversary, with Yabuno posting several of his latest illustrations of the characters to Twitter. As the day of the reprint announcement approached, Yabuno jokingly encouraged fans to send their reactions to V-Jump magazine. "Depending on the reaction, a paper version could be approved...probably? Go ahead, send V-Jump's editorial department a hot message! (Laughs)" Yabuno later commented that he had forgotten about the early draft details, and explained that it was Izawa who came up with the 01 title from his "calculations." (This is in reference to the origins of several characters' names; Rei was named for the Japanese reading of the number 0, and Neo from an anagram of One. Taichi and Zeromaru are counterparts to these characters, as Ichi is the Japanese reading of the number 1 and Zero the English reading of 0. Maru is also the reading for a circle, hence ichi-zero-maru is a play on 100%.) Izawa responded to Yabuno over Twitter that he chose 01 for its digital significance and because of how the addition of ichi turns zero-maru from 00 to 100, creating the series' titular "100% combination."

Digimon World Website Updates with Shiki & Takuto's Profile

August 22nd, 2015. The official Digimon World -next 0rder- portal site has updated with a unified character profile for protagonists Shiki and Takuto, the former of which was revealed only a few days prior. The profile clarifies that Shiki and Takuto are only default names, and describes them as follows; "Third-year high school student studying for exams, having finished their club activities. When they were little, they had an interest in the Digital Monster game. In their fifth year in elementary school, they were the runner-up in the national championships." Internally Shiki is identified as "heroine" within the website's image files, and Takuto as "hero."

In addition to its character and movie pages, the revamped -next 0rder- website also contains currently-unused sections for game specifications, an introduction, an explanation of the game system, screenshots, and a "special" tab. The website has also adopted a convention of replacing all Os with 0s,