Digimon Con 2023 passed off on twenty third December this 12 months. The hosts had been joined by the Digimon Card Sport’s producer, Kouhei Murata. After rounding off the outcomes of the assorted Japanese and worldwide competitions throughout the 2023 Championship.
There was a lot hypothesis a couple of model new Digimon simulator and followers had been ready on the announcement. They didn’t have to attend lengthy and simply 3 minutes into the stream, Digimon Liberator was revealed.
It’s Not a Simulator
Being digitally centered, many assumed that the undertaking could be a Digimon TCG simulator. The road from the trailer “What’s essential continues to be the identical even when its form has modified” additionally lead individuals to consider that it was lastly taking place. Whereas not everybody believed that the brand new undertaking could be the simulator, it was the bulk consensus, or on the very least, want.
What’s Digimon Liberator?
After replaying the unique trailer, the promised December replace was delivered with a brand new video. It known as again to Digimon’s giant historical past and pointed to its new path.
Digimon Card Sport “Digimon Liberator” is a Webcomic that might be launched in spring 2024. Extra data is due in January. The trailer showcases the brand new female and male leads in addition to their Accomplice Digimon, all with out names. It briefly teases some anticipated antagonist Digimon and tamers as properly.
This marks the second new Digimon story media in a non animated type. It additionally marks an entry into the TCG visible media, becoming a member of the likes of Yu-Gi-Oh! (YGO) and CardFight!! Vanguard (CFV). Each of which may hyperlink a few of their meteoric success to accompanying animated media with memorable characters and plotlines.
What does this imply for the TCG?
The Digimon TCG already matches its product releases to different media fairly properly. The Digimon 02 film acquired promo packs, in addition to launching alongside the reveals for BT16 in Japan, which centered on the Digimon 02 film’s solid and evolution traces.
Digimon Seekers content material has already supplied 3 consecutive Booster units of content material. So we anticipate to see the webcomic’s solid featured in future expansions. YGO and CFV have set the usual for showcasing new playing cards of their anime. Seeing the TCG performed by means of a storytelling lens might be a terrific introduction for newcomers and drum up pleasure for the product. One thing a number of the player-base’s largest content material creators have replicated to nice success.