Digimon Fortune
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| Name | Digimon Fortune |
| System | PC |
| Release Date |  July 11, 2013
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| Language | Japanese |
Digimon Fortune (デジモンフォーチュン, Dejimon Fōchun) is a video game.
It was a free-to-play browser-based raising RPG developed and operated by Bandai Namco Online. It was released through the Japanese Yahoo! Mobage service on July 11, 2013, and featured more than 1,000 Digimon cards. Although primarily a PC game, its social features were integrated with the Mobage platform.
The game combined card collection and enhancement with base construction, exploration missions, expeditions, and battles against other players. Its service ended on March 31, 2014.
Story[edit]
An outbreak known as the Erode Phenomenon (イロード化現象, Irōdo-ka Genshō) causes Digimon throughout the Digital World to become violent. The Four Holy Beasts, guardians of the Digital World, investigate the phenomenon and trace its origin to the Segment Ruins on Packet Island.
The cause is identified as the Wish Program (ウィッシュプログラム, Wisshu Puroguramu), a forbidden virus that interferes with the latent portions of a Digimon's configuration data. Although it greatly increases the Digimon's abilities, it also erodes its life and deprives it of its reason, transforming it into a destructive being. Due to the threat it posed, the Wish Program had been sealed on Packet Island by ancient Digimon.
The seal was maintained by the Fortune Program (フォーチュンプログラム, Fōchun Puroguramu), the only program capable of suppressing the Wish Program. However, the Fortune Program was mysteriously destroyed and scattered throughout the island in the form of fragments known as Fortune Codes (フォーチュンコード, Fōchun Kōdo). Digimon affected by the Erode Phenomenon begin searching for and attempting to destroy these fragments.
Because the Fortune Codes share their basic structure with the configuration data of young Digimon, Digimon of the Child and Adult levels are comparatively resistant to the Wish Program's effects. The Four Holy Beasts therefore entrust them with recovering the scattered Fortune Codes and reconstructing the Fortune Program. Sistermon and Culumon are summoned to assist them, while human Tamers are called from the Real World in accordance with the ancient accounts of Humans and Digimon joining forces whenever the Digital World faces a crisis.
The player travels across Packet Island, collecting Fortune Codes and investigating both the Wish Program and the unknown circumstances surrounding the destruction of the Fortune Program.
Gameplay[edit]
Digimon Fortune is structured around collecting and raising Digimon represented by cards. Cards possess characteristics such as evolutionary level, rarity, cost, statistics, and a Special Move. They can be obtained through missions, events, rewards, and several varieties of Gasha.
The main gameplay is divided into four interconnected features: Digi-Base, Mission, Expedition, and Digi-Arena.
Digi-Base[edit]
The Digi-Base (デジベース, Diji Bēsu) serves as the player's headquarters. Facilities can be constructed and upgraded using materials recovered during expeditions. These facilities provide functions that support exploration, card raising, and battle.
Mission[edit]
Missions allow the player to explore the Digital World and advance the story. Progressing through a mission consumes energy and can reward the player with Digimon cards and other items. Each mission area is divided into several stages and culminates in battles against enemy Digimon.
The principal Mission Areas are located throughout Packet Island:
- Root Grassland
- Disk Forest
- Texture Beach
- Segment Ruins
- Cash Mountain
- BIOS Ice Field
- Memory Trees
- Arc
- Noah
Expedition[edit]
The player can organize teams of Digimon and dispatch them on timed expeditions. Expedition teams gather the materials required to construct and improve facilities in the Digi-Base. They may also encounter powerful Boss Digimon while exploring.
Expedition locations include:
Digi-Arena[edit]
The Digi-Arena (デジアリーナ, Diji Arīna) is the game's player-versus-player mode. Players form teams from their Digimon cards and battle teams belonging to other Tamers. Consecutive victories and placement during an Arena period provide rewards.
Card raising[edit]
Digimon cards can be strengthened by combining them with other cards. Raising a card increases its level and combat abilities, while Growth ROM cards can also be used as enhancement material.
An Evolution Synthesis (進化合成, Shinka Gōsei) system was added after the game's launch. A maximum-level Digimon card could be evolved by combining it with the required Digimon cards and Evolution Energy. Evolution routes began with a Baby I Digimon and branched into multiple possible forms, allowing the player to complete an evolution chart. Completing one of these charts also awarded an additional Digimon card.
Gasha[edit]
Additional cards could be obtained through Gasha. Different Gasha offered different selections and card rarities:
- Bronze Gasha
- Silver Gasha
- Gold Gasha
Development and release[edit]
Digimon Fortune was announced as a browser game featuring more than 1,000 Digimon. It was released exclusively in Japan through Yahoo! Mobage on July 11, 2013. Access required a Japanese Yahoo! account, and the game used a free-to-play model with optional paid items.
To commemorate the launch, players who completed the tutorial between July 11 and July 31, 2013 received an Angemon R+ card. A friend-invitation campaign was also held from July 11 to August 15. Players received an Agumon R card after inviting one person, a Gabumon R+ card after inviting five people, and a War Greymon SR card after inviting ten people who completed the tutorial.
The game received regular Mission, Digi-Arena, and limited-time event updates during its operation. Evolution Synthesis was introduced in September 2013. In January 2014, it was announced that the service would end at the conclusion of March, and Digimon Fortune was discontinued on March 31, 2014, less than nine months after its release.
