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Name	Digimon World: Digital Card Arena Digimon Digital Card Battle
System	PlayStation
Release Date	December 21, 2000 June 28, 2001 July 5, 2002 (England)
Language	Japanese, English

Digimon World: Digital Card Arena (デジモンワールド　デジタルカードアリーナ, Dejimon Wārudo Dejitaru Kādo Arīna) is a video game.

It is the successor of Digimon World: Digital Card Battle and is based on the anime series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02.

Story[edit]

The story begins when the Player enters the peaceful Digi-Land. It did not last long as several Digimon begin to act differently and goes on rampage, caused by the evil according to a mysterious Digimon. At first, it was believed that it was caused by the Digimon Kaiser, who actually is a human that was manipulated by the evil. It turned out that the source of evil came from A in Infinity Tower, who hacked the entire system of Digi-Land. Then, a mysterious Digimon that is revealed to be Rosemon encouraged the player to challenge A to save the Digimon and Digi-Land from the evil. After the player beat the game, A was trapped and hijacked from Digi-Land caused by losing at the card battle system created by Rosemon, and therefore brings peace to Digi-Land once again.

In the post-game, the cities began to build their own Extra Arena and a new evil Digimon appeared. At this point, the player can challenge the Chosen Children and their Digimon partner, as well as their evolutions. After the player defeated the final evil Digimon Apocalymon, the player have to beat the Card Battle Masters, Black War Greymon and Black Metal Garurumon.

Gameplay[edit]

The gameplay is similar to its predecessor Digimon World: Digital Card Battle. Some Digimon card artworks, specialties, stat points, and support effects are changed. In addition, there are 6 Partner cards with an EXP based system, which allows increases in HP or attack points when leveling up at certain levels up to 99. Partner cards also have Digi-Parts, which can be useful to change their support effect. The player can only have 3 Partner cards in his/her deck. Partner cards can evolve into a new Armor level by using Digimental that can be received from certain characters. Normally, the Armor cards have lower stats than Level IV cards and cannot be obtained by any means.

Unlike its previous game, the cards cannot be bought. The player obtains three cards after defeating each opponent. The player can also create decks based on the opponent's decks if there are enough cards needed. A new feature, the Fusion Shop, allows two cards to be combined into a single new card, or simply exchange unneeded cards to increase a Partner card's EXP.

There are 301 cards of total, ranging from 000-300. The player now can have a maximum of 7 identical card in his/her collection. There are seven powerful "7s" cards, as well as the rare-yet-useless 12 Digi-Jewel cards.

Card Battle[edit]

Preparation Phase[edit]

Both players should have a deck with 30 cards that is placed face down. The player can only create 3 decks at a time. A deck can consist of maximum 4 identical cards. To decide who battles first at the beginning of the game, it is determined by the player picking either the first card and the second card. The deck will be shuffled automatically, then both players draw from their respective deck up to 4 cards in hand. The players may discard the cards and draw 4 cards again if necessary.

Both players should select a Digimon Card from their hand and place it on their Digimon Slot; in this case Level III (Child) Digimon is usually preferred. If Level IV (Adult) or Level 完 (Perfect) is selected instead, their HP and attack points are halved or quartered, respectively. If there is no Digimon card in hand, the player must discard their hand until a Digimon is selected.

Evolution Phase[edit]

After that, the player may use a Digimon Card to increase the Evolution Points (POW) as the evolution requirements, which is useful to make the Digimon stronger. The requirement is determined by the POW required on Level IV or Level 完 Digimon cards (Level III does not have POW requirement). Normally, the evolution can be done if the Digimon's specialty and its evolution's specialty are the same. The player may also use an Evolution Card, such as Speed Evolution, to make it easier for his Digimon to evolve.

Battle Phase[edit]

At this point, both players select either Circle, Triangle, or Cross as their attack. Circle attacks usually have the highest damage, Triangle attacks usually have mediocre damage, and Cross attacks usually have the lowest damage, but generally have special effects, such as lowering the enemy's Circle attack to 0. The player may then select a card from his hand or the top of his deck as his Support Card or Option Card. After his Support or Option effects are resolved, the battle begins and the damage are calculated to the Digimon's HP.

The player is a winner if he defeats three of his opponent's Digimon, or the opponent is unable to select its next Digimon before the rounds ended. The player may receive three random cards as a reward, as well as the experience points for the partner Digimon used in the deck.

Characters[edit]

Player
A
Motomiya Daisuke
- V-mon → Fladramon → Lighdramon → XV-mon → Paildramon → Magnamon → Imperialdramon
Inoue Miyako
- Hawkmon → Holsmon → Shurimon → Aquilamon → Silphymon → Valkyrimon
Hida Iori
- Hawkmon → Digmon → Submarimon → Ankylomon → Shakkoumon → Vikemon
Digimon Kaiser/Ichijouji Ken
- Wormmon → Stingmon → Shadramon → Coatlmon → Gran Kuwagamon
Takaishi Takeru
- Angemon → Patamon → Pegasmon → Baromon → Holy Angemon → Seraphimon
Yagami Hikari
- Tailmon → Nefertimon → Tylomon → Angewomon → Holydramon
Yagami Taichi
- Agumon → Metal Greymon → Greymon → War Greymon
Ishida Yamato
- Garurumon → Were Garurumon → Metal Garurumon
Takenouchi Sora
- Birdramon → Garudamon
Tachikawa Mimi
- Togemon → Lilimon
Izumi Koushirou
- Kabuterimon → Atlur Kabuterimon
Kido Jou
- Ikkakumon → Zudomon
Betamon
Babamon → Rosemon
Meramon
Hououmon
Vegimon
Igamon
V-dramon
Yukidarumon
Whamon
Hagurumon
Karatuki Numemon
Great King Scumon
Centalmon
Tyranomon
Wizarmon
Aero V-dramon
Goburimon
Pico Devimon
Megadramon
Gigadramon
Tuskmon
Fantomon
Mega Seadramon
Venom Vamdemon
Penmon
Leomon (Adventure)
Devimon (Adventure)
Metal Etemon (Adventure)
Vamdemon (Adventure)
Thunderballmon
Metal Mamemon
Super Starmon
Bakemon
Skull Greymon
Kuwagamon
Herakle Kabuterimon
Piccolomon
Metal Seadramon (Dark Masters)
Pinochimon (Dark Masters)
Mugendramon (Dark Masters)
Lady Devimon
Piemon (Dark Masters)
Infermon → Diablomon
Omegamon (Jogress from Metal Greymon and Were Garurumon)
Nanimon
Black War Greymon
Black Metal Garurumon
Apocalymon

Obtainable Cards[edit]

Main article: Digimon World: Digital Card Arena/List of Cards

Golden Banana
Devil Chip
Whistle
Giga Hand
Metal Banana
Shining Mane
Super Recovery Floppy
Super Attack Chip
Dark Nobleman’s Mantle
Fake Sevens
Net Worm
Missile Pod
Tonosama’s Proclamation
Beetle Diamond
The Bone That Calls Death
Red Digivice
Blue Digivice
Green Digivice
Black Digivice
Yellow Digivice
Pink Digivice
Back Dimension
Uninstall
Disaster Program
Coliseum
Flame Altar
Water Altar
Nature Altar
Dark Altar
Rarity Altar
Large Recovery Floppy
Super Defense Plug-in O
Super Defense Plug-in Δ
Super Defense Plug-in X
Trash Mountain
Beam Gun
Chainsaw
Metal Parts
Metal Armor
Mega Hand
Level Balancer
Level Manager
Level Booster
Armor Crush
Silver Ball
Coral Charm
Love’s Bandage
Mystery Egg
Miracle Ruby
Cyber Parts
Liquid Crystal Form
Deluxe Mushroom
Try-Your-Luck Mushroom
First-Rate Meat
Small Spear
Middle Recovery Floppy
Digimon Analyzer
Training Manual
Circle Killer
Tri Killer
Cross Killer
Suka Curse
Jyureimon’s Mist
Hacking
Digimon Graveyard
Data Copy
Partner Searcher
Flame Fragment
Ice Water Crystal
Earth Charm
Black Gear
Plush Toy
Chaotic Wave
Attack Chip
High Speed Plug-in
Recovery Floppy
Attack Plug-in O
Attack Plug-in Δ
Attack Plug-in X
Defense Plug-in O
Defense Plug-in Δ
Defense Plug-in X
Digi-Garnet
Digi-Amethyst
Digi-Aquamarine
Digi-Diamond
Digi-Emerald
Digi-Pearl
Digi-Ruby
Digi-Sardonyx
Digi-Sapphire
Digi-Opal
Digi-Topaz
Digi-Turquoise
Wild Sevens
Holy Sevens
Dark Sevens
Grand Sevens
Misty Sevens
Speed Sevens
Reverse Sevens
Rosemon’s Seduction
Downloader
Armor Penetration
Special Evolution
Mutation
Warp Evolution
Armor Release
Speed Evolution
Degeneration

Trivia[edit]

Several soundtracks from Digimon World: Digital Card Battle replace the original soundtracks in US version of this game, possibly to remove the Japanese anime theme references.
Even though the Ultimate level was well established by the time this game released, it did not feature it and every Ultimate level Digimon was treated as a Perfect level card that could evolve from Adult level Digimon naturally.
This game came with the Hyper Colosseum card Dw-5 as a Bonus.