DigiXros



DigiXros (デジクロス Dejikurosu; Dub: DigiFuse /Digixrose/DigiXros ) is a special type of evolutionary process in which multiple Digimon ("DigiXros Units") combine together to form a single, more powerful entity. One of the Digimon who comprises a DigiXrossed Digimon controls the combined body, while all the others provide new powers, weapons, armor, other equipment, or even entirely new body parts for the lead Digimon to inhabit and use.

The concept of DigiXrossing was introduced for the Digimon Xros Wars multimedia project, and is a major feature of its anime series, manga, video game, card game, and virtual pet adaptations.

=Overview= DigiXrossing is similar to the processes of Jogress Evolution and fusion, as all of these have the common trait of involving Digimon combining. Unlike Jogress and fusion, DigiXrossing is all about the lead Digimon of the DigiXros being the one to specifically get stronger by using the others as weapons/armor/extra powers, although it is usually still cooperative. Also unlike a Jogress, the DigiXros that results from a combination of Digimon depends only on the lowest base Digimon ("DigiXros Units") involved, and not the immediate components that fused together.

Also, there are very few cases of a Jogress or fusion involving more than two Digimon, but DigiXrossing regularly uses any number of Digimon at once. The Evolution Stage of the component Digimon in a DigiXros does not matter, and most Digimon Xros Wars media do not use the concept of Evolution Stages at all.

The process of undoing a DigiXros is called Xros Open (クロス・オーペン Kurosuōpen).

Unlike other forms of evolution, DigiXrossing generally does not occur at all without the intervention of a device such as a Xros Loader, and these are usually used by humans. Almost all Digimon who are the products of DigiXrosses are defined as being of the Enhancement or Composite Type, instead of being distinct species of Digimon in their own right.

DigiXros Units
DigiXros Unit (デジクロスユニット Dejikurosu yunitto) is a term used by some Digimon Xros Wars media, especially games, to refer to the base component Digimon of a DigiXros. It also describes cases like the Starmons or, in the anime, Knightmon and his Pawn Chessmon subordinates, where a group of multiple Digimon is treated as a single DigiXros Unit for the purposes of DigiXrossing. Digimon who have been previously formed from DigiXrosses of the appropriate base component Digimon are also treated as DigiXros Units.

The Digimon Xros Wars anime and manga will generally freely use any combination of the "canon" DigiXros Units to form the needed DigiXros. However, the mechanical limitations of toy and game spinoffs, such as Digimon Xros Wars Super Digica Taisen and the Digimon Xros Loader, require that every possible combination to make a particular DigiXrossed Digimon be defined as a list of valid DigiXros Units. This is especially important where it relates to the limited maximum number of Digimon that can be used to DigiXros at once: three at a time for Super Digica Taisen, and five at a time for the Digimon Xros Loader.


 * Example: In the anime, manga, and Digimon Reference Book, Shoutmon X7 is a DigiXros between six Digimon (Omega Shoutmon, Zeke Greymon, Ballistamon, Dorulumon, the Starmons, and Sparrowmon). However, neither Super Digica Taisen or the Digimon Xros Loader mechanically support DigiXrossing this many Digimon/DigXros Units at once. Therefore, these games prescribe these combinations of DigiXros Units to create Shoutmon X7 with fewer DigiXros Units:
 * Super Digica Taisen: Shoutmon DX Ｘ Shoutmon X5, or Shoutmon DX Ｘ Shoutmon X4 Ｘ Sparrowmon
 * Digimon Xros Loader: Omega Shoutmon Ｘ Ballistamon Ｘ Dorulumon Ｘ Starmons Ｘ Sparrowmon

=Appearances=

In Digimon Xros Wars, DigiXros is considered a mythical ability that only users of Xros Loaders (or similar devices) are able to use. Dark Knightmon rediscovered the ability as part of his efforts to rival and, eventually, surpass his brother, Bagramon, by DigiXrossing with him. He developed the Xros Loader, and he and Bagramon sought out humans strong enough to use DigiXros as a power to their benefit, distributing the first two Xros Loaders to Amano Yuu, and Aonuma Kiriha. However, their plans go awry as Kiriha and Amano Nene defect from them, and Omegamon chooses Kudou Taiki as another Xros Loader user.

DigiXrossing draws its strength from the bonds of friendship and sense of unity among the constituent Digimon and the Xros Loader's user(s). A DigiXrossed Digimon is almost entirely controlled by its lead Digimon, but the other component Digimon are entirely conscious, work in cooperation with the lead Digimon, and can talk while DigiXrossed. Sometimes, they can initiate attacks with secondary weapons, control the body when the lead Digimon is unable to do so for whatever reason, or even undo the DigiXros themselves. The fostering of bonds between multiple Xros Loaders and their Digimon allows for even more powerful collaborative DigiXrosses to be formed.

If a DigiXrossed Digimon is too injured or if they take an attack that is too powerful for them to withstand, the DigiXros will automatically be undone. Also, frequent use as the lead Digimon of a DigiXros puts a strain upon a Digimon's body, which can lead to difficulties maintaining DigiXrossed forms.

DigiXrossed Digimon can be returned to storage in Xros Loaders without undoing the DigiXros.

The Darkness Loader is an ancient artifact that can also perform DigiXrosses. At the start of the series, the Darkness Loader is inactive, and Dark Knightmon is seeking human energies and sources of dark power to charge it up and activate it. Once it is activated, the Darkness Loader usually requires a human to facilitate DigiXrossing. When Yuu himself is not using it, Dark Knightmon uses him as a power source to fuel the DigiXros process so that Dark Knightmon himself can use it. When Bagramon reforms the Digital World into the Seven Kingdoms, the Death Generals are all given a Darkness Loader replicated from Dark Knightmon's original.

Enemy forces use two alternatives to conventional DigiXrossing. The first is absorption, where a lead Digimon will consume other Digimon to strengthen themself; the effects are similar to DigiXrossing, but the absorbed component Digimon are killed. The second is Forced DigiXrossing, where a user of a Darkness Loader will initiate a DigiXros that occurs regardless of the will of the constituent Digimon. The lack of genuine unity in a Forced DigiXros is said to make it inferior to a true DigiXros.

In the Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time season, there are new rules for DigiXrossing. Only a maximum of two Digimon may be DigiXrossed together at a time by a single Xros Loader user, and since each Xros Loader user is only allowed to have one Digimon Reloaded at a time, the other Digimon must be DigiXrossed from inside their Xros Loader. The Old Clock Shop Man initially presents these restrictions as being the "rules of the Digimon Hunt" that all participating Hunters must follow, but he later admits that the real reason is the nature of DigiQuartz as Quartzmon scattering his particles around the real world. The Old Clock Shop Man also distributes new Xros Loaders to new Hunters.

One workaround to the two-Digimon rule is to just have more Xros Loader users contribute to the DigiXros. For example, where Taiki could form Shoutmon X4 by himself in the previous two seasons, in Young Hunters he has to perform a Double Xros with Amano Yuu to form him, temporarily transferring Ballistamon and Dorulumon into Yuu's Xros Loader. More and more Xros Loader users can be added to the process to add the desired number of Digimon.

With the exception of major DigiXrosses that originated in the first two seasons of Xros Wars, all DigiXrosses in Young Hunters follow the same basic "equipping the lead Digimon with weapons/armor/abilities from the component Digimon" formula, and all of them have the formulaic name "Xros Up (n)" (クロスアップ(n) Kurosuappu (n); e.g. "Xros Up Shoutmon"). Also, compared to the previous two seasons, Young Hunters uses an entirely new, simplified visual style and sequence for DigiXrossing.

The "Digimon Introduction Corner" segment at the end of every episode features a joke DigiXros between the Digimon featured in the Introduction Corner, and another Digimon who has previously been featured in any of the three Xros Wars seasons.

DigiXrossing (or "DigiFusing" in English franchise terms, as this game is exclusive to Western markets) is not a mechanic by itself in Digimon All-Star Rumble, but two playable Digimon - Dorulumon and Impmon - have evolved forms in this game (respectively, Shoutmon X4 and Shoutmon X5B; and Shoutmon X5B) that they ostensibly reach by this process, as they shout "DigiFuse!" when they do so. This is purely for aesthetic purposes, however, as from a gameplay perspective their transformations into these forms function entirely like a regular evolution and involve no other actual Digimon, no Tamers, and no Digivices.

In the story mode, Impmon is given the ability to become Shoutmon X5B when he defeats Shoutmon X5B. Additionally, an evil sentient virus clones Dorulumon, Shoutmon, and Beelzemon (Beelzebumon), and Force DigiFuses the clones into Shoutmon X5B without use of a Digivice.

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DigiXrossing itself does not exist in the Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth games, but it is alluded to with the game's Xros Combo mechanic (クロスコンボ Kurosukonbo; Dub: Xros Combo/Cross Combo). This mechanic gives Digimon who have allies with turns immediately after their own a chance to trigger a combo where the allies strengthen their own attack or techniques. The chance of triggering a Xros Combo improves based on the Digimon's Camaraderie stat.

Notably, the games' two Digimon from Digimon Xros Wars (Shoutmon and Omega Shoutmon) have a special ability called "Xros Heart" that increases Xros Combo activation rates for all allied Digimon.

Each act of Super Digica Taisen added new DigiXrosses that can be used in both the card and arcade game. The Data Carddass site listed all of the new DigiXros Unit combinations for each new DigiXros in each act.

DigiXros is a keyword introduced in BT-10 Xros Encounter, and serves as a special way to play a Digimon card that possesses it from the player's hand. When a DigiXros is initiated, the player can put Digimon mentioned in the card text for the DigiXros-using Digimon below it as evolution sources from their hand or Battle Area. Each Digimon added this way reduces the Play Cost of the Digimon with the DigiXros ability by a number denoted in the DigiXros text itself.

Furthermore, Digimon with DigiXros may have the Material Save keyword as well, which allows the player to put their DigiXros Units below a Tamer Card if the Digimon is destroyed; the amount they can put is denoted in the Material Save text.

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