As a series, Digimon never quite had the video game representation that Pokémon has enjoyed. Digimon has the potential to catch up to its competitor, but it needs to start looking at different homes for its most popular series.

Digimon World was originally released on PlayStation 1 in 1991. The game focused more on raising your Digimon companion, in comparison to Pokémon's more combat-focused gameplay. Over the course of your journey, players will raise a number of different Digimon throughout their life cycles. There have been sequels over the years with varied critical reception but, for the most part, the games have been released on Sony's consoles. However, the game's design could work just as well on the Switch, with some added bonuses.

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The Digimon World series has considerably slower gameplay than the Pokémon games traditionally do. There is more focus on training your Digimon and usually a short minigame that raises the stats of the Digimon more than the early battles you fight. These stats not only affect your battle skills but also affect what Digivoloutions you will reach. The biggest downside to this is that, from a player perspective, it's not the most interesting thing to watch. This is compounded on the PlayStation due to it being on a TV and as such a main focal point. However, the Switch's portability could be used to great effect to lessen the sense of tedium. Having the game running on the smaller portable screen would allow a player to focus on something else, like a TV show, while running their Digimon partners through their training.

Digimon does currently have a game on the Switch, Digimon: Cyber Sleuth, so transferring the main game series would make sense. There is also a market for these types of games, considering the popularity of Pokémon with the Switch's fan base. However, the differences between the two games should allow them to co-exist. The Switch doesn't have the full graphical power of its contemporaries, but it's easily powerful enough to run the kind of graphical fidelity that's used in the Digimon World series. The game could also use some of the more popular features from the Pokémon games that have recently been released. For instance, the game could use some of the ideas from the Pokémon Snap series and have the player photograph the Digimon in their world.

Digimon has recently started a new TV series that retells the original anime's story. Now that it's returning to TV, it's time for the games to follow suit and start branching out, and the Switch is the perfect place for the Digimon World series to find a new home.

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