History VideoGame / DigimonWorld

!!This game has examples of the following tropes:

* HumansAreBastards: [[spoiler:The BigBad is a human and pretty much a predecessor to [[Anime/DigimonSavers Akihiro Kurata.]] The hints given in the backstory state he's not the only human who's come to File Island looking to enslave everyone]].

* UnwinnableByMistake: It's possible to get stuck if you leave Jijimon's house after talking to him when Prosperity is over 15 or 50, as a powerful Digimon attacks you with no warning until you defeat it. The event flag only triggers if you chat with him, and since doing so is the only way to gauge your progress, many players had untrained Digimon fighting major bosses by accident.

* VideoGameSettings:
** HailfirePeaks: The whole game technically qualifies as such, given that File Island is an IslandOfMystery located InsideAComputerSystem. In practically all of the locations highlighted below, elements of the latter can be found all around the environment; random plug sockets, diodes and circuit boards dot the landscape.
** FirstTown: File City
** GreenHillZone: Native Forest, Mt. Panorama, and later Gear Savanna
*** UndergroundLevel and LethalLavaLand: Drill Tunnel
** JungleJapes: Tropical Jungle
** {{Prehistoria}}: Ancient Dino Region
** BigBoosHaunt [[spoiler:and AbandonedLaboratory]]: Grey Lord's Mansion
** DeathMountain: Great Canyon
** SlippySlideyIceWorld: Freezeland
*** IcePalace and BonusLevelOfHeaven: Ice Sanctuary
** BubblegloopSwamp: Geko Swamp
** TheLostWoods: Misty Trees
** ToyTime: Toy Town
** TechnoWreckage: Factorial Town
** TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Mount Infinity

* DevelopersForesight: To explore all of Great Canyon, you have to [[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption walk over an unstable piece of rock]] in order to fall down to a lower level. After the fall, the protagonist asks his partner if he's okay and apologizes for not being careful, but if your Digimon is currently in a form that possesses wings, the protagonist will instead [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments call him a cheater for flying down unharmed.]]

* DummiedOut: [[http://www.digimonworld.org/2016/01/the-metal-etemon-mystery-solved.html Numerous Digimon]] which didn't make the final cut can be accessed with a device such as Action Replay, many of them fully playable. Some of them can even be accessed in-game using a leftover debug menu in the Japanese version of the game.

** It's also entirely possible to hit their bonus conditions for battling by complete accident, likely while grinding to learn special attacks. This could give you a MetalGreymon or Megadramon by coincidence.

* DiscOneNuke: Provided that you know what you're doing ([[GuideDangIt most likely because you looked up a guide]]), it's actually possible to raise an ultimate from your first Digimon. This means you can potentially access many of the game's higher-level areas and sidequests very early on, which makes it possible to beat the game before your first Digimon dies of old age.

* CrutchCharacter: Centarumon is the easiest Champion leveled Digimon to get[[note]]only requiring 100 brains, a weight of 25 to 35, and less than three care mistakes to get[[/note]] and has decent stats, making it the easiest worth wild Champion to shoot for early on. Getting its ultimates are a little more involved, however, and once you unlock easier ways to get stats, it's often better to shoot for other Digimon lines in the late game.

* WideOpenSandbox: [[https://i.redd.it/i1rlb45qq7961.png The game is surprisingly non-linear]] for a [=PS1=] era game. Starting off you can either go to Drill Tunnel and unlock the Gear Savannah, which in turn unlocks a bunch more areas to explore, or you can unlock the jungle area, which itself branches out into many more different areas. While [[BeefGate there are Digimon guarding these areas you won't be able to fight without grinding up a champion Digimon first]], there's nothing outright stopping you from doing areas in any order you wish.

* WideOpenSandbox: [[https://i.redd.it/i1rlb45qq7961.png The game is surprisingly non-linear]] for a [=PS1=] era game. Starting off you can either go to Drill Tunnel and unlock the Great Savannah, which in turn unlocks a bunch more areas to explore, or you can unlock the jungle area, which itself branches out into many more different areas. While [[BeefGate there are Digimon guarding these areas you won't be able to fight without grinding up a champion Digimon first]], there's nothing outright stopping you from doing areas in any order you wish.

** For whatever reason, [[http://www.spriters-resource.com/playstation/digimonworld/sheet/32147/ the intro screens]] for the different cups were left untouched in the international versions. The result is {{Engrish}} in spades, including such gems as "WHO's A MOST COOLER ?", "COME TUGETHER !!" and " [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "CRAPPER's" CUP]]".

* TheUnintelligible: Vademon and Bakemon.

** TheLostWoods: Native Forest and later Misty Trees

** UndergroundLevel and LethalLavaLand: Drill Tunnel
** GreenHillZone: Gear Savanna

** ExtraOreDinary and FrickingLaserBeams: Mech techs.

* BizarreTasteInFood: You know those piles of poop that your Digimon leaves behind if you fail to take him to the bathroom in time? They make [[SarcasmMode nice]] little (or not so little) [[{{Squick}} snacks]] for Numemon and Sukamon.

** BareFistedMonk: Battle techs, with a RockSteady tech thrown in for good measure.

* BalefulPolymorph: The Flat status affliction causes a Digimon to revert to a two-dimensional appearance reminiscent of the old Digimon virtual pets. Until they change back, they are limited to a weak attack and cannot block, though they're invincible during the change animation.

It was followed by [[VideoGame/DigimonWorld2 a variety]] [[VideoGame/DigimonWorld3 of different]] [[VideoGame/DigimonWorld4 sequels]], as well as a card battle spin-off. ''VideoGame/DigimonWorldReDigitize'' and ''VideoGame/DigimonWorldNextOrder'' are direct sequels to this game, following the original gameplay much more closely.

** To recruit Nanimon to the city you have to see him five times in five different locations. In all five he will ask who are you and leave. After the fifth meeting he will join to the city, but once you go and ask Jijimon about it, he will tell you Nanimon came and then left.

* WhatTheHellHero: Frigimon calls you out on bringing a Digimon who can't stand cold to [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Freezeland]]. He refuses to come to the city until you come back with a Digimon who doesn't mind the freezing climate.

* {{Jerkass}}: The Weedmon from [[ThatOneSideQuest Monochromon's shop minigame]] are the stuff of customer service nightmares. They usually ask for meat, the cheapest thing you can sell, can ''still'' call the price too high and ask for a discount and if you fail to meet their demands, they storm out. It's a wonder Monochromon hasn't banned the things from his store yet.
** Not to mention the Otamamon in the swamp, which insults you over and over again until you attack it.

** Guardromon is bronze and silver in color, rather than being copper-red all over, and has red eyes rather than green. It's also less rounder than the modern variant, though this may be due to graphical limitations.