FILE001 - WELCOME TO THE MACHINE
[NEW MUSIC] Welcome to the Digimon World (Ne0 Version)
Alright, let’s get this show on the road!
I’m setting the difficulty to Easy. I’ll explain why in a future update, but it really is the most reasonable option.
And here’s our skunk-haired protagonist. His default name is Takuto. I’ll show off the female avatar during the next tutorial updates, but I’ll be sticking with this guy for the bulk of the game since I kinda like his design.
Of course, our hero’s name isn’t set in stone. We’ll need one of those.
[VIDEO] Our journey begins with a Digivice…
“It’s been seven years… I hope I haven’t lost it.”
Suddenly, we are sucked into our Digivice in a flash of light. It happens.
DigiDave, our temporary stand-in, has landed. Confused, he looks around for a bit before…
I have no idea what those could be. DigiDave moves towards the strange figures.
[VIDEO] Suddenly…
“I have a bad feeling about this…”
Christ. We’re not even 30 seconds in and DigiDave is about to become DigiDead. This, by the way, is a Machinedramon. Whenever one of them appears, bad things tend to happen.
[NEW MUSIC] 1 + 1 = 10 DIGI POWER!
Oh good, there are three killing machines here. Thankfully, the WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon are on our side.
"Get back, DigiDave! We can take it from here! You just need to give us commands as usual!
“uh”
“What is it, DigiDave?! You’ve always given us commands in battle!”
“UHH?!”
“You seem really confused all of a sudden!”
“It can’t be helped. We’ll back you up.”
“You’ve gotta be kidding me. You’re not supposed to forget us–your partners!”
Unfortunately, DigiDave is so shocked that he forgets how to talk outside of battle for most of the game. It’s a little odd, since he doesn’t shut up during battles.
[VIDEO] And so we enter the first battle tutorial.
Digimon Battles.
The video will give you some basic text, but I’ll try to explain what’s going on in a little more detail. Your Digimon in this game are primarily AI-driven. By default, they’ll attack and pick targets on their own.
You’re not completely useless though. You can give your Digimon orders to target specific enemies or do certain moves.
Holding L1 or R1 will bring up the “Order Ring” for your first or second Digimon, pictured below, and you point the left thumbstick towards the thing you want them to do and press X. Simple, but there’s a little more to winning battles that we’ll find out about soon.
Now, I’ll go over the different parts of the Order Ring, specifically the ones so kindly highlighted for us.
First up, we have the orders and the ring itself. The slot in the center is always an “Agitation” ability, which will be explained in just a minute. The slot on the bottom left is always a Digimon’s signature move (ie, Pepper Breath), and going clockwise from the signature move, there can be up to four slots for assigned skills. You only start with one slot, but you can expand it as you progress through the game. There’s also a Guard skill we’ll be learning soon that will be in the bottom-right section of the ring.
Second, we have the Timer. Whenever you open the Order Ring for a Digimon, time pauses so you can select an option without interruption. You only have 5 seconds to decide your move however, as the ring will automatically close when time runs out. After you select an ability or run out of time, the ring for that Digimon has a 5-second delay before you can open it again. Keep in mind that each Digimon has a separate ring, and each ring has its own cooldown.
With that, we’re told to use WarGreymon’s Mach Jab, and the tutorial battle begins.
[NEW MUSIC] Digital Grit! (Ne0 Version)
We quickly sock the giant death machine in the jaw. The game rewards us by telling us about Agitation abilities.
Agitation abilities are located in the center of the Order Ring, so you can quickly activate them by holding L1/R1 and pressing X. There are a small number of Agitation skills in the game, and they primarily serve as self-buffs for your Digimon. Each species is assigned one, and there’s no changing what they have. MetalGarurumon, for example, will regenerate health for a time. The tutorial wants us to do that, so let’s.
Now we’re told about Order Power. Digimon have two resources they they’ll spend on abilties. For moves that they use on their own, they’ll draw from their MP, while moves that we command them to do will spend Order Power instead. You start each battle with a set amount of Order Power, and you build it up by Supporting your Digimon with the X button as they fight. Don’t mash the button though, Support has a cooldown, and using Support as one of your Digimon lands an attack, or takes a direct hit, will cause it to generate much more OP (we’re talking numbers like 5 vs 30 here).
You can’t really see it since he’s partly off-screen, but I timed my Support with WarGreymon’s Magma Bomb well enough to give him 30 OP, which is what the next stage of the tutorial wanted.
Now that we have 150 OP stored up, we can use his Special Move
Digimon have a slight charge-up period before using their Special Move. Don’t fret, they’re completely invulnerable while they’re charging, so you can also use this charging period to avoid an enemy attack if you time it right. Now, time to give this guy some Terra Force!
Oh good, we’ve put a dent in it.
“No good?”
“No… I have to keep going. I’ve finally met DigiDave… and this is where I’m a goner?!”
“I see… We may be defeated here…”
“But we won’t let that happen… to DigiDave!”
“What is this… The light of a bond?”
“I can feel the power. The bond is transforming into power!”
“Let’s go! As long as DigiDave’s with us…”
“We can still fight!”
[VIDEO] Tutorial Part 2 (I’d use YouTube for this one, but the song is copyrighted and gets blocked in several countries)
Now for our next trick: ExE. If you hold both L1 and R1 at the same time, you’ll open a third Order Ring that contains two abilities that use both of your Digimon. I’ll explain the other option later, but for now, we’re going to trigger ExE. Using 150 OP from each Digimon, two boys…
…become one powerful boy. For the duration of the battle, at least.
Not only that, they leap into action immediately, unleashing their Special Move.
Our foe is launched into the air, and loses a decent chunk of health.
“If we can do that two or three more times, we’ll be–”
“–uh oh.”
Well, there’s goes 85% of our health.
And now we’re done with the first tutorial. Our partners unfuse, and…
“Urgh… DigiDave…”
“This isn’t the time to be sleeping! We must defend our partner!”
[VIDEO] The two let out a cry and leap back into the fray.
OH HELL YEAH
OH HELL NO
Gottem! WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon pull through!
It was a struggle, but we did it…
…we managed to defeat our first Digimon…
…and it was a powerful one, too! We defeated a-
-Tokomon. We defeated a Tokomon. Good work. 
Alright, let’s see how our friends are doing.
“DigiDave… you’re all right…”
“What about you?”
“Um… Just one thing…”
[WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon fade out, presumably dead]
“Well, piss.”
[DIALOGUE] WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon compilation
Before we even have the chance to wonder how the hell we’re getting out of this cube zone, we’re suddenly whisked away to…
[NEW MUSIC] When You’re Lonely (Ne0 Version)
Just an old Digimon enjoying his day, when suddenly…
“Hrm?!”
…a human and a bunch of corpses materialize on his lawn.
Meet Jijimon. He’s a wordy little 
who will be occupying the rest of this introduction. I guess he’s also kind of like the Mayor of Floatia, since he’s A) The only one in town who is trying to get things done, and B) The only current resident who isn’t a baby.
Also, Machinedramon is pronounced Machine-DRAY-mon by every character in this game. It annoyed a fair number of people when it came out. In the anime, pretty much every Digimon with “-dramon” in their name had the “dra” pronounced the same way you’d say Hydra or Indra.
“The Machinedramon should have been caught in the interdimensional trap, but…”
“Hmph. You defeated that Machinedramon. That must be what destabilized the other dimension.”
“Hmph. These must be your partners.”
“And two of them, no less. That’s an odd relationship.”
“They did everything they could to defend you…”
“And now they’re dead.Thanks for the reminder.”
“Heh-heh-heh! No need to look so depressed.”
We get to watch our friends decompose.
“They were partner Digimon, so it is possible to revive them with a DigiEgg.”
“I have preserved them in external storage…”
Welcome to the egg selection screen. We have 10 eggs to choose from. There are also 2 bonus DLC eggs, but we’ll probably never touch them since they’re basically novelties, and an unlockable egg that we won’t be seeing for a while.
For the tutorial, I’ll pick and name these two. I’ll be picking from any user-submitted names when we we ditch DigiDave for our real hero.
Zugbug the Pabumon and Terra the Yuramon are brought into the world. They’re destined for… not a lot, actually.
Jijimon is about to talk our ears off for a few minutes, and I think this introduction has run on long enough, so I’ll be stopping here. For the next few tutorial posts, we will be switching to DigiDana so the female PC has some time to shine. Expect exposition, training tutorials, and possibly a few DigiMurders when we return!
Oh, and remember that you can submit suggestions for all of the following:
- Our protagonist’s name
- The two eggs we select for our first Digimon
- What Rookie-level Digimon to aim for with our first eggs
- Digimon names for future generations
- Ultimate/Mega suggestions you’d like to see (though these aren’t guaranteed, some have absurd unlock requirements)
If you want to see the eggs and the latter chunk of the roster, look no further:
DigiEggs
Champion Digimon
Greymon
Garurumon
Birdramon
Angemon
Kabuterimon
Ikkakumon
Togemon
Gatomon
ExVeemon
Stingmon
Growlmon
Gargomon
Turuiemon
Kyubimon
Gaogamon
Wizardmon
Devimon
Veedramon
Tyrannomon
Ogremon
Leomon
Meramon
Vegiemon
Nanimon
Kuwagamon
Seadramon
Guardromon
Woodmon
BomberNanimon
Icemon
Hyogamon
Piddomon
Kyubimon (Silver)
Gururumon
Saberdramon
BlackGatomon
Fugamon
Guardromon (Gold)
Youkomon
RedVeedramon
GoldVeedramon
Growlmon (Orange)
Greymon (Blue)
Garurumon (Black)
RedVegiemon
IceDevimon
Sorcermon
Chrysalimon
Numemon
Geremon
Meicoomon
Ultimate Digimon
MetalGreymon
WereGarurumon
Garudamon
MagnaAngemon
MegaKabuterimon
Zudomon
Lillymon
Angewomon
Paildramon
WarGrowlmon
Rapidmon
Antylamon
Taomon
MachGaogamon
AeroVeedramon
Myotismon
LadyDevimon
Mamemon
MetalMamemon
MetalTyrannomon
SkullGreymon
Gigadramon
Megadramon
IceLeomon
GrapLeomon
BlueMeramon
MegaSeadramon
Okuwamon
Datamon
Meteormon
MetalGreymon (Blue)
WereGarurumon (Black)
MegaKabuterimon (Blue)
WarGrowlmon (Orange)
BlackWarGrowlmon
Rapidmon (Gold)
Taomon (Silver)
Doumon
WaruSeadramon
Infermon
Etemon
Monzaemon
Agunimon
Lucemon FM
Meicrackmon VM
Mega Digimon
WarGreymon
ShineGreymon
KaiserGreymon
Alphamon
MetalGarurumon
Jijimon
MagnaGarurumon
Kentaurosmon
Phoenixmon
Magnadramon
Beelzemon
Justimon
Seraphimon
Cherubimon
Jesmon
MarineAngemon
HerculesKabuterimon
ChaosGallantmon
Craniamon
Vikemon
MetalSeadramon
Titamon
Boltmon
Rosemon
Sakuyamon
Lilithmon
Minervamon
Ophanimon
Crusadermon
Magnamon
Imperialdramon DM
UlforceVeedramon
Gallantmon
Leviamon
MegaGargomon
Belphemon SM
Dianamon
Kuzuhamon
Barbamon
MirageGaogamon
Gankoomon
OmniShoutmon
Arresterdramon
DarkDramon
VenomMyotismon
Piedmon
PlatinumNumemon
Dynasmon
Machinedramon
RustTyrannomon
BlackWarGreymon
Samudramon
BanchoLeomon
GranKuwagamon
Examon
Diaboromon
MetalEtemon
MetalGarurumon (Black)
Leopardmon
Daemon
Lucemon SM
Mastemon
Thank GameFAQs for having an easily-accessible list, though I’m opting to not list a few Digimon because they’re locked behind story progress/spoilers, and there are a couple additional Ultimate-or-greater Digimon in the game, but they’re only obtainable with specific late-game items, or via DNA Digivolution.