Bandai Namco and Capcom have teamed up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of with the releasing of new -themed Digimon Colour devices. These virtual pets allow you to raise, rear, and battle monsters, with the newly-revealed editions containing iconic franchise monsters. Two devices themed after Rathalos and Zinogre are on the way, with both allowing players to look after a range of monsters, all lovingly rendered in a neat pixel art style.
Baby monsters can evolve into Rathalos, Zinogre, Khezu, Rajang, Tigrex, Nargacuga, Mizutsune, and more, with various care behaviours defining how these creatures evolve – just like with other Digimon devices. Notably, these devices will be compatible with other Digimon Colour releases, so you’ll be able to pit your buddies against iconic Digimon, and see which franchise has more powerful creatures. At a glance, the new devices look wonderful.
Each of the iconic designs have translated well into pixel art, and their compatibility with other Digimon devices will certainly be well appreciated by collectors. The only challenge here is that it sounds like the digivices will be quite difficult to obtain outside of Japan. Bandai Namco has ramped up support for Tamagotchi and Digimon digivice releases in Western regions over the last few years, bringing over a range of devices from Japan.
That includes various Tamagotchi spin-off devices, like the Hello Kitty and variants. That said, the Digimon Colour devices haven’t released widely, and mul.