Data Ravel

Before working on Digimon Adventure, Director Kakudou was in charge of the first Yu-Gi-OH! anime at Toei. There haven't been many interviews about that time and the transition from the Toei Anime and Duel Monsters, so this whole thing was a big surprise to me.

Before this, the only thing I knew about the development of the Toei anime was that Kakudou had also been called to work on the movie that was a part of the Toei Anime Fair, but he declined because he had already started working on the Digimon Adventure TV series.

I always found the "Digital Card Battle x Digital Card Arena" situation strange. I understand how long ago in Final Fantasy the Western numbering changed due to unreleased titles. But this isn't "Digimon Card 1 and 2", so why did they give the sequel the previous game's name?

In Digimon World, Jijimon asked the player if they had a Digital Monster. In the English version, released after the anime, they changed it to a Digivice. Funny enough, in Digital Card Battle, the protagonist actually gets a Digivice, said to be proof of the legendary hero.

"I couldn't go by the name Rosemon in that Matrix" "It might seem foolish, but as a Lady, I do have something you would call pride" I find it curious that although Babamon's profile is open enough that most interpret that the curse made Rosemon's body became Babamon, but that wasn't the case.

I find Card Battle's Babamon intro very funny when compared with Digimon World. "This is a world where Digimon fight with cards. No need to overthink; it's just a strange, strange world." "You'll inhabit this young boy's body; it doesn't matter if you are an old man or a girl".

Another interesting parallel is the role of Rosemon. In Card Battle, Rosemon herself is the manager of the Digital World who, after her original body was corrupted, had to transfer her soul to a Babamon's matrix and started using that name.

I find Card Battle's Babamon intro very funny when compared with Digimon World. "This is a world where Digimon fight with cards. No need to overthink; it's just a strange, strange world." "You'll inhabit this young boy's body; it doesn't matter if you are an old man or a girl".

She explains that she was short on time and couldn't arrange a different matrix, so this was all she could take; the matrix of the legendary boy who once saved File Island. Although lacking in physical strength, can still save the world with wisdom and courage.

I remember watching Digimon World gameplay when I was young and always finding the inside of Mugen Mountain, a bizarre space of terrain wireframe, interesting. I like that Card Battle actually explored a bit of what that place really was; the Digital World's System Area.

I think it's a surprising change because after years of the Royal Knights constantly residing in the same realm as Yggdrasill and the Angels (Even if stories showing it were few, I think only Xros Wars manga did it), having stories now directly state the opposite is strange.

I remember watching Digimon World gameplay when I was young and always finding the inside of Mugen Mountain, a bizarre space of terrain wireframe, interesting. I like that Card Battle actually explored a bit of what that place really was; the Digital World's System Area.

But lately there have been a few works that have removed the Royal Knights from being in the Kernel, in places like Digimon ReArise it's a plot point that Jesmon has never been to the Kernel before. Even in Seekers, the Source Domain is outside the access of the Royal Knights.

I remember watching Digimon World gameplay when I was young and always finding the inside of Mugen Mountain, a bizarre space of terrain wireframe, interesting. I like that Card Battle actually explored a bit of what that place really was; the Digital World's System Area.

Although the notion of the Kernel having this role was quite well established for a while and was depicted in Digimon ReArise as being able to control the entire world, I feel that the creation of the "Source Domain" in Digimon Seekers took over this role in that story.

I remember watching Digimon World gameplay when I was young and always finding the inside of Mugen Mountain, a bizarre space of terrain wireframe, interesting. I like that Card Battle actually explored a bit of what that place really was; the Digital World's System Area.

In Digimon Chronicle, it was portrayed as a mysterious red space formed by what I think is hexadecimal code. Although a very similar place appears in Chronicle X (But here it's blue), I don't think it's the Kernel anymore since it later appears in a different context.

I remember watching Digimon World gameplay when I was young and always finding the inside of Mugen Mountain, a bizarre space of terrain wireframe, interesting. I like that Card Battle actually explored a bit of what that place really was; the Digital World's System Area.

A place where one can control all the data would later be more commonly represented as the Digital World's Kernel, and maybe due to that, Decode actually portrays Mugen Mountain as connecting to the Kernel, and Cyber Sleuth says it's where Yggdrasil is at times of peace.

I remember watching Digimon World gameplay when I was young and always finding the inside of Mugen Mountain, a bizarre space of terrain wireframe, interesting. I like that Card Battle actually explored a bit of what that place really was; the Digital World's System Area.

It's the region where all the data in the Digital World exists and can be modified (Like, if there's a bug, you can go there and remove it); as such, if someone can control that System Area, they can actually reshape the entirety of the Digital World to their liking.