Digimon Survive, the visual novel and strategy JRPG hybrid that Digimon fans have been eagerly awaiting for years, is finally available on all modern platforms except mobile. Since the visual novel portion is about 70 percent of the game, Digimon Survive has a smaller selection than previous Digimon games, with only 113 Digimon in total.
While Agumon is Takuma’s partner, the seven other Digimon who were partners in the Digimon Adventure anime series appear as recruitable Digimon. But by narrowing the roster to just 113 Digimon, many didn’t make the cut, with some omissions more surprising than others.
10 Veeddramon
Veedramon first debuted in the 1998 manga Digimon V-Tamer 01 and has since appeared in several virtual pet devices and games, but has never appeared in a Digimon anime series. In some of its appearances, Veedramon can even digivolve Agumon, meaning it could have been used as one of Agumon’s Champion level forms in Digimon Survive and replaced one of the others.
Even if Veedramon isn’t one of Agumon’s digivolutions, it could have been included as a recruitable Digimon. Still, for some reason, Veedramon is never as important as it once was, except for his appearances in Digimon World RE: Digitize Decode and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth.
9 regulumon
Regulumon, the Ultimate level digivolved form of Panjyamon, also known as IceLeomon in some media, first appeared in the Digimon V-tamer 01 manga. Despite Panjyamon appearing in a handful of Digimon video games, Regulumon has yet to appear in any, including Digimon Survive.
You would think after more than two decades that Regulumon would be included as a digivolution for Panjyamon as it would help differentiate it from the Leomon line and give it another Mega level option besides SaberLeomon. For now, Regulumon should remain a manga exclusive until it finally gets a chance to appear in a game.
8 SnowAgumon
SnowAgumon has been around since the first Digimon World game and has made an appearance here and there, but it doesn’t get much love compared to its fiery mascot counterpart. SnowAgumon’s digivolution tree is everywhere and Digimon Survive would have given the opportunity to streamline it with the digivolutions that would make the most sense.
If SnowAgumon had replaced Agumon, the digivolution branches in the game might have been more interesting, and fans would still be familiar with it because it’s still a type of Agumon, just one that’s different than they might be used to.
7 DemiDevimon
DemiDevimon is an Evil Digimon and had a starring role in the Digimon Adventure anime series as one of Myotismon’s lackeys. DemiDevimon also happens to be able to digivolve in Devimon and Myotismon. Despite MarineDevimon specifically appearing as a recruitable Digimon in Digimon Survive, no other Devimon is present in the game, including DemiDevimon himself.
Since Etemon and Piedmon Digimon are available in the game and are two other Digimon that Digimon Adventure fans know for their status as villains in the anime series, it is shocking that the main Digimon from the older Devimon digovolution line was not included .
6 terriermon
Although Terriermon’s twin Lopmon is part of the main cast as Shuuji’s Digimon partner, Terriermon himself is nowhere to be seen, not even as a wild recruitable Digimon. This is strange because Lopmon and Terriermon are often seen together in various Digimon media, including the anime movies Digimon Adventure 02: Hurricane Landing/The Golden Digimentals and Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, as well as the anime series Digimon Tamers.
This pair of bunny-like Digimon has also shared digivolution trees in previous Digimon games, so it makes the decision to specifically exclude Terriermon from Digimon Survive even more baffling.
5 GeoGreymon
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An alternate digivolution path for Agumon introduced in the anime series Digimon Data Squad, known in Japan as Digimon Savers, included GeoGreymon, RizeGreymon, ShineGreymon, ShineGreymon Burst Mode, and ShineGreymon Ruin Mode. Despite a branching digivolution tree and the presence of the original Greymon digivolution line from the Digimon Adventure anime series, no Digimon from the GeoGreymon digivolution line appears.
It’s entirely possible that the GeoGreymon line was seen as too repetitive to be part of Agumon’s digivolution tree of Digimon Survive, which is probably why the developers chose to use other, less popular dinosaurs instead. Digimon to include.
4 burgermon
Burgermon has appeared twice in the Digimon anime series, first in Digimon Frontier and more recently in the Digimon Adventure reboot alongside the new fries-obsessed Digimon, Potamon. Burgermon digivolves from Torikaraballmon and digivolves in a Champion form, also called Burgermon, but has no other good digivolutions.
Burgermon hasn’t appeared in any Digimon video games yet, but its fresh shrimp counterpart, EbiBurgermon, did appear in Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth as a medal. Including Burgermon in Digimon Survive could finally have been the chance to give it the correct Ultimate and Mega level forms, or even multiple branching ones, but it looks like it will have to wait even longer.
3 pulsemon
Pulsemon first debuted in 2018 with the Japanese launch of the first Digimon Vital Bracelets, which are basically Fitbits that let you raise a Digimon. Since the selection for Digimon Survive was likely to be finalized in 2018, as it was once thought to launch in 2019, this probably explains why Pulsemon and its digivolutions were not included.
It’s also a real shame, since Pulsemon already has a branching digivolution tree based on their partner’s physical activity. At the time of writing, Pulsemon and its digivolutions have not yet appeared in Digimon media outside of the Vital Bracelets, but they probably will at some point.
2 Herissmon
Herrismon made his debut in the 2018 Digimon ReArise mobile game as the player’s partner. Although ReArise was discontinued in 2022, Herissmon has not yet appeared in other Digimon media. Unlike many other Digimon, Herrismon does not have a branching digivolution path in its debut game.
Including Herissmon in Digimon Survive could have introduced fans to a branched digivolution path and introduced fans who didn’t get a chance to play Digimon ReArise on Herissmon itself. Hopefully Herrismon and his digivolutions will appear in another Digimon game sooner rather than later, as they are not available in any of them at the moment.
1 gammamon
Since the Digimon Survive roster was finalized in 2018, three years before Digimon: Ghost Game aired, Gammamon has not appeared. While it was unlikely that Gammamon would be included in Digimon Survive, interestingly enough, it already has a branching line of digivolution, at least for its Champion-level forms.
Because of how new Gammamon and its digivolutions are, they haven’t appeared in any other Digimon media outside of Digimon: Ghost Game and the Digimon Vital Bracelets, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see them appearing in Digimon games in the near future.
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