Fans of the Digimon franchise - which I always saw as the poor man's Pokemon - will be pleased to hear that the latest DS release digimon world: Dawn has been launched. Expanding on the previous DS title in the series, with a bigger game world, this looks like it will keep ardent RPGers happy for some time at least.




Over at IGN Jack DeVries notes that the game has some impressive WiFi capabilities:

"Last year's Digimon game had some Wi-Fi capabilities, but they were lackluster. This time around players can trade, battle, mate, and train their Digimon over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The battles actually earn tamer points, the same points given out in quests, so there is a benefit to it. The ability to battle with friends, even if it is tethered by the friend code system is a welcome addition. Being turn-based battles, the gameplay doesn't suffer when playing online. It would have been nice to be able to communicate with people though."

While this looks far from perfect, fans of the RPG/monster-em-up genre might want to look this one over.

Here's a video to whet your appetite:



(Video via IGN)