History VideoGame / DigimonWonderSwanSeries

A series of four Bandai UsefulNotes/WonderSwan games released between 1999 and 2001 based on the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise. The four games star Ryo Akiyama, a character who made a handful of cameo apperances in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' before becoming a SixthRanger in ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', and detail his ongoing conflict with the sinister [[MultiversalConqueror Millenniumon]]. Their main draw is they are [[AllThereInTheManual the hypothetical manual]] for exactly who the hell Ryo is, what he's doing in two different [[AlternateContinuity alternate continuities]], and why he's seemingly out-of-place in the ''Tamers'' universe; they also link together all permutations of the franchise as a {{multiverse}}, which of course Ryo ends up saving.

* VillainousCrush: After his first defeat, Millenniummon gains a ''[[StalkerWithACrush single-minded obsession]]'' for Ryo, lavishing him with TermsOfEndangerment and [[FoeRomanceSubtext subtext]]; everybody else (including Ken) he holds in absolute contempt. In ''Brave Tamer'' Millenniummon even goes as far as to regard Ryo as ''"his beloved"'' in a dialogue between himself and one of his minions towards the end of the game and constantly regards Ryo as an 'equal'. When confronted in the final dungeon, Millenniummon laments to Ryo right before the final battle starts that had [[WeCanRuleTogether Ryo joined forces with his army, they would have been unstoppable together as a tamer/partner duo]].

* VillainousCrush: After his first defeat, Millenniumon gains a ''[[StalkerWithACrush single-minded obsession]]'' for Ryo, lavishing him with TermsOfEndangerment and [[FoeRomanceSubtext subtext]]; everybody else (including Ken) he holds in absolute contempt. [[spoiler:In ''Brave Tamer'' he goes so far as to claim to be Ryo's ''true partner'', but he is also completely insane, so his word can be taken with a grain of salt]].

* CharacterDevelopment: Ryo grows from being scared and out of his depth in ''Anode Cathode Tamer'' to being a confident and capable Tamer in ''Tag Tamers''. He then suffers a HeroicBSOD at the end of ''D1 Tamers'' before finally climbing out of it in ''Brave Tamer''.

All four were a victim of NoExportForYou because the UsefulNotes/WonderSwan itself wasn't released in the west, and so while most people are aware they exist and they explain Ryo's backstory, non-Japanese fans who've played them or are aware of how exactly it all unfolded are few and far between.

A synopsis for the games can be found [[Recap/DigimonWonderSwanSeries on the synopsis subpage]]. [[MindScrew You might]] [[TimeyWimeyBall want to]] [[WallOfText get a]] [[INeedAFreakingDrink drink first]].

* ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventure02TagTamers'' (August 2000) (set shortly after the ''Our War Game'' ShortAnimeMovie; co-stars Ken Ichijouji)

A synopsis for the games can be found [[Synopsis/DigimonWonderSwanGames on the synopsis subpage]]. [[MindScrew You might]] [[TimeyWimeyBall want to]] [[WallOfText get a]] [[INeedAFreakingDrink drink first]].

* VillainousCrush: After his first defeat, Millenniumon gains a ''[[StalkerWithACrush single-minded obsession]]'' for Ryo, lavishing him with TermsOfEndangerment and [[subtext FoeRomanceSubtext]]; everybody else (including Ken) he holds in absolute contempt. [[spoiler: In ''Brave Tamer'' he goes so far as to claim to be Ryo's ''true partner'', but he is also completely insane, so his word can be taken with a grain of salt]].

* NotSoSmallRole: Ryo's friend Ken, his ally in Tag Tamers and a background presence in D1 Tamers. [[spoiler: He is, of course, the same Ken as Digimon Adventure 02's, prior to becoming the Digimon Emperor]].

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