Line #23 VideoGame/DigimonWonderSwanSeries


1	A series of four Bandai Platform/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.
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3	Like the [=WonderSwan=] itself, all four games were a victim of NoExportForYou, 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.
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5	The series did a crossover with ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' in one of its bonus chapters, with Ryo teaming up with the manga's Taichi Yagami to challenge Vikemon... and getting [[HotBlooded very distracted]].
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7	'''The four games in the series:'''
8	[[index]]
9	* ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventureAnodeCathodeTamer'' (December 1999) (set around New Year's Eve 1999)
10	* ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventure02TagTamers'' (August 2000) (set shortly after the ''Our War Game'' ShortFilm; co-stars Ken Ichijouji)
11	* ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventure02D1Tamers'' (December 2000)
12	* ''VideoGame/DigimonTamersBraveTamer'' (December 2001)
13	[[/index]]
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15	A synopsis for the games can be found [[Recap/DigimonWonderSwanSeries on the recap subpage]]. [[MindScrew You might]] [[TimeyWimeyBall want to]] [[WallOfText get a]] [[INeedAFreakingDrink drink first]].
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18	!!This series provides examples of:
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20	* TheAce: The first three games all treat Taichi, TheLeader of the original Digimon Adventure team, as the height of Tamer achievement. Indeed, Ryo's only called in when Taichi isn't able to help. Ryo finally surpasses him in the TournamentArc of D1 Tamers, becoming the Ace himself.
21	* AllThereInTheManual: These games are the manual that shows who Ryo is, as he was a HeroOfAnotherStory before his cameos in ''Adventures'' and ''Adventures 02'', and before becoming the SixthRanger of ''Tamers''.
22	* ArcWelding: The first three games bridge the gap between Adventure and 02.
23	* CharacterDevelopment:
24	** 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''.
25	** Millenniummon goes from being dismissive of Ryo to mildly amused at his interference before finally going full-blown Yandere.
26	* ContinuitySnarl: With Digimon Adventure, 02, and Tamers, which already have plenty of disagreements.
27	* {{Mons}}: Like other Digimon games, Digimon are gathered into teams and fight on Ryo's behalf.
28	* 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]].
29	* 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 actually 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]].

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