Time Stranger Dev reveals why it took so long for a new game to come out

The heads up, Pokemon is not the only franchise including cute small monsters that have a game for release at the end of this year. This is because Digimon is based on Digimon Story: Time Stranger, the first new game in the series in almost ten years.

This last part is probably the most remarkable, because outside the 2022s Digimon will survive, the franchise was largely sleeping. This is despite the anime and TCG that is still strong. According to producer Ryosuke Hara, however, there is a good reason for long release.

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As the automaton first saw, the reason for such a long layout is caused by the story of the game. Because while development began after hacker memory, building the story took much longer than expected.

“Actually, we wanted to release it earlier, but what took the most time was to exclude the environment of the game to really emphasize the central theme of the game:” The bond between people and digimon, “and also building the story and the world focused around Olympos XII,” Hara shared.

It is worth mentioning that Hara believes that the story can be appreciated by both long -time fans of Digimon, along with those who are relatively new in the series. “It is a story that can only be told through Digimon, and I think that if the players complete it, they will understand what Digimon is doing so special,” Hara added.

When the narrative has been formed for so long, the team gave the ability to create a single largest list of digimon in the game. It was previously reported that the game would have more than 450 Digimon, which is a huge increase compared to 250 Cyber Sleuth.

The game was awarded the release date of October 3, so it will not be too long for the fans and those who are curious about Digimon, because the franchise will be able to see what is seemingly almost ten years in production.

Digimon Story: Time Stranger

Released: October 3, 2025
Esrb: Violence teens / fantasy, mild language, suggestive themes, alcohol use
Developers: Media.vision
Prequel (s): Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory
Number of players: Single-player
Steam deck compatibility: Unknown