Part 1: Hackers, Eaters, and Cyber-Bodies, Oh My!!

*gets smacked for the over-done Wizard of Oz reference*

First off, as expected, no English Dub voice actors. There are subtitles though. So it wasn't like I didn't know what they were saying. It's localized, just, Japanese voices. I don't necessary like this... but... as I continued... I began to ignore it. BECAUSE DIGIMON.

First... we're in some random chat room that has avatars that reminded me of the Summer Wars anime movie.

The conversation eventually goes to hackers... and Digimon. Which apparently are programs that hackers use and control. THIS ISN'T HOW DIGIMON WORKS.

Anyway eventually... some other avatar shows up called Mr. Nezbit and everyone is shocked. They ask if he's a hacker and he claims he is. WELL THEN.

He then tells people to meet him in a place called EDEN or he'll hack them. WELL I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. Two others go as well.

EDEN was... interesting. After awhile we get a message from Mr. Nezbit claiming that we're late and our other friends have already arrived. We have to go to a place called Kowloon which is apparently known for hackers. TOTALLY SAFE I'M SURE.

We eventually obtain the URL from a shady hacker-looking fellow in EDEN and go there. Eventually we meet with the other two in the chatroom. Nokia Shiramine and Arata Sanada. Arata looks mysteriously similar to the Devil Survivor 2 main character. Apparently Arata was looking for a rumored 'ghost' that apparently eats people's avatars as well as Mr. Nezbit. Not finding either.

We're also given 'Digimon Capture' which apparently makes us all hackers now. Oh goodie. Just what I always wanted?

Nokia freaks out and wants to leave but a firewall pops up and prevents that, making her freak out even more. She can't seem to move and Arata goes to explore more of Kowloon. With no other options, we follow.

Until we end up meeting a 'ghost' ourselves who 'inscribes' weird symbols on us. I'M SURE THEY'RE TOTALLY MEANINGLESS AND WON'T BECOME IMPORTANT LATER.

We also meet with another strange individual who explains Kowloon, hackers, and Digimon Capture to us. They also say we're still a 'fledgling' in a shell. Well, what do you expect? He offers to give us our first Digimon. Who show up.
I'M ALREADY IN LOVE WITH THIS GAME. GIMME GIMME GIMME.

I ended up choosing Terriermon. Because it's Terriermon and it shall be my Terriermon.

To bad it gets chased with the other Digimon by a bigger meaner one. The mystery person from before says there are other Digimon. Until our character refuses to do anything except chase after the other Digimon. YES. NOW WE'RE PLAYING DIGIMON.

We protect Terriermon and the guy from before shows up AGAIN to help us out. We take down the Digimon with relative ease. Afterwards, we go searching for Arata, who apparently has more to him than he claims, as revealed by the mystery person who reveals himself as Yuugo from a hacking team. Well then...

We go back to Nokia who ends up meeting Digimon herself. Specifically Agumon and Gabumon. LUCKY. They say her scent is 'familiar' before getting scared by us and run off. Nokia begins to change her mind on Digimon due to their cuteness. OF COURSE.

She comes with us and eventually we find Arata. But that's not all. OKAY WHAT?! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING?! IT'S NOT A DIGIMON. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FROM A HORROR GAME. AND IT ATTACKS US!!

Agumon and Gabumon show up to protect Nokia... but... we can't seem to damage it... not good... Arata manages to do... something... to the log out area and we log out. Or not. Our character ends up in the real world with a screwed up body. Game Over? Everyone who sees him freaks out. Can't blame them. However... we're saved by some weird woman who eventually takes us to a place called Kuremi Detective Agency. Her name is Kyoko.

Eventually... a weird voice tells us to jump and we do. STRAIGHT INTO A TV. WHEN DID I START REPLAYING PERSONA 4?!

We fly around and eventually we end up in a DigiLab with another female character named Merei. After experimenting with stuff we leave and and eventually learn that we need to obtain 'junk parts' to get our regular look back. Well... it's better than the weird blue data body we currently have...

I also got another Digimon. Bukamon. It might be In-Training but I'll try to get Rookies later and Terriermon isn't going to do everything on his own forever. I also ended up with 'hacking skills' which ended up being used to get back into Kowloon. Either way, it allowed me to get a few 'Jigsaw Puzzle' junk parts.

That was all I did though.
I'm seriously already in love with this game. Plus the AMAZING music helps too.

Next time:

More Digimon. More Hacking. More AMAZINGNESS. We might also no longer be a Cyber-Body anymore. Hopefully.