START UP INFORMATION
Starting the Game
Set up your console following the instructions in the instruction manual.
Ensure that your console is switched off before inserting or removing a disc.
Insert the disc Digimon World 2003 and close the disc cover. Press the POWER button. When the language selection screen appears, highlight your language using the directional buttons and press button to continue. Press the START button in the Title Screen to open the Start Menu.
New Game
Select "Start" and press the button to begin a new game.
Continue
Select "Continue" and press the button to continue a saved game.
Note: It is advisable not to insert or remove any peripherals or MEMORY CARDS while the console is switched on.
How to Play
Progress through Digimon World 2003 by walking around fields and battling and talking to people you encounter. You need to power up your Digimon to fight strong opponents. You can increase a Digimon's parameters by equipping items and training. In addition, by collecting cards in various places, you can Card Battle with other people.
CONTROLLER
Field Screen
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Movement, Cursor: directional button
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Open Status Menu: START button
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Talk, confirm, climb, jump down and other actions: button
Battle Screen
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Menu Scroll: L1 button
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Cursor: directional button
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Menu Scroll: R1 button
Field
There are Digimon and people in the field that you can talk to by pressing the button.
There are various facilities that you can use in each city.
Armoury
Sells weapons and armour for Digimon. Digimon's parameters can be increased by equipping them.
Inns
Spending the night will recover Digimon's HP and MP.
Save
You can save the game by talking to Guardromon in the Inn. You can save up to three game files.
Choose the block to save to and press the button. If a game file already exists, it will ask you "Writing over previous data. Proceed?" To overwrite, select "Yes" and press the button.
To save you need 4 blocks of free space on your MEMORY CARD.
Item Shop
Buy items for use in battles.
Pawn Shop
Buy accessories with different effects.
Yellow Cruiser
Buy single cards and open your booster packs here as well.
Digimon Lab
Change Digimon's technique, digivolve settings, and also switch with other Digimon.
Switching Digimon
Switch the Digimon in your group.
Digivolve
Select Digimon's "digivolution" that it has learned.
Digivolution Chart
Digimon digivolution path is displayed.
DIGIMON BATTLE
Battle
The Battle Screen will open when you encounter an enemy. Battles are fought one-on-one and you command your Digimon from the following list.
You win the battle when all of the Opponent Digimon's HP are 0. You lose the battle when all of your Digimon's HP are 0.
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Fight: Use a regular attack.
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Technique: Use a technique the Digimon learned.
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Digivolve: Use a digivolution the Digimon learned.
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Run: Run away from the battle.
Fight and Technique
Fight
Fight does not use MP. Attack power can be increased with the use of weapons and/or items with special effects.
Techniques
Techniques are special attacks that require MP. There are regular techniques and finishing techniques.
Regular techniques can be loaded between digivolved forms of single Digimon. Finishing techniques can only be used by the digivolved Digimon that have learned it. To use a finishing technique, Digimon must digivolve to that form during battle.
STATUS SCREEN
Status Screen
Pressing the START button in the Field Screen will access the Status Screen.
Main Menu
Items
Examine your inventory of items, weapons, armour, and accessories.
Sort
Change the order of your Digimon. The first in order is the first in battle.
Map
Display the world map. Your location is indicated by an icon.
Techniques
Use techniques in the field. Select the Digimon to use the technique, and press the button to display the technique list. Select the technique and then select a target.
Status
Check the parameters of your Digimon. (See pages 10-11 for more information)
Card Folders
View cards and create Card Folders (See page 20 for more information).
Digivolve
Digimon can change into forms that are more powerful during battle by learning digivolution. By digivolving in battle, Digimon can use the finishing technique learned in that form.
Usually, the newest digivolved form has the highest basic parameters. However, digivolution already learned may have useful techniques, so think before digivolving your Digimon. Analyze the battle and dig