Direct Competition
Let’s be honest, as soon as Pokemon GO released, a lot of fans started imagining a Digimon GO. These are monsters and an IP tailor made for AR, but without someone like Nintendo nor the same mass popularity to be such an easy game to push. Enter Microsoft, one of the members of the “Big 3,” with a new AR headset on the way and a whole lot of cash.
The HoloLens will need a killer app on the gaming side of things… or at least another one other than Minecraft. While Minecraft is cool, it isn’t exactly new, and from the looks of things, it won’t promote world exploration. It’s that exploration that has really launched Pokemon GO into something much more than a simple mobile app. But you know what would promote that kind of gameplay? Digimon.
Should Bandai Namco and Microsoft team up to deliver a Digimon world, it could bring the brand’s epic creatures and exploration into reality. With HoloLens delivering more capable technology, and the implementation of grand social features missing from Pokemon GO, the partnership could definitely prove to be something spectacular for Microsoft and AR as a whole.
