<s>
is	O
a	O
2012	B-Application
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
developed	O
by	O
tri-Crescendo	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
Games	O
on	O
July	O
19	O
,	O
2012	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fifth	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Digimon	B-Application
World	I-Application
series	O
,	O
itself	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Digimon	O
franchise	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enhanced	O
port	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
on	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2013	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
follows	O
and	O
controls	O
"	O
Taiga	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
16-year-old	O
male	O
protagonist	O
who	O
is	O
transported	O
to	O
the	O
digital	O
world	O
of	O
Digimon	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
his	O
universe	O
is	O
merely	O
an	O
online	O
game	O
;	O
similar	O
in	O
concept	O
to	O
Digimon	B-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
over	O
10,000	O
accessories	O
to	O
collect	O
and	O
equip	O
on	O
their	O
digimon	O
,	O
which	O
alter	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
in-game	O
appearance	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
goggles	B-Application
,	O
or	O
an	O
afro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
Digimon	O
partner	O
is	O
BlackWarGreymon	O
X	O
.	O
Rina	O
Shinomiya	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
tamer	O
who	O
only	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
Decode	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
contains	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
guest	O
characters	O
from	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Lili	O
from	O
the	O
Tekken	B-Application
series	O
,	O
Taichi	O
Yagami	O
,	O
Sora	O
Takenouchi	O
,	O
and	O
Yamato	O
Ishida	O
from	O
Digimon	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Takato	O
Matsuda	O
from	O
Digimon	O
Tamers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digimon	B-Application
World	I-Application
Re:Digitize	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
issue	O
of	O
V-Jump	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
Digimon	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
by	O
Japanese	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
Tri-Crescendo	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
two	O
Baten	B-Application
Kaitos	I-Application
games	O
,	O
and	O
feature	O
character	O
art	O
from	O
Suzuhito	O
Yasuda	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
done	O
the	O
character	O
art	O
for	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Survivor	I-Application
and	O
Devil	B-Application
Survivor	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
premise	O
of	O
Re:Digitize	O
was	O
to	O
call	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
Digimon	B-Application
World	I-Application
game	O
;	O
unlike	O
the	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
on	O
July	O
19	O
,	O
2012	B-Application
and	O
the	O
enhanced	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
both	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
debuted	O
with	O
over	O
85,000	O
copies	O
sold	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
fourth	O
best-selling	O
game	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
the	O
week	O
of	O
July	O
16	O
,	O
2012	B-Application
,	O
and	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
sell	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
approximately	O
153,780	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2012	B-Application
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
74th	O
best-selling	O
game	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
version	O
would	O
sell	O
34,350	O
copies	O
at	O
its	O
launch	O
nearly	O
one	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
71,967	O
copies	O
sold	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
139th	O
highest-selling	O
software	O
title	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
June	O
2012	B-Application
,	O
Kouhei	O
Fujino	O
was	O
expected	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
manga	O
in	O
Shueisha	O
's	O
V	O
Jump	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
he	O
wrote	O
another	O
manga	O
named	O
Digimon	B-Application
World	I-Application
Re:Digitize	I-Application
Encode	O
,	O
a	O
retelling	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
