🔥 Trending New Digimon Game Under Fire: What's All the Criticism About?

The new Digimon game currently facing significant online criticism is Digimon UP ¹⁶. This free-to-play title, described as a follow-up to the 2025 RPG Digimon Story: Time Stranger, has been met with a largely negative reception from fans shortly after its launch ¹.

Digimon UP is a Tamagotchi-like gacha game ⁶. It incorporates familiar features such as Digimon Cards and Digivices, and its core concept revolves around "a Digimon journey that adapts to your life," allowing battles to continue in the background even when the app is closed ⁶. Despite Bandai Namco's promotional efforts, the game has not been well-received by the community ⁶.