Players assume the role of either Shu (シュウ) or Kizuna (キズナ), male and female Japanese fifth-graders respectively, who have just moved to a new district.[1] After witnessing a luminous object falling into the mountains during a fireworks ceremony, they are transported to the Digital World, where they meet their Digimon partners. They are joined by classmates Hiroyuki (ヒロユキ), a curious troublemaker, and Asuka (アスカ), a caring, older-sister type, along with Hiroyuki's second-grade younger sister Yui (ユイ) and her friend, a first-grader named Takuto (タクト).[2] Together, they must aid their Digimon companions while thwarting a group of villains named Uno, Dos, and Tres.[3]
In November 2009, Bandai Namco Games launched a teaser website with a countdown to the reveal of a new title referred to only as "RPG_LOST" and "The RPG that will return".[4] On November 20, the timer reached zero and officially revealed Digimon Story: Lost Evolution, along with a release date set for the following year.[5] The game received a final release date the following April, along with an official website that revealed additional content as visitors completed minigames.[6]
Digimon Story: Lost Evolution received a 30 out of 40 total score in Japanese Weekly Famitsu magazine, based on individual reviews of 8, 8, 7, and 7.[9] The game debuted as the 5th-highest selling title of its debut week, selling 42,153 copies.[10]
^"デジモンストーリー ロストエボリューション まとめ [DS]" [Digimon Story Lost Evolution [DS]] (in Japanese). Famitsu. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
^"New Games Cross Review". Weekly Famitsu (in Japanese) (1125). Enterbrain, Inc.
