Digimon has nearly three decades of anime, games, virtual pets and cards behind it, and the details rarely line up across them. This page explains how we check facts, which sources we trust, why every profile names its medium, and what to do if you spot a mistake.
Why every fact names its medium
The same Digimon can have a different level name, a different evolution line and a different attribute depending on where you look. Agumon turns into Greymon in the 1999 anime, but in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth it can also become GeoGreymon, Tyrannomon or something else entirely depending on your stats. Neither is wrong. They are simply different sources.
So we never write “Agumon digivolves into Greymon” as a bare statement. We write where that happens: in Digimon Adventure, in Digimon World, in the card game, in the Vital Bracelet line. If a profile covers several media, each evolution line gets its own labelled section rather than being blended into one made-up canon.
The level names cause the most confusion, and we are strict about them. The Japanese “Ultimate” stage (the final one, where Omegamon sits) is called “Mega” in English, while the Japanese “Perfect” stage is called “Ultimate” in English. Mixing those up quietly breaks a whole evolution chart. We use the English stage names throughout and spell out the Japanese equivalent the first time a page uses them.
English names first, Japanese names alongside
Our main audience plays and watches in English, so English names lead. Where the Japanese name differs, it follows in brackets on first use: Omnimon (Omegamon), Gallantmon (Dukemon), Myotismon (Vamdemon), MagnaAngemon (HolyAngemon), Beelzemon (Beelzebumon).
A few things to know about how we pick the English name:
- We use the name that appears in the current English games and the English card game where one exists.
- If the English dub and the English games disagree, the game name leads and the dub name is noted.
- Characters follow the same rule: Tai Kamiya (Taichi Yagami), Davis Motomiya (Daisuke Motomiya).
- Capitalisation follows the official English spelling even when it looks odd, so SkullGreymon and MetalGarurumon, not Skullgreymon and Metalgarurumon.
We keep Japanese names in the text deliberately. Plenty of guides, card spoilers and official profiles only exist in Japanese, and you should be able to search for either name and land on the right page.
The sources we use
We check facts against primary sources in this order:
- The games themselves. Evolution requirements, stats, attributes, move lists and locations come from playing the game and reading its in-game data, not from memory or second-hand lists. If a game has a field guide or Digimon encyclopedia screen, that is the source we quote.
- Official Bandai sites. The Digimon Reference Book and the official Digimon web pages give canonical level, attribute, type and profile text. We use these for the “official profile” section of each Digimon page.
- The anime. For anime evolution lines, attacks and character details we go back to the episodes, and we say which series: the original Digimon Adventure and the 2020 Digimon Adventure: reboot are treated as separate sources because they diverge almost immediately.
- Official card lists. Card stats, levels, colours, DP and effects come from the official Digimon Card Game card database, not from fan transcriptions. Reprints often change numbers, so we note the set code for any card we reference.
Fan wikis are useful for finding where to look, and we read them, but we do not cite them. If we cannot confirm a detail in one of the four sources above, we either leave it out or flag it clearly as unconfirmed.
How we handle game updates and DLC
Patches change things. A move gets rebalanced, a DLC adds new Digimon, a re-release shuffles evolution requirements. A guide written for the original release of a game can be flatly wrong a year later.
Our approach:
- Every game guide states the version and platform we tested on, for example Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition on Switch rather than the original PlayStation Vita release.
- DLC content is marked as DLC. If an evolution only exists because of a paid add-on, the chart says so rather than treating it as base-game content.
- When a patch changes something we have covered, we update the page and add a short note at the top saying what changed and when, so returning readers are not surprised.
- Digimon added to a game after launch get their profile sections labelled with the update that introduced them.
If a game is still receiving regular updates, we treat its data as live and revisit it. Older games with no further patches are treated as fixed, which makes them the most stable reference points on the site.
How we build evolution charts
Evolution charts are the most-used part of any Digimon profile and the easiest to get wrong, so they get the most scrutiny.
Each chart is built for a single medium. A Digimon World chart shows what that game allows and nothing else. An anime chart shows only what happened on screen. We do not merge a game chart with an anime line to make it look fuller.
For games, we record the actual conditions, not just the result. In Cyber Sleuth that means the level, stat thresholds, ABI and CAM requirements. In the original Digimon World it means weight, care mistakes and stat totals. A chart that just draws an arrow from Guilmon to Growlmon without telling you what triggers it is only half finished.
Special mechanics are labelled rather than squeezed in as ordinary arrows: DNA Digivolution (Jogress) like ExVeemon and Stingmon into Paildramon, Armor Digivolution like Veemon with the Digi-Egg of Courage into Flamedramon, and Mode Changes.
Every chart is drawn by us from our own data. We check the chart against the game a second time after it is drawn, because transcription errors creep in exactly at that step.
Our images
Our images are either screenshots we captured from the games ourselves or charts and graphics we made. We do not take images from other fan sites, and we do not use promotional art unless it is clearly the right choice for a specific page and properly identified. Screenshots are labelled with the game they come from, which also helps keep the medium clear when a profile covers several games.
Reporting an error
We are a new, independent site and we will get things wrong, especially on evolution requirements that vary by version. If you find a mistake, use the contact details on this site and tell us three things: the page, the detail you think is wrong, and where you checked it (which game, version and platform, or which episode, or which card and set). That lets us verify quickly and fix the page rather than trade opinions.
Corrections that change a stated fact get a note on the page. We would rather show that a page has been corrected than pretend it was always right.