Bandai Namco announced two pieces of news tied to Digimon Story: Time Stranger tied to its launch, with one being a day-one patch with quality-of-life features and the other an anime short. The update will be available when the game launches on October 3, 2025. Meanwhile, Digimon Story: Time Stranger Prelude is “coming soon.”
The launch patch will be a necessary day one acquisition for Digimon Story: Time Stranger players who went through the demo. You can’t transfer the save from the trial to the full game unless you grab this update. It also allows someone to dash in the field. While stat-boosting items can be found in chests and dungeons, those will also be in human world field areas too. A number of in-battle adjustments like rebalancing, updated guest Digimon behaviors, and Digivolution condition changes are present too.
Here’s the full list of launch patch notes for the day one Digimon: Time Stranger update from Bandai Namco:
- System
- Added functionality to transfer save data from the demo version.
- Adjusted tutorial text and added images for certain sections.
- Changed default frame rate to 60 fps for the Steam version.
- Changed default voice language from Japanese to English when starting the game in German.
- Field
- Added dash functionality.
- Added encounter animation when facing hostile Digimon.
- Added various stat-boosting items to maps in the human world.
- Adjusted hostile Digimon placement balance.
- Battle
- Adjusted Digimon attacks to use more effective skills.
- Added new icons based on buff/debuff strength.
- Tweaked overall battle balance.
- Adjusted parameters and digivolution conditions for certain Digimon.
- Tuned parameters and behavior patterns for guest Digimon.
- Adjusted effects of certain skills and Cross Arts.
- Digivice
- Changed level number color for Digimon that have reached the level cap on setup screens.
- Added key help to jump directly to the Digiline screen when receiving a message from a partner Digimon.
- Changed the menu accessed via the left function key from “Items” to “Missions.”
- Bug Fixes
- Various usability improvements and minor fixes to backgrounds, models, and other small issues.
As for the Digimon Story: Time Stranger Prelude anime short, there’s just a teaser for what it will entail. This will be a prequel. It will help establish Inori, our ally who works alongside our ADAMAS avatar throughout the story and acts as Aegiomon’s partner. In the single image shared so far, she appears to be younger than she is when the story takes place.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger will be available on the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC on October 3, 2025, alongside a day one launch patch, and a Prelude anime short will eventually appear.