Appendix
The Digital World
The Digital World was created when humans started experimenting on Artificial Intelligence, even on its simplest form. It is better explained in Digimon 02 and Digimon Tamers (the third season of Digimon) where the relationship between computer generated creatures for games slowly became aware of themselves and their surroundings, starting with the Tamagotchi. The Digital world slowly came into being in a Dimension connected to ours, where the Digital life forms grew, mostly unaware of the existence of humans. Genai and his kin were in a way the administrators of the Digital World in Chinglongmon's area. It was revealed in Tamers that the Digital World was divided into four, self-contained areas and controlled by extremely powerful Digimon. Digimon Adventure and Digimon 02 take place in the first of these areas, while Tamers takes place in Azulongmon's area. I wouldn't be surprised if Digimon Frontier took place in one of the two remaining "servers" (taking the concept from Digimon World 2003).
The Digidestined
Each Digimon series has its own Digidestined; children with abilities that help them create an empathic link with their Digimon and also to protect the Digital World. The first Digidestined to appear in the series were those from Digimon Adventure, and are the ones that appear in Digital Souls. Tai, the leader, bears the crest of Courage, his Digimon is Agumon. Matt, the lone-wolf, bears the crest of Friendship, his Digimon is Gabumon.
Sora, the sports-girl, bears the crest of Love, and her Digimon is Biyomon.
Joe, the eldest, bears the crest of Reliability, and his Digimon is Gabumon. Mimi, the empathic cry-baby of the group, bears the crest of Sincerity, and her Digimon is Palmon. Izzi, the local genius, bears the crest of Knowledge, and his Digimon is Tentomon. Kari, Tai's younger sister, is the Digidestined of Light, and her Digimon is Gatomon. T.K., Matt's younger brother, is the Digidestined of Hope, and his Digimon is Patamon.
Matt and his Harmonica
Matt always carries with him his harmonica. He plays all the time in the Digimon Adventure series and would never part with it unless he somehow lost it in dire circumstances or someone took it from him. In the series, he loses it when he is dragged into a cave where his feelings of loneliness are slowly consuming him.
Digimon and Digi-evolutions
Digimon Digivolve in the following order in the dubbed versions: Digi-Egg In training Rookie Champion Ultimate Mega
All the Digidestined Digimon remain in their Rookie forms; except for Gatomon, who is a Champion Level Digimon.
Dark Masters
The Dark Masters were the Mega Level Digimon that took control of the Digital World when the Digidestined were back in the earth battling Myotismon. They were: Metal Seadramon Puppetmon Machinedramon Piedmon
Primary Village
When Digimon die, their data is recycled, and it creates another Digi-Egg, starting the cycle all over again. The place where the data creates those Digi-Eggs is Primary Village.
Time and Space and the Digital World
The Digital World was originally off-sync with the real world. The Digidestined stayed in the Digital World for months and only a few minutes passed in Earth.
Parallel Dimensions
Parallel Dimensions were not included in the original Digimon series except for the Digital World, of course. It is NOT however, a world that exists at the same place and time as ours, such as the "Wired" from Lain. It does create the possibility that it is connected to more than one world, though, which is suggested -in a way- in the other series; the Dark World from Digimon 02, Chinglongmon's domain or "server" in Tamers and the other Digimon "Worlds" mentioned in Digimon Frontier.
X's Universe
X's world is a Post-Apocalyptic-Technologically-Advanced Earth where Reploids (explained below) and Humans have learnt to live together in peace and harmony. The events of this "apocalypse" or catastrophe are not detailed; all that is known is that civilization was almost destroyed. Taking place in the year 20XX, a virus that makes some Reploids act violently, known as the Maverick Virus, has been spreading and a group of trained Reploids known as the Maverick Hunters are the only ones that can stop them.
Reploids
Reploids are the most similar thing a robotic entity can be to a human. Their AI (Artificial Intelligence) and their emotion chips are so advanced that they actually think and feel like any human. They are capable of love, hate and fear, and even made their own country, with an army called Repliforce, which disappeared in a battle with the Maverick Hunters. They have learnt to live with humans and both groups treat the other as they would treat their own, even when the Reploids are generally stronger.
Robot Masters
The term "Robot Masters" comes from a long history dating from before the so-called apocalypse that changed the world, although few in X's time are aware of this. It is a group of extremely powerful Robots, or in this case Reploids that command the forces that attack the human race and their allies. They can be just mercenaries, like Slash Beast, true Mavericks like Ice Mammoth or even Captains and Generals from Repliforce like Iris, or Ex- Maverick Hunters like Magma Dragoon.
Dr. Wily and Dr. Light
The two minds behind most of the development of the Reploids were Dr. Wily and Dr. Light. Together, in a time when Wily was Light's apprentice, they created the first self-conscious robot: Protoman (Blues). After a lab explosion, where Protoman escaped, Wily became obsessed with power and used the 8 Robots he and Light had created for different tasks, from mining to electric control, to try to take over the world. The robots were very powerful and Dr. Light was forced to modify one of the two household robots he had created called Rock to become a weapon to stop them. The other, a female robot named Roll remained a household robot. Rock changed his name into "Megaman" and fought and defeated Wily's Robot Masters time and again.
Megaman and Megaman X
The relationship between Megaman and Megaman X or simply "X", is hazy. X was created by Dr. Light as a much, much more advanced version of Megaman, and left inside a capsule for years until his program had been debugged and developed properly. Some think that X and Megaman are the same Robot/Reploid, but recent developments such as Zero's continuous revelations of their past slowly unmask the truth. For all intents and purposes, in Digital Souls and as far as I'm concerned, X and Megaman are two completely different -if related- beings.
Dr. Cain
Dr. Cain is the man responsible for the proliferation of Reploids. He found X's capsule buried inside a destroyed Laboratory and used the blue-prints to start making Reploids and soon other Engineers followed his footsteps until the world became what it is in X's universe.
Zero
Zero was created by Wily as the ultimate weapon against X and Megaman. He is as strong as X and, like his nemesis, is more than a mere Reploid. Ironically enough, Zero and X became somewhat like brothers, so strong is their friendship. If Wily found out, he wouldn't be so happy about it...
Sigma
Sigma was the captain of the Maverick Hunters. Very strong and with an iron will, he fought off hundreds of Mavericks until he became the most powerful Maverick himself. Sigma's Maverick Virus is different than the normal one, and seems to make him more powerful after each defeat.
The Digital World
The Digital World was created when humans started experimenting on Artificial Intelligence, even on its simplest form. It is better explained in Digimon 02 and Digimon Tamers (the third season of Digimon) where the relationship between computer generated creatures for games slowly became aware of themselves and their surroundings, starting with the Tamagotchi. The Digital world slowly came into being in a Dimension connected to ours, where the Digital life forms grew, mostly unaware of the existence of humans. Genai and his kin were in a way the administrators of the Digital World in Chinglongmon's area. It was revealed in Tamers that the Digital World was divided into four, self-contained areas and controlled by extremely powerful Digimon. Digimon Adventure and Digimon 02 take place in the first of these areas, while Tamers takes place in Azulongmon's area. I wouldn't be surprised if Digimon Frontier took place in one of the two remaining "servers" (taking the concept from Digimon World 2003).
The Digidestined
Each Digimon series has its own Digidestined; children with abilities that help them create an empathic link with their Digimon and also to protect the Digital World. The first Digidestined to appear in the series were those from Digimon Adventure, and are the ones that appear in Digital Souls. Tai, the leader, bears the crest of Courage, his Digimon is Agumon. Matt, the lone-wolf, bears the crest of Friendship, his Digimon is Gabumon.
Sora, the sports-girl, bears the crest of Love, and her Digimon is Biyomon.
Joe, the eldest, bears the crest of Reliability, and his Digimon is Gabumon. Mimi, the empathic cry-baby of the group, bears the crest of Sincerity, and her Digimon is Palmon. Izzi, the local genius, bears the crest of Knowledge, and his Digimon is Tentomon. Kari, Tai's younger sister, is the Digidestined of Light, and her Digimon is Gatomon. T.K., Matt's younger brother, is the Digidestined of Hope, and his Digimon is Patamon.
Matt and his Harmonica
Matt always carries with him his harmonica. He plays all the time in the Digimon Adventure series and would never part with it unless he somehow lost it in dire circumstances or someone took it from him. In the series, he loses it when he is dragged into a cave where his feelings of loneliness are slowly consuming him.
Digimon and Digi-evolutions
Digimon Digivolve in the following order in the dubbed versions: Digi-Egg In training Rookie Champion Ultimate Mega
All the Digidestined Digimon remain in their Rookie forms; except for Gatomon, who is a Champion Level Digimon.
Dark Masters
The Dark Masters were the Mega Level Digimon that took control of the Digital World when the Digidestined were back in the earth battling Myotismon. They were: Metal Seadramon Puppetmon Machinedramon Piedmon
Primary Village
When Digimon die, their data is recycled, and it creates another Digi-Egg, starting the cycle all over again. The place where the data creates those Digi-Eggs is Primary Village.
Time and Space and the Digital World
The Digital World was originally off-sync with the real world. The Digidestined stayed in the Digital World for months and only a few minutes passed in Earth.
Parallel Dimensions
Parallel Dimensions were not included in the original Digimon series except for the Digital World, of course. It is NOT however, a world that exists at the same place and time as ours, such as the "Wired" from Lain. It does create the possibility that it is connected to more than one world, though, which is suggested -in a way- in the other series; the Dark World from Digimon 02, Chinglongmon's domain or "server" in Tamers and the other Digimon "Worlds" mentioned in Digimon Frontier.
X's Universe
X's world is a Post-Apocalyptic-Technologically-Advanced Earth where Reploids (explained below) and Humans have learnt to live together in peace and harmony. The events of this "apocalypse" or catastrophe are not detailed; all that is known is that civilization was almost destroyed. Taking place in the year 20XX, a virus that makes some Reploids act violently, known as the Maverick Virus, has been spreading and a group of trained Reploids known as the Maverick Hunters are the only ones that can stop them.
Reploids
Reploids are the most similar thing a robotic entity can be to a human. Their AI (Artificial Intelligence) and their emotion chips are so advanced that they actually think and feel like any human. They are capable of love, hate and fear, and even made their own country, with an army called Repliforce, which disappeared in a battle with the Maverick Hunters. They have learnt to live with humans and both groups treat the other as they would treat their own, even when the Reploids are generally stronger.
Robot Masters
The term "Robot Masters" comes from a long history dating from before the so-called apocalypse that changed the world, although few in X's time are aware of this. It is a group of extremely powerful Robots, or in this case Reploids that command the forces that attack the human race and their allies. They can be just mercenaries, like Slash Beast, true Mavericks like Ice Mammoth or even Captains and Generals from Repliforce like Iris, or Ex- Maverick Hunters like Magma Dragoon.
Dr. Wily and Dr. Light
The two minds behind most of the development of the Reploids were Dr. Wily and Dr. Light. Together, in a time when Wily was Light's apprentice, they created the first self-conscious robot: Protoman (Blues). After a lab explosion, where Protoman escaped, Wily became obsessed with power and used the 8 Robots he and Light had created for different tasks, from mining to electric control, to try to take over the world. The robots were very powerful and Dr. Light was forced to modify one of the two household robots he had created called Rock to become a weapon to stop them. The other, a female robot named Roll remained a household robot. Rock changed his name into "Megaman" and fought and defeated Wily's Robot Masters time and again.
Megaman and Megaman X
The relationship between Megaman and Megaman X or simply "X", is hazy. X was created by Dr. Light as a much, much more advanced version of Megaman, and left inside a capsule for years until his program had been debugged and developed properly. Some think that X and Megaman are the same Robot/Reploid, but recent developments such as Zero's continuous revelations of their past slowly unmask the truth. For all intents and purposes, in Digital Souls and as far as I'm concerned, X and Megaman are two completely different -if related- beings.
Dr. Cain
Dr. Cain is the man responsible for the proliferation of Reploids. He found X's capsule buried inside a destroyed Laboratory and used the blue-prints to start making Reploids and soon other Engineers followed his footsteps until the world became what it is in X's universe.
Zero
Zero was created by Wily as the ultimate weapon against X and Megaman. He is as strong as X and, like his nemesis, is more than a mere Reploid. Ironically enough, Zero and X became somewhat like brothers, so strong is their friendship. If Wily found out, he wouldn't be so happy about it...
Sigma
Sigma was the captain of the Maverick Hunters. Very strong and with an iron will, he fought off hundreds of Mavericks until he became the most powerful Maverick himself. Sigma's Maverick Virus is different than the normal one, and seems to make him more powerful after each defeat.