Nintendo Switch news: Forget Pokemon Let's Go, It's Digimon Survive Switch's Next Big Game

Pokemon can dominate public awareness right now thanks to the continued success of Pokemon GO and the ever popular 3DS games, but an old rival continues to turn around, and ready to challenge the franchise for the crown of collecting monsters.

Announced earlier in the year, Digimon Survive will be released by Bandai Namco Entertainment and is expected to be released in 2019.

The game will be released on PS4 and Nintendo Switch and will break with tradition regarding Digimon titles .

In Digimon Survive, the game is divided into two distinct parts: a "combat section" and a "dramatic section."

The first part plays as a strategy RPG (think Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, Final Fantasy Tactics) and is probably why the game is calling it. Digimon Survive & # 39 ;. A pair of similar games, called Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor and Devil Survivor 2, seem to share developmental staff with games, and also feature a temporal, strategic and grid-based fight.

a visual novel, and the choices you make here will decide the evolution of the monsters in the main part of the game.

Digimon Survive's story follows the exploits of Takuma Momotsuka, who finds himself stuck in a parallel world at a picnic.

He and his friends (apparently called Minoru, Aoi, Shuji and Saki) will need to explore the world and try to find a way back home.

Each protagonist will have his own Digimon partner – the main character seems to be paired with Agumon, and Floramon has a "

The game will feature a spatial presentation with 2D graphics used for the Digimon character and sprites.

There will be about 100 playable Digimon in the game and everyone can evolve during the battle using EP (Energy Points) that recover between turns

Quite oddly enough for a Digimon game, some of the characters may actually die in the game if you make the wrong choices.

If you're not in the kid-friendly mood we're getting Pokemon RPGs coming Pokemon Let's Go! Pikachu and Pokemon Let's go! Eevee, Digimon Survive could be higher up on your street.

The game seems to double the more hardcore RPGs and target a more mature audience – exactly the opposite of what Pokemon is doing with its diluted mechanics and GO-integration.

We'll keep an eye on Digimon Survive, and we'll keep you posted as we learn more about the fascinating game.