A strange virus causes an earthquake in the Sunshine and Darkmoon districts, damaging the access points to the Digital World and causing many Digimon to mysteriously degenerate into Digi-Eggs. In Dawn, rumors have spread that the Night Crow from Darkmoon City were responsible for the incident. In Dusk, many assume the Light Fang from Sunshine City are to blame. The player takes the role of a Night Crow tamer, or a Light Fang tamer to uncover the mystery behind the tremors. Note that although the games share a main story, the plot differs between Dawn and Dusk to some degree. Players also explore different areas depending on the version of the game they play. Players may choose to play as a boy or girl, though the boy and girl look slightly different depending on the version played. The two games feature parallel storylines with a main team in each that opposes the other, though the two teams work together towards a common cause. With both games, the player visits the opposite game city - Darkmoon city in Dawn, and in reverse for Dusk. There are also other differences between Dawn and Dusk, such as that some areas of the game are only unlockable in 'Dawn'', and vice versa.
Gameplay
New Digimon
As with Digimon World DS, Dawn and Dusk introduced several new Digimon to the franchise. Chicchimon is a new Bird based Fresh/In-Training Digimon. Grimmon, ChaosGrimmon, and EXO-Grimmon also make their first appearances in the game as the main enemy. Grimmon seems to have a connection with Chronomon Destroyer Mode, a boss from the first game. Dawn and Dusk also complete the Digivolution lines of the Digimon from Digimon Data Squad, with the likes of ShineGreymon and MirageGaogamon, after having been left out in the first game. DotShineGreymon and DotMirageGaogamon make their debut, with DotAgumon and DotFalcomon returning from the first game and also includes DNA Evolution to obtain stronger Digimon. It is possible to have certain digimon that were bosses in previous games. For example, Kimeramon and SkullGreymon.
Starter Digimon
Depending on the version of the game being played, players automatically begin with whichever lead Digimon is exclusive to their version, plus two Digimon from the respective packs chosen. If the player is playing Dusk, the starter Digimon is Lunamon, and the Digimon from the packs are: Gaomon and Solarmon ; BlackAgumon and Goblimon ; Tentomon and Keramon ; or Bearmon and Palmon. If the player is playing Dawn, the starter Digimon is Coronamon, and the Digimon from the packs are: Agumon and Salamon ; Guilmon and SnowAgumon ; Muchomon and Monodramon ; or Kudamon and Biyomon. In each version the Digimon start off at Ultimate or Champion level, but the tremor causes your Digimon to degenerate into the above Digimon.
Digimon World Dawn and Dusk have received mixed reviews. On Metacritic, Dawn holds an average rating of 68 out of 8 reviews, while Dusk holds a score of 67 out of 10 reviews.
