In Re:digitize the game play will center around a 14-year-old male protagonist that gets transported to the digital world of Digimon, which in his universe is merely an online game.
Players will be able to raise the digimon through stages of growth that determine the digimon's growth and personality. In Re: Digitize, the Digimon will go through five stages of growth: In-Training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate and Mega. Digimon will evolve over time by gaining stats and other factors.
Agumon isn't the only partner you can have. Shops and the Meat farm will return (run by Digimon). Your Digimon can and will get hungry, sick, and injured and will need the proper care to get them back into shape. Like in the first game, your Digimon die in this game. When your Digimon dies, the new Digimon that is born will inherit skills and some stat boosts from your previous Digimon; unless, your previous one died from your neglect. If your previous digimon died from your neglect, you will lose some of your previous' digimon's data. Training and finishing blows are back.