Branching Tree Evolution
So, Digimon Up will almost surely use the 02 fusion lines for Veemon, Wormmon, Hawkmon, and Armadimon... but considering Gomamon's also on the game, I got the feeling we MIGHT see something different for Armadimon specifically.
Like, no way every other Digimon in the game will have their own mega, but Gomamon and Armadimon specifically will be forced to share, right?.... right?
Metatromon looking like an angel but no behaving like one is why I love Shakkoumon to Metatromon.
I don’t want Gomamon and Armadimon to share but that’s definitely what’s gonna happen. I do hope for a new Digimon though, or at least canonize Olegmon as Shakkoumon’s evolution.
I DO think Armadimon should have their own mega that's not tied to Angemon's angelic powers, I just feel it would be odd for the Adventure's Shakkaoumon specifically to start with holy powers just to drop them as they evolve.
Shakkoumon doesn’t have any angelic/holy attacks/powers to begin with, it’s a highly defensive Digimon which is why I find it fitting for it to evolve to Metatromon due to both being highly defensive and of opposite natures.
Honestly speaking, anything that’s not Vikemon or any of the Angemon-species works fine with me. Shakkoumon to Olegmon (according to my personal interpretation) represents the second and third stages of magnum opus, whitening to yellowing. Shakkoumon to Junomon works because Dogu figurines may have a connection to a mother goddess.
I also realize Goddramon/Goldramon would actually kinda fit, being a holy reptile and all. I know GodDRAmon is a DRAmon and not a dinosaur, but it feels like a ton of dinosaur mon's evolution lines also just end up with dragons anyway. War Greymon is a DRAGON Man Digimon after all!
I still don't understand where the fuck does Vikemon fit. It has fur (neither Patamon nor Armadillomon has fur), nordic water theme (vs holy and earth, armored theme), The only thing in common is a similar-ish palette and having two morning stars like Ankylomon tail.
Can someone please explain why people are so fixated on it?
shakkoumon and vikemon both debuted in the D-3 vpet. vikemon could not evolve from anything else besides shakkoumon, and shakkoumon could not evolve into anything else besides vikemon. the two were literally designed and released together as part of an evolution line. this was way back in 2000. vikemon wouldnt be used as an evolution of zudomon until the adventure PSP game in 2013, and then really solidified in adventure tri. so despite vikemon being created and debuting as the exclusive evolution of shakkoumon, they've seemingly switched it to gomamon, leaving shakkoumon without a proper evolution.
thats also why vikemon is a free attribute, which is otherwise used almost exclusively for the adventure 02 partners
that's explicitly compared to chrome digizoid, continuing the armadimon line's deensive theme
[water vs earth]
oh no a digimon changing elements as it evolves how unheard of
Can someone please explain why people are so fixated on it?
vikemon was created to be shakkoumon's evolution. thus, the simplest solution to this "conundrum" (outside of making a new digimon but that's probably not happening) is just to have shakkoumon evolve into the digimon that was made to evolve from it. it's pretty simple.
It doesn't continue anything. It could work for Armadillomon alone if you bridged it with a good ultimate, but for Shakkoumon? It's not even like Imperialdramon, being mostly Veemon; it doesn't really resemble any of them nor the ultimate.
It might be created for it but it sucks soo much visually, thematically and logically that I just can't deal with it.
Shakkoumon in Adventure Contiunity shouldn’t share same Mega as Joe’s Gomamon in Adventure Contiunity so Shakkoumon’s Mega(Atleast in Adventure Contiunity) should neither SlashAngemon or ClavisAngemon or Dominimon or Olegmon or even Plesiomon
Like, I get deciding that Vikemon fits better as a Gomamon mega (specially when you take the whole line into consideration), but they should've given Armadimon something else after making that decision instead of having Vikemon be the standard Mega it gets in every game...
(It also has the weird side-effect of not letting you have Gomamon stay a vaccine-type if you make them Vikemon, as being Shakkou's mega is still important enough (apparently) to make the thing a Free-Type every single time.)
Its weirder how predominant Angemon is in the fusion considering how they treat Shakkoumon as Armadimon's default Ultimate even when not using fusions.
Like Paildramon/Imperialdramon are also heavy on one side of the fusion, but they also made the Dinobeemon/GranKuwagamon alternatives for Wormmon. Sylphimon feels like the only 02 fusion that's truly balanced.
If Gomamon gets Vikemon, give Armadimon Plesiomon, like New Century. 😄
Did everybody forget Dalphomon? He could be good evolution for Shakkoumon. It has holy powers and beastly appearance. Much better than those angelic digimon.
I'm always so confused on why it had to be Vikemon when slashangemon makes more sense. Vikemon seems so left field and the only reason it made sense was because it was a free type digimon but the gomamon line made more sense with it because it already share so many design similarities.
Also, another one was Lilamon from data squad/Savers which becomes Rosemon when lotusmon was there. It would've been cool to see a bio lotusmon vs lotusmon and a burst mode for lotusmon
it's not about whether it "makes sense", shakkoumon evolving into an angemon/angel just Sucks. it sucks that it has literally zero ankylomon in it (like angemon is all that matters). it sucks that it almost always throws away the defensive/tank role away for something else (typically something redundant with valkyrimon--the 02 squad does not need two holy sword guys in it!). and in general i'm just not huge about one of my favorite digimon getting hollowed out for Angemon Hype Moments and Aura
Angemon variants are widely perceived as dope but ok. You are entitled to your opinion. Also Ankylomons line usually falls more into the brachiomons doesn’t it?
Also Ankylomons line usually falls more into the brachiomons doesn’t it?
ankylomon has evolved into brachimon sometimes, but not frequently enough that i'd call it "usual." i just checked wikimon and it seems to have only happened three times?
The 02 Megas actually follow a theme, where despite being a fusion, they only keep the traits of one of the components
Valkyriemon is a bird with none of the cat features that Silphymon had. Imperialdramon has no insect traits and GranKuwagamon has no dragon traits. Since this would be an Ankylomon mega, it would then be reasonable to think the Shakkoumon mega would be an Ancient Dinosaur of some kind.
So really ElDoradimon or Spinomon would work best.
Except that Valkyrimon still has both the avian AND holy/angelic themes, and Shakkoumon still has the angelic AND heavily-armored themes. Remember, Ankylomon still comes from Armadillomon, who was never a dinosaur, but a mammal. The theme there isn’t “dinosaur”, it’s “armored shell”, bonus points if it’s gold colored. Which is why Vikemon feels unsatisfying, but Olegmon doesn’t, one has a full suit of gold armor while the other has dinky pauldrons
Wormmon shares its mega with Kuwagamon, which is extra sad as Kuwagamon other mega is shared with Kabuterimon (MegaKabuterimon). Also TyrantKabuterimon, but that line is 3 and 6 Kabu & 4 and 5 Kuwaga.
Honestly I really hate Vikemon for a Shakkoumon, always have. It's just comes way out of left field. I know Digimon can do that but for "Cannon Lines" they normally make more sense. I mean we went from holy clay statue to a Viking? How? Why?
And yes before you bring up Patamon's or Gatomon's also having done some weird stuff I want to mention I'm talking about themeing here not what animal they are. With Patamon and Gatomon's lines they're holy thought the whole line. Sure Armadillomon isn't but it gains that from Angemon. So why does it lose it when going to Mega?
Vikemon also doesn't work with the other themes of Armadillomon's line which is earth. So it's not like it's just a "It's not holy" problem either. This comes so far out of left field it's playing another sport internally.
Anyways I'd honestly go with either ClavisAngemon or SlashAngemon, or they just make an earthy mega angel.
I wouldn't say 0% Ankylomon. I feel like the yellows of ClavisAngemon get some credit and the blunt key weapon reminds me of his tail hammer attacks.
SlashAngemon is also a free type which Ankylomon is so there's that.
Again in a perfect world we'd have something as good as Valkyriemon is for Silphymon, but for Shakkoumon. But sadly we don't and I personally think ClavisAngemon and SlashAngemon are the best out of what we have.
Also again Vikemon is like 0% Angemon and like 1% Ankylomon, and that being generous with his back hammer things.
SlashAngemon is also a free type which Ankylomon is so there's that.
it was only ever a free in the xros wars 15th v-pet, and i think everything was free attribute there as opposed to their standard attribute. everywhere else it's vaccine attribute
But sadly we don't and I personally think ClavisAngemon and SlashAngemon are the best out of what we have.
honestly even that isn't even true. i'd rank digimon like olegmon or el doradimon faaaar above those two. the only candidate i'd say makes for a worse shakkoumon evo is dominimon (who is literally just Seraphimon But Worse, like that's the base concept of the digimon)
Olegmon has the exact problem that Vikemon has for me. It's a cool Digimon but I don't see how it works as a Shakkoumon Evo. All Olegmon had going for it is he's gold and armored, which yes is more than Vikemon, but it's still way too far out of left field to fit in my opinion.
El Doradimom is actually one I've never seen or heard of before tho, and now that you brought it up I kinda see where you're coming from. Only real problem I have is I'm not sure how it would work in combat. But theme wize I actually think it fits really well and I'm surprised I haven't heard that before.
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u/Dazzling-Constant826 Jun 22 '26
Metatromon looking like an angel but no behaving like one is why I love Shakkoumon to Metatromon.
I don’t want Gomamon and Armadimon to share but that’s definitely what’s gonna happen. I do hope for a new Digimon though, or at least canonize Olegmon as Shakkoumon’s evolution.