Umm... D&D and Pokemon? Alike? Jeez, you're way out of genre.
Some noticeable differences:
In Pokemon, death is mentioned only in context of the Pokemon Tower or Mt. Pyre- your character or Pokemon never experiences death. In D&D, you are in constant danger of some big, nasty thing with sharp teeth ripping your head off.
The only magical artifacts in Pokemon are the beggining flute, red chain, and red/blue orb. Nothing else that is remotely magical exists. There is a much higher profiliation of magical artifacts in D&D.
The Legendaries are not Gods, period. They are Ubers. I don't see a god getting caught by a kid in the games, and thinking about it, even in mythology gods cannot be rivaled by anything but another god, or at the very least a powerful demi-god. In Pokemon, on the other hand, humans have been able to take down certain legendaries with little to no effort.
By the way, in reference to Pokemon "Claims of Divinity"... there are none made in the anime. Ho-oh's connection to Entei, Raikou, and Suicune only exists in the games and manga for example, and Kyogre and Groudon are never named as creators of the land and sea in the anime. They are bascially treated as powerful, ancient Pokemon. (Come to think of it, I don't even remember a single anime Pokemon as being reffered to as a legendary, let alone a god.) That's another thing too- are the legendary Pokemon ever referred to as gods, except in myths? Answer that, please!
Sorry for my abscence from this thread, I completely forgot about it between school, the latest Naruto episode, and my fanfic.
Wait, are we talking about the games, or Anime?
See, there's death in both, but in the Anime, it's simply called 'leaving the world'. Also, yes, we know it's impossible to 'die' in the games, but I guarantee that if a Trainer took enough hits in the Anime, they'd eventually keel over.
Magical artifacts we've seen: Flute, Chain, Dragon Fang (or something along those lines), all those stones (almost two dozen now), the two orbs, three other orbs from the second movie, another orb in Movie 5, GS Ball (maybe), and probably several others I'm forgetting about. And yes, I understand that some of these are only Magical Items, and not Artifacts. Point is, in one's lifetime, they're not supposed to realistically see EVERY magical artifact there is (that applies to both Pokemon AND D&D). Otherwise, I'm sure the world would've been destroyed several times over already.
The Legendaries may or may not be Gods in the Anime (there is no definitive evidence to point either way). In the game, they're just regular Pokemon, since they can be beaten just like any other opponent. But remember, game mechanics don't necessarily work the same way in 'real life' (otherwise, Aeris would have been revived with a Phoenix Down). In the Anime, it usually takes either a Legendary, or some sort of major WOMD or magical item to take down another Legendary. There has never been an exception to this rule. The Gods can also be defeated in D&D (we've beaten a few of them ourselves).
Remember also that not every Legendary Pokemon is considered to be on that 'god-like' level. There's main Legendaries and also sub-Legendaries. They aren't identified as such, but the difference in power is obvious. For instance, Charizard could take out Articuno in the Battle Frontier, but he'd never stand a whim of a chance against the one from the second movie, who could control the winter weather.
Games = More Like Dragon Quest
Anime = More Like D&D
