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I mean, Digimon is itself heavily inspired by Pokemon and it's been so long since digimon did Armour Evolution... which really wasn't that different mechanically to its normal kind compared to Pokemon where it'd likely be very mechanically different to the normal types of evolution.
I think calling armour evolution a rip-off would be a bit of a stretch. Personally, I'm undecided on whether I'm interested in the idea or not but I'm leaning towards no at this stage. We'll see. |
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it was more heavily inspired by tomagotchi. digimon is short for digital monsters. only reason pokemon is called that way was because some other company decided to sue nintendo for the pocket monsters name. so they shortened it to pokemon to prevent copy right. |
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i really dont see any digimon that look like pokemon and vice versa. but its all thanks to the pokemon fans, some of them, that keep on saying its similiar by saying its a ripoff which its not. |
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That being, said, I think we're going off on a bit of a tangent here. Bottom line is, I really don't think there's any real ripping off going on here. |
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i feel like the new digimon survive will be way better than sword and shield. its just digimon games have better plot and storyline thats all. i'm just skeptical of armor evolution because even though i hear some people say its based off of mewtwo, it does sound a lot like armor digivolution. |
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But I digress. I don't want to stray off topic here. Being "armored" is nothing new to any fantasy RPG and you can date the concept back to well before Pokemon or Digimon ever became a thing. But I don't think either of them ripped off one another. Both Pokemon and Digimon presented the idea of "armored" monsters in a very unique way - and neither of them copy aspects of the other. Digimon has evolutions based around the use of armor, while Pokemon treats armor (so far) like clothing, or turns it into a Steel type. Not very similar, imo! Quote:
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Though I want to show you what sylveon looks like as a Digimon. https://img00.deviantart.net/114a/i/2019/026/2/b/sylvimon_by_neoarchangemon-dcy4426.png Sylvimon and eeveemon Anyway I’ll just wait till sword and shield gets released and see what armor evolution looks like. |
This basically deconfirms armor evolution. While we will get something new to mix it up, this seems highly unlikely. Regardless if it does happen or not, you could say the same about megas + Ash Greninja, and I am pretty sure neither IPs in the current age planned or will plan to "copy" each other. Arceus forbid similar ideas are used
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This point about Mewtwo makes things really interesting. I'm hoping this stays exclusive to Mewtwo in the movie, but I would be perfectly fine if they tried to do a Spiky-eared Pichu/Ash-Greninja-style promo Pokémon event with Armored Mewtwo for Sword/Shield but nothing more. But in regards to an entire mechanic, it makes less sense than ever before. It's easy to say Mewtwo is where this idea even emerged from, but in the movie Mewtwo uses armor to suppress his powers--to make him weaker. But evolution is all about getting stronger! Who's gonna Armor Evolve their Pokémon to make them weaker? This definitely does nothing to shake my stance of omitting unnecessary new battle mechanics and instead focusing on polishing old ones.
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We’ll have to wait till the game is released I guess.
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I think Pokémon takes inspiration from a lot of things, not just Digimon. The Z-Moves were similar to Yokai Watch's flashy special moves per yokai. If armored evolution is a thing, it could be a reference to Digimon, to something else, or even to the Pokémon franchise itself. They already armored Pokémon in the first movie (Mewtwo) and even in the Lucario movie (the war in that movie had tons of Pokémon wearing armor), after all.
If the rumor is possibly already debunked, I'm alright with that, too. Whatever they add to the games, I'll try to be open-minded about. |
Interesting, I'm sure more fangames than Phoenix Rising have explored an armor evo concept before also.
I think it could be quite interesting, if done in a clever way with items. Perhaps once the pokemon holds the special item, it is permanently armored until it separates from the item? That way, unevolved pokemon could also be armored without necessarily evolving (which would make the anime more entertaining!) and each pokemon could have different kind of armors depending on what should be boosted (sp def or def, special resistances etc). idk It doesn't bother me at all that Digimon (and likely plenty other stories through the ages) have done similar things :) |
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