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King Eevee

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    Okay, people are always asking me whats the difference between pokemon and Digimon?
    and I tell them, the obvious differences between the two. But they always ask... "which came first?"
    I understand them wanting to know this because the two are always being compared to each other, and whoever came first deserves the title of the more original concept of the two. so can some one answer the age old question ....
    "which came first the digivice or the Poke ball?"
     
    Pokemon: 1995
    Digimon: 1997
    Digimon originated as a tamagotchi-style game, before being adapted into the franchise in 1999.
    Source: Wikipedia
     
    OHHHHHHHHHHHHH......... so the entire digimon franchise is nothing but a pathetic, overly fueled, beaten to death attempt at copying the mass success that was the pokemon phenomenon.... so thats why it was such a horrible failure...

    Thanks for answering my question.
     
    I thought this thread was like which came first the Pokemon or the Egg which isn't a bad idea to make a thread about it though =/


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    King Eevee said:
    OHHHHHHHHHHHHH......... so the entire digimon franchise is nothing but a pathetic, overly fueled, beaten to death attempt at copying the mass success that was the pokemon phenomenon.... so thats why it was such a horrible failure...
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    Actually, more like an attempt at creating a Tamagotchi that appealed to boys. I used to own a Digimon, and it really was pretty much a Tamagotchi with battling capabilities.

    The anime, meanwhile, was an attempt to capitalize on said Tamagotchi for boys. How the Digivolution process came to be a two-way street (as in, possible for evolution and deevolution) when the original stuff just evolved a la Tamagotchi is beyond me.

    But either way, no, I really don't think it even attempted to copy Pokemon.

    And it really wasn't a horrible failure, judging by its own sizable fanbase. Although Pokemon had a larger one, Digimon wasn't exactly an obscure fandom itself.
     
    As the above poster said, it wasn't a complete copy. They broadened their own franchise using aspects of an already successful one. They would have had permission of the better 'mon franchise because the similarity could have been seen as a breach of copyright.
     
    Digimon is not a Pokemon copy. Tell me how nigh-omnipotents and Pikachu's go together?
     
    King Tyranitar said:
    Digimon is not a Pokemon copy. Tell me how nigh-omnipotents and Pikachu's go together?
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    Digimon's striking similarities to pokemon:

    The suffix "Mon"
    The fact that both evolve rapidly.
    The fact they are monsters that battle, usually under the control of humans
    The fact that monsters are somehow captured or mastered by humans.
    I could find more, but i've only ever watched the show twice before getting bored of it.

    Of course there are differences, but things like evolution are key factors of pokemon. Digimon quite obviously borrowed the ideas from somewhere, although as I have said it must have been done without breaching copyright, so they made sure they were remarkably different in other aspects.
     
    Gofre said:
    Pokemon: 1995
    Digimon: 1997
    Digimon originated as a tamagotchi-style game, before being adapted into the franchise in 1999.
    Source: Wikipedia
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    Oh? I thought Digimon was started in 1992, seems I'm wrong then.
     
    雀 said:
    Oh? I thought Digimon was started in 1992, seems I'm wrong then.
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    Like i said, I just go by wiki. If you can find me additional sources stating the contrary I will happily retract that statement :)
     
    LOL

    ~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~ said:
    I thought this thread was like which came first the Pokemon or the Egg which isn't a bad idea to make a thread about it though =/


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    Hehe, I thought the same thing. I never tried Digimon because it never really interested me and I thought it was stupid. I actaully thought Pokemon was stupid until I tried it.
     
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