Digimon always had more interesting monsters and evolutions than Pokemon. I've never really understood why Pokemon beat Digimon.
Edit: Nearly forgot that Digimon even had devolving as well.
Because Digimon was a tamagochi clone first and everything else second. There was never a Digimon game formula or a Digimon card game formula or a Digimon anime formula. They just made random media to sell toys without any care for consistency. That lack of consistency made it have less general appeal.
Even today it's hard to introduce people to Digimon because there really is no right starting point, it's all different media and how much you like each one depends on your personal tastes.
Pokémon had it all consistent from day one. The tcg, the games, the anime, it's basically all the same even today. You can introduce someone to Pokémon with any media because it's all so consistently transversal.
I never liked that they went back to weaker forms, as a kid that inherently made me feel like Pokemon were better because they stayed evolved. Also, I did think the evolutions were very random as a kid and didn't understand why their lines weren't more congruent like Pokemon.
Honestly there were some good episodes based on pokemon changing as they evolve and whether that's something they and their trainer actually want. Digimon Tamers played with it a little bit but not for long.
Also yeah, the evolution lines are just so fucked. I remember trying out the card game ages ago and being so confused by how different the evolution lines were from the anime.
Even though the Pokémon only said their names, the Digimon had the most disgusting voices in the dub, and that's honestly why I think it lost
I actually love most of the voices in the dubs, though that may be just because I grew up with them.
Plus, how else can you hear "come out and face me like a mon!"
You forgot the digimon line where they just become a human with a fursuit.
I saw that movie and they can't call it a digimon anymore because of human rights and a copyright laws.
I'll take the fridge with a minigun thank you very much.
You forgot to give the fridge cat ears and the raptor a bell collar and big jugs.
laughs in Meicrackmon
googles that shit Ahem what the actual fuck? :')
War metal greymon is a bit too much, but that's only like the 1/4 way point to becoming a god
That's the difference between analog and digital evolution
You're missing the metal skeleton stage
Did the Pokemon just change genders lol
I think the second evolution is an American cougar (puma/mountain lion/panther/catamount/probably more names idk).
And that's why Digimon is much better.
The original title where I found it (reddit) was "digimon is superior"
Digimon will either turn into a robot skeleton with laser rockets, or just a furry
It's getting there, now pokemon are just ghosts that can be in anything, like a lawn mower or a car and also a phone
Rotom has been around since Gen 4 though
Yeah still weird though haha, now we have the kettle ghoul and the revaroom and the apple pie dragon. I'll still collect them all though I never had an issue with Magnemite or Voltorb so more mons is more mons
