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.
The above being said I never turned down an opportunity to watch Digimon as a kid, I still liked it a lot.
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
The newest game has been the one that sold best compared to the others in the past despite the quality issues 💀
So yes, Pokemon does in fact have the games.
You forgot the digimon line where they just become a human with a fursuit.
Close, except the lion should be bipedal and have some sort of gimmick.
You forgot to give the fridge cat ears and the raptor a bell collar and big jugs.
I’ll take the fridge with a minigun thank you very much.