1. Digimon can TALK
2. Digimon work with their partners
3. Digimon aren't enslaved like Pokemon
4. Diverse cast of children!
5. Agumon is a pop culture icon at this point
6. Mega Digimon came first before Mega Evolution
7. Bio-merging was innovative and came first too
8. Davis > Ash
9. Tai > Ash
10. The main characters are DADDIES
11. Hawkmon is better then every Flying type Pokemon
12. Digimon had fairy type Pokemon WAY before Pokemon ever thought of it.
13. Digimon ACTUALLY came first and was the trendsetter of capsule monsters! The Lana Del Rey of Pokemon's Halsey!
14. Mature theme since Season 1
15. Had to deal with Death in Season 1 so more adults could get into it
16. Was serving pokemon gen v designs since it first came out
17. Digimon have accessories like Hawkmon having a belt on its head
18. Digimon actually had scary villains and no lame teams!
19. One Digimon allows them to bond with their Digimon much better
20. Digimon Adventure 3 was honestly the most acclaimed monster capture game of all time
21. Agumon actually gets stronger while Pikachu stays the same
22. Tai wasn't a pansy and let Agumon find his true strength
23. As proven Wargraymon can KILL Charizard
24. The manga adaptations serve better stories then Pokemon's lame one
25. Digimon All Star Rumble is FAR better then Pokken
26. Digimon has way more unique and better monsters then Pokemon
27. Digimon never had anything as bad as Gen V LOL
28. Digimon did the Sun and Moon motif first and probably much better!
29. The graphics of the Digimon games have been serving since day one! It took Pokemon HOW long to get to 3D?
30. Digimon isn't afraid to be risky and change it's anime cast or even age them! For more mature themes obviously too.
31. Digimon did FUSIONS right, something Pokemon will never do right.
32. Digimon constantly changes up its formula so its never boring
33. Digimon's company isn't greedy and sells quick lil single type games to earn a profit.
34. It'll take probably another ten years for Pokemon to get to Cyber Sleuths graphics !!
35. Digimon TRI is how you successfully pander to the first Gen of fans without making it cringe
36. Digimon Tamers is LITERALLY they best season of any child monster capturing RPG type series. Pokemon could never have anything come close to Digimon's Tamer
37. Digimon's battle system doesn't need to have anything edgy or overly complicated to try to make it fun for everyone : )
38. The girls of Digimon are far more progressive and have more diverse and dynamic roles the the females of Pokemon girls do ☺️
39. The fan base is really loving and caring and isn't catty or anything!
40. Gatomon > any cat thing that Pokemon has tried to make LOL
41. They have unique and interesting types that aren't basic and generic.
42. They have AWESOME legendary Digimon like icons Seven Deadly Sins inspired Digimon and Royal Knights.
43. Lilithmon
44. Lillymon is better then Lilliflopgant would ever BE
45. They have cute and unique moves like Flower Cannon and Pepper Breath
46. The games are on multiple platforms and aren't only on one like Pokemon is with only being on Nintendo consoles, so multiple people can experience it!
47. They have critically acclaimed movies
48. The digidestined are way more dynamic, unique, well written and ACTUALLY show character growth
49. The Digivolution system give starter digimon more unique branches to evolve into and don't just stick to one so every Digimon can be GREAT
50. Pokemon is copying Digimon's mechanics they've had for ages so clearly we know which is the more creative and unique (:
I agree with some of the points but Pokemon didn't get stale after its 2nd season unlike Digimon and that is coming from someone who loves Digimon more than Pokemon.
I agree with some of the points but Pokemon didn't get stale after its 2nd season unlike Digimon and that is coming from someone who loves Digimon more than Pokemon.
I disagree! Tamers was one of Digimon's high points! I think S4 is when Digimon lost its charm but its been regaining it tbh