gaming Pokemon or Digimon? Anime and Video Games both?

[wildpaw 45]

The Pokémon show was and still is my favorite show of all, because the story and twists were so appealing.

 

But, I like Digimon games better, because I feel like you can do a lot more playing Digimon than you can playing Pokémon.

[SpectrumStar 15]

I love Pokemon, but I have to say I prefered the Digimon shows. Pokemon was too childish for me, I think. And I really dislike the new generations, it just seems like they're running out of ideas.

 

I've played more Pokemon than Digimon, but the Digimon games I have played were really addciting. I would say the earlier Pokemon games were better because they were my first video games and I loved them.

[Ardhacandra 133]

Digimon, by far!

 

Sure, I know pokemon and it's awesomeness. However, I think digimon is superior in every way.

 

First of all, a lot of people think that digimon is a pokemon rip-off (Even though the only simelarities is that it revolves around monsters..), the truth of the matter.. Digimon was in development first, but pokemon released earlier because they had a lot more money.

 

Oke, so to my personal arguments:

While I liked the first 2 digimon seasons, I must say that I fell in love with the series after I watched Digimon Tamers. It is far more mature then the earlier series, with a lot of drama. Pokemon was.. Filler, filler, filler, Meeting gym leader filler, filler, gym battle, etc.

 

When we look at the games:

Pokemon is nostalgia, sure. However, nostalgia shouldn't be the reason why a game is good. In the end, every pokemon is almost the same. They differ through Skin, stats and sound. Later on they created some unique moves and abilities, which greatly improved the pokemon, however.. Every pokemon still feels almost the same, imo. Also, there are clearly stronger and weaker pokemon.. You like pikachu because he's the mascot? TOO BAD! He sucks..

 

Digimon on the other hand.. Every digimon game (With a few exaptions) is a totally new game! They are innovative and they aren't afraid to mess up the lore a bit (Because it's digimon!). Sure, I must admit that there are quite a few bad digimon games, but the ones that are good are KILLER!

 

Digimon world 1 would be the best example.. My main complaint about pokemon is totally nullified here. The game is stat based, so a devimon can be just as powerfull as a greymon. Even the 3 "weak" digimon are strong, because they digivolve into unique ultimate digimon. The difference in power is minimal. And if that isn't all.. The limited life-span feature give you the chance to use your favourite rookie and champion digimon over and over again.

 

Digimon world 2 is perfect for people who love dungeon crawlers.

 

Digimon world 3 is a good old school RPG. Not the best of the games, imo, but it has a lot of charm and OK gameplay.

 

Digimon world 4 is a shooter. Didn't play it, because I don't like shooters.

 

There are a lot of digimon games, these are just the world games. There is a new Japan only Digimon game which feels a lot like Wigimon world 1.. Can't wait till it is completely translated

 

So, I think it is clear that I prefer digimon by far, with all respect to pokemon.

[Khaoios 1,970]

I've watched both Pokemon and Digimon.  However, I would put Pokemon over Digimon.  Had a better story and the game..............it kicks the hell out of Digimon without question.