Had an anime series that ran for 1 or 2 seasons, maybe a handful of merch, and then was just quietly forgotten by the general public.
Considered cult classics by hardcore gamers, that decades later make hours-long video essays with titles like “Pokémon: A Forgotten Classic” and “Why Didn’t Pokémon Take Off?”.
A small but dedicated fanbase that regularly discuss what a “Pokémon 2” could’ve looked like had there been a sequel.
Also alternative timeline where it took off in Japan but not the west and it is considered a fun and quirky franchise by weebs who wear their pokemon knowledge like a badge of honour.
Also also alternative timeline where Digimon got really big and pokemon didn’t do nearly as well and people just see pokemon as a lame digimon clone instead of the other way around.
Funnily enough digimon came to the west a little before pokemon so when I was a kid I did actually treat pokemon as a digimon knockoff
Truly, Digimon (digital warriors) are the CHAMPIONS
Edit: I looked it up and they don’t say digital warriors. They just say digital monsters. Embarrasing!
I need to continue watching Digimon, I left off at the end of the file island arc, but it’s actually kind of dark for a kid’s anime. I have a vpet too irl 😲
First run is pretty good, second run is pretty meh but has its moments, third run is pretty good again and has that one furry bait digimon that gets a lot of art drawn of it, if you’re into that. I don’t know what the later ones are like.
world in which Dragon Quest actually took off in the west, Pokemon became a niche japanese untranslated cult classic and Final Fantasy actually did die after one game
also Digimon is the superior Anime
I’m under the impression it did? I played the first 3 and the next 10 seem pretty popular
Digimon was great, i remember being so hyped for that movie that made no sense. It left on a massive cliff hanger even though the story was complete nonsense, did they ever make a sequel?