Sickening But Brilliant Ripoff of Pokemon
Written: Jan 20 '00
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Pros: Sort of like Pokemon
Cons: Exactly like Pokemon
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| psyonik's Full Review: Digimon: Digital Monsters |
Pokemon is a pretty cool concept. I respect how into it kids get and that it is pretty creative and even kind of trippy sometimes. I'm not a huge Pokemon fan, being 18 years old and all, I think my friends would probably frown on it. But I would definitely be way into Pokemon, say 8 years ago.
That is why I look upon Digimon with a horrid fascination. Fox has simply taken the concept behind Pokemon, changed the first four letters, and created a new show. Can they do this? Can they get away with this? What happened to patents, to copyrights?
Let's review:
Pokemon are weird monsters with weird names that emerge from balls to fight one another.
Digimon are weird monsters with weird names that emerge from stone tokens to fight one another.
There are good Pokemon, which are usually fairly cute, and bad Pokemon, which are ugly and weird and have weird names.
There are good Digimon, which are usually fairly cute, and bad Digimon, which are ugly and weird and have weird names.
The Pokemon show is about a group of kids trying to navigate and master the world of Pokemon.
The Digimon show is about a group of kids trying to navigate and master the world of Digimon.
Despite being a shareholder of FOX, and somewhat appreciative of their deviousness in copying a show exactly, it makes my moral hairs stand on end. This is what is wrong with America.
Recommended:
No
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