GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 91 – The Importance of Good Monster Design In Pokemon, Digimon and Other Games

One of the eternal fights among nerd groups is Pokemon vs Digimon, which had better anime, games, and of course monster designs. I’m probably not the only person growing up who heard newly announced Pokemon being described as looking “too much like Digimon” but that always made me wonder, what makes a Pokemon look too much like a Digimon?

Both Pokemon and Digimon are very distinct in how they are designed and if you were to put the two next to each other I think it’d be pretty easy to tell which monsters came from where.

In fact most RPG series and video game series in general put a lot of emphasis on their monster designs, making for some of the most memorable characters in any game. For this article, I thought it’d be fun to look at Pokemon, Digimon, and a few other series to see how they use their creature designs to further enhance their titles.

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