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TIL that the popular toy franchise Digimon was originally meant to serve as the boy equivalent of Tamagotchi (infosec.pub)
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I honestly thought they were created just to compete with Pokémon

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[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It was definitely before Pokémon. The anime and other media certainly outlived that device.

[–] KuromiGirl04@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Just googled it, Pokémon beats Digital Monsters by 1 year.

Pokémon first debuted on February 27th, 1996. The original Digital Monster pet toys came out on June 26th, 1997

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Really? I feel like I remember having Digimon long before Pokémon. Did Digimon make it to the US first?

Edit: Digimon released the digital pet in the US on December 5, 1997. Pokémon Red and Blue came to the US on September 28, 1998. It's still kind of wild to me. I thought they were further apart than that. I think because Digimon was elementary for me and Pokémon was middle school.