Digimon, on its first iterations, somehow managed to be more involved than the first Tamagotchis.
Not only that, but the unspoken rule of Humanoid Digimon having the eyes or head covered to make them more monstruos is bit by bit being broken, with things like Gankoomon or the Sistermon creatures looking all too human. Most of the most powerful Digimon are portrayed as Mecha Warriors of sorts being Bandai, who also sells action figures, it's not surprising that this might as well be the most marketable route.
Digimon v pet sprites frontier series#
There's an oversaturation of humanoid Digimon as of late: Be it attractive women, mechas with tails or generic anime warriors, I feel that for a series that still sells the whole "Monsters that you train and evolve" idea in both the V-Pet and videogames, they have been taking most of the "monstruous" away.That said, Shin Megami Tensei has the same issue and some people would argue it's "part of the charm", and I know that for every Etemon hater out there there's someone who likes him (I actually love the little sprite and find it extremely endearing, I just have to re imagine him as something funnier). I find the shapes and general inconsitent quality of the artworks to make Digimon much less relatable than other monsters from collectible franchizes. As time has gone by, some Digimon have received much needed visual redesigns, and others have stayed neglected. There's something charming to having a cute little Etemon sprite in your V-Pet, but I find the original Bandai art disgusting to look at. Visually it was easy to distinguish which Digimon the franchize wanted to push for marketing and which ones were designed to be eternal henchmen. By the time the franchize got manga and anime adaptations, and more Digimon started being added to the roster, I noticed a trend where some of the character models were over complicated and others simply grotesque. Digimon were originally conceived as virtual pets that you care for and train, having all sort of wacky shapes and motiffs (talking about the original V Pet).
Most of the designs are unrelatable and inconsistent: I find Digimon, as creatures, to be much less reliable than Pokémon because of their designs.I'm reposting this from the With the Will forums to see what reddit says. This is only a list of opinions, I'm not claiming to be right, just wanted to share and see what others think. Disclaimer: I'm not here to bash the franchize in any way, I just wanted to share some thoughts I've been harboring for quite a while and wanted to know if I'm the only one.
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