I gotta disagree. Pokemon was WAAAAY more marketable, and it would have became a juggernaut even if Digimon had come first. It has nothing to do with the quality of the shows themselves, it's just that Digimon didn't have enough gadgets and doodads to sell to kids. It had monsters, but they weren't as cute and kid-friendly as the hundreds of Pokemon were. You have to admit that the Pokemon shows had tons more crap that children would pester their parents to buy. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if Pokemon was a show at all. It was more like a giant commercial.
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