Did Digimon copy Pokemon?

[Lorelei]

I mean, we all know that translated it means:
Digital Monsters and Pocket Monsters

but do you think Digimon copied Pokemon?

I personally love both, in fact i kept up with more seasons of Digimon than i did for Pokemon, in fact i think i kept up with all seasons...

Differences
-ALL creatures in Digimon have a 'mon' suffix
-The creatures are called from cards or are always out (depending on which season)

Similarities
-The creatures evolve (digivolve)
-There is a movie for every season

Can you think of any other Differences and Similarities?

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[Red]

Digimon and Pokemon are examples of convergent evolution, actually. If you check their Wikipedias, digimon and pokemon were developed in almost the same year. Pokemon was intended to be a virtual bug collecting game to catch all the pokemon and raise them, and Digimon was a tamagotchi for boys you could raise and fight. So they're really, really similar, but one's not the copy of the other.

If you're looking for rip-offs of pokemon, you should check out Bakugan: Battle Brawlers. It's like the bastard child of pokemon, digimon, and yu-gi-oh.

[Lorelei]

Yeah, i get what you're saying.

Dear lord my kids watch that (and by kids i mean babysit) i watched it with them once and i was all..."This is a Beyblade/Pokemon/Digimon/YuGiOh knock off!" Especially the Beyblade part