Digimon deserves to escape Pokémon’s shadow

Digimon deserves to escape Pokémon’s shadow

If you think Digimon are a cheap Pokémon ripoff inspired by a virtual pet toy from the ’90s, you don’t know Digimon. From anime shows, webcomics, novels, an official trading card game, and now the buzzy new RPG out of Summer Game Fest,  Digimon Story: Time Stranger, the Digimon franchise has expanded significantly since its introduction in 1997. Even so, its growth has always been followed by the shadow of Pokémon, with which everything Digimon-…