Digimon was into existence before Pokemon was, not to mention I don’t believe it was digimon that ripped off evolution. That was Pokemon in their most recent games, taking a wrist watch like device that does mega evolution. I personally love both, they’re very different. I think anyone who’s a fan of both would say that because they actually gave both a CHANCE and can see they’re different concepts and styles.

Digimon’s original and some newer games were either dungeon crawlers with complex evolution requirements or done in a 3D console version of basically a tomagatchi pet. Digimon World 1 and Redigitize were both done in that style. The dungeon crawlers started with Digimon World 2 and continue in the handheld games. While Pokemon in turn has a completely different play style that’s more open world with gyms.

The shows and universes are vastly different, their origins are different, to be honest before pokemon threw out mega evolutions I saw little to no similarities, but that’s just me. Yokai watch doesn’t look like either to me. It looks like a variation kinda like it but not a rip off

…For some reason, I view Youkai Watch as the lighthearted, younger half-sibling of Pokemon.