To put it simply: Nintendo’s been trying to pass off Digimon as Pokémon and it’s time for the treachery to end.
It’s easy enough to understand where that feeling comes from, given the significant impact that the Pokémon franchise had on the collective childhood of the ‘90s.
Image : Ken Sugimori ( Nintendo )The Pokémon franchise we know today wouldn’t exist without Ken Sugimori, the video game designer who created each and every single one of the original generation’s monsters, including Mew.
AdvertisementBut, as the Pokémon franchise has grown over the years, the task of coming up with and illustrating new Pokémon has become a team effort.
AdvertisementWhile Pokémon hasn’t quite gone that far off the rails just yet, it’s gotten pretty damned close, especially with the introduction of Ultra Beasts, Pokémon from another dimension that first appeared in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon.