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I was going to say that too. LOL I was actually researching the dates
Pokemon 1996 as a game
Digimon 1997 as a virtual pet
So it's not a ripoff but it seems Pokemon was older by a year at least as a brand. Can someone confirm?
Hmm... I guess I was thinking of the Pokemon anime broadcast rather than the game (Japan air date was on 4/1/1997, US air date 9/8/1998) But I guess since both were released so close to each other, and among many other similarly-themed games and anime in Japan, it probably wouldn't really matter what ripped off what...
There's a game called Monster Maker?

I wonder what kind of game it is - maybe Monster Rancher-esque? Or Pokemon or Digimon? Or something else entirely?
And that green-boxed Digimon RPG game has some nice, unique art!