>>54966635Because pokemon had some concrete ground rules that even today the main games strictly adhere to.
If I ask you what a pokemon game should play like, you immediately know.
If I ask you what a digimon game should play like I'll get a dozen different answers because theres no concrete rule of what a digimon game "should" play like.
Granted there are pokemon games that are turn based rock paper scissors monster tamers, but those are spin off that only exist because the mainline games were so popular.
