In February 1998, the DigiMon fighting game, compatible with Windows 95 and developed by Rapture Technologies, Inc., was announced. This device shows to players a virtual pet composed entirely of data and designed to play and fight. It was released in June 1997 with the name Digimon, short for Digital Monster.

The Digimon franchise began as a series of virtual pets created by WiZ and Bandai, intended as a masculine counterpart to the more female-oriented Tamagotchi pets. Virtual pet model distributed on the Japanese market by Bandai, that allowed the popularization of Digimon in Japan. Several anime series and films based on them have been released, and the video game series has expanded into genres such as role-playing, racing, fighting, and MMORPGs. The franchise gained momentum with its first anime incarnation, Digimon Adventure, and an early video game, Digimon World, both released in 1999. The creatures were first designed to look cute and iconic even on the devices' small screens later developments had them created with a harder-edged style influenced by American comics. The franchise was created in 1997 as a series of virtual pets, intended as the masculine counterpart to Tamagotchi. The franchise focuses on the eponymous creatures, who inhabit a ' Digital World', a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks. Digimon ( Japanese: デジモン, Hepburn: Dejimon, branded as Digimon: Digital Monsters, stylized as DIGIMON), short for 'Digital Monsters' ( デジタルモンスター Dejitaru Monsutā), is a Japanese media franchise encompassing virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films and a trading card game.

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