• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Palworld didn’t rip off Pokemon in the way these Chinese clones are ripping off Palworld, though. Like, the marketing of the clones literally say players “survive with their pals,” like theyre not even trying to hide it. Palworld was pretty careful to avoid terms like “pocket monster” or “pokemon” in its marketing.

    Also, not sure if this really counts as accusing anyone of anything. He is pointing out that his game is successful enough to warrant multiple companies trying to rip off his own game. Honestly, you know you’ve made the big leagues when your products are getting rip offs in China.

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      7 months ago

      The Amazing World of Gumball had to deal with a similar situation. This is how they handled it.

      https://www.polygon.com/tv/2017/2/7/14524680/the-amazing-world-of-gumball-the-copy-cats

      A series of Chinese cartoon shorts called Miracle Star is the culprit here. They hew pretty closely to Gumball’s animal collective comedy, with some very slight differences. For example: Instead of a kitten protagonist, they star … a billy goat. It’s not just Miracle Star’s aesthetic that looks eerily like Gumball’s; the show also takes shots and scenes wholesale.

      Fans picked up on this back in 2015, and the video above shows a direct comparison between the two. While Cartoon Network hasn’t taken any action against Miracle Star, it’s basically an open secret at this point that the Gumball lookalike exists.

      It wasn’t until The Amazing World of Gumball’s newest episode, which made it online earlier this week, that Cartoon Network addressed the Miracle Star debacle more directly. An episode called “The Copycats” features a cartoon about a family remarkably like Gumball’s, made up of a mixed crowd of animals. (The one major difference? Gumball’s little sister is curiously missing from the family, which one viewer says may be a nod to China’s one-child policy.) Not only are these “copycats” very similar to the main cast, but they’re almost direct copies of the characters from Miracle Star.

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      I agree. Plus there’s a difference between ripping off and being inspired/influenced. Is palworld a Pokemon-esque game? Yes, but it’s not a rip off or clone since it’s different. Now if they gave the pals evolutions then yeah that would def be a red flag lol.

      These actual clones are actually ripping off palworld.

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      Some of the models in Palworld look uncannily similar to Pokemon assets. Could be the result of AI being used though, can’t really remember the details of the controversy back when it came out.

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      Like these models seem to have similar designs for example

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        Pokemon has so little artistic identity anymore that I literally cannot tell you which of those two is from Pokemon and I play Pokemon literally every day.

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    The dude sounded excited that his games really really popular and that it might inspire some other cool games he might like.

    Slow day at the news desk there I see.

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    In the days leading up to the game’s release, I was flooded with ads calling Palworld “Pokemon with guns”. They kind of brought it upon themselves.

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    Next year, we might see many…bishojo…raising games… These are incredible times.”

    Uh. Let’s, for the sake of discussion, hypothetically assume that 2025 is the Year of the Bishojo Raising Game.

    That isn’t what your game is, right? What’s the connection?

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      In case you are curious, the downvotes are cuz the headline was a lie. Not only did they not rip off pokemon, they are happy to see clones of their game. They want to try them all and see if any are fun to play. They love these kinds of games, after all.

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          Cool. Then Pokemon ripped off Dungeon Quest.

          https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GEYrZuzXUAAjpkB?format=jpg&name=large

          If you’re calling palworld a ripoff, then pokemon is a ripoff. Which puts them on par with each other at the bare minimum.

          Making cute monsters and taming them is not new and just because pokemon has a bajillion mons to find similarities in, doesn’t mean everything is ripping off of pokemon.

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            Sure, Pokémon ripped off that or whatever the first monster catching game was.

            But if you’re telling me any of those examples look half as much of a complete copy paste and recolor as the “designs” in Palworld, you’re either arguing in bad faith or blind. Most of those examples look absolutely nothing like their supposed counterpart.

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              complete copy paste and recolor as the “designs” in Palworld

              If this statement was even close to factually accurate you realize that Nintendo would have sued and taken down Palworld already right? I can’t be arguing in bad faith if Nintendo’s litigious lawyers basically agree with my statements.

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                Come on now. Anyone can tell they’re knockoffs and I’m sure you do as well. Just cause they’re technically legally distinct enough doesn’t mean they’re not obvious copies.

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                  Every shoe made is a knockoff of the original shoe, but some look slightly different but we aren’t calling every new shoe release a knock off.

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                  Then I’ll have to refer you to this comment. And we’re dead set into circular logic land. Congrats! Enjoy your stay.

                  Just because Pokemon was legally distinct enough from Dungeon Quest doesn’t mean they’re not obvious copies. What you need to realize is that there’s only so many ways you can draw a “fire-based dog”, “grass-based turtle”, or “electric mouse” before you run into something that looks similar to some other IP.

                  Like I said before.

                  just because pokemon has a bajillion mons to find similarities in, doesn’t mean everything is ripping off of pokemon.

                  What you COMPLETELY miss out on… Dragon Quest is an old enough series that people who worked on the original Pokemon would have been highly influenced by the series as kids. Much like Palworld developers likely grew up on Pokemon to some extent. You’re going to see similarities… that doesn’t mean it a knock off… and if it was a knock off, Nintendo would have killed it long ago. Any other “belief” doesn’t matter.