• Mellow@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    “game that is heavily inspired by Pokemon” That’s a polite way of saying ripped off. Let’s see if the lawyers get involved.

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      9 months ago

      Pokemon was largely inspired by Dragon Quest (according to interviews, but also you can just tell by looking at how similar a lot of the early Pokemon were to DQ monsters). There were also other creature collecting games before Pokemon came out.

      My point is that everything owes inspiration to things that came before, the difference between an inspired creation and a cheap knockoff is entirely dependent on whether you’re striving to go beyond the inspiration.

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      9 months ago

      It definitely has superficial similarities but it’s far more different than say Digimon. It’s also just a completely different genre of game. Pokémon doesn’t have crafting or production pieces, and doesn’t let you attack Pokémon.