@Rats It's not just that animation that's similar, the boss mechanics, the way the characters fight, dodge etc. Almost everything about the gameplay is a practically a one for one copy of Cuphead's, which is what most people are talking about when they say the game is a rip-off, the fact it looks and sounds similar, because of the style choice they went for, is just the cherry on top. Legitimately speaking, the Creators of Cuphead would have a very good case of they chose to sue over this game, though, from what I understand, I don't imagine it'll come to that since this is A. Coming from the work of fellow indie developers, and B. Because the creators of Cuphead, as far as I'm aware, aren't the kind of people to do so without a really good reason (like if there was a one for one copy of one of their bosses or the indie developers were to try to put Cuphead down or something ridiculous like that.)
@Greatluigi Too be fair when you look at the gameplay shown so far, it goes way beyond "taking inspiration" since the gameplay is pretty much a one for one copy with how the characters move, attack, etc. (on top of the style choice being about the same for both music and art.) It's definitely a rip-off, it's not a bad rip-off at least, but it's definitely got enough similarities that the creators of Cuphead could sue over copyright infringement if they wanted, though I imagine it's not likely to happen, unless Enchanted Portals does something a lot more blatant or something else gives them reason to, since I've heard that the creators of Cuphead aren't the type to be this way. Hopefully there is something more in the gameplay that changes these facts, but as it stands, it's just too on the nose to give it the "inspiration" or "genre" pass like you could for games like Genshin Impact or Dragon Quest Builders when they got hit with the "rip-off" slander
@RudeAnimat0r While Nintendo's history with copyright has been kind of bad (though a lot of the "fan project crushing is generally more a Game Freak thing than Nintendo, since it's more frequently Pokemon fan games that get hit, with some Smash stuff here and there,) it's actually more of a creative control thing than a money thing, as videos and fan projects are actually beneficial towards sales generally as it is free advertising for companies. While I'm not entirely defending Nintendo, I do think it is fair for someone and/or for a company to want to maintain control over characters and settings they have created, as fan works do have the potential to change people's expectations and the image for a character or series (not always in a bad way of course.) That being said, while I do think Nintendo is justified in wanting to maintain creative control over their ips, I do think Nintendo is quite paranoid about it (though they seem to have significantly mellowed out nowadays, especially when it comes to YouTube.) As for not changing game prices, you act like they're the only company who does this. Sure Nintendo has a weird lack of sales (definitely an odd thing since there are many benefits to a company when they hold a good sale (emphasis on good since Nintendo sales suck generally,)) but it's not like they never reduce the base price of the game (though I have to wonder why we have no Switch Nintendo selects type things yet.) Overall though, dropping the base price on a game isn't as common as you seem to be suggesting, as that usually only happens, if at all, under one of two conditions; 1. Sales were bad and the company just wants to make something, or 2. The game is sufficiently old enough that people rarely buy it anymore unless the game goes on sale. In general, I'd say Nintendo has more of an Ego problem than a greed problem 🤔
@CactusMan You might not have been connected to the internet. I thought I had been tricked initially too, but after I connected to the internet I found all of my raids updated to be uncatchable Magikarp 😂
Thinking along the lines of the idea of Among Us possibly getting into Smash, I'm not sure I would want a crew mate/impostor in Smash personally (though if Sakurai wants it than he has earned the right to add whatever he wants in,) though a stage, Mii Costume, Assist trophy or whatever could be fun.
@Snatcher Among Us was ported to the Switch, the Switch version even has a currently exclusive map referencing the Henry Stickmin games.
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Re: Cuphead-Like 2D Platformer Enchanted Portals Coming To Switch This Summer
@Rats It's not just that animation that's similar, the boss mechanics, the way the characters fight, dodge etc. Almost everything about the gameplay is a practically a one for one copy of Cuphead's, which is what most people are talking about when they say the game is a rip-off, the fact it looks and sounds similar, because of the style choice they went for, is just the cherry on top. Legitimately speaking, the Creators of Cuphead would have a very good case of they chose to sue over this game, though, from what I understand, I don't imagine it'll come to that since this is A. Coming from the work of fellow indie developers, and B. Because the creators of Cuphead, as far as I'm aware, aren't the kind of people to do so without a really good reason (like if there was a one for one copy of one of their bosses or the indie developers were to try to put Cuphead down or something ridiculous like that.)
Re: Cuphead-Like 2D Platformer Enchanted Portals Coming To Switch This Summer
@Greatluigi Too be fair when you look at the gameplay shown so far, it goes way beyond "taking inspiration" since the gameplay is pretty much a one for one copy with how the characters move, attack, etc. (on top of the style choice being about the same for both music and art.) It's definitely a rip-off, it's not a bad rip-off at least, but it's definitely got enough similarities that the creators of Cuphead could sue over copyright infringement if they wanted, though I imagine it's not likely to happen, unless Enchanted Portals does something a lot more blatant or something else gives them reason to, since I've heard that the creators of Cuphead aren't the type to be this way. Hopefully there is something more in the gameplay that changes these facts, but as it stands, it's just too on the nose to give it the "inspiration" or "genre" pass like you could for games like Genshin Impact or Dragon Quest Builders when they got hit with the "rip-off" slander
Re: Epic Apparently Wanted First-Party Exclusives From Nintendo, Microsoft And Sony On Its Digital Storefront
@RudeAnimat0r
While Nintendo's history with copyright has been kind of bad (though a lot of the "fan project crushing is generally more a Game Freak thing than Nintendo, since it's more frequently Pokemon fan games that get hit, with some Smash stuff here and there,) it's actually more of a creative control thing than a money thing, as videos and fan projects are actually beneficial towards sales generally as it is free advertising for companies. While I'm not entirely defending Nintendo, I do think it is fair for someone and/or for a company to want to maintain control over characters and settings they have created, as fan works do have the potential to change people's expectations and the image for a character or series (not always in a bad way of course.) That being said, while I do think Nintendo is justified in wanting to maintain creative control over their ips, I do think Nintendo is quite paranoid about it (though they seem to have significantly mellowed out nowadays, especially when it comes to YouTube.)
As for not changing game prices, you act like they're the only company who does this. Sure Nintendo has a weird lack of sales (definitely an odd thing since there are many benefits to a company when they hold a good sale (emphasis on good since Nintendo sales suck generally,)) but it's not like they never reduce the base price of the game (though I have to wonder why we have no Switch Nintendo selects type things yet.) Overall though, dropping the base price on a game isn't as common as you seem to be suggesting, as that usually only happens, if at all, under one of two conditions; 1. Sales were bad and the company just wants to make something, or 2. The game is sufficiently old enough that people rarely buy it anymore unless the game goes on sale.
In general, I'd say Nintendo has more of an Ego problem than a greed problem 🤔
Re: Pokémon Sword And Shield Adds Uncatchable Magikarp For April Fools (Seriously)
@CactusMan You might not have been connected to the internet. I thought I had been tricked initially too, but after I connected to the internet I found all of my raids updated to be uncatchable Magikarp 😂
Re: Among Us Quickens Masahiro Sakurai's Pulse, But He's Not Sure How Long It Will Remain Popular
Thinking along the lines of the idea of Among Us possibly getting into Smash, I'm not sure I would want a crew mate/impostor in Smash personally (though if Sakurai wants it than he has earned the right to add whatever he wants in,) though a stage, Mii Costume, Assist trophy or whatever could be fun.
@Snatcher Among Us was ported to the Switch, the Switch version even has a currently exclusive map referencing the Henry Stickmin games.