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** And even before that, ''Vampire Killer'' for the MSX was broken up into multiple small [[Metroidvania]]-style levels.
*** Which was released (on October 30, 1986 in Japan) only a few short months after [[Metroid]] itself (released on August 6, 1986 in Japan), meaning that ''Castlevania'' ''almost'' did "Metroid-style gameplay" even before Metroid did it.
* Many people who started playing ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' without playing [[Warcraft|the games before it]] have no idea that the franchise existed before the [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]]. This has prompted situations like people who hear ''Warcraft 3'' mentioned saying, "There's a ''World of Warcraft'' '''''3'''''? I didn't even know about ''2''!" A large section of the player base wasn't even aware of the [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] genre before it came out, leading them to believe it pioneered far more than it did; overall, the game is a refinement of what had been done before. On top of that, the game features piles of pop culture references, many of which the fan base mistakenly believes Blizzard invented.
** This has gone far enough that, nowadays, ''WoW'' fans will often accuse other MMOs of ripping off their favourite game for using gameplay mechanics and concepts that ''WoW'' ripped off from someone else. On the other hand, those who loathe ''World of Warcraft'' and all it stands for will make the same complaint of any other MMO with no regard to such things as "release dates."
*** It has gotten so bad you'll see them accuse anything and everything of ripping off WoW, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]], a game which was ripped off primarily by WoW, not to mention the fact that WoW itself is a descendent of Roguelike games, which are descended from Rogue, which was an early attempt at making a computer game out of D&D.
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** In fact, Blizzard once "announced" a new game as an April Fools joke: ''Warcraft: Heroes of Azeroth'', a strategy game and prequel to ''World of Warcraft''. The game in question was ''Warcraft 3''.
** The World of Warcraft expansion Mists Of Panderia is accused of knocking off [[Kung Fu Panda]] by having a race of Pandas with a new Monk class. However, the Pandaren have been around since before [[Warcraft 3|Warcraft III]] was released. It started as one of Blizzard's April Fool's jokes [http://www.wowwiki.com/Pandaren_(April_Fools)/ announcing a fifth playable race].
* In the [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] ''[[RuneScape]]'', when the Tower of Life quest was released, involving a homunculus, many ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' fans assumed it was a ripoff. The ''Runescape'' homunculus bears little resemblance to the ones from ''FMA'', and both are named for an old term for "artificial human".
** Funny that ''Runescape'' should wind up next to ''World of Warcraft'' on the list, since there's a dedicated number of people convinced that ''Runescape'''s basically a watered down version of it. It was released several months before ''World of Warcraft'' was even ''announced''. Wrap your heads around that for a minute.
* Valkyrie Sky is the first MMO [[Shoot'Em Up]]? Look up again, fella. That title belongs to the now defunct Bugs Rider published by Game & Game nearly 2 year prior to Valkyrie Sky Beta. Though you may argue that Valkyrie Sky is the first MMO Vertical Shooter, since Bugs Rider is a horizontal one.
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* For all its popularity, many people assume that ''[[Pokémon]]'' is the first [[Mons]] collection/raising game; those people forget that ''[[Shin Megami Tensei|Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei]]'' was released in the ''eighties''. It also wasn't the first Mons anime; ''Megami Tensei'' had an [[OAV]] in 1987.
** [[Justified Trope|All of this may have something to do with the comic and the Megami Tensei series]] [[No Export for You|never getting released outside of Japan.]]
** The original concept of Pokemon was delivered in 1990 under the title [https://web.archive.org/web/20120228074233/http://web.me.com/celebi23/Capsule_Monsters/Main.html Capsule Monsters] based on the Japanese Gashapon machines.
** Likewise, ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'' featured [[Gotta Catch Em All|monster collecting]] 4 years before Pokémon debuted, making the ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters]]'' series more of a natural extension than [[Follow the Leader|a clone]]. Of course, it [[No Export for You|wouldn't reach the states]] for over a decade and a half.
* Critics and fans are quick to label any sandbox that features driving and shooting a ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' clone. But the original ''GTA'' games were isometric, and ''GTA 3'' closely resembled, and has a continuing rivalry with, a game called ''[[Driver]]'' released two years prior. And then there's ''Hunter'', which was released on the [[Amiga]] by [[Activision]] in ''1991''.
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* Many people think ''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|Golden Eye 1997]]'' is the game that popularized console FPS's (as well as the first "good" console FPS). In truth, there were several successful console FPS's before it, such as Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (released on the N64 less than six months before Goldeneye!), which also garnered a lot of critical acclaim and strong sales upon release.
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