They Copied It, So It Sucks: Difference between revisions

See also [[It's Been Done]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

*** The lyrics for "[[One-Winged Angel]]" were all ripped from "O Fortuna" anyway.

* Some people are bashing ''[[TMNT]]: Smash Up'', because it has the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' engine, panning it because they think it will be Super Smash Bros. [[In Space|with Turtles]], but the gameplay is showing that there are some differences, namely that there are health meters rather then stock damage, the enviroments change consistently, and guard breaks are different, and the people developing the game in question? The team who MADE Super Smash Bros., as well as Team Ninja, so they're really bashing themselves.

* I'm not sure if there was any back then, but I'm pretty sure ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'' or ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' may have been labeled ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' ripoffs because of similar engines (Okay, Darkwing Duck used the ''5'' engine, but still), Ducktales had it's own original gameplay though, your weapon didn't shoot plasma at the opponent, you had to use Scrooge's cane as a weapon, pogo stick (not making that up), and to trigger things, ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' works a little more similar to Mega Man, so it's slightly more justified, the only difference? You can grab a hold of something to get higher in the stage.

** Of course, given that they were ''made'' by ''CAPCOM''...Definitive [[Did Not Do the Research|research failures]] there.

* Does your [[Simulation Game]] feature real-life aircraft, [[Airstrike Impossible|trench run missions]], a plot where two factions are at war with each other, and the ability to customize your aircraft? If so, then consider your game to be a rip-off of [[Ace Combat]].

* ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]'' is declared [[God of War (series)|God of War]]'s ripoff due to their similarities in combat mechanisms. To the lesser extent, Castlevania games on [[PlayStation 2]] are compared with [[Devil May Cry]] because of their battle systems and [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] protagonists.