Korean MMO copies the LoZ: Wind Waker

[LOL]

Wiki definitely appears to be a direct knock-off, that control layout in the corner is another giveaway.

LOL!

[Jeremy]

Screw you, I made a mistake, thank heavens you never have.

[Diff-chan]

Screw you, I made a mistake, thank heavens you never have.

LOL!

Anyway, why hasnt Nintendo done a Zelda-themed MMO yet?

Oh yea, because they suck.

But Im sure Zelda Bowling is in the works.

[Jeremy]

Not before Mario Shuffleboard, it isn't.

[Thief Silver]

LOL!

Glad I wasn't the only one who caught this :P

[Cowutopia]

I don't know that you can copyright an art style per se. But then if they got Fighter's History I guess this is no less of a violation.

The character design though is almost exactly the same. Where is the line drawn? That blurb that says "all content copyrighted by so and so" pertains to what content?

Could I copy Ryu sprites, then change the color scheme and change a few here and there, make a surfing game, and get away with it?

[Brisco Bold]

Screw you, I made a mistake, thank heavens you never have.

Your mistake was using the phrase, "thank heavens."

[frostwolf ex]

Could I copy Ryu sprites, then change the color scheme and change a few here and there, make a surfing game, and get away with it?

hmm, the example is kind of skewed because ryu isnt really that distinct of a character, it would be pretty hard to claim a full ryu ripoff for a dark haired muscular guy in a sleeveless karate gi. i agree that there need to be limits, but the problem is that the more freedom they give you in mmo's(which is a good thing) the more you get closer to this kind of close characters(which is a bad thing), i mean really, he is a kid with ruffled blond hair and a bluish shirt, the arts suggests link if you have played wind waker, but i dont know if i would say that just from those screenshots that it was a full on copyright infringement(not that i am any kind of law-student, just an observer) its like the city of heroes suit where they claimed that statesman was infringing on captain america because he had a red white and blue theme and had a white star on his chest, how broad do you draw the line for intellectual property on an artistic style?

[Jeremy]

Brisco, I would've sworn it was hitting "post reply", or perhaps the "screw you", but it's always neat to see different takes on something.

[mollipen]

Back when I was at GameFan, we had a tape that Data East produced showing why Fighter's Destiny was not Street Fighter. It was hilarious, and the reasons they gave were just sad at times.

I've still got part of the tape, but sadly, not the entire thing.