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[MrTroubleMaker]

"parts of the level were exactly the same"

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[01011001]

"parts of the level were exactly the same"

move

well apparently that is a lie...

again... why are there no comparison shots? the ones in the link don't look alike at all... it's just the same theme, which also is not a new theme

 

[Blam]

Nice Kotaku continues to be a garbage site.

 

[game_nomad]

Not that I care, I really do not like Kotaku. But such stories do not carry much credibility without screenshots

 

[DeepEnigma]

Is this a shocker?

Kotaku tries to copy being a “gaming site” as well.

 

[Sakura Doritos]

As much as I’d call Kotaku being shitty just par for the course, the level of credibility the accusation has not come close to being nothing short of lazy.

That IGN guy had every YTer and independent game site rifling through every word and pixel. Here... it’s almost like we just want to will this to be true.

 

[Omali]

As much as I dislike Kotaku, the plagiarism claims are ridiculous, but the kid making it is probably well aware that plenty of people are going to believe him at face value because it's Kotaku and why bother looking at it rationally when you already hate the person being accused. Two people using a very generic, popular trope in Mario Maker doesn't make for plagiarism.

 

[Abriael_GN]

As much as I dislike Kotaku, the plagiarism claims are ridiculous, but the kid making it is probably well aware that plenty of people are going to believe him at face value because it's Kotaku

And this thread is plain evidence of that.

 

[Hecaton117]

I understand that people dislike Kotaku for various reasons, but I'm not seeing any evidence that this is actually plagiarism.

Mario being the bad guy, Goombas having families is a joke that's been told for a long time. If the entire level layout is the same then you can claim that he plagiarized the layout, but making something with a similar theme isn't plagiarism.

Unless I'm completely blind and have missed some concrete evidence that's been posted.

 

[TwiztidElf]

Both Dennis the Menace's were coincidentally created in the same week in 1951.

 

[angelic]

Both Dennis the Menace's were coincidentally created in the same week in 1951.

The copyright had just expired on the German character "Dennis die Bedrohung" who used to terrorise border guards, fuck pigs and masturbate into his families Sauerkraut.

 

[deriks]

It's not the same. Can remember, and one can even say "it's inspired", but not a copy.

Also, I guess that people are making this too much a big of deal.