![]() ![]() Things marked a new low with the July 16th release of Cooking & Publishing’s Mini Subway: Logic on the Metro Line. Right: Abe Lincoln from ‘s 2012 hit mobile game, Random Heroes. Left: The main character from Benjamin Kistler’s latest eShop release, Pix Jungle Adventures This is all pretty bad, contributing to the difficulty of discovery on the eShop without adding anything of value. ![]() We’ve seen multiple instances of the same game template released under different names by multiple publishers such as the aforementioned Kistler Studios, Pix Arts, Piotr Skalski, and more. We’ve also seen games that use names or marks that they don’t have a license for, with Pix Arts making at least a few games that step over this line. Pix Jungle Adventures from Kistler Studios, for example, clearly uses sprites ripped without permission from games created by Woblyware. We’ve seen some games that skate the line of plagiarism on the eShop before. One by one, publishers of low-quality fare sold at bargain basement prices began to appear, leading to a glut of poorly-made games, template flips from the Unity Asset Store, and other such nonsense. While reports indicated that Nintendo was being rather strict about who could or couldn’t publish at the start of the console’s life, it’s clear that things got a lot looser over the years. One of the worst is the apparent near-total lack of quality control in what gets approved by Nintendo for release. Hosted by 44 Bytes.The Nintendo Switch eShop has a lot of issues. © 2023 Hookshot Media, partner of ReedPop. Join 1,386,975 people following Nintendo Life: Nintendo Switch System Update 16.0.1 Is Now Live, Here Ar.įeature: 24 Indie Games We're Excited About On Switch In. Switch Online N64 Wireless Controller Back In Stock In Eu. Where To Pre-Order The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The King. Nintendo Switch Online - Every NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genes. When Does The 3DS And Wii U eShop Close? Nintendo eShop C. It appears that there may be a few more stops to go before we fully leave Plagiarism City.ģ9 Best 3DS eShop Games You Should Get Before They're Gon.Ģ3 Best Wii U eShop Games You Should Get Before They're G.ģ1 Best DSiWare Games You Should Get Before They're Gone. ![]() The mention of legal action from Dinosaur Polo Club - who launched the road-based semi-sequel Mini Motorways on Switch back in May this year - could spell the end for Mini Subway, hopefully deterring other developers from such an act in the future, although this is hardly the first time that a studio has made such a threat. Like the fictional city of Mini Metro itself, creative lines are always going to cross but when you have one game mirroring the other and at almost half the price (Mini Subway is currently available on the Nintendo eShop for £3.59 while Mini Metro sits at £7.49) then a collision is imminent. What we can see from Mini Subway appears to be less about using an engaging idea and more a case of plain homework-copying. Part of a game's development is always going to involve borrowing themes from certain games and using them to create something which is new and interesting. We are nothing if not sympathetic to the hard work of fellow indie devs, but the work should be inspired by, not copied from.ĭinosaur Polo Club has a point. It's a joy to see our games inspire others to make their own. While we always try to reach out to the developers first, if required, we will take legal action. We owe it to our team to defend the work we've invested so much into, so we evaluate every report of copycat or clone versions of our games to assess whether they breach our trademark.
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