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Post by phediuk on Aug 25, 2018 19:14:16 GMT -5
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Post by phediuk on Aug 25, 2018 19:15:51 GMT -5
Also, IIRC, the Zerg in Starcraft were originally known as the Zurg pre-release until Toy Story featured an "Evil Emperor Zurg" (a character who doesn't even appear in the original film, I might add.)
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Post by phediuk on Aug 25, 2018 19:19:44 GMT -5
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Post by spikey on Aug 25, 2018 20:37:06 GMT -5
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Post by phediuk on Aug 25, 2018 21:43:05 GMT -5
Speaking of Michael Jackson, the first release of Moonwalker on the Genesis featured a short bit of Thriller in the dance sequences in the graveyard level. segaretro.org/Michael_Jackson%27s_Moonwalker#ReleaseLater revisions feature "Another Part of Me" there (just like the rest of the level, even in the original version.) Apparently Rod Tepmperton, and not Jackson, wrote Thriller, so it's probably a rights issue. |
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Post by fuckdavidcage on Aug 26, 2018 23:07:49 GMT -5
Mass Effect games have exactly the same story and characters as Babylon 5, except with much worse writing and no ending.
Dragon Age: Origins has the same story and characters as Lord of the Rings but with much worse writing.
Persona 3's background music is a ripoff of Deepest, Bluest *Theme from Deep Blue Sea* and Persona 4's battle music is a ripoff of Turning Japanese.
Truxton 2's music is note for note the songs on the album Duran Duran.
Capcom's composer admitted to plagiarizing all his songs, and if I remember correctly so did Sega's composer.
Monkey Island's theme is Land down under, note for note.
Ideas stolen from video games:
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings's theme song is the same as the Elder Scrolls theme.
Game of Thrones's theme song sounds just like the mysterious music from the Persona series.
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Post by toei on Aug 26, 2018 23:12:50 GMT -5
Mass Effect games have exactly the same story and characters as Babylon 5, except with much worse writing and no ending. Dragon Age: Origins has the same story and characters as Lord of the Rings but with much worse writing. Capcom's composer admitted to plagiarizing all his songs, and if I remember correctly so did Sega's composer. Similar stories don't count. Most stories within particular genres share similarities. It would have to be the *exact* same stories, down to the details, and the copyright owners of the copied stories would have to threaten legal action for it to belong in that article. Also, which Capcom composer? Which Sega composer? That could mean dozens of people. |
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Post by dsparil on Aug 27, 2018 7:42:15 GMT -5
The Capcom reference would have to be Mamoru Samuragochi although he only worked on two games, Resident Evil: Dual Shock Version and Onimusha, and was more of a general composer. It also wasn't plagiarism per se, but that everything he ever supposedly composed was ghostwritten by Takashi Niigaki. Niigaki decided to go forward after a piece was going to be used in the 2014 Olympics. He also pretended to be totally deaf but apparently was actually partial deaf at one point. Edit: The NYT has an article: www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/arts/music/renowned-japanese-composer-mamoru-samuragochi-admits-fraud.html |
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Post by Discoalucard on Aug 27, 2018 10:37:00 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 16:16:10 GMT -5
"The Batman mobileBatmobile is also hidden in Kings Quest II."
"This ended up being for the best, especially as Tyson was later accused (and convicted) of rape.".
"Duke Nukem
This is actually a weird reverse case."
"However, they were eventually able to secure the rights to the name, and so in subsequent patches and releases (and in subsequent games) it was changed to Duke Nukem like they originally wanted."
"In The King of Fighters 2001, largely developed by Korean company Eolith, a new character named K9999 is clearly based off Tetsuo from Katsuhiro Otomo’s anime/manga Akira,"
"It appears that there was no legal action though, since SNK Playmore have still redistributed the original The King of Fighters 2001/2002 with the K9999 present."
"Gunblade NY and L.A. Machineguns
The arcade version of these two Sega gallery shooters have billboards which of many popular products and companies (you can see one fromfor JVC off to the side in the above screenshot)."
"For the Sega CD and Japanese PS1/SatrnSaturn ports, these were changed to various Konami characters, like Simon and Dracula from Castlevania, and Sparkster from Rocket Knight Adventures."
"The PC Engine version of Tengai Makyou II originally had a graveyard featuring tombstones that had names that were parodies of other video game characters."
"inIn the arcade version of Capcom’s board game/dating sim Quiz Nanairo Dreams, all of the girl’s last names are based off of candy manufacturesmanufacturers."
"In the opening to the PlayStation and PSP versions of Parappa the Rapper, one of the characters, PJ Berri, orders a giant vanilla frosty"
"with a word like “shake”. .It seems like “frosty” is actually trademarked by Wendy’s,"
"In the original release of Plants vs. Zombies, the Dancing Zombie enemy was based on Michael Jackson from the “Thriller” music video. "
"The original version of the 1982 Sega/Coreland arcade game Pengo used a simple version of the song “Popcorn” as its theme."
"Many of the Japanese console and European computer versions keep this track,"
"and Damaso Perez Prado‘s “Mambo No. 5” with Leon Jessel’s “The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” in Gokujou Parodius, and K.C. and the Sunshine Band ‘s"
"The most well-known case is the Metal Gear Solid theme song, c. Ccomposed by a Konami musician named Tappi Iwase, this sounds a lot like “Winter Road” by Russian composer Georgy Sviridov".
"ItThis seems more like it was a conscious attempt to distance the series away from the similarities, admitting that it the song sounded awfully similar while not actually deeming it plagiarism."
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Post by cowboycrocket on Sept 2, 2018 12:54:39 GMT -5
I noticed some differences in Hang On's ending when it was included in Shenmue as the later version got rid of some logos that were too close to actual brands. Compare 5:20 in the first video to 7:42 in the second.
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Post by Trickless on Sept 2, 2018 16:52:27 GMT -5
I guess the JoJo Bizarre Adventure games fall into this. A lot of characters are named after musicians/albums/brands, and were altered when localised to avoid copyright infringement.
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Post by acidonia on Sept 12, 2018 20:41:04 GMT -5
I guess the JoJo Bizarre Adventure games fall into this. A lot of characters are named after musicians/albums/brands, and were altered when localised to avoid copyright infringement. Yet the games with voice acting that are all in Japanese voices since I think none got a English Dub they still are saying them yet the subtitles are not. |
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Post by phediuk on Sept 13, 2018 16:46:07 GMT -5
Pokemon should be mentioned here for its use of Uri Geller's likeness for the design of Kadabra. There is no doubt that this was intentional on Game Freak's part, considering his Japanese name is "Yungera"--very close to the transliteration of Uri Geller's name. Not to mention it bends spoons, which is Geller's entire gimmick. Geller sued, and this is the reason there hasn't been a Kadabra card in the TCG since 2003. Abra now evolves directly into Alakazam there. |
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Post by moran on Sept 26, 2018 11:28:52 GMT -5
Apparently Sierra didn't fear ABC coming down on them for using Earl Sinclair from Dinosaurs   |
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