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Cutie Monsters Battle Arena: The latest in Copywrite Infringing games

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MugoUrth

Bibarel's adorable.
Oh man, just... look at this: https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2016/09/10/68559.html

This game is another mock-puzzle game featuring Pokemon-esque... err, no. Featuring stolen artwork and recolored Pokemon and Trainers. Heck, the first Pokemon you fight's a Castform Recolor!
Screenshot_2017-11-11-12-01-03.png

And what's that down there? A recolored Jirachi? Nah, couldn't be.

And then we got Pumpkaboo in the screenshot!
Screenshot_2017-11-11-12-04-21.png


...The female trainer from Gen 5.
Screenshot_2017-11-12-05-16-58.png


...N!
Screenshot_2017-11-12-05-17-33.png


...And more.

Oh, but it's bad enough they steal from a big corporate business, but they even steal FAKEMON drawn by Pokemon Fans. Look at the link at top, it has Dr. Crafty's Lemureal
https://drcrafty.deviantart.com/art/Fakemon-39-41-289305261

...And then this image...
https://postimg.org/image/s9f9c0tqd/

...uses Zerudez's Razorvile.
https://zerudez.deviantart.com/art/003-Razorvile-219678547


Oh man, just, how do people get away with this.
 
Samayouru

Samayouru

Rabid Dusclops Fan
Most of the screenshots you posted are kinda small and hard to make out - but man oh man is this game bad! They even have a terrible Dusclops ripoff in their trailer! D8< Ive seen a lot of bad ripoffs in my time but its ones like these that really take the cake. Nice find there, mate!

I'm pretty sure the only reason they get away with it is because Nintendo's too busy taking down fan games like AM2R :p
 
M

MugoUrth

Bibarel's adorable.
AM2R? What is that? I never heard of it.
 
M

MugoUrth

Bibarel's adorable.
Samayouru

Samayouru

Rabid Dusclops Fan
MugoUrth said:
Ah, I see the problem. I put them as thumbnails. Here:

https://postimg.org/image/46vsqmqcb/
Castform and Jirachi

https://postimg.org/image/aym7t6ht7/
Pumpkaboo

https://postimg.org/image/c0webry2j/
Female Black/White trainer

https://postimg.org/image/cdnsi1gd7/
Sho Minamo... I mean "N"

https://postimg.org/image/hp2p2tuqz/
Zerudez's fan made Pokemon Razorvile
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Ah thank you for the bigger pics!

Haha that first one: "I'm not Castform - I'm my original character Fastcorm!"

Seriously though the fact that they're stealing fan designs from DA is just pathetic. Even other bootleggers at least "try" to make their own copies of stuff they're trying to rip off. :/
 
RileyXY1

RileyXY1

Young Battle Trainer
Samayouru said:
Ah thank you for the bigger pics!

Haha that first one: "I'm not Castform - I'm my original character Fastcorm!"

Seriously though the fact that they're stealing fan designs from DA is just pathetic. Even other bootleggers at least "try" to make their own copies of stuff they're trying to rip off. :/
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Yeah. This is just a new low for copyright infringing bootlegs. I can't believe they're stealing people's fakemon.
 
TrottingMinccino

TrottingMinccino

Can also jump!
I don't know the word for how sad and insincere this is! Total Pokemon ripoffs are one thing, but outright stealing other people's works and passing them off as your own, (Said works stolen from DeviantArt, no less!) is just pretty darn low...

I bet the creators knew eveactly what they were doing too!
 
RileyXY1

RileyXY1

Young Battle Trainer
TrottingMinccino said:
I don't know the word for how sad and insincere this is! Total Pokemon ripoffs are one thing, but outright stealing other people's works and passing them off as your own, (Said works stolen from DeviantArt, no less!) is just pretty darn low...

I bet the creators knew eveactly what they were doing too!
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Yes. I hope this recieves a DMCA, or even better, a C&D! Your right, Pokemon ripoffs are one thing, but stealing someone else's fanart and passing it off as your own is a new low.
 
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NovaBrunswick

NovaBrunswick

Canada Connoisseur
Why do so many mobile and Flash games steal from Pokémon, Mario and other well-known franchises? I seem to recall this one game, which I think was called Super Adventure Time Brothers or something of that ilk, which ripped off Super Mario Bros. and included some Pokémon ripoffs as DLC characters, like Charmander and Charizard. The game was also charging $12 for just one little power-up, and if you wanted all the power-ups in one package, you'd have to shell out just shy of $100. And people think EA is bad with DLC. :/

Samayouru said:
But on the plus side, at least Cutie Monsters isn't as bad looking as Cup Hand Adventure. :p
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Wait, they already ripped off Cuphead? :eek:
 
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MugoUrth

Bibarel's adorable.
RileyXY1 said:
Yes. I hope this recieves a DMCA, or even better, a C&D! Your right, Pokemon ripoffs are one thing, but stealing someone else's fanart and passing it off as your own is a new low.
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According to Dr. Crafty, this is NOT the first time this has happened to him.
 
Samayouru

Samayouru

Rabid Dusclops Fan
MugoUrth said:
According to Dr. Crafty, this is NOT the first time this has happened to him.
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Yeah I saw that on his DA page. It's such a shame - his fakemon designs are really good!

NovaBrunswick said:
Why do so many mobile and Flash games steal from Pokémon, Mario and other well-known franchises? I seem to recall this one game, which I think was called Super Adventure Time Brothers or something of that ilk, which ripped off Super Mario Bros. and included some Pokémon ripoffs as DLC characters, like Charmander and Charizard. The game was also charging $12 for just one little power-up, and if you wanted all the power-ups in one package, you'd have to shell out just shy of $100. And people think EA is bad with DLC. :/
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Because they're popular and making a simple flash game or acquiring a game engine is much easier than ever before.

I do know that people are trying to stop the same sort of thing happening on Youtube with those Elsa/Spiderman "kids" channels. This stuff is all over the place and there's TONS of terrible pokemon ripoffs too. Cutie Monsters is only the tip of the iceberg here, which kinda makes me wonder if anybody's actually created a general pokemon ripoff thread yet? It could make for an intereting topic imo!

But on the plus side, at least Cutie Monsters isn't as bad looking as Cup Hand Adventure. :p
 
RileyXY1

RileyXY1

Young Battle Trainer
NovaBrunswick said:
Why do so many mobile and Flash games steal from Pokémon, Mario and other well-known franchises? I seem to recall this one game, which I think was called Super Adventure Time Brothers or something of that ilk, which ripped off Super Mario Bros. and included some Pokémon ripoffs as DLC characters, like Charmander and Charizard. The game was also charging $12 for just one little power-up, and if you wanted all the power-ups in one package, you'd have to shell out just shy of $100. And people think EA is bad with DLC. :/
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Because they want to cash in on the sucess of something successful. That's why ripoffs exist.
 
M

MugoUrth

Bibarel's adorable.
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M

MugoUrth

Bibarel's adorable.
I'm surprised that app is still up. I posted a topic on the community page proving it uses stolen artwork, I even reported the game with an image from the video that proves it does, but no one seems to care.
 
NovaBrunswick

NovaBrunswick

Canada Connoisseur
So I just saw an advertisement on TV for 'Monster Arena' on the iPhone... And they showed off a straight-up Chimchar/Monferno/Infernape rip-off. They're not even trying to be subtle anymore. The game just seems a big rip-off of much of Pokémon. -_-
 
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