How did Nintendo get away with it?
>>737418890did mario transition?
>>737418890It's okay when they do it.
>>737418890Arale sucks and Mario rules
It's wild how widely influential Toriyama was when the man just wanted to draw cool machines
>>737419215Sorry I'm illiterate I wanted to say Mario sucks and Arale rules, my bad
>>737418890Toriyama's group and Ninty were friendly back then. Ask yourself what console was hosting the first few DQ games.
>>737419219The guy basically single handedly inspired the entire industry.
>>737418890Turnabout is fair play. You don't get to complain about being copied when everything you make is either a reference or derivative.
Because Sega does what Nintendont
>>737419219Is that Metal Slug?
>>737419219metal slug copied some good shit
>>737419219is sandland good?i kinda want to play it for driving cool vehicles around the deserthow intrusive is the non vehicle gameplay?
>>737418890Japan in the 80s didn't give a shit about copywrite violations in anime, since anime was a very insular thing at the time.
>>737418890I'm increasingly more convinced that Japan's entire culture is just Toriyama wearing different outfits.And Toriyama himself was ripping off journey to the west and astro boy
>>737419540And Superman
>>737419540Which came first; top, or bottom?
Why didn't the Big 3 inspire anything like Dragonball did?
>>737419635Arale anime came out like 10 years earlier.But Sonic also took a lot from Ghibli and Star Wars.
>>737419647gene simmons disagrees
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>>737419516Time is a masterpiece
>>737419264What? I don't want Mario to suck my dick!?
>>737419328>>737419356Might not be the inspiration for Metal Slug, actually. However, Metal Slug was influenced by Lupin the III
>>737419845None of these look remotely similar, fucking schizoid.
>>737419972shut the fuck up nigger
>>737420012I was gonna call him a Nigger, but the Floating Island, Airship, and That Gem that was island Laputa are definitely a references
>>737419887Also, Protoman/Blues gets his shield from the Gelgoog and Sniper Joes look like Zakus
>>737418890japan has a very 'small' culture, basically they have maybe 25-30 ideas total and they cycle through them.
>>737419896The concept of time? I guess so.
>>737419516it's either real or it's a dreamthere's nothing that is in between
>>737419951I thought Metal Slug was mostly based off Dominion Tank Police.
So what I've learned from this thread is that if your product is inspired by '80s media, it's guaranteed to be kino.
>>737418917yes, and peach spent some time at the library
>>737419516>copywrite
>>737419219This, Toriyama is basically the Go Nagai of people.
>>737418890and i present to you wario and waluigi
>Arale dresses up like a tanuki once in hundreds of episodes >That means tanuki suit Mario is a Dr Slump reference
Mario might not be Dr. Slump, but Sonic is absolutely 100% Dragonball Z.
>>737422065Correct.
>>737421990These guys (and their mistress) are also copied/referenced in Secret of Mana.
>>737422065yup everyone is just schizomaxxing and seeing things. nintendo is completely original
>>737419896It's great.
>>737420973What do you call it? Patent infringement?
>>737422109It's Dragon Ball with Bleach writing
>>737424462Copyright. Understandable mistake.
>>737419264>aralefag is illiterateof course
>>737419283He was the guy who single handily did the whole "powering up to take on a new form" which has been the staple of shonen anime for decades
>>737424569I see. "Rights" and such.
>>737420806Correct.
>>737418890This >>737419157. Nintendo is an absolute menace if you dare to do something they believe is infringing their oh-so-sacred copyrights, but it's fine when they do it.
>>737420093Is that where the floating/sky island concept first became popular? Becuase that's a VERY common Japanese media trope (even when they have licenses for western IPs, like TMNT3 on NES).
>>737422462They're also in Godhand
