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China's internet is upset that a knock-off of its darling video game, 'Black Myth: Wukong,' is listed on Nintendo's store (www.businessinsider.com)

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Uh, copyleft still depends on copyright. All it means is that licenses are free so long as the terms are followed, but it still relies on licensing. The actual opposite(s) of copyright is open-source and/or public domain.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Open source licenses also depend on copyright. The opposite of copyright is IP anarchy.

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[-] [email protected] 92 points 5 months ago

"one user wrote" *China

Man, our media really has become utter shait.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

The phrase "one user wrote" is often used to introduce a quote. One user wrote this, one wrote that, and another wrote that. Yeah, the generalisation from a single forum thread / few social media posts to "the whole of internet is crazy about this!" is crap, but media sensationalism has always been there. Media (and especially media about pop culture) has always been shit.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I mean, when you have a few thousand two-bit internet media sites surviving off advertisement spam and hiring any freelance writer that can put together three paragraphs for $5 that's what our media becomes.

[-] [email protected] 63 points 5 months ago

I may be wrong but Wukong itself looks a Souls knock-off, so I don't see the problem.

[-] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I think the cultural theme of the game is more reason for the "anger" than the gameplay formula.

Its based on the most famous Chinese mythological story / fairytale about the Monkey King Wukong.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_King

I have not deep dived into it, but I think it's a treasured and well known story in China, and I assume a lot of Chinese people are proud of their mythology being a successful story outside of China as well.

[-] [email protected] 69 points 5 months ago

Also it's what Dragon Ball is based on and it's a primary influence for most if not all Shonen anime.

Its like getting upset when two different projects are made based on the Greek Pantheon.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

This. Also, China upset cause they're being copied? Pfft.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Look, it's a funny and ironic turn of events and my comment mainly tried to expand upon why this evokes this emotional response from some people.

Also, I don't think most Americans identify with the shady practices of corporations either, so equating a undoubtedly shady history on copyright with the stance of all Chinese people everywhere is a bit... 🤔

As others have mentioned it's also not accidental that the outrage is at the Nintendo store specifically. There is a lot of bad blood between the Chinese and the Japanese.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

"Folktale" is a better description but I agree

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yea, better word indeed :)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Just like Dragon Ball is based on that myth, no?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

And I love how much of it is fart jokes

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[-] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago

The irony...

[-] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago

Imagine that! Popular game makes a ton of money and scam companies make shameless ripoffs to try and cash in on it? Never happened before and never will! /s

[-] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

Does a company own the likeness of wukong? Seems kinda silly to be mad over that.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

"Let them fight"

[-] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

This reminds me of Breath of the Wild's fans being upset about Genshin Impact.
Of all the reasons to be upset about this gambling game…

(I'm upset that Genshin completed to Impact on my keyboard just now…
I don’t play or have ever even downloaded the game.)

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

How long before the news reports the game was just stealing your data.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Because I'm not allowed to read the article to know if this is mentioned: a big reason why this would aggravate Wukong fans is that Nintendo is a Japanese company.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Nintendo isn’t the developer though. Having a hard time figuring out where “Global Game Studio” is based out of.

Also, byebyepaywall.com is your friend

[-] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

As if random internet outrage ever cared about getting the fundamental details correct, when there is rage to be had.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Is it any good?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Nintendo store's seal of quantity strikes again.

Scoop!

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