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Let's talk about how Mega Man X 100% shamelessly ripped off a Star Wars character
- Thread starter SolVanderlyn
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Until recently, he was a better developed character than Boba too. By the by, go play Maverick Hunter X if you haven't already. Playing through Megaman X as Vile is a lot of fun. The back and forth between him and the bosses is also amusing. Vile doesn't give a fuck.
The original Metal Gear box art was literally just a painted version of a promo still of Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese from The Terminator.
I mean, Darth Vader is basically a tokusatsu bad guy, so it all comes full circle in the end. Like poetry. That rhymes.
I think I read an interview with the developer that the artist wasn't aware of Boba Fett until after the fact. I was thinking "yeah right."
Nice! I tried but couldn't find this myself.
Probably not, but "getting one's own show" is not a sign that a character is interesting. The main character of the Mandalorian sucks and he got a show.
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I do. First, you can point out that it's a technically incorrect form of legal action. Second, you can mention how legal action probably wouldn't be taken.
Me, I meant it as a joke.
I was really expecting to walk into a Zero thread lolWould be a shame if they took anything else
Right...
Even if one were to remotely entertain the idea of a lawsuit anyways, Class Action litigation wouldn't apply in the case anyways besides being similar is not warranted enough to be considered for copyright violation. Copyright does not protect ideas, concepts, systems, or methods of doing something. As for the source of this, that comes from here http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html
There are also Fair Use and Parody Clause to consider as well.
The amount of blatant plagiarism in the video game industry is disgusting. Well, at least Namco would never copy an artist's original idea without giving him full cred...
Speaking of Revenge of Shinobi, I didn't know that the title screen was lifted off from somewhere else
Hm, which game actually introduced the Z-saber? IIRC in X1 he only ever uses a charge buster. The Z-Saber is also more flared than light sabers are, more like Gundam beam sabers. However that light saber Sigma uses in X1? That's definitely Star Wars.Would be a shame if they took anything else
Though let's not forget Casshan/Casshern as an influence:
While Rush doesn't look much like Friender (the dog), Sigma's dog definitely does and one of the robot dog minibosses in classic MM is even called Friender for no reason.
Did Viewtiful Joe take the mask closing and eyes lighting up fighting stance from Kamen Rider or is that another Casshern thing?
Yeah, I mean Snake from Metal Gear is based on . . . Snake, from Escape From New York. And once you picture Snake based in Kurt Russel you can't unsee it.
80s and 90s are rampant with this. I assume it's a mix of tight deadlines, the developers simply thought it would be cool, and the belief that no one would care/notice. Though it is funny when a lot of these rip off designs still endure to this day. Simon Belmont is just a ripoff of Schwarzenegger Conan and now that character's in Smash. Along with Snake who was a rip off of Kurt Russell.
Not really seeing it. It's not like 'missiles and guns' isn't a common enough thing in Megaman games about heavily armed combat robots, let alone sci-fi in general that long predates Star Wars. Is it just about the visor? Armoured helmets with vision slits like that go back hundreds of years too.
The black tone behind the vision slit combined with it, though, yeah, Bobba Fett is obviously the influence for that.
Given how small he was on screen at the time, the big influence I saw was a robot with a shoulder-mounted cannon, which tons of JP mech kits and transformers toys used in the 80s, along with Predator etc.
The black tone behind the vision slit combined with it, though, yeah, Bobba Fett is obviously the influence for that.
Given how small he was on screen at the time, the big influence I saw was a robot with a shoulder-mounted cannon, which tons of JP mech kits and transformers toys used in the 80s, along with Predator etc.
I miss this terribly edgy type of marketing . That font... it is so adorably awful.
Vile's better because he actually has notable on-screen accomplishments in his franchise. All Fett ever did was look cool and get knocked down into a death pit by a blind guy.
Capcom also pretty much used My Michelle from Guns n' Roses for Neon Tiger stage in X3 (and he's kinda of another wolverine rip-off lmao)
Idgi who is Sigma a rip off of
Capcom was ripping off everyone and it was glorious.
And Greek and Roman armor. Star Wars borrowed almost all of its ideas from cultures across the world, especially character/building design.
Vile > Boba Fett
Oh yeah, I went there... Seriously, there is no comparison. Boba is just a man with a tin can on his head and a janky jetpack. Vile is a highly advanced robot.
Oh yeah, I went there... Seriously, there is no comparison. Boba is just a man with a tin can on his head and a janky jetpack. Vile is a highly advanced robot.
That voice sounds familiar? Is that the dude from Easy Allies?