7 Shameless Videogame Ripoffs We Can't Believe Got Made

[@CaitlinRC]

The amount of among us clones at the moment is incredibly ironic considering the fact the game is about finding the imposter :P

[@JoGe49]

isn`t it ironic.. don`t you think :)

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

What's even more ironic is that it's the original that's the odd one out

[@waycooljrplays]

You know you've made it when Fortnite rips off your game for their own...

[@AceMatthew25414]

@Cool Cat uh no, just because it's the same type of game doesn't mean it's a rip off

[@insaincaldo]

Well they get nothing but paying for the clean up, after the party.

[@GG553]

My best guess for why the titles are so similar is because when you ask for the game for Christmas or your birthday and your parents go to the store and don't fully remember what you said, they see the other game, at the cheaper price and get it instead of the actual game Yeah copies were sold, but probably not on purpose

[@ciaralizabeth]

No one could accuse Andy of copying trendy dances... No one could accuse Andy of dancing

[@ddjsoyenby]

no one could accuse andy of being trendy........or cool...........or being the best oxbox member.

[@desmondleguay1969]

What do u mean he did the macaroni-gorilla-shout perfectly

[@mosiarmstrong]

LOL why you gotta do my man like that?

[@not_a_frog]

harsh but legally exonerating

[@MrSniperfox29]

I remember growing up my mum was convinced there was no such thing as a "bad game" and if I didn't like a game it MUST be because I was no good at it. I literally had to complete one game in front of her (which took an entire twenty minutes because the game was so poor) for her to realise sometimes that wasn't true.

[@6die9ne]

Same situation here, but 20 minutes gets turned into 2 hours. I had to show her what Dragon Ball Xenoverse looks like.

[@Alphaformx]

@@6die9ne that was a good game

[@6die9ne]

@@Alphaformx in my opinion, no it wasn't slow and sluggish combat, easy spam if you have super saiyan + the story only really makes sense if you pick a saiyan also, tell me why xv1 shows your transformations during cutscenes but xv2 doesn't? that was one thing I'd say did better than xv2

[@TheFallingFlamingo]

​@@6die9ne I don't think you realize the irony... Considering it's got 88% positive reviews on Steam, I think it could be said that you are *objectively* wrong. As OP's mom would say, you are just not good at Dragon Ball.

[@shadowrobot7708]

That's literally what I would tell my self when I was 6-10. I think it was part of the reason for my low self esteem.

[@yeoldecrone5474]

I was promised that Andy would do a little dance and I was rewarded. Thank you, Oxbox.

[@FnRenner]

Andy dancing is simultaneously the most and least wholesome thing I've ever seen on this channel.

[@LoJo]

I can't judge until I see ALL OxBox members dancing.

[@CalTheHogNosedBat]

I was delighted to see the dance in which Andy had done occurred, I verily much received a joyous spectacle. Merci beaucoup, Oxbox

[@lizabee484]

This made all of my years working towards a musical theater major and reluctantly taking lyrical dance classes truly, truly worth it.

[@thebiglich]

The whole crew should do the konosuba dance

[@maximiliannelson1594]

“Mum, why do we even have a working condition 1998 Evil Night arcade cabinet at home.” “And, in the fulfillment of every franchise’s fondest dream, a spin-off typing tutorial” Witty one liners delivered expertly. Jane, you are a treasure

[@matthewnanney4087]

To be honest, "Feel free to come around again, Champ!" Is a pretty savage thing to say after knocking someone out.

[@insaincaldo]

If the delivery works..

[@michaelwilson8461]

I was thinking the same thing, a little salt in the wound.

[@tom_k_cook]

Johnny from that one fiddle-ey song with the Devil and his demons would agree.

[@michaelwilson8461]

@@tom_k_cook lol good ol charlie Daniels .

[@Fanimati0n]

@@tom_k_cook Devil Went Down to Georgia

[@acousticmonkey2209]

"In the same way that a 'Wish' prom dress, resembles the dress in the photo when you ordered it online. Which is to say it is a massive let down that has pretty much all the recognisable parts of the the thing it is trying to imitate, but each part is, in its own way, much worse." I laughed so hard

[@kktt1111]

"-With a ruinous effect on the game's framerate" KZbin starts buffering. Damn, guess it's not just in game

[@Taolan8472]

Damn, you too? Now I'm wondering if it's not actually something they inserted deliberately.

[@EmerlyNickel]

I remember when Splatoon first came out, there was a Chinese mobile knock off that came out sometime later. I didn't expect it to make this list though. At the time, Splatoon wasn't very well known since it came out on the Wii U. They completely ripped everything. It did have original hair styles that were nice and I would have liked to have in Splatoon 2.

[@Nukem9999]

In reference to Gloom: That was just a lazy copycat. The Amiga was quite capable and like every other toaster, refrigerator and potato powered calculator, does indeed have a version of Doom available. Because Doom runs on everything, including itself.

[@wraithcadmus]

The port of Doom to the Amiga is great to see, but there's no way in hell it would have run acceptably on a stock A1200.

[@medusathedecepticon]

Yeah that one kind of actually hurt my heart to watch and I don't even play Doom

[@cmwinchell]

That's not true. I can't play Doom on my digital camera...oh wait...I can.

[@appleyoto3564]

Did you have a stroke typing this or did I have one while reading this

[@fioafionawright8604]

@@appleyoto3564 both.

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

The Great Giana Sisters was a knockoff, but it was *_not_* badly done! Particularly the music had its very own charm, and the game was fluent and played well.

[@polocatfan]

it's not even a knockoff it's just a 2d Mario inspired platformer. how nintendo won that case is beyond me.

[@ossiehalvorson7702]

@@polocatfan That seems disingenuous. It was nearly identical in every way. If someone told me that they just replaced the sprites for Super Mario, I wouldn't give it a second thought.

[@SimBir08]

@@ossiehalvorson7702 I found it more enjoyable than Mario, personally.

[@spunoffsee]

Jane: Mom, why do we even have a working condition 1998 Evil Night arcade cabinet at home? Mom: Ask your father. Father: *Laughs maniacally in the distance*

[@Zarelga]

I used to work for a mobile games company whose Google Play page is pretty much the same game re-skinned over and over. They worked with another company who created Minecraft clones and even tried to mimic flash game website designs.

[@snukastyle]

"Way of the Warrior" does look pretty generic, but that White Zombie soundtrack, at least, is on point.

[@mf_from_hell]

Was going to point that out as well. They were pretty big back then.

[@AsiaDanceScene]

I thought I was hearing things when I heard that, but apparently they got the rights to the whole La Sexorcisto album for the game.

[@mar_speedman]

@@AsiaDanceScene What they went and did is waste their entire budget on music and ended up forced to copy Mortal Kombat just to release the game lol

[@logandaley1544]

Agreed

[@CharizardMaster69]

Rob Zombie is always great

[@tomgymer7719]

There's even a clone of Outside Xbox called Outside Xtra. I mean, come on, they're not even trying. And it only has two hosts instead of three. They even kept the sofa and just palette swapped it from green to purple. Terrible. (Joking, I love Luke and Ellen).

[@freddierhodes8201]

Gotta love Jane's breakdown of Internet culture and memes

[@unseenufo]

Isn't she a chemist?

[@oriolgonzalez9328]

@@unseenufo Got a Master in Physics

[@EOh-ew2qf]

@@oriolgonzalez9328 wow didn't know that

[@imjonathan6745]

@@unseenufo how is this relevant? Tell us professor

[@supersexysadie]

@@imjonathan6745 I think he pointed this out because it’s clear that she’s intelligent and well-educated. But also the matter-of-fact way she broke down that meme down into a logical equation points to a degree in either science or mathematics. Not that the former necessitates the latter. But it’s also not surprising. And it’s also just an interesting bit of trivia about her.

[@FictionWriter95]

Jane's one-sentence summary of "Way of the Warriors" actually sounds like a kinda cool concept tbh

[@DanStaal]

Does anyone else think that Jane's mother having an Evil Night clone at their house while Jane was growing up explains *so* much?

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

I mean it’s a joke…

[@tartatovsky]

@@JoshuaJacobs83 /whooooosh

[@sporeham1674]

@@JoshuaJacobs83 I mean it's a joke...

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

@@sporeham1674 Aren’t jokes supposed to be funny?

[@sporeham1674]

@@JoshuaJacobs83 humour is subjective. I laughed personally.

[@youiri65]

oh my god. I remember during my Game Dev classes, my teacher showed us Way of the Warrior clips as "inspiration" to our mock game elevator pitch

[@SlowxParentsCrossing]

Ok but Evil Night also looks like a really bad Resident Evil 1 ripoff. I legit thought that was what they were going to say

[@TheOmegaXicor]

same, the voice over is really bad and they are locked in a mansion, that screams RE1

[@Bobthepetferret]

@@TheOmegaXicor Not to mention the creepy voice stating the game's title on the main menu in a VERY similar intonation

[@insaincaldo]

Yeah, first look into the mansion and I thought that was where it was going.

[@TheOmegaXicor]

@@Bobthepetferret yea, I missed that but it really is

[@mar_speedman]

Yeah, that's what I thought at first, but Capcom can't rip off Resident Evil when they made Resident Evil, so instead they had to rip off House of the Dead XD

[@Pendragon667]

I admit it: i've played Giana Sisters on my old C128 and loved every second of it. One of my guilty pleasures from that time. The score of grandmaster Chris Hülsbeck alone made it worth playing.

[@nithin143ash]

Andy's dance has come a long way. P.S btw can we have a "chop kick panda" watchalong

[@katfromthekong414]

Yes please!! 😂

[@Becka_Harper]

You truly don’t want that…trust me, those scars don’t heal.

[@katfromthekong414]

@@Becka_Harper somehow that just makes it more intriguing lol

[@kamenanew9867]

Oh God you mean that nightmare was real?!?!

[@Amaritudine]

I refuse to believe that this Panda movie exists, and is not simply a figment of our imaginations. Chop? Kick? It's all in the mind!

[@drpurple1321]

the guy screaming "You're Dead!!" from Unearthed tickled my funny bone in such a special way LOL

[@mjcampillo]

Jane’s disgust at “Chop Kick Panda” 😆

[@ddjsoyenby]

jane is amazing.

[@Soroboruo]

I'm just thinking of the review for "Little Panda Fighter" I saw and how the reviewers were basically losing it by the end.

[@DirgeTV]

Honestly, its pretty much what I thought too when I first saw it. Its one of those examples that lacked so much effort, you just think "Seriously?"

[@TJBrumfield]

I suspect Ellen secretly likes the wordplay between Chop Stick and Drop Kick. Ellen wouldn't have been able to properly show disdain to that title.

[@Thornbloom]

$4 at your local supermarket!

[@TheSampleSlayer]

11:49 fair go mate! While it is a Doom clone GLOOM was a proof of concept for the Amiga released in 1995 on Commodores death bed! It's sole purpose was to prove that a Doom like game could in fact run on the Amiga's obsolete hardware; the sequels were released after the system ended production and while you attack the Amiga its still got one the most active retro gaming communities to this day, its own legitimate retail emulator with new games still being developed for the platform in 2022! Poor form!

[@tycol322]

Jane: "shooting people" Farris: *bang* " nailed it" Goon "Go to Bed!" 2:10

[@mar_speedman]

lol It's "You're dead!" Though, just with an accent

[@YooranKujara]

@@mar_speedman I thought the VAs dad or boyfriend or something was yelling at them to go to bed and they forgot to cut it out XD

[@mar_speedman]

@@YooranKujara Yeah, that's a funny way to think about it XD

[@carrastealth]

4:53 is...is he screaming "BAKED POTATO" over and over!?!?!

[@johnnygma]

Came here for Andy dancing and was not disappointed

[@amandadunning8701]

The Typing of the Dead is one of the best typing practice games ever. I have it installed on my computer and still play it regularly to keep my typing speed up. :D Nice to see it referenced.

[@jamestouchette859]

Bingo! I found it in an arcade in Okinawa and loved it!

[@23Scadu]

15:17 Calling that guy a "muscle bro" is way more generous than that game or anyone involved in its development deserves.

[@bast4rdlyreaper]

I always think its funny how these videos have these old 90s games that no one has probably played in at least 15 years.

[@andymcp4752]

These all look like the games TV characters have to play to avoid copyright, except somehow more blatant Seriously how is Dingo Dash from the Simpsons a more original game than any of these

[@propheinx2250]

How has no one noticed that the only thing Naughty Dog has ever done is copy others? Crash/Mario, Uncharted/Tomb Raider, The Last Of Us/Resident Evil.

[@CassBlackflame]

@@propheinx2250 You've forgot Jak and Dexter which, unless it copies Spyro, it is original. (Ratchet and Clank was released later)

[@OK-yy6qz]

@@propheinx2250 sharing the same Genre is not copying . There's a lot of differences between Crash and Mario or Last of Us and Resident evil and the similarities are the same that these 2 have with Dozens of other platformers/ zombie shooters. Uncharted is a little bit more on the nose but the game that made the series huge (Uncharted 2) had a lot of original elements.

[@Obrzyganiec]

12:03 GLOOM 🤣 I love the face expression of the guy on the left , he looks like he just read the title !

[@SarahStar246]

I love how most of these games is basically the "Mom can I have X" "We have X at home" meme Edit: got to the part of the video where they make the exact same joke I'll see myself out

[@tb232]

Don't forget your coat...

[@BigAL68xyz]

Or, "When you order X on Wish"

[@Fluffkitscripts]

What exactly did you think people made that meme for?

[@AceAviations2]

You forgot about TearRing Saga, the off-brand Fire Emblem game that started out life as an Fire Emblem game without the license before being forced to remove anything to do with Fire Emblem from it. It never made it out of Japan, but its sequel Berwick Saga did with major gameplay changes. Sadly nothing since has come from this.

[@PayasYouListen]

It's only when faced with the name "Giana Sisters" that the absurdity of the name "Mario Brothers" really becomes obvious.

[@lcashortsreviews7197]

Luigi and Mario's last names are Mario, so yeah...

[@jackroutledge352]

@@lcashortsreviews7197 Hang on - Mario's full name is Mario Mario? Mind. Blown.

[@sterling7]

Some irony that Data East had earlier sued the creators of "International Karate" for copying their "Karate Champ". Arguable merit to each case, of course, but I think there's reason to be glad neither company managed to litigate the genre into oblivion.

[@martyvendetta2743]

3:51 wow... that is literally just the Among Us Skeld map with 2 rooms missing....

[@gbyt034]

Ah yes the game that mines crypto with ur computer

[@Jason_Altea]

@@gbyt034 It could just be extremely poorly optimized. I wouldn't doubt that it mines crypto though.

[@paxhumana2015]

@outsidexbox, the Fighter's History vs. Street Fighter II debate is actually a bit more complex than you may think and it also has a prequel. Back in 1984, when Data East made their landmark title Karate Champ, another company that went by the name of Epyx had a video game that they named International Karate and that case went all the way to the United States Federal Court Level. The outcome of that trial was that, since the martial arts that were in both games were public domain, neither side had a case and that they should both pound sand. The same result also happened when Data East and Capcom had their little spat with their games around a decade later.

[@heresthadude1080]

Ah yes, I love practicing my Hadouken form in real life

[@edisonlima4647]

The worst part is not even the copying, but the groan worthy names. A clown names Clown? Saving a woman called Liv from zombies?? If that's their creativity at work, I say let them copy others, please.

[@300IQPrower]

“If that’s their creativity at work, I say let them plagiarize all they like” is one of the most savage notions I’ve ever heard.

[@DirgeTV]

Its at this point you begin to ask how much creativity was there to begin with.

[@roboticd]

[seated in comfy chair, bald wig and glasses] Hello. You've caught me compiling a list of 7 shameless videogame rip-offs...

[@NinjaGidget]

Kind of a shame about Unearthed - I would have love to see an action explorer game that focuses on less familiar historical figures and events. I wish they had put more effort and innovation into it.

[@pbonfanti]

If they tried to do a original thing, could had been a success, does not appear to make a clone is just as easy as putting in a photocopying machine.

[@UrpleSquirrel]

I had the same thought. Ibn Battuta is a fascinating historical figure, and a game that goes into his travels at all has the potential to be super interesting. Definitely more interesting than a blatant Uncharted rip-off.

[@JonatasAdoM]

Those cost lots of money though. Even without copyright a studio would need a big budget to even do a discount uncharted.

[@cericat]

@@UrpleSquirrel it also had potential because it was a studio exploring their own country's history. Sadly just not a great gaming experience.

[@dani007a]

In all fairness, Uncharted itself was just a gender-swapped copycat of Tomb Raider. You just have to change enough to differentiate yourself from the thing you "took inspiration from."

[@PikaBolaChan]

i just gotta say man, Janes outfit is absolutely immaculate and i love it!

[@bentoth9555]

"The voice acting in Evil Night achieved its own special level of awkward." I dunno, sounds on par for early Resident Evil games. See also: Jill Sandwich.

[@azureskyblade1106]

That's why I thought it was a Resident Evil knockoff at first. Even the name "Evil Night" sounds like a title for a Resident Evil clone.

[@Kaitou1412Fangirl]

@@azureskyblade1106 Same! Being trapped in a mansion full of zombies, the stilted voice acting, even the snake later on rang several Resident Evil bells.

[@WaTlvr506]

@@Kaitou1412Fangirl "Stop it! Don't. Open. That. Door!"

[@Buretsu]

Hell, it actually used "nauseated" correctly, so it's a cut above in some respects.

[@ricanzombie5731]

Yea i was thinkn the same thing

[@justsomeguy6970]

Why do the narrators when in the chair look like they’re about to introduce me to their masterclass

[@kamenanew9867]

Jane killed me with "mom why do we even have a working condition..." 😅 I love you all so much

[@SylFoss]

For some reason it was the burnt hot dog that did it for me.

[@NeoLotex]

Man I loved Giana Sisters. Back when it was released we still had the C64 and didn't even know about Mario. There were lots of other great games for the system, but this one will always be one of my favorites, even when it was a pretty bold copy. It had a pretty catchy music though.

[@sweetpeachnectar]

yeah, i don't consider giana sisters as a knock off. it was just another platformer at the time. maybe it had similarities to super mario, but if you just didn't know about that game, it was one of the best games the c64 had to offer.

[@NeoLotex]

@@sweetpeachnectar I wouldn't say a one-to-one knock off, but there are quite a few similarities that make you wonder. That being said though, Nintendo has always been more weird with their policies than other companies as it seems or at least from what I've seen.

[@sweetpeachnectar]

@@NeoLotex yeah, nintendo was and is always too harsh with their copyright. just take some youtube viedoes for example. they just gat taken down for 10 seconds of some nintendo music... (i'm even questioning why i can still have my thumbnail. maybe they didn't notice it already.) that's also the reason i'll always prefer sega in that matter: they just understood that every video/short/anything is basically advertising for them and hey're cool with that.

[@travise830]

Having Jane explain “we have it at home” was amazing. Lol

[@lucyalvey2770]

I need a format exclusively for Jane explaining memes. Please!

[@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet]

"As disappointing as a wish prom dress," Jane's got some hardboiled bars. Also, you think anyone cried over Jiana Sisters coming back?

[@jarrodhen8063]

Yes but it sounds like she had actual arcade cabinets at her house growing up so I think it's a fair trade.

[@metroidfan220]

Definitely using "Zombie adjacent enemies" as a term from now on.

[@McCecilburger]

Way of the warrior’s soundtrack is fire tho

[@timburlingame5893]

It sounded like a bunch of Rob Zombie.

[@Zoso14892]

@@timburlingame5893 Do I have some news for you.

[@pbonfanti]

I consider the voice action in house of the dead part of the charm, the game feels like a low budget horror movie, it is what makes unique.

[@therealevilmudbug]

The people clearly dressed as skeletons makes it seem like either satire or a parody

[@matthewivans8590]

The Great Giana Sisters had a great soundtrack though. Title music is still awesome

[@DavidWeinehall]

Yup. So much better than the Super Mario Bros music.

[@phucth91]

Idk why I laughed so hard at that "You are the pretender" part.

[@Jennysand81]

Man we had that Giana Sisters game in the youth center, I remember 4-6 children sitting waiting patiently until the one infront died so they could have a go at it. I never knew we were playing Mario, so I guess now I can say I have played it? ;-)

[@r0bulus]

I read "one infront died" as "one infant died" and thought "what kind of Dickensian hellhole were you in?" ...but they had Giana Sisters instead of SMB, so it kinda made sense.

[@TheOmegaXicor]

@@r0bulus well I read "one infront died" and thought, geez how long are they playing that it kills them, and how is the youth centre surviving if kids are dying while playing a video game often enough that it's worth waiting for it to happen for your go...

[@skinnywhitedude8765]

@@r0bulus grooming them into competitive gamers obviously

[@SquidgyLord]

I thank all of you cause this comment and the replies gave me a much needled giggle fit.

[@SD78]

10:30 There were loads of blatant rip-offs in the C64 era. Denaris was a copy of R-Type that was pulled from shelves after legal action by and re-released as Katakis.

[@danielcharland1374]

I just realized that this is my first time seeing any of these people standing up with a good view of their legs. Any looks a lot taller doing the ticktock.

[@CodaBlair]

You may not realize but Luke is a giant

[@danielcharland1374]

@@CodaBlair He is?! Had absolutely no idea.

[@Stratelier]

I always had an impression that Andy was a tall sort.

[@GriffinWolf]

@@danielcharland1374 Find some of the old live shows... I particularly love the "Showdown of the Week" from 2017... at one point Luke and Ellen hug, and he's holding her a couple of feet off the ground!

[@HHyperGod]

The fact that Andy can play two games at once is love 😍

[@carlsiouxfalls]

Great bit of sarcasm about Hollywood giving oscars to itself when it is the hero.

[@BogeyTheBear]

_La La Land,_ I'm lookin' at you...

[@Darkko88]

Someone is going to get slapped for this

[@rickimaru915]

The Way of the Warrior segment was hilarious. I need more Shakey Jake in my life

[@zyffyr]

Shakey Jake deserves to have a whole franchise built around him.

[@heleneandersson7649]

I loved giana sisters as child. We didn't have super Mario but I remember seeing it at a friend's house and felt that a girl who sometimes turned into a punk was far superior to some weird plummer 😂 Clear ripoff oc, but the music was awesome

[@chrismanuel9768]

And hey, female protagonists in the 90s!

[@heleneandersson7649]

@@chrismanuel9768 80:s even. It's an old game 🙂

[@SD78]

@@chrismanuel9768 It was the 80s. There were female protagonists despite what certain hoop-eared grifters would have you believe.

[@justincarroll1836]

Am I insane or did the level designers sneak in a dong in one of the screens they showed in the video?

[@sonofahorde5368]

@@chrismanuel9768 lol, metroid 1

[@RichieAppel]

Chop Kick Panda deserves a crossover with Parappa The Rappa.

[@livingcorpse5664]

7:03 that's actually pretty cool, kind of wish more fighting games used a weakspot system.

[@pbonfanti]

It was largely used in pixeled shooting games, so was a smart usage of the concept.

[@weneedaladder8384]

I mean, it's just the face, though. It's always the face. I've never met anyone who's weakest spot wasn't their face. Unless it was their groin, I suppose.

[@livingcorpse5664]

@@weneedaladder8384 Injury to the shoulder or knees. If you work out most of your life you're bound to have injured something weight lifting or running.

[@jameswallis4220]

I mean wwe wrestling games at one point used different Damage points on body parts like legs / arms / torso

[@navtektv]

I was about to comment that you should plug Oxtra as your copycats to end the video but of course Andy, sharp as ever, didn't need me telling him that.

[@mf_from_hell]

Sure, Giana Sisters is a copy of Mario, but for C64 owners it was a great game and the soundtrack is amazing compared to its Nintendo counterpart, although not as iconic today. Just listen to Machinae Supremacy's metal cover of the main theme!

[@AsterInDis]

For every successful game, there are dozens of copycats and clones. I imagine all these games had more clones than just the ones you mentioned.

[@DirgeTV]

I know for a fact "Way Of The Warrior" is only scratching the surface when it comes to MK Klones (and yes, that misspelling was deliberate).

[@MrSniperfox29]

@@DirgeTV Basically all the games that suddenly decided to include "finishing moves" at the end of the fight

[@fromthevoid85]

Nobody talks anymore about how Genshin Impact started its life as a re-skin of Breath of the Wild. Probably because it was successful.

[@blakksheep736]

Lol. Someone once said the difference between imitation and ripping off is the difference between flirting and harassment, its only wrong if it doesn't pay off.

[@TheRopy8]

To be fair, Breath of the Wild doesn't make me waste my life savings with what are essentially loot boxes.

[@ok4405]

After playing both the games it's not even close, the prologue feels similar but as you progress it totally different and has a lot of unique mechanisms and the devs of the game publically told that it was inspired from botw añd during the development stage they even had meetings with Nintendo, play the fully before giving a verdict and you can play the game for free unless you have gambling addition in that case you need therapy or else everything will be fine.

[@notinthemoodfornames8033]

@@ok4405 let the haters hate. They probably think Breath of the Wild invented gliding, climbing, and a green color scheme all on its own.

[@devforfun5618]

@@notinthemoodfornames8033 also, they invented an entire history that has nothing to do with zelda, if anything it is more a rip off of avatar than it is of zelda

[@Ochropyra]

Giana Sisters has the most amazing soundtrack

[@firstnamelastname5310]

This gives me similar vibes to when we were going on a long drive for vacation many years ago. So we picked up some audiobooks for the drive, and we listened to one, then we put the next one by the same author in. And it was the same story just with a few differences and name changes. Which as it turned out, is due to the fact that he wrote the second one under a pen name originally and just released both

[@kchgamer1788]

Man I feel like I know the book series you’re talking about but I can’t place it.

[@Kiku91]

I got a racer game ad right after the Giana sisters entry, and it took until I saw the "skip ad" countdown to notice!😂

[@Madrock7777]

Little known fact, Shaky Jake, later on, got a job from Statefarm.

[@Konpekikaminari]

That deadpan "ah! Shishkebab" Sent me to tears

[@tzey1]

the promised Andy dancing!

[@Spanner1971B]

Gotta say, I'm impressed with "I feel nauseated." which is grammatically correct over the much more commonly heard yet incorrect "I feel nauseous."

[@MrMBinder]

Me: "Mom, I really want that game!" Mom: "We have that game at home" That game: The list

[@lunerlilly]

Like how flappy bird is just helicopter? Lol 😆 🤣 Oh I remember evil Night! It was horrible lol. The second "gloom" came on my screen I face palmed lol.

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

7:35 i would pay good money to see jane explain internet memery at its base physics level lol

[@markmaison4436]

I feel like Shaky Jake deserves a spin-off game, I need that in my life

[@MetalHeadReacts]

How in the world did a bad game like Way of the Warrior end up with an awesome soundtrack by White Zombie???

[@jonathanwright5338]

Blatant rip-off? At least John Romero tried to be subtle about it in Doom

[@lemoniieeee]

outside Xbox is the one top ten type of channel I can stand

[@claretravels783]

New theory: Link is Gloom Guy

[@Stratelier]

...which Link from which timeline?

[@galaxycraft007]

Goose Goose Duck is another Among Us knock-off, though it's quite fun.

[@Oddlogical]

This was fun! Andy's dancing, Mike's eyebrow, and Jane's very specific prom dress reference made the video for me 🤣

[@jiukumite]

Guys! Writing was good and editing was great this episode! Much thanks!

[@Earthwolf9]

I will forever love this channel

[@zthemutt]

Unearthed even had a line spoken by the MC’s sister something along the lines of “you always liked UNCHARTING mysteries and RAIDING TOMBS”. If that wasn’t a wink and a nod to their blatant ripoffery, I don’t know what is

[@yesterdaysrose5446]

Aside of some copied elements like the whole 1-1 level, Giana Sisters wasn't really a total rip off. It was a very good game on its own right. Hence why it became the most pirated game on the Commodore 64 after it got banned. If you are mentioning Nintendo being stupid about Mario clones, ID Software made a great Mario engine for the PC, but Nintendo didn't want them to port SMB3 for some reason. Hence, the Commander Keen series.

[@TenderWhale]

I feel like I’ve been watching videos from this channel my whole life. I don’t watch as often now a days but I get mad nostalgia watching these whenever i see em in my recomendad

[@Giga-lemesh]

I very much enjoy the “crashes bandicoot” and similar naming things

[@Herowebcomics]

I'm glad that Gyana sisters found their own style! The two new games look great!

[@burrito4332]

Came to this video for the absolute roasting of defense attorneys, stayed for Andy's tiktok, Jane explaining memes, and generally millenials' desperate efforts to appear relevant and cool. Honorable.

[@draconianking]

We just don't want to become lame and adopt that boomer mentality

[@15stargamer98]

Fair enough, I wouldn't want that either. Just remember, boomer is a state of mind, not an age.

[@nicocrestmere9688]

I'm so glad I'm Gen X and not a Millennial. Millenials catch hate on all sides. People love the 80s and 90s. Nobody is gonna get nostalgic for the 00s.

[@burrito4332]

@@nicocrestmere9688 I think the 80s and 90s (I'm the latter) still qualify under the millennial generation, but it's the same sysyphean struggle against uncoolness eventually. lol.

[@nicocrestmere9688]

@@burrito4332 dude it's in the name, Millenial. Millennium.

[@chrisb9179]

15:17 'wish from dress' I do love a cheeky blooper.

[@Hailinel]

I'm surprised this video didn't include Tear Ring Saga. A shameless Fire Emblem clone created by the original producer of Fire Emblem, Shouzou Kaga, after a bad split with Nintendo and Intelligent Systems. In fact, it was originally going to be called Emblem Saga and directly tie into existing Fire Emblem lore until the threat of legal action from Nintendo made that a very obviously bad idea. And Nintendo did end up suing, anyway. The amazing thing is Nintendo actually lost, in as much as the game was allowed to continue sales, establishing a legal precedent for spiritual successors created by people behind the original IP. On the other hand, Nintendo did win a financial settlement on appeal, and Kaga was apparently so spooked that Tear Ring Saga's sequel, Berwick Saga, was not only strays further from Fire Emblem's design, but Kaga left himself uncredited.

[@luketfer]

Ah so Tear Ring Saga walked so Bloodstained could run. Nice.

[@AVeryBoredMouse12312]

unlike the games mentioned, tear ring saga was actually good

[@jamesburchill7522]

The problem with Capcom's suit against Data East, was that they were trying to copyright the mechanics. That would have meant they owned the rights to fighting games. DE had the Ace though, as many, many years earlier they released Karate Champ.

[@charlii_the_angel]

Dear God, Andy is just a national treasure! We must protect him at ALL costs!😊😊😊😊😊🤗🤗🤗

[@philtkaswahl2124]

* Judge decides in favor of Dataeast * Capcom: "WAT" Dataeast: "Huh, I didn't think I'd get this far."

[@chainreaction8977]

The Great Giana Sisters is such an epic classic. Even the modern adaptation Twisted Dreams is fantastic. I always wished they'd come out with a Commodore 64 gamepad which would have plugged into both joystick ports with one controlling the d-pad and left trigger and the other port controlling the four action buttons and right trigger. Oh how games such as this could have been enhanced and revolutionized. The things that could have been...

[@DocDocGoose15]

Honestly Andy's tiktok at the beginning is like the only dancing tiktok I've seen that I actually liked.