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[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago

Yeah, people seem all over the place about whether a copied mechanic is "ripping off" or just a genre.

These pokemon-likes have no more in common with Pokemon than Street Fighter with Virtua Fighter, Tekken, MK, KI, Fatal Fury, Guilty Gear, DBZ, or even Super Smash Bros... and about 2 dozen other games