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maxcriden

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• Mar 18, 2014

• #1

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_m...-brandtextbin=Animirai Studio&node=2350149011

Everything from Mario, to Zelda, to Metroid, to Castlevania, Golden Sun, THPS, and Yu-Gi-Oh. Surely these are illegal, right? How can companies like this get away with this? It looks like they were all listed recently, too.

 

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Glittering Crux

Banned

• Mar 18, 2014

• #2

Did Amazon get rid of their approval process for apps or something?

 

Allforce

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #3

It's not the Virtual Console we want, it's the Virtual Console we deserve.

 

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Salex_

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #4

Mobile game developers have no shame. Flat out re-skinning popular games and reselling other people's games.

 

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Griss

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #5

Not the same games, not the same content.

Does anyone know what exactly the apps are when you download them? I wouldn't be surprised if they're just a title image and nothing else. Really bugs me, though, that there isn't some kind of IP screening process on the part of Google or Amazon to catch this kind of blatantly illegal scam.

 

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Relaxed Muscle

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #6

Salex_ said:

Mobile game developers have no shame. Flat out re-skinning popular games and reselling other people's games.

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They aren't even re-skinning them. Is basically GBA games emulated.

At least if we go by the images.

 

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Mephala

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #7

Yep. Looks shady.

 

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Wichu

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #8

Griss said:

Does anyone know what exactly the apps are when you download them? I wouldn't be surprised if they're just a title image and nothing else. Really bugs me, though, that there isn't some kind of IP screening process on the part of Google or Amazon to catch this kind of blatantly illegal scam.

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Those are all GBA games, so I expect it's just a ROM bundled with an emulator.

EDIT: beaten

 

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Griss

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #9

Wichu said:

Those are all GBA games, so I expect it's just a ROM bundled with an emulator.

EDIT: beaten

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That would make sense. One review states that it's playable whereas many others say that the game just doesn't load at all so I wasn't sure.

EDIT: Also, one review really depressed me. It basically said 'Unplayable and shit, but's I guess it's worth a dollar.'
That's the mobile audience right there. Don't give a shit about quality, don't give a shit about IP infringement, but if it's a buck or less then we're good to go. It's a cancer on the industry.

 

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Jackano

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #10

I'm really interested to know what the games are really. Anyone want to sell his soul and buy one?

In any case, I blame Amazon. And that's what you get without proper approval process.
Sure there is many talks about "steamlining" the processes for indie developers, but seeing this, some barriers can't hurt really.

 

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Skelter

Banned

• Mar 18, 2014

• #11

I want to hate them but damn it Advance Wars on the go.

 

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Infernal Monkey

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #12

I like how the Zelda, Mario, Advance Wars, Metroid etc. games are 99c, but Tom and Jerry is $1.99.

 

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maxcriden

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #13

Hm, I just realized this thread might be considered against the TOS. Mods, my apologies if so, please lock if that's the case.

 

Sylverstone14

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #14

Well, I wonder how fast those will disappear.

 

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mclem

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #15

I note they're not on the Play store. Wonder if they just didn't try, or if Google have already blocked them.

 

VideoMan

30% Failure Rate

• Mar 18, 2014

• #16

Well, hate to be the party pooper but...

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