World of Fighter is Street Fighter rip off
by Lesley Smith 
May 28th 2009 at 8:30AM
World of Fighter (yes there's been a name change), the newest game from The9, the former publisher of WoW in China, is not going to be a WoW clone, or a Warhammer ripoff. Rather it seems to embody most of the characters from Capcom's flagship title Street Fighter and a few of their other IPs.
The teaser website for the game has been updated with a flash movie showing artwork of Chun-Li, Ryu and other characters moving across the screen and announcing the game's new name. It seems like Simon Belmont from Castlevania is also among the ranks along with some generic Asian-style characters. However what it actually is in terms of game play or genre remains unknown. Could it be a Street Fighter MMO?
We'll keep you updated but given the announcement that The9 are suing Blizzard, it's really no surprise that this new title has taken such a drastic change. How Capcom feel about this, however, remains to be seen.
Filed under: Odds and ends, Blizzard, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Retropally May 28th 2009 8:44AM
Money fuelled agressive business people.
It'll come back to bite them on their backsides...in time.
Agerath May 28th 2009 8:43AM
Lmfao.
scal May 28th 2009 8:47AM
Is it me or does that chick only have one breast?
miko May 28th 2009 8:53AM
that comes from standing in a 2D plane most of your existence
Radiophonic May 28th 2009 8:51AM
"How are you gentlemen!"
"All your base are belong to us!"
"You are on the way to destruction."
"What you say!!"
"You have no chance to survive make your time."
Sumanai May 28th 2009 12:26PM
http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=2989
nolfclvr May 28th 2009 9:02AM
Silly Chinese business men.
tsk tsk
Best part is, the gov't will back them saying the likeness of Street Fighter is ridiculous, and The9 had the plans for this game since 1990. :D
peagle May 28th 2009 9:02AM
Eh, wake me up when they do a Megaman MMO.
mediumsizedrob May 28th 2009 9:05AM
company's
Agerath May 28th 2009 9:43AM
How is it possible to post only one word, yet still crucify the English language?
Kyle May 28th 2009 10:38AM
"...and a few of the companies other IPs."
The OP is pointing out that the word 'companies' should actually be 'company's'.
Lorem May 28th 2009 9:16AM
My Chinese history is a little rusty. I do remember learning how they were a very inventive and creative culture. It seems that has shifted to a culture of IP copyright infringement.
snowleopard233 May 28th 2009 9:46AM
My girlfriend did a whole study on the Chinese black market and counterfeit products while we were studying abroad in Shanghai. It’s not so much that the Chinese don’t believe in scientific discovery and creativity but that the culture has an entirely different outlook on intellectual property than we do in the west. The general opinion of many Chinese is that if an idea is good, why not use it? Why do you need to ask for permission to have Donald Duck and Porky Pig selling your cell phones? To them, claiming these ideas as being one’s own is as alien an idea as claiming one invented the shovel.
Is this a healthy philosophy to have? Not if you want to do business with people overseas and be a part of the global economy it isn’t. Many US companies are becoming hesitant to do production in China based on truly legitimate fears that their blueprints will be replicated for counterfeit use once they turn their backs. They’re also unwilling to trust their own Chinese branches overseas and will prefer to import western workers to do higher level jobs in the country.
Overall, if the Chinese want to keep doing business on a global scale, they need to learn to operate outside their bubble and pay attention to the legal and ethical standards the rest of us do. This newly premiered game is just one small example of Chinese entrepreneurs paying little regard to the integrity and creativity of other businesses.
Hydden May 28th 2009 9:26AM
Someone has been reading their Sun Tzu...
Jp May 28th 2009 9:36AM
Some of those were SNK characters. Mai shines through the most. Apparently, World of Fighter = Capcom vs. SNK.
Raze May 28th 2009 9:43AM
That's ironic. Change the word "World" to "King" and you've got the name of SNK's biggest fighting game franchise.
FeverRay May 28th 2009 9:36AM
this is what someone would call the "travesty" of MMOs (or would that still be SL?)
Raze May 28th 2009 9:47AM
Which one was supposed to by Simon Belmont?
I saw one third Capcom, one third SNK, and another third really poorly drawn original characters at the end.
snowleopard233 May 28th 2009 9:47AM
That's probably intentional...
snowleopard233 May 28th 2009 9:48AM
sorry was supposed to be responding to Raze. Man, I hate this comment system.