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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There can be originality within franchises. Dr. Mario vs. Luigi's Mansion vs. Mario Kart vs. Super Mario Maker (etc, etc). No, it's not always an industry busting idea, but you can't say it's all rote repetition. It's the same universe, but that's ok. Not everything has to be a whole cloth original idea.

I will give you Pokemon, though. Outside of Snap and (kind of) Legends, it's pretty clearly lazy, by the number installations, which is a shame. The universe clearly appeals to and inspires so many people. They deserve better.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Tetris was just a go fish ripoff.

Dr. Mario was clearly inspired by tetris, but it had enough of its own unique mechanics (using matching blocks to get rid of germs being the one I can think of) that it's not just a shameless copy.