azraelswegul
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hell, seeing how the designs were and the suits were only approximations of the pokemon they could've perfectly just changed the names like instead of "pikachu echo" it said "Picatchu echo" and nintendo would have no ground to stand on... similar names and color patterns is not enough for a copyright claim.You know again by no means do I want to piss on the new version of the game but it's still a shame the team at Cuddle Pit let themselves be bullied by Nintendo. The fact is any halfway sober let alone decent lawyer with a judge not on Nintendo payroll could have gotten the threatened lawsuit tossed in under a day and then counter sued for harassment. The original version of the game was no more a violation of Nintendo's copyright than the millions of cosplayers and kids wearing homemade costumes who dress up as pokemon for Cons and Halloween each year to say nothing of the cos-play models who actually make money off it. After all the game did not represent pokemon but pokemon fans and the cosplay community with an original story and gameplay that was far from identical to Pokemon itself which are worst would put it squarely in fair use/parody laws.