Another copycat online game has appeared on Nintendo’s eShop in China, this time a knockoff of Unlit Untruth: Wukong.
Just days after indie game Unpacking’s creative director Wren Brier called out Nintendo over the prominence of knockoff games in its Transfer eShop, Chinese enthusiasts have noticed that a game called Wukong Sun: Unlit Legend has appeared. , also.
Set to release on Boxing Life on December 26, the 2D platformer’s gameplay and presentation are markedly different, but its promotional art and name may be at a loss for words compared to the Sport Science blockbuster.
As Unlit Untruth: Wukong is one of China’s most notable online game releases in recent years, many Chinese fans have taken to social media to share their frustration over “malicious developers exploiting[ing] the names of well-known games.
“Well-known games have long been plagued by imitations,” wrote Pear Video (via BusinessInsider).
“Malicious developers exploit well-known game names, modify several small games and place them on the shelves of large game stores with similar titles, tricking uninformed consumers into purchasing and downloading them.”
Here in the UK, a September 2024 license called Wukong’s Kid: Monkey King Untruth could also be knocked out by Sport Science’s game, which it forgave in August.
So far, neither Nintendo nor Wukong Solar: Unlit Legend’s publisher, World game Studio, have commented publicly on the matter.
Hidden Lie: Wukong maker and Sport Science CEO Feng Ji recently posted a lengthy commentary following the action game‘s obvious snub for the management award at this time’s The Sport Awards.
“The games nominated this year were all exceptional, but I honestly still can’t understand what the criteria for game of the Year were. I feel like I came here for nothing!” he wrote in a Weibo post, although Unlit Untruth: Wukong moved forward with the Perfect Motion Sport and Gamers’ Accentuation awards.
