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    Default Super Mario Odyssey Just Copied Avenging Spirit

    Hello, Nintendo? It's about Super Mario Odyssey. The Game Boy called. It says that Avenging Spirit is pretty upset. Uh-huh. Yeah, AS claims you stole its gimmick. What's that? Really? Huh. All right, if you say so. Yeah, perhaps others won't notice. OK, yeah... talk to you later then.

    Avenging Spirit gameplay:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7UuDANIcLM

    (Super Mario Odyssey looks quite good nonetheless.)

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    Paradroid (1985) got there first with the concept of taking over other robots so you use their powers instead heh, albeit in a more limited way than Avenging Spirit.

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    Not sure if Blazeon came before or after Avenging Spirit, but I recall it also had the "steal enemy forms" mechanic. I think the SNES version of Blazeon was released the same year as Avenging Spirit, but I'm not sure about the arcade version of Blazeon (which I didn't know existed until a little while ago).

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    The Gameboy game of Avenging Spirit is a port of the arcade game. But anyways, copying game mechanics is nothing new.
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    This can't be true. Nintendo does everything first. These games copied Super Mario Odyssey.
    Everything in the above post is opinion unless stated otherwise.

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    And Gaiares did it before Avenging Spirit. While not taking over enemy forms, but rather taking over enemy weapons, pretty much same difference.

    Quote Originally Posted by jb143 View Post
    The Gameboy game of Avenging Spirit is a port of the arcade game. But anyways, copying game mechanics is nothing new.

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    The hat controlling a t-rex thing came from the animated kids movie Meet the Robinsons.

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    SMO is worth it just for pissing off Sjw idiots with sombrero Mario. (a reference to Qix on the GB in 1990 or so, apparently)

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlastProcessing402 View Post
    SMO is worth it just for pissing off Sjw idiots with sombrero Mario. (a reference to Qix on the GB in 1990 or so, apparently)
    Yeaaaah racism is cool everybody! Nice one!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guru of Time and Space View Post
    Yeaaaah racism is cool everybody! Nice one!
    Great board user we got here, fantastic member of the community and worth keeping around for sure!

    -GoTaS
    Mario wearing a sombrero is racist? Please tell me you are not serious.
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