Mario Kart rip-off hits the iTunes store

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While I usually do not provide too much critism against ideas being copied through the various video games, this is one example of a game with copied elements that I find very hard to ignore.

http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=169773

Welcome to "Mole Kart" as the developers call this game. It is a kart racing game that has just recently arrived at the iTunes store for both the iPhone and iPod Touch. However, the most obvious thing about this game is that the game has completely been built off the data from Mario Kart Wii. While many kart racing games have come to being similar to Mario Kart throughout the years, this is the worst one yet with its clone like appearance.
mole-kart-tracks.JPG

Obvious course layouts look completely identical to the ones from Mario Kart Wii, and even the items contain a similar look to the originals. The only differences are the much worse movements and the characters (as well as slight course texture differences).

What are your opinions on this game? For once, I am both upset and surprised to see such a game come into existence when the game literally screams Mario Kart just by its design. To me, it seems nothing more than an advanced hacked version of Mario Kart that is now making profit off of the game.
 
There's already a thread for this: http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=16158.0
 
Hm, I should probably check the Mindless Junk more often...

Anyways, I apologize for this and ask if a mod can lock this.
 
Ultraluigi said:
There's already a thread for this: http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=16158.0

There's a difference. One of them is in a more stupid place while another one is here.

Anyway, this game is stupid. Did they even have Nintendo's permission to do this? And, another thing that makes this game worse is no Baby Luigi and Wario in it

EDIT: Now, someone is going to make a topic about that other rip-off, the Super Mario Galaxy one, right?
 
The layout of the tracks are exactly the same, they could have at least made it different so then it wouldn't be a complete rip-off -.-
 
Pandapowah said:
The layout of the tracks are exactly the same, they could have at least made it different so then it wouldn't be a complete rip-off -.-

In the screenshot, you can see that they used the same, Moo Moo Meadows layout for ALL tracks. Just look at it. It's pretty funny.
 
Baby Luigi said:
Pandapowah said:
The layout of the tracks are exactly the same, they could have at least made it different so then it wouldn't be a complete rip-off -.-

In the screenshot, you can see that they used the same, Moo Moo Meadows layout for ALL tracks. Just look at it. It's pretty funny.

I didn't even notice that! Oh wow..Haha! :D