In 1994, Capcom took Data East to court for infringing the rights to Street Fighter 2. It also requires that it be banned from making, marketing or selling the game "History of Fighters".
Capcom believes that the characters in "The History of Fighters", whether it is the way they move, control the system, or how to operate the game, are completely a copy of Street Fighter.
It is said that this kind of disgraceful plagiarism will definitely lose, and it will be condemned by peers in the future. But the plot did not follow this routine.
The outcome of the final trial was a surprise, and Capcom actually lost the case.
Why?
The court's explanation was that while Data East used Street Fighter 2 as a reference for its own games, the similarities between these games are not protected according to the principles of scènes à faire (i.e., the definition of the type of game that exists in the public domain).
After this incident, "The History of the Gladiator" became more well known to more people. The term borrowing became a "talisman" for plagiarism (plagiarism) between games and games.
(The history of fighters also has official comics!) Very welcome)
"Street Fighter" has indeed opened the command cast, the precedent of the killer skill, but it is unlikely that the later similar games can not be used! Many of the actions in "The History of the Gladiator" do have references, and on this basis, they have incorporated their own ideas, which look like the moves are very similar, but in fact, there are certain differences.
Let's first take a look at the moves of the "History of the Gladiator" real hammer plagiarism:
Matlock, who uses street fighter 2's sonic hand blade and foot knife
Sam Tea imitates Shagat, the moves "Tiger Wave" and "Tiger Knee"
Jane's move "Burst" imitates the "Hundred Crackers", and the instructions are also flat. The Flying Blade is an imitation of the Gurey's foot knife (also used in Baroque).
The character of Liu Yingmei borrows heavily from Chun-li, and her "Flame Foot" directly uses Chun-li's "Hundred Cracked Feet".
However, what we need to know is that the so-called Hundred Splits were originally from the Big Dipper God Fist! This is true of both Honda and Chunli.
Does Liu Yingmei's "Wind Chopper" look very familiar?
Yes, this trick is more controversial. Because on the surface it is a imitation of gu lie's foot knife, but the movement does not look much like it. And what came out was a double foot knife.
Instead, it is very similar to the foot knife of "Turning Into a Ninja".
In addition, let's compare the foot knife of "Street Fighter 3" released in 1997, is it the same as a dime?
Saji's "Critical Punch" borrows from Honda's "Hundred Crackers". However, it can be seen that this is more similar to the skills of "Bruce Lee" in the world heroes.
"Flame On Hook Fist" comes from Super Street Fighter 2 Ken's "Flame Dragon Fist".
Effects of the synthesis together:
Jin Jiafan said: This move will also be labor-
Gulicha Strength: I can play "Red Mei Ling" through this move.
Kravan's moves are "Air Raid" and "Straight RollIng Strike". Obviously, these two moves are directly carrying Blanca and Baroque moves. Even the attack verdict is exactly the same.
Does Li Diande's move look very familiar?
This is all the move of the character Yang Heyuan in the later stages of "Street Fighter"! Could it be that capcom borrowed the other way around?
Of course not, because "The History of Fighters" is not only copied from Street Fighters, but also the legend of the Hungry Wolf.
So we can also think of these two moves, respectively, from Terry and Jamie.
Who is Mizoguchi's move imitating?
This seems to be very obvious! Ryo Sakazaki's most classic move
Ryo Sakazaki's fame must be killed: Tiger roar, hand to hand! Even the skill slot doesn't need to be rubbed out directly.
In addition, let's take a look at another of his moves: Tiger Stream Crush.
Am I reading it wrong, isn't this the move of assassinating the boxers in Street Fighter ex?
Long, Ken, and Howe all play like this. This trick is more controversial, and even we don't know who came first and who copied whom!
From today's point of view, aren't these moves commonplace in fighting games?
It's been seen in almost all games!
So the problem is, "The History of the Gladiator" was released in 1993, and "Fist of the Dragon and Tiger" and "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" had already been released. We know that the predecessor of "King of Fighters" is "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" and "Fist of the Dragon and Tiger".
Most of the moves that appear in it are based on Street Fighter, including flying props, thang dragon punches, command throws, hundred cracks, whirlwind legs...
So why didn't Capcom sue SNK?
Here we need to know that the main developer of Street Fighter is from the Nishiyama Takashi team, which means that he is the creator of The Dragon, Wave and Whirlwind Legs. And after Nishiyama Takashi jumped to SNK, it is completely reasonable to add the skills he created to "Legend of the Hungry Wolf", "Fist of the Dragon and Tiger", "Samurai Shodown", and "King of Fighters"!
(This can't help but remind me of the controversy of the author of "Ghost Blowing Lights" in China, the novels I wrote, even if I didn't have the copyright, even if I wrote novels in the later stages, I couldn't even use the names of the main characters.) ）
The moves of "History of Fighters" are indeed very similar to "Street Fighter 2", but here we can only say that he has carried the pot for this era.
After a few years, this kind of borrowing from each other has become commonplace, and even Capcom itself often borrows good ideas from some game companies. The characters in "Street Fighter" themselves have realistic prototypes or anime prototypes.
It was also the defeat of capcom that made the previous game companies that did not dare to blatantly plagiarize let go of their hands. It also led to the heyday of fighting games in the mid-90s, which was really a hundred flowers at the time.
Of course, if we look closely at the games of this period, we will find that few games can get rid of the shadow of Street Fighter, and even if they do, they will not be popular.
In fact, the game that really copied the game to the extreme was not "The History of the Gladiator", but "Burst Man" a few years later. As long as you try it a little, you will find that the various must-kills and commands are too familiar.
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