The word use of "steal" in my initial reply here was used simply due to the title of the article. Post initial reply I have regarded it as the misappropriation of an iconic art style that one can easily determine it as such seeing as both sides are referring to it as Mario'esque.

""Irony is often times displayed as acts of hypocrisy."

"Then you better tell the Nintendo lawyers that have failed for years. Either they don't have copyright/trademark on the items you state, or they have not been enforcing it for ages."

Lawyers don't need to win in court to beat you. Legal fees and the following removal of xyz infringement is enough to satiate the issue…

"But your rhetorical stance is your personal belief, what you personally want."

It is my personal belief, but stating someone is "ugly" for example does not undermine their personal belief. You are attempting to attack me in efforts to undermine my opinion.

As stated, you fail to comprehend the meaning of ad hominem.

"T…

"Tte only similarity between Flappy Bird and Mario is a use of colorful pixel art."

Precisely, colorful pixel art that has a style specific to an iconic game series.

I'm glad you have the cognitive ability to draw connections between real life objects and those in games. It is after all how game designers expect people to have a foundation for understanding what they're seeing.

You're not presenting anything here, you're spewing forth comparisons that don't in any way detract from…

Especially when I'm a physician who makes plenty ;) I didn't rise to his implication regarding that because I don't feel the need to defend myself with the fact that I'm well off. But it simply goes to show that he's making blind accusations while ignorant of any facts behind them.

You're being sophomoric in your generalizations. 8-bit isn't an art style, it's a technology level. The art design is specific to the games themselves on that platform. If you want to discuss this on a level that pertains to IP misappropriation that's fine. Otherwise, there are some quite articulate posts contained in…

~ I'll address all three of your replies in this same thread as they all said the exact same thing.

- What did he steal? He appropriated an iconic art style used within a specific medium for his own personal gain.

- Green pipes/Red Bricks Existed before Mario. Correct. So did space ships, but if you copy a Tie fighter…

That very well could be true, contrary to the opinions of some of the responses here, this is actually the first article I've read regarding this game.

"and pretending it's anything more than anger over how lucky he got"

How much he made, or how successful the game was never entered my mind. You're attempting to project what you think, I think and telling me that's what I believe.

This was my first comment to any of the articles regarding this game, and the first…

Merely the fact that you can relate one type of pipe to looking very much like another, and name the game that they are related to can become the issue. Nintendo can claim that their brand is being harmed by the appropriation of their art style, etc. Simply put, regardless as to whether he directly took and altered…

I won't diminish his work saying it only took a couple days, but I do agree he's getting out before the water gets too hot.

I don't believe there's damage to Nintendo's sales, nor does there need to be. Nintendo can simply claim that he's making profit off their image, and by making what they could deem as a poor game, that he may be hurting their brand.

" If you've got a better source for this information, use it."

I honestly don't, which is why I asked for how you believed you found that it's not trade marked. If there's no art at all listed, then I think we both can agree that this search doesn't "debunk" my earlier statement as there's nothing regarding the topic…

I'm absolutely sure there is. And as I mentioned in my first reply, it's not what you say, but how you say it. Instead of articulating why you have an issue with what was posted, you simply attacked the character of someone to try and make a point that has nothing to do with what you've said here.

"they are vermin vultures"

So, birds of prey who eat vermin? Such as a majestic eagle or deadly hawk? I like it. Or are you trying to be literal and figurative at the same time and mean strictly vultures who eat vermin?

"... and getting mad that he has more than you." More what than me?

"PS. What are you talking about? 39 Trademarks with Nintendo and Mario isn't a handful, it's the entire library"

What I meant was, there's nothing about art at all. It has all of the game titles, but nothing in regards to art. At most there are a few Mario and Nintendo logos. So as I said, I highly doubt it's as…

I would assume because that would mean redoing the artwork, resubmitting a game that has had fundamental changes made to it for approval, and people would have to re-download the game (albeit very likely as an automated patch).