[STEAM] Following Black Myth: Wukong's Success, Nintendo Fans Laugh as Switch Gets Wukong Sun: Black Legend

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arrived in 2024 to incredible success and has seemingly spawned some copycats as a result, with Nintendo Switch fans laughing as Wukong Sun: ****** Legend hits the platform this week.

Gamers online have called out the $7.99 Wukong Sun: ****** Legend as a fairly blatant rip-off of ****** Myth: Wukong, which isn't on Nintendo Switch itself. Not only is the name incredibly similar, but the promotional image could easily be mistaken for that of the actual game.

The similarities practically end there, however, as Wukong Sun: ****** Legend is a side-scrolling platformer as opposed to ****** Myth: Wukong's third-person action. It also requires a meagre 338 megabytes of storage space according to the Nintendo

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It's description doesn't allude to this seemingly more limited experience, promising "a chaotic world teeming with powerful monsters," "supercharged abilities and crazy fighting skills," and "captivating visuals with unforgettable storytelling."

"Seriously, this is not even subtle," one

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user wrote of the similarities between Wukong Sun: ****** Legend and ****** Myth: Wukong. "Not even trying," wrote another. "Yeah, this seems like the kind of shovelware cashgrab someone would release," said a third.

****** Myth: Wukong is based on classic ******** novel Journey to the West, so Wukong Sun: ****** Legend could technically also be based on this source material, but it's not the first time such an incident has occurred.

A game which looked incredibly similar to PlayStation mega hit The Last of Us, for example,

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. Fans have called out digital storefronts for seemingly have little to no quality control, with PlayStation itself facing a similar issue with

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Developers have felt the burden of this too, with Unpacking creative director Wren Brier calling out Nintendo for allowing copycats of their game on the eShop. As reported by

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, Brier called games such as Unpacking: Deluxe Edition or Unpacking: Chill Music Pack "egregious scams," as they are in no way linked to their own game.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

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