If you're a Hungarian Android developer looking to cut game design corners by co-opting an existing character, you might want to go a little more obscure than one of Nintendo's most beloved characters.
Spotted by the keen eyes over at NeoGAF, Era's Adventures is a real game you can purchase on Google Play for $1.99. It's the story of a young female fire-breathing dragon that finds herself trapped in a strange place, forced to hunt for the keys to her freedom as an arbitrary timer counts down to... doom, I guess? It's not all that clear.
Andev doesn't seem to be going out of its way to hide the co-opting of Mario's ride. The game's website proudly features the Yoshi look-alike. The Facebook page nonchalantly announces new language options for the game—now you can play as not-Yoshi in Spanish, German and Hungarian.
Who knows, maybe Nintendo's lawyers will be completely fooled by the name and the sex change. Perhaps they'll just let this one slide.
the guy is smart dev - first of all, the game looks really nice and I see a lot of potential for sales. By using yoshi he will be able to get the attention of Nintendo and the whole gaming world. Best publicity ever, upon request by Nintendo he will simply replace yoshi with a dragon or another creature
the guy is smart dev - first of all, the game looks really nice and I see a lot of potential for sales. By using yoshi he will be able to get the attention of Nintendo and the whole gaming world. Best publicity ever, upon request by Nintendo he will simply replace yoshi with a dragon or another creature
full of win if you ask me
You missed the part where Nintendo sue him for 2 million and he looses everything.
I tried it on S3 and it doesnt look anywhere near as good as in that trailer. Shadows are very low quality (blocky pixelated shit) and "yoshi" itself is low polygon shit model
This game has depth, feel and atmosphere like nothing I have ever experienced on mobile device before! Puts many of the top console productions of this era to shame.
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to shame.
