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by shantara 884 days ago
Game mechanics and "feel" are generally not copyrightable with a few exceptions, such as the infamous Tetris lawsuit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_Holding,_LLC_v._Xio_Int....
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dymk 884 days ago
Character design is copyrightable however, and a few of the pals are straight up copied with the ears tweaked.
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HideousKojima 884 days ago
>straight up copied with the ears tweaked.

Do you have a specific example?

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