Norn Saber Online: Legendary Taiwanese Plagiarism
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jan 16, 2009 10:17 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Copyright, Eroge, Made in China, MMORPG, Plagiarism, Taiwan
Taiwanese anime fans have uncovered plagiarism of truly staggering proportions in the Chinese language MMORPG “女神ONLINE ~NORN SABER ONLINE~”, by “developer” Chinese Gamer International. It looks as though just about every single element of the game, from CG to sprites, and even TV commercials, is tainted with plagiarism.
Sadly, it seems the uniquely Chinese approach to copyright we have come to be familiar with is not restricted to the mainland…
In terms of the breadth and brazenness of its plagiarism, Norn Saber Online is undoubtedly in a class of its own:
(Originals are on the right)
Even Minamike is not sacred…
The actual game:
Even their opening comes from another title:
Original:
Norn edition:
Is there anything they won’t copy? No, because even their advertising is copied:
From a deodourant ad:
The Norn effect:
Will anything be done about this most egregious abuse of the original works, or is Taiwan merely on a similar footing to China after all? Though at least Taiwanese anime fans have exposed this debacle…



























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This is so sad that it's awesome.
What I really wonder is that if this is an online game (MMO?), then why the hell do they have character introductions in the opening?
And I don't know why it became a reply to you...
I agree. Massively multiplayer online dating of the same seven characters is unlikely to sell well.
"I'm sorry, Takaya-kun. Mizuhara-kun has been online all week getting me presents and lavishing attention upon me without breaks for sleep or food, so I like him more than you."
i second you onso..so awesome
Strangely awesome and strangely DO WANT to see the demo.
... I am speechless. Copying from 10+ VN/anime titles. I'd like to see when the companies sue the, ahem, "game developers".
The Gundam Seed copy was hilarious, though. Apparently, Abort = About?
If you copy from enough sources, would that make it research? :-) At least they're not as gruesomely bad at it as those Chinese who did that Shinkai knock-off.
this is. . . just wrong man. . . .
even the op is the same. . ..
*facepalm*
i wonder if the country of china plagiaris themself from some other country on other side of dimension? ;p
"Tonight on the 8 o'clock news: After returning from Xen, Gordon Freeman reported an eerie similarity of the alternate dimension to the People's Republic of China."
This is just too much LOL, I mean really, wow, um...
Yeah I have no words except they have some balls to do this. Even if it's just the easy way out.
It's because they have no ball that they don't make their own character
oh wait, not just character but also character pose, opening, and background too?
plagiarism is sure enter its warp hole
Nah, they got balls, because it takes a whole different kind of person to plagiarize something to that extent, and should know that it may very well incur legal action. I use "balls" in the same manner one would say "they have some nerve to do something like this" or gall. Doesn't mean I respect them for lack of brains and imagination though I know it sounds like I am. Then again, I don't know the legal affairs of Taiwan, so I really can't say that they would be in any trouble over this. Yes, in creating something original you should take pride in it, few things I have done I do take ~some~ pride in.
I know the using of "balls" actually
but, yeah to make your own something you must have creativity and take pride in it
plagiarism like this not in any way impressed me
especially the opening, it's really put me in rage
Yeah, this just reminds me of that other Chinese MMORPG that I saw a while ago. It just copied all the character and monster designs for RO.
but I don't think I've ever seen plagiarism at this level, lol.
About the large battleship, Is it some Albion ? You might find this helpful http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/index.htm
My bad, this link http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/0083/pegasus.htm
Yep, it does look like Albion, just with different colours.
That's the Gray Phantom, not the Albion. You both fail.
http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/0080/pegasus.htm
Play this game, get girlfriend. \o/
Correction:
Play this game, get a harem!
This is just lazy....
I mean... straight out plagiarism!
This is so kick ass lol
No it isnt. Would like to hear u say that if you were the original artist...
Lol. Wow. I'm just amazed. I saw the first comparison image earlier today, and that's still the most obvious + the opening. I know I myself am not particularly creative... but.. must you completely copy the work of others like that? D:
lol busted XD
I lol'd at how much they copy other's work :D
Not creative is one thing cuz not everyone has creative minds, but copying almost all scenes from other sources? man, that's epic
I was ok with it until I saw the minami-ke rip.
*RAGES*
It's good that know that even I, someone who has no artistic talent, can create great pieces as long as I move to Taiwan and rip off people who actually have talent.
I for one welcome our plagiarizing overlords.
This is just absolutely pathetic. Even worse than Aurora Blade. Well, maybe not... But either way, China just plagiarizes way too much. -_-;;
I have nothing against using existing material freely but this is going way overboard. Is there anything in that game that is actually original? Like the game system or something...unless there is, no one would have a reason to actually play it. However if they do have an outstandingly great and new game system, but no resources for making original images, then it is somewhat acceptable (Though why are such pictures even needed in an mmorpg anyway? If they had a good system, they wouldn't need such extras to get players...)
I had to look back at the article to see which ones were the originals... On some of these, the copied art is way better than the source. Doh!
Oh my god, this is just....shyt.
LOL, pegasus class ship
Ouch... can't understand stuff like this...
I mean, is there a Guiness Book entry for "most plagiarisms in one game"?
Because the art is not completely bad, and given the ammount of different stuff they got to copy, why didn't they just do something original?
Kinda hard to understand...
Now I understand even more why ppl hate the chinese. Simple jerks who provide low quality products and now it seems like Plagiarism is the next fad for them.
Goddamn it, that's plagiarism at its finest. Noone could do this much shameless copying in one's lifetime! Hope they get sued to oblivion.
All hail Japan!
A VN that blends Gundam and Minami-ke? Why not?
It might just work!
BTW, lolpegasus.
I wouldn't mind if the Chinese govt copies the governance of the West, if only they'd take copying to that level lol
i think the word "inspiration" to them means to copy every damn thing and call it your own. /Facepalm
Considering blatant copies of clothing, media, songs... even automobiles...
Something of this level was bound to happen.
Considering the effort they put into cloning all those popular animes I think the ripping was intentional. By taking the effort to rip off popular products instead of designing their own (which as someone pointed out, would have taken less effort) they manage to draw in 'fans' from many more sources instead of just fading into obscurity with an original design.
I don't know if there's any connection, but the cg style, sprites, and even the damage graphics and the command/info bars for health are completely the same to a game I played called Wonderland Online. If this is the same people...this has literally less than 1% of originality.
Those are from WL chinese version. IGG is the older version.
WL is a actually a japanese game thought.
Well... in China the concept of intellectual property, trademarks, and copyright doesn't exist. Neither does the whole concept of plagiarism.
Add to the fact that Chinese people are an ignorant bunch and more likely to claim that plagiarism occurred the other way around. I wish someone would give these mainlanders a taste of their own medicine.
Boo stinky mainlanders! HKers and Taiwanese fags rule!
No originality and admit it or not they're running out of ideas.
I am the leg of my boot.
Ctrl+C is my body and
Ctrl+V is my blood.
I have violated over a thousand copyrights.
Unknown to decency,
Nor known to shame.
Have withstood lawsuits to steal many artworks.
Yet, these hands will never pay for anything.
So as I pirate, UNLIMITED RIPOFF WORKS
LOL hard
COMMENT OF THE YEAR!!!
Do you have enough copyrights, King of License?
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