Over the past week, if anyone has been following the gaming news, they would have known about the announcement of The Game Awards 2024. Black Myth Wukong, a game about a monkey challenging heaven and invading hell, won the Player's Voice award but missed out on the Game of the Year award, which led to a small drama in the media about the developer who quietly complained that he only won one award, but that drama has now ended. Recently, there is a new story for us to follow, about this game and the story of a game that borrows inspiration from Black Myth Wukong, but borrows too much inspiration that it seems like it was copied. This is quite common in the gaming industry, where whenever a game is popular, there will likely be a copycat game. The latest is Wukong Sun Black Legend, which is also available on Nintendo Switch.
The Nintendo Switch eShop describes the game: "Unleash the legend of the Monkey King! Fight your way through chaos, defeat legendary enemies, and reclaim your destiny. Journey to the West in Wukong Sun Black Legend! As the immortal Wukong, the legendary Monkey King, fight in a chaotic world filled with powerful monsters and untold dangers. Explore a story inspired by Chinese mythology, filled with action-packed battles, beautiful environments, and legendary enemies."
I believe that many people who have seen the cover and the headline in the past must have thought that the game Wukong Sun Black Legend might be a spin-off or an expansion game of Black Myth Wukong that wants to hit the Nintendo Switch market. Because the game uses similar words and the headline in the game is similar to each other, many people might misunderstand and buy it to play. Which is the goal of this type of game. The game Wukong Sun Black Legend is a side-scrolling action game where we will play as Wukong, the legendary immortal Monkey King who defeats demons. No matter which angle you look at it, it's completely copied from the game Black Myth Wukong. So many people who have seen it have said in unison that it's done well.
The team that created this game is Global Game Studio, a game company that creates games that borrow inspiration from various games and turn them into free-to-play games on mobile devices. But this time, the game has been moved to the Nintendo Switch to console Nintendo fans who were disappointed that there wasn't a Black Myth Wukong game to play on the Nintendo Switch like other consoles. Global Game Studio took pity on them and released the game Wukong Sun Black Legend (readers will know that we're being sarcastic). And the original news called this game "a garbage game that you can find everywhere on iOS and Android stores."
For those who are interested, you can pre-order Wukong Sun Black Legend on the Nintendo Switch eShop now for 7.99 baht or around 272.88 baht. Go buy it and collect it because if the trend backfires and Nintendo finds out, they might remove this game from the store like The Last Hope did. And if you're wondering how this is different from Light Of Motiram, which was inspired by Horizon Zero Dawn, well, it's different because Light Of Motiram has requested permission from Sony and is also available on PlayStation 5. So it's a different game from Wukong Sun Black Legend. But the creators of Black Myth Wukong probably can't do anything to Global Game Studio because they didn't copy the game, they only provided details. Anyone who's interested can go buy it and play it.
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