Isn't this illegal?

[icephoenix21]

Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

Pretty obvious that they're ripping off Maple sprites and such.

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Not everywhere. China has rip offs for every game, some of them have funny titles like Defense of the Legends or something like that.

[Zelkova]

I can play MS on my phone now? YAY!

China has ripoffs of everything, yes.

[CarrionCrow]

It is really a shame when the chinese bootleg looks better than the original.

It is doubtlessly a much crappier whole, though.

[Kirov]

So that's where the Black Mage has been hiding.

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Since it's a mobile game it will be even more pay2win than Mapelstory if such a thing is even imaginable.

[maplefreak26]

Looks like a ripoff from MapleStory Adventures. (basing this mainly from the font of the name for the mobs)

EDIT:
Seems like GameBegin (the company behind this) is a Singaporean company. So.... if Nexon were to do something, would they act as themselves or use Asiasoft as a proxy for legal action?
http://www.gamebegin.com/about-contact.html

[Zelkova]

Ah yes, Legolas the Archer Mentor.

[KhainiWest]

Why would you put such a virus on your phone?

[RenmazuoDX]

The Black Mage looks like he lost a lot of weight, feed that mofo a sandwich or something lolz.

[Soph]

LOL. Why does the art in this look better than the official game?

I completely lost it at Legolas. LOL

[Endgame]

There are tons of chinese knockoffs like this due to China's lax copyright infringement laws and lack of regard for international laws.

Sometimes, they even make it to NA before the original game does! Ragnarok Online had Xenepic.(sp?) And more recently, Elsword had Fists of Fu.

.....Maple Story is too big in China for such a thing though. This has to be one of the mobile games.

[Jamesie]

Looks more like WonderKing tbh

This has to be one of the mobile games.

"Get it on Google Play"

[Avoidant]

That Ellinia background was ripped straight from the official game, lol.
This is reminding me of that Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOd7HQoKxcU&t=55s

[PoetryIsFail]

LOL. Why does the art in this look better than the official game?

Funny thing is, it doesn't.

[byakugan]

Funny thing is, it doesn't.

Actually it does look better than the original. Just look at the characters in the first picture, they all look less pixelated a more detailed than the characters and items in MS. Maybe they are actually ripping off the mobile games and not the main game and maybe this game looks better because MS mobile games overall look better than the original game too, which would be shamefull.

[PoetryIsFail]

Actually it does look better than the original. Just look at the characters in the first picture, they all look less pixelated a more detailed than the characters and items in MS. Maybe they are actually ripping off the mobile games and not the main game and maybe this game looks better because MS mobile games overall look better than the original game too, which would be shamefull.

I assumed Soph was referring to the promotional art.

In game its entirely different, maple sprites are more pixelated, while this game looks smoother. Personally I prefer the pixelated look more, its just what I'm used to.