Summary
Black Myth: Wukongburst onto the scene earlier this year,breaking Steam recordswhile capturing the hearts of soulslike fans across the globe.It won Player’s Voice at The Game Awards, and was nominated for the grand prize, ultimately losing out to Astro Bot. However, you may’t really say you’ve made it until someone attempts to create a cheap ripoff and flog it on an official storefront though.
Black Myth: Wukong’s massive popularity and sales meant ripoffs were always likely, and our first official onepopped up on the Nintendo eShop earlier today. First spotted byIGN, a game called Wukong Sun: Black Legend can now join the likes of high-profile ripoffssuch as Light of Mothiram,The Last Hope - Dead Zone Survival, and Stumble Guys as shameless knock-offs that have somehow avoided a lawsuit.
Black Myth: Wukong Ripoff Pops Up On Nintendo eShop
Right from the offset, you can see that something isn’t quite right. The first image promoting the title looks to be an AI-generated image of Sun Wukong, as his strangely textured, black and gold armor shows all the hallmarks of AI. It looks relatively similar to the main character of Black Myth: Wukong, but the game itself is anything but.
Take a look at the screenshots provided, and you’ll see that Wukong Sun: Black Legend is far from a fast-paced soulslike. It actually looks more like a side-scrolling platformer with very light hack and slash mechanics, though I think calling them “mechanics” may be doing the game a favor. It’s essentially the sort of shovelware you can find littered across the iOS and Android stores.
It comes from a studio calling itself Globalgamestudio, which actually has almost half a dozen games on the Nintendo Switch eShop, most of which look to be just as poor in quality. It even has a game calledFarming Harvest Simulator 2025, so this isn’t even the first time it’s used a more popular IP to try and get a leg up.
It’s definitely the most high-profile game it’s tried to rip off though, which makes you wonder exactly how it thought it could get away with it, especially whenBlack Myth: Wukong is fresh off the back of a controversy surrounding The Game Awards, so it’sin the minds of the people. Somehow, I don’t think Wukong Sun: Black Legend will be picking up any awards this time next year though.
Black Myth: Wukong
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Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology and based on Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.As the Destined One, you shall encounter powerful foes and worthy rivals throughout your journey. Fearlessly engage them in epic battles where surrender is not an option.Aside from mastering various staff techniques, you can also freely combine different spells, abilities, weapons, and equipment to find the winning strategy that best suits your combat style.
