Whack-a-Kass

[Neon]

So, has anyone noticed the recent name change of Whack-A-Kass to Kass Basher?

It's just on the page itself, and the images or Flash game itself have not (yet?) been changed.

Seems kind of odd...

 

Game page here

 

Edit: It seems this is also happening to other games as Whack-A-Staff is now TNT Staff Basher and Whack-A-Ghost is now Ghost Bopper!

 

My guess is that they have changed names because of the similarity.

Your thoughts?

[Loc]

I noticed that, but I thought I was just late on news or something.

[Xepha]

My observation skills are very low, and I didn't notice until Cameron told me! (And yes, I had played Kass Basher today!)

[Awesome_Paul]

I heard from the neoboards, that the people that made Whack A Mole almost sued them for the similarities of the names.

 

Seems people can't use 'Whack A' now :P

[Loc]

Lawsuits like that are stupid and mean and greedy.

[Neon]

I heard from the neoboards, that the people that made Whack A Mole almost sued them for the similarities of the names.

 

Seems people can't use 'Whack A' now :P

 

Yeah, that's what some people on PinkPT were saying.

It's kind of ridiculous, if you ask me.

[DOOM Bringer]

Well I suppose they'll have to change the game image soon as it still says Whack-A-Kass.

I just think it's strange that Whack-A-Kass's name would change now, many years after it's release.

To be honest I think it's a stupid thing to be fussed about, it's just Whack-A...

[Loc]

Call me Whack-a-Guy. Hey crazy mole people!! SUE ME!!

[antiaircraft]

People really get overhyped about these trademarks and such... I remember something about Apple getting sued over the name 'iPhone'.

[Mike.]

Ugh! Why are people so selfish? They are just adding to the "dumbing down" of Neopets.

 

It's a shame, really.

[Meeptroid]

Super Special News Alert!

 

So, TNT -- I totally just noticed that you changed "Whack-a-Kass" to Kass Basher, but the icon beside the game still says "Whack-a-Kass"! Were you guys getting around to it, or trying to trick us? ~Mushroomsofdoom

Lawyerbot's programming was updated and he learned there might be some "whack-a" games that existed prior to our Neopian games, so we renamed them. (He tends to be touchy about those things.)

 

Turns out that the theory about a lawsuit may be correct. The copyrighted 'Whack-A-Mole' wants nothing to do with Neopets apparently.

[antiaircraft]

That's a real shame. The people threatening to sue should be sued themselves...