Neon Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loc Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I noticed that, but I thought I was just late on news or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xepha Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 My observation skills are very low, and I didn't notice until Cameron told me! (And yes, I had played Kass Basher today!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loc Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Lawsuits like that are stupid and mean and greedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOOM Bringer Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loc Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Call me Whack-a-Guy. Hey crazy mole people!! SUE ME!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 People really get overhyped about these trademarks and such... I remember something about Apple getting sued over the name 'iPhone'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike. Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Ugh! Why are people so selfish? They are just adding to the "dumbing down" of Neopets. It's a shame, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meeptroid Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 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? ~MushroomsofdoomLawyerbot'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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 That's a real shame. The people threatening to sue should be sued themselves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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