{"id":102647,"date":"2018-07-11T04:49:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T04:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=102647"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:19:04","slug":"these-4-hilarious-pokemon-go-ripoffs-will-make-you-cringe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/these-4-hilarious-pokemon-go-ripoffs-will-make-you-cringe\/","title":{"rendered":"These 4 hilarious Pok\u00e9mon Go ripoffs will make you cringe"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the summer of 2016, it was impossible to escape\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go. Everywhere you went, people were either playing the game or talking about it. Both presidential candidates even gave it a shoutout. With over 800 million downloads,\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go was a huge success for Nintendo and developer Niantic. However, it would be naive to assume that something that popular could exist without being ripped off. Developers quickly cranked out half-baked apps that desperately tried to capitalize off of the\u00a0Pok\u00e9mania. The results range from okay-at-best to shameful to downright bizarre. Here are a few of our favorites:<\/p>\n

1. Pixelmon Go<\/h3>\n

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This shameless ripoff seems like it was spat out in 10 minutes by a room of old corporate dudes. “Kids like Minecraft? Kids like\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon? What’re you waiting for? Get it out!”<\/p>\n

Despite its title, this app has no relation to the popular Minecraft mod Pixelmon. Instead, it features gameplay that can generously be described as a gutted version of\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go. There are no gyms to battle, plus, you don’t even need to walk around to find Pixelmon,\u00a0you just tap the screen to make your character walk around<\/em>. That’s right, they took the core gameplay innovation of\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go (as in, actually going outside and exploring) and stripped it away.<\/p>\n

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\r\n \"Pok\u00e9mon\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/span>\r\n Download Free<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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2. Garfield Go<\/h3>\n

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We’ll give the other ripoffs credit, they realized that part of the appeal of\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go is the assortment of colorful creatures you collect. Whoever is responsible for Garfield Go clearly did not understand this. Instead, you run around outside looking for treasure. While in\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go, you use your phone camera to throw\u00a0Pok\u00e9balls at monsters, in Garfield Go, you throw lasagna at the lethargic cartoon cat. You need to actually point your camera around until you find Garfield, and until you do, he endlessly repeats “MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW.” Garfield Go doesn’t even make sense as a concept. I am under 50 so I’m no Garfield expert, but isn’t the whole point of the comic strip that he’s a lazy cat that lounges around the house all day? Why would he be running around outside looking for treasure? I may be thinking too hard about this but I’m at least thinking harder than the people who created this game.<\/p>\n

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\r\n \"Garfield\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Garfield GO<\/span>\r\n DOWNLOAD FREE<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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3. Draconius Go<\/h3>\n

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This particular ripoff has the dubious honor of being accused of plagiarism by Niantic itself. The game shamelessly copies concepts like\u00a0Pok\u00e9stops, gyms,\u00a0Pok\u00e9balls, and catching. The monsters featured in-game even use CP points to represent their power, just like\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go. Niantic was not having it. Draconius Go developer Elyland defended themselves against the\u00a0clearly\u00a0<\/em>baseless accusations by saying<\/a>, among other ramblings, this:<\/p>\n

“When we developed this game, we consulted leading world-class lawyers, and we are 100% certain that Niantic\u2019s claim is unjustified. Niantic\u2019s reaction shows that they consider us as a serious rival. By doing so, they actually prove that our product is better.”<\/em><\/p>\n

We’re sure Niantic is shaking in their boots, cowering in fear as Draconius Go inevitably becomes the most downloaded app in existence, leaving\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go as nothing but a faint memory.<\/p>\n

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\r\n \"Draconius\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Draconius GO<\/span>\r\n DOWNLOAD FREE<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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4. Go Catch Em All! \u2013 Hungry Monster.IO World Chasing Color Dots<\/h3>\n

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Yes, that word-vomit is the actual title of the game. This particular ripoff became infamous after releasing in countries that\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go hadn’t yet. So many people were fooled into downloading this that it shot up to the top of the App Store charts in countries like Canada and Norway. We don’t necessarily blame people for being fooled either, as the App Store page\u00a0features screenshots\u00a0literally taken directly from\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go.<\/em> As for the game itself, it’s just Agar.io with\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon faces, which again, is copyrighted content.<\/p>\n

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