The difference of Ripoff and Resemblance
There is a big difference between something that is inspired by something, and a ripoff. Why did I choose this topic for my blog? Well in my perspective, I feel people use the word ripoff when something the love has another thing similar to it, even if the excecution is far different from one another.
Super Smash Bros. is a well known series involving many video game characters, mostly from Nintendo franchises. The goal is to knock out all the other combatants by sending them off the arena, with many variety of stages and characters, and rulesets. The biggest selling point is the fact you can have crazy pair-ups, like a Game and Watch character fighting Kazuya from Tekken.
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale has a similar idea; multiple franchises put into one big game. However, it is done differently than Super Smash Bros. You have to land Super Moves to score KOs, and the characters have more complex movesets than Smash Bros.'s simplistic ones, and the characters talk more. However, it is deemed a ripoff solely for having a similar idea.
While it is true it was inspired, that's all. It was INSPIRED. Not copying. A ripoff would be if they copied the layout of stages and the character moveset. The difference is that with being an inspired game, you take ideas from one, and add to your own, which Playstation All-Stars did.