![]() It is thanks to the support of the dedicated folks at Microsoft that we were able to achieve our vision for the game, and thanks to the passion of the Xbox community that Cuphead found an audience. When we first set out to make Cuphead, we were just a tiny team of two brothers working nights and weekends on a small passion project. It’s surreal to think about players adventuring through the Inkwell Isles with a PlayStation controller in hand! (Fun fact: there’s a character in Super Bust-A-Move 2 for the PlayStation 2 that helped influence the visual design of Beppi the Clown.) Like so many of you, we grew up exploring the worlds of classic PlayStation titles, from Resident Evil to Vandal Hearts. So we’re trying to turn our attention more towards all those who are supporting us and sending their love for the game.Today, we’re thrilled to bring you an exceptionally exciting announcement: Cuphead is coming to PlayStation 4 … and by golly, it’s OUT NOW!! For the occasion, we’ve prepared a very special trailer featuring a brand new original song from the Devil’s right hand man himself, King Dice. That being said, along with all those negative responses, a lot of people have also reached out to us to say they adore the game and they would love to see it succeed. We were prepared for some backlash, but the trailer definitely reached way more people than we could ever anticipate, and all the hate and negativity coming our way has definitely had a huge impact on us. We’re both avid fans and we wanted to make something similar, but always from a place of respect and admiration for the original. ![]() They said: Yes, of course Cuphead was a huge inspiration for Enchanted Portals. The following day, speaking to Polygon, two people from Xixo, the studio behind Enchanted Portals, defended the game. The post received more than 180,000 views in 24 hours (shown below). That day, YouTuber Jim Sterling published a review of the trailer, calling Enchanted Portals a "brazen" rip-off of Cuphead. Fine line between inspiration and ripoff." Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 2,000 likes and 400 retweets (shown below, right). It literally looks like they're trying to cash in on both look and gameplay of the pre-existing Cuphead, and that's not great. wrote, "Look I wanna give Enchanted Portals the benefit of the doubt but… I can't, either can most of the community. Twitter user shared a message from the developers of Enchanted Portals stating that they were inspired by Cuphead. BOYYYY if this isn't borderline plagiarism…" The tweet recieved more than 3,300 likes and 720 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, center). They captioned the images, "Enchanted Portals: Can I copy your homework? / Cuphead: Sure just make it look different so it doesn't look like you just copied it / Enchanted Portals: Sure thing. The following day, Twitter user tweeted a series of side-by-side images from the two games. For example, Twitte user tweeted an image an interface message from the game Fallout that reads, "You've been caught pickpocketing" (shown below, left). Following the release of the trailer, many reacted negative to what they recognized as similarities to Cuphead.
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