thanks for the link. i was interested how that panned out.
was a bit irked how mgs lifted so many core elementes from the movies and got away with it.
even in this case however, the characters are not identical but “inspired”, leaving some maneuvering room.
when the IP´s are directly copied, i believe the owner needs to pursue the matter or loose the ownership.
this is how i understood it anyway.
edit: oh i remember that shining force smackdown. sega went gangsta on those poor youtubers.
nintendo did too.