Game copycatting is rampant through the iTunes App Store, and the casual game industry as a whole.

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When done well, copycatting is about adjusting to local markets and learning what the first generation did right and wrong.

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Zynga, long accused of copycatting games rather than coming up with new ideas, now has a version of Pokemon of their very own.

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