Last week I downloaded the much discussed Aquatica for the iPhone. Only to find out that it’s clearly a rip off of fl0w, like everyone reported. Amidst the rush of this week I never got around to posting anything about the game but it appears that if you haven’t gotten it already, you are too late.
Developer behind the game Ketara has pulled the game off the App Store and had this to say…
Aquatica was an iPhone remake/fan version of the famous flOw game originally created by Jenova Chen of the ThatGameCompany fame. We deeply apologize for not properly crediting Jenova initially, and have already written him with a personal apology, as well. We also apologize to anyone we have upset and offended – please be assurred that we had no slightest intention of doing so. Our mistakes were caused by naivety, not malice, and we never meant to be disrepectful to anyone.
Because the game seemed to be upsetting so many, we have decided to remove it completely. We will also make sure nothing like this ever happens in the future – we understand our mistake, and will be working very hard to correct it and make amends.
At least they’ve learnt and have done the right thing. But in an age were anyone can discuss anything, did they really think they would get away with it?
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