Hi friends,
My game was rejected by reviewer:
Guideline 4.1 - Design - Copycats - “Specifically, your app leverage the popularity of Zombie Smasher.”
BUT my games name "Zombie Smash: Time Travel"
Smash and Smasher - absolutely different means.
Ours arguments did not change his mind...
what do you think guys?
>absolutely different means.
That's a stretch, I think, considering on how app store search works.
The first 12 chars (11 + space) are identical. Some user starts searching for one by entering fewer than the whole thing and they'll find yours, perhaps before they find the other. Some would agree w/review that you've found a way to cash in on the popularity of another product. Kind of like naming your game 'Angry Bir'...
Make up a new name that steers clear and you'll have a better chance of getting in, I bet.
You are asking whether "Zombie Smash: Time Travel" infringes upon the popularity of "Zombie Smasher".
I think it depends only upon the extent and direction of time travel whether it does, did or will.
