PlayStation 4's Genshin Impact, a Chinese-developed JRPG from miHoYo, has upset certain Chinese fans who state that it is allegedly copying The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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The game Genshin Impact developed by Mihoyo is completely copying The Legand of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The company uses all the elements in Zelda to make their own game and selling it (currently in beta version). Please take a look at this, thanks. @Nintendo @NintendoAmerica pic.twitter.com/mKgamjIFla — Vivian.Ysy (@SiyuYang_V) June 23, 2019

As reported by Kotaku, Genshin Impact was showcased at the China Joy gaming expo by Sony, and many in attendance couldn't help but point out the similarities in gameplay mechanics, art-style, and music. CCN, and @SiyuYang_V also reported on this controversy and showed first hand the anger towards Genshin Impact, including Zelda fans holding their Switch consoles and/or Breath of the Wild cases while flipping off this new JRPG at Sony's booth. One fan even smashed his own PlayStation 4 in protest.



When Mihoyo unveiled Genshin Impact for PS4, many noted the game was inspired by BOTW. Some fans of BOTW are upset that Sony is promoting this game because of the similarities + they think it’s shameless of Sony.



This man smashed his PS4 at ChinaJoy in protest. pic.twitter.com/jwJqwREgaz



— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 3, 2019

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However, even with all this anger, ZhugeEX told Kotaku that "we noted it was the most popular game at Sony China Joy booth with very long lines."Genshin Impact was announced during E3 2019 with a release date of 2020, and according to its official description, it is "an open world action game set in the fantasy world called “Teyvat”, offering players a freely explorable world, multiple playable characters, an in-depth elemental combo-based combat system and an engaging story."As for Breath of the Wild, Nintendo announced at E3 2019 that its sequel is in development, and it seemingly features a much darker tone. We've broken down what we want from this new entry and we also voiced our opinion on why BOTW2 can't just give us more of the same.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN who just wants Breath of the Wild 2 already. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst.