mario like game style and mechanism copyrights?

i wanna make super mario like platform game
but im not sure what should i include into my game , i can make all artwork , all music sfx etc..

but mechanism ? :/
if i make any mechanism look like mario game is that legal ?

for example
in the end of mario game there is a jumping to a flag
and bricks , pipes..etc

if i create a concept like this pipes , bricks , jumping hopping , reaching flag but
if i create my own character and my own story
is that legal?

shortly
in games , only assets are copyrighted or mechanisms are also copyrighted ?
i made a research but i couldn't find anything related

so before i start to do something i wanna be sure about my limits
if something is illegal im not gonna do that
generally game mechanism

 

You cannot use the Mario brothers characters. Or any other character from any one else projects. You can have a character jump on top of other characters, and also break things with he's fist. This also means you cannot copy names. However certain names, like the known English names can be used.

You might not know this, but Mario copied their game from other games. Most of Mario came from Atari games. The idea of jumping on top of the enemies came from joust. The idea of breaking bricks came from break out. The idea behide fighting browser came from another game, I've forgotten it's name.

Browser, Mario, the princess is copyright protected. So is the monsters in Mario Brothers. Unless those monster happen to be something common, like a werewolf or dragon.

The game mechanics cannot be copyright protected. Neither can the genre.

 

thanx for reply , i just wanted to make sure
so now i can do finishing stage by reaching the flag at the end of the game
destroying bricks , jumping on mobs

as long as they have different looking different name different story .
i want to make a game with same mechanics same concept but completely different

good to hear that

 

Giana Sisters was mosylu famous because it was a Super Mario clone back in the day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Giana_Sisters

 

And, Nintendo did stop sales of Giana Sisters for a while.

 

After looking at the screen shots for Giana Sisters, it looks very similar to Mario Brothers. I am not surprised they ran into trouble with it.

 

Not only did they look the same, I think they had the same level layout. At least for the first level.

 

Is your character a cat, or some kind of tiger?

 

yes its a cat

 

Thanks for telling me.

Okay. Since your character is a feline, I think jumping toward a
hanging cartoony fish and catching hold of it, or a hanging fur ball,
or a hanging string ball, might be better, more original idea than
jumping to a flag like Mario.