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Candy Crush Saga isn't really a clone. Yes, it uses 3-in-a-row matching as a primary gameplay mechanism, but whereas every level of Bejeweled is the same identical square grid with identical goals, every level of Candy Crush Saga is different. Different board layouts, different goals to complete, different obstacles or special gameplay features. So rather than it being just ONE puzzle game, it's over a thousand distinct puzzle games.

Yes, I hope that the creator of Shariki gets around to suing both pop-cap and King.

(Sarcasm filter off - pop-cap copied an earlier game almost exactly)

You do have a good point there about clones... but is pop-cap sue-happy like King?

They're owned by EA games now. So you never know...

Highly doubt there will be any legal action :/

King will more than likely sue anyone making a Bejeweled clone for copying their game.