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Plagiarism doesn't mean copyrighted. Plagiarism is a social and professional norm/ethic.
Also, as folks learned with the Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast/Dungeons & Dragons debacle, the whole ass thing is you can't copyright game mechanics. So those similarities (ie. catching mobs in balls) are open season.