“Back in February 2013, our first project, ‘Fighting is Magic,’ got shut down due to legal circumstances,” stated Mane6’s blog. Not long after this announcement, however, Hasbro stepped in and effectively put a stop to the game’s development. Last January 2013, “Fighting is Magic” was revealed to be a finalist to be included in one of the biggest fighting game tournaments in the United States, EVO 2013. In videos all over YouTube, “My Little Pony” characters such as Twilight Sparkle and Applejack can be seen brawling with each other. The unlicensed, fan-made “Fighting is Magic” already had actual working gameplay. In addition, it will “also allow the team to pay for some required upgrades, to license software libraries to improve the game, like GGPO, which would allow for a better online-multiplayer experience, and to compensate the people associated with the project outside of Mane 6 for their time and work,” added the blog.įighting is Magic: death, resurrection, and Lauren Faust

If the crowdfunding campaign succeeds, the core development team will be able to work full time on the project, according to Polygon and Shoryuken. “While this last part is still true, we’ve hit (a couple months back, actually), a point where we can not continue dedicating the full extent of our free time to development, due to other pressing obligations, namely the developers main payjobs and school.” “As you guys know, our team for the past project, and so far for this one, has consisted of volunteers donating their time to the project for no economical compensation whatsoever, fueled only by passion and hype,” said the blog post. Mane6, however, has just revealed on their blog that the game is far from dead, and that they plan to start a crowdfunding campaign, via IndieGoGo or Kickstarter early in 2014, to raise money for its development.

The hearts of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” fans were crushed when Hasbro refused to grant indie developer Mane6 permission to develop a fighting game based on the popular animated show.

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