Twilight Sparkle is a My Little Pony to be reckoned with in Fighting is Magic

by Jessica Conditt on Nov 5th 2011 9:30PM

Brony up, boys and girls -- Twilight Sparkle has been studying some sick moves for Fighting is Magic, the fanmade My Little Pony fighter. Developer Mane6 has released a character video showing off Twilight Sparkle's pre-alpha move set, which includes book-reading, energy blasts from her horn and an impressive special that releases a blinding explosion of what we assume are sparkles. Deadly sparkles.

The first release of Fighting is Magic will feature Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack and Pinkie Pie, so rest assured there are plenty more guilty-pleasure ponies coming our way. We know Our Little Bronies were worried.

[Thanks, Darkdrium!]

Source: Manesixdev

Tags: Fighting-is-Magic, manesix, My-Little-Pony, my-little-pony-fighting-is-magic, my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic, pc

Reader Comments (148)

Twilight Sparkle is best pony.

@trinica Silly trinica, that's not how you spell Fluttershy

@trinica Interesting way to spell Pinkie Pie.

@SteveMcQuark

labākais ponijs ir Derpy!!!!

(Guess the language, win a prize)

@jph89 Latvian.

@Exu

Thats 15 internets for you. Don't spend them all in one place.

@SteveMcQuark

Interesting. If I use Google Translate to define any of these into Common Sense, it ends up being Applejack.

@EliminatorZigma You forgot the silent "RAINBOW DASH" in your google common sense query.

Besides Alta Vista, Hotbot, dogpile and Lycos both agree with AskJeeves that Rainbow dash is the correct spelling of the best pony.

CONFOUND THESE PONIES! THEY DRIVE STIQLOL TO DRINK!

Confound them... *hic*

@trinica

The Great and Powerful Trixie, says whut?

..... and I think I just admitted to knowing more about my little ponies than I would care to :P

@stiqlol Yet you're still posting. I see someone's a closet brony.

@Jypsy RAINBOW DASH IS OVERRATED!!!
There, I said it. She's cool, but not as cool as everypony makes her out to be. Rarity is my favorite, mainly because she is underrated.

Brony hate in 3....2.....

@Xkhaoz

I don't hate the fandom, but I sure as shit can't understand why the show has become so popular with individuals who technically qualify as grown men. Just seems like another kid's show to me, but I guess the same could be said of Yo Gabba Gabba, and that clearly has a fanbase outside of its intended audience.

@freaparn
I've never watched Yo Gabba Gabba, but it has The Brothers Chaps of Homestar Runner fame on its crew, so I can kinda understand it getting some attention.

Likewise, Friendship is Magic had tons of former Cartoon Network employees (and one former South Park writer) working on it, so that probably factored in to ITS popularity...

@Shadow Hog
...excuse me while I go look up Yo Gabba Gabba now.

@freaparn

Same reason why a lot of people can't understand why people who qualify as grown men like to spend their spare time playing video games. I'll be the fist to admit that there is a lot of crazy, over the top people in the MLP fanhood, but the show itself is pretty dang good(not the best show on TV, Adventure Time has that down pat).

You know what they say, different stokes to move the world.

@freaparn One reason is that the show is really, really wacky compared to the original. For us who actually knew the original back then, it's fun to see how they took completely brain dead generic characters and turned them to actual fun characters with fun personalities, into a show with a lot of underlying humor.

@jph89 How does liking MLP compare to liking video games?

Liking MLP as a "grown ass man" would better compare with liking the video games Barbie Horse Adventures, Imagine: Babyz, and Cover Girl. Likewise, enjoying video games as a whole as a "grown ass man" would better compare with liking animation / cartoons.

Not hating, have never seen the actual program. Your comparison just befuddled me.

@Oddgirl

Hmm...I think he's referring to people who are completely removed from game culture. To them, playing video games at all is seen as childish or immature. They've never played a game, or bothered to watch someone play for more than five minutes, so to them it is confusing and disturbing why so many grown men would sit in front of TVs for hours pushing buttons, when all it looks like to them is mindless "PEWPEWPEWPEW". Fortunately, these people are becoming less and less common.

I think a better comparison would be something like Harry Potter. People thought (and some still do) that they're nothing more than "kids books", because they never bothered to read one, or read past the first one and watch the characters grow into adults. It's something that looks childish on the outside, but once you experience it, there's a little something for everyone.

@Xkhaoz

I watch the show on the Hub Network, and while i sort of get the appeal, i don't see anything mind-blowing

Granted i've only seen a few episodes, and few TV shows have captured my interest straight from the beginning

Can't wait for this game.

I never though I'd ever see a pony shoulder drop another pony. My assumption has been thoroughly crushed.

this...this cannot ever be more epic than it is, for what it is. And for what it is, it is twinkle sparkle my little pony. and that is greatness.

WOW.

/drools

Looks like somebody

**Puts on sunglasses**

likes horsing around.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

TWILIGHT. WINS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkiOCs5Uu24

Joystiq is my last refuge from My Little Pony on the internet.

Get this shit off here.

@Once known as Shadsy ....and 1

@Once known as Shadsy

Pschhh,
Real men play games that have ponies.

@Once known as Shadsy

I don't think a video game blog should be considered a refuge from the show, considering a large portion of the male fans of MLP are avid gamers.

@Andrew12h Screw ponies, for me it's Elven Horse Armored Charger or GTFO >:3

That'll teach the foals who thought Twilight Sparkle wasn't the best pony.

Reminds me of Pachy from SWR.

Course, I can pretty much guess a Pinkie Pie ult that they have to put in.

Brony 4 LIFE :D

He lead director and character designer is Lauren Faust, who's worked on Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, the Powerpuff Girls, and the Iron Giant, to name a few projects. She's the one who made sure that this reboot wasn't just another hotly show.

I never saw my little pomy but tje fans are a little hardcore for a childrens show

@yhmmot
Why yes, yes we are.

Yo Gabba Gabba has a diverse group of talented people working on it. Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo regularly appears on the show, there are some excellent chiptune artists who make the soundtrack as well.

This just keeps looking better and better. Now let's see some Fluttershy gameplay already!

@CharginChuck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6YpSI218NE&feature=related

Be careful what you wish for...

@CharginChuck

I wonder how they'll keep her from being overpowered. That stare alone should be a one-hit kill.

Awesome! This is good.

Sorry, but no

I'm not going to go off about how it's very creepy grown men watch this show, just how it's such a bandwagon move.

@Yothe

Eh, I grew out of hipster before they were even called hipsters.

@Zorque
I hereby inact, Godwin's Law. You sir lose.

@MystcLazrDragon
*enact

Joystiq, can I have an edit button for Christmas.

Stop having fun, guys!

Is it wrong that, even if I never saw the show, I found this more appealing than MvC3?

@ironneko

Not at all. Everything is better when you add ponies to it.

@ironneko
It isn't hard to dislike MvC3 after all the UMvC3 shit Capcom's been pulling.

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