Preview: Fighting is Magic

By: Derek Yu

On: July 25th, 2012

My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic is a fighting fan game that’s currently under development. Created using 2d Fighter Maker 2002, MLP:FIM will eventually feature 17 ponies from the popular animated show. Each character has its own unique movelist that includes launchers and special magic attacks. The developers have said the game, which uses four buttons, most closely resembles Marvel vs. Capcom in design.

No release date for the game has been set, nor is any demo currently available. However, you can watch a two-hour stream after the cut (taken from this year’s Evolution fighting game tournament):

Posted in Fan Games, Fighters, Previews, Videos, Windows | Tags: Mane6

guest

Andherewego~!
Zack Z.

Minecraft ripoff!
godfuckingdamnit

Jesus christ, Derek.

Are you a brony too now? I’m not going to ever use this site again. You’re dead to me now.
incomingshitstorm

Dear god.
dyxjbronies

i am a brony and i disapprove
Zednaut

I was under the impression that it was called Fighting is Magic?
http://twitter.com/celluloseman Evan Balster

Quiet, everyone, or they’ll quit paying top dollar for our bundles. :P Besides, it can’t be worse than the panda incident.

Honestly, though, it looks like a hell of a lot of effort went into this, compared to a lot of the MUGEN stuff I’ve seen around. It looks very polished.
http://www.derekyu.com Derek Yu

Geez, you’re right! Thanks!
Anonymous

I love you right now.
Anonymous

It’s one of the few games in fan-gaming that looks incredibly good _and_ is looking like it will actually be finished.
Anonymous

Yep, throw a temper tantrum because a project with a lot of effort and thought going into it is getting attention. That’s the correct way to behave.
http://twitter.com/thetanhen Tanner Hendrickson

This thread is gonna be awesome.
Anonymous

InB4 moany, insecure haters!
Monsty

Here’s also a shorter video for those who don’t want to watch 2 hours of content, it does a great job showing it off! http://youtu.be/GiwZvPKhsDo
pfft.

Anyone who uses the term ‘brony’ willingly is beyond help.
Anonymous

Says the guy who is trying to remain anonymous so the tigsource community can’t identify him for his ruffian, bigoted ways!
BearKiller

Not a fan of the show but I gotta say this does look pretty damn good. Seems like a ton of effort was put into this. Attacks are pretty fluid and the animations are pretty spot on. I cringe giving something MLP themed a star and a good rating but I’ll admit when I see a good game and give praise when its deserved. Well done.
Zednaut

Happy to help!
News

you misspelled ‘Furryhunter’
News

UNSHEATH YOUR DICKS
News

PONYFUCKING IS MAGIC
News

GOODBYE WESTERN CIVILIZATION
http://twitter.com/phubans Paul Hubans

*shakes fist* Derrrrrrrrrrrekkkk!!!!!!!
sly

insecure hater reporting in. Get some meds, and stay away from Kids please.
guest

Aren’t they going to get horrendously sued / at the very least cease and desisted? Or are Ponies exempt from copyright infringement?
ThemsAllTook

They’re not taking any money, even donations from what I hear. Hasbro is also famously lenient with its copyrights in this area, so a little bit of infringement usually won’t land you in hot water with them, as long as you’re not uploading full episodes of the show to YouTube.
Pfft.

wait, me? Uh no, I go by Pfft. (@pfft_) and I shot a lot of interviews of devs including Derek for design3 before they went under. Now I’m doing dev myself. I think the term “brony” is really stupid.
Anonymous

Saying “I think the term is stupid” is very different from “anyone who uses it is beyond help”. You can have your own opinions but claiming someone is “helpless” or “wrong” for having a different one is irrational and overwhelmingly arrogant. I don’t really like the term either but I don’t prance around calling people idiots for using it.
http://twitter.com/pfft_ Pat Flannery

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Anonymous

Oh you! You wouldn’t be the first to point that out.
http://twitter.com/pfft_ Pat Flannery

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http://twitter.com/pfft_ Pat Flannery

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http://twitter.com/pfft_ Pat Flannery

Jeez, sorry everyone for the double posting….disqus was going nuts on my end :( anyway, don’t get your feelings hurt, yeah it was a BIT dramatic of me. You’re right…anyone who uses the term is NOT literally beyond help. I just think they sound dumb using it. Sorry Furyhunter, thought this was the internet…where I can slightly exaggerate things/make a joke like everyone else. Oh, and you are trolling quite a bit more than myself…no one threw a “temper tantrum” up above…etc…
News

also avoid animals
Barold

I think bronies are annoying and I don’t see the appeal of MLP. But this looks like a solid fighting game.
dundun

thank you for making it clear how much of a faggot you are derek
fuck bronies 2012

he is a furry, why would he be hunting them
Jay Sherby

Hey, remember when My Little Pony was just a bunch of cheap plastic dolls with cheap plastic hair? We didn’t know how good we had it back then.
Jay Sherby

Looks better than it has any right to be. But it needs more blood.
_sallami

MLP sucks and if you watch it you are either stupid or a little kid. Nothing wrong with boys watching it, no problem there. If you are a grown man, though, hopefully you have gained enough wisdom and intellect to realize how boring this show actually is.
GreenZ

Actually, more than that as every single, full episode is on youtube and pretty much no action is taken on Hasbro’s part to stop it; they fully endorse the brony community in pretty much every way possible.
Exa

the best part of these comments: people who care far too much about something they don’t like, yet are unable to do anything about it other than sling hollow insults over the internet.

god I love impotent rage.
Nandito

Came here expecting rage. Did not disappoint.

Discord approves!
http://profiles.google.com/johnwh John Harris

Unfortunately, this is not quite true — there have been episode takedowns and Cease & Desists sent out before.
Ronald Poppe

(MLP sucks and if you watch…) Start by doing that before forming a opinion.
Xeddrief

True, but as far as I’m aware Hasbro’s policy in this matter is that they are legally obligated to send C&D’s if someone lodges a formal complaint with them about the item in question. If they have no ‘official’ knowledge of it, then they usually look the other way. Bronies bring them a lot of money in with the merchandise they buy so they are pretty lenient when it comes to this kind of thing.
Filipe Barreiros

We need more people like you on the internet. Thank you.
fuck furries 2012

people being disgusted that you fuck ponies isn’t unusual.
ewfurriesaregross

angry furries leave a million paragraphs complaining about society shunning them trying to act passive 2012 turbo ponyfucker edition
Andrew

Dear God, just look at all those haters. Just look at them. Look as they ridiculously moan, throw slurs and talk off-topic. And they say that bronies are rabid.
And i’m not even a brony.