My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic will be part of EVO 2013

For those uninitiated to the My Little Pony phenomenon, this may be strange and confusing news, but a My Little Pony fighting game will be part of the annual EVO fighting game tournament this year.

[masterabbott]

honestly what the .... is this .... is this a joke ?

[futurefrog]

shockingly its serious

[masterabbott]

No way im not going to believe this till i see it with my own two eyes!

[Viro]

Well, its not official. But for the 8th game at Evo, the guys behind it have put it up to the community with a pay-to-vote system, of which the proceeds will go to a Breast Cancer foundation.
MLP is just one of the entrees at this point, seeing as it only started a few hours ago.

[fei-hung]

it is air blocks and level 3 supers real!

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[futurefrog]

i am a bronie

[LinkageAX]

DUDE YES! BORNIES 4 LYF!

[ZacE]

Absolutely crazy...

[SonyNGP]

Well I'll be damned...

[ElectricKaibutsu]

LOL, that avatar

[KwietStorm_BLM]

What

[Novistador]

Yuck.. bronies.... horrible disgusting people.

[Qrphe]

We may agree that MLP is a show virtually without any depth that only relies on its cuteness appeal but I'm pretty sure one can't make such an offensive generalization about all of its fans.

[Jio]

There are actual sick people out there. I could call you sick for liking the children's cartoon, Dexter's Laboratory, but I don't judge people for what they like.

[Novistador]

My 6yr old cousin just asked me why grown men like a little girls cartoon, I just shrugged and told them there are some sick people out there.

[Jio]

So you're basically teaching your little cousin to hate people because of what they like?

[Novistador]

Not hate, just not mentally right :3

[pompombrum]

It's not 100%.. it's just in the donation drive bit.. meaning it's just one of many quality games with the chance of getting in evo.

[Qrphe]

This is just a rumor right? Please?

[tigertron]

I was surprised at first, but after watching gameplay videos on Youtube it looks really well done. I'm hoping for a proper release soon.

It actually has a great soundtrack. It really looks like Mane6 has spent a lot of time and effort on it.

[RaikRhythm]

Haha, this is pretty cool. It's not quite there yet, but I hope it makes it. I'd like to play this game some time.

[r21]

Wow, did not expect this fan made game to make it in EVO! Well done to the bronies who are working on this game :D Looking forward to seeing the game in motion.

[hazelamy]

didn't My Little Pony used to be for girls?

seriously, where did this whole brony thing come from?

[Sarobi]

Not into the whole MLP stuff, but the game seems pretty well designed.

[Tomonobu Itagaki]

Can't wait, last time I saw this game it was pretty smooth and provided a lot of fan-service.

[Roccetarius]

Faith in humanity continues to go down.

[Veneno]

I find the weirdest part of all this is that theres a my little pony fighting game. A fighting game. Meaning violence. Based on a show that is supposed to be about friendship. Strange.

[Kennytaur]

I guess it's friendly fighting, like Fight Club... Never thought I'd make a sentence comparing MLP with Fight Club.

[Tomonobu Itagaki]

It's a fan-made game, and fans of this "new generation" of My Little Pony, disregard being seemingly intended for little girls, actually are adult males (mostly geeks and nerds).
So a MLP fighting game isn't that weird.

[Veneno]

Just seems to me like a bunch of retards with waaaay too much time on their hands.

[SecretPsycho]

Well there had been fighting on the show so its kiiiiinda cannon I guess

[Bathyj]

GotY!
Easily.

[coaidant]

lolwut?

[kesvalk]

AWESOME!!!

[militissanctus]

O_o

Wow

[Jio]

These comments are hilarious.

[BlaqMagiq24]

There should be fatalities in the game lol jk.

[InTheLab]

I don't get it?

[mamotte]

I just hope it's well done.

PS: You guys should try to see My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It's from the same creator from Powerpuff Girls and Mansion Foster, and believe me: It's pretty good. Obviously it isn't as "deep" as, idk, The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones, but if you find yourself bored and want to see a quality light hearted show, you wont be dissapointed.

[ExCest]

This was a fighting game?

Now imagine the following word as they spin in a cartoony stlye: WhaaaAAaaaAaattt?

[kingPoS]

It actually looks like a decent fighter. I look forwarded to seeing a more completed version at EVO-2013.

(just spent 20min or so on youtube viewing several builds)

[KrimsonKody]

Poor orange pony.
Was that Apple Jack getting "jacked" like that?

It does seem like it may be a 'cute' fighting game. However, I don't see much diversity happening with the characterz design & move set.
They can have their individual moves & such, but damn, they're just ponies!
How deep can you get with...ponies?