Fighting is Magic

My Little Pony: Fighting Is Magic is an upcoming fan-made fighting game inspired by the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. It is under development by a team of nine volunteers who call themselves Mane6. Being of a fan-made nature, this game is neither licensed nor endorsed by Hasbro.

Features
The final version of the game will feature seventeen playable characters in all with the six major characters from the show playable from launch. Eleven more characters will follow in semi-regular updates. The game will be downloadable and free to play. Both local and online multiplayer modes will be included as well as a story mode. Character specific moves will also be present in-game. My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic will feature various stages that represent places from Equestria, the setting of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. The Everfree Forest and Canterlot are mentioned. Still being early in production, there are many game features unknown to the public that will likely be released at a later date.

Development
The game uses the Fighter Maker game engine. The team has released early pre-alpha gameplay footage that displays basic game mechanics such as launches, juggles and hyper combos as seen in existing fighting game franchises such as Marvel vs. Capcom and Guilty Gear. So far, they have only released footage showing how Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack play. The remaining three main characters, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy, are still under development.

Though an unlicensed work from Hasbro, the holders of the My Little Pony franchise intellectual property, the Mane 6 team has not received any cease and desist notices from the company to date. Like much of the rest of the Internet phenomenon surrounding Friendship is Magic, Hasbro has allowed episodes of the show along with parodies and mashups of the works to be redistributed freely across the Internet, helping to create a participator culture that has drawn a broader audience to the show.