Talk:Princess Cadance/@comment-1841391-20120313161249/@comment-6808267-20120315161251

Well, a season one promo actually stated, of course, inaccurately because Princess Luna was already in the picture, that "Princess Celestia is the only pony with a unicorn horn and pegasus wings". But again, we already know that was false, even when the promo said it.

I personally have nothing against Princess Cadence. But I agree that part of the reason there's some bashing is because it is seen by many as simply a marketing move by Hasbro to introduce another expensive talking toy they can sell.

There's another hypothesis that I have, but this one is just purely speculation. It may have been done to placate Toys R Us. Remember that they originally demanded that Princess Celestia be made pink because they thought it would sell better. Now, of course, Hasbro is (finally, thank Celestia) releasing a white Princess Celestia toy that is show accurate. This may be how they got the toy stores to go along with it--by agreeing to give them a new pink princess pony to replace the pink Princess Celestia once they release the white one. Again, that's just speculation on my part.