Developing semi professional fan projects, be it mods, remakes or wholly original games, without being allowed to do so from the official license holder can be an ungrateful job. Just ask indie studio Mane6. Due to the lack of an official license, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fighting game My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic went through a rough patch. Hasbro, owner of the equestrian IP shot the development down with a swift cease and desist order a month ago.
But now events have taken a turn. None other than Lauren Faust, producer of the animated series, has joined developer Mane6, and will be working together with them to make the behooved fighting game a reality. Although not an official My Little Pony one. Faust will work together with Mane6 to develop new, original characters and plotlines inspired by the cult animated series, instead of using the copyright protected ones owned by Hasbro, who appear to be unwilling to allow some runaway fan developers to do whatever they want with their intellectual property.
So Fighting is Magic, which in a move to avoid another lawsuit should get a new name and drastically different looks, will be the original Chinese knockoff pony fighting game to whatever official thing—if any—Hasbro decides to cook up.
