MLP:FIM IOS/Android game

[Orm]

Apparently the game is so far describbed as a "Sims Style Game", You start as Twilight and rebuild houses in Ponyville to add more characters.
There are also mini-games aside from the main game, such as one where you play as Rainbow Dash.


And it'll apparently be free and have free DLC later.


More info copy-pasted from EQD:

a) It will contain a large number of minigames, in a manner similar to-- but, I'm assured, different from-- the Wario games.
b) It will feature unlockable characters.
c) It will provide canon names for at least some characters previously named only in fanon. For instance, I saw the actual canon name of one of the Big Lebowski ponies from the bowling alley scene.
d) Character models are rendered, somewhat puzzlingly, in 3D. They look a bit different than we're used to, but the game is still in dev (I noticed at least one 'TEXT STRING MISSING' sort of error message) and this may change.
e) At least one of the games seems to have a rudimentary physics engine; it involves playing ball. (On the demo unit, the pony bouncing said ball was, of all ponies, Bon-Bon. I did not notice if she was named on screen or not; presumably not, due to IP issues with that name. However, as ponies are unlockable, presumably the player character will be able to play as any pony who has been unlocked.) At a cursory glance, the ponies' motion seems to be governed by a system of bones and vertices (think QWOP, but without all the falling-over and ridiculous difficulty), not merely pre-computed animation cycles. But that may simply be misremembrance.



This is honestly sounded better than the first time I heard of it.
Still no idea when the release date is though.

[IncoherentOrange]

This is cool, real cool. If I had a smartphone, I would be all over this when it comes out.

[Sky Cloud]

i want

[Orm]

5 minute preview:

Well at least I can say it looks interesting.
Looks like there's probably going to be one of those things where you pay real money to make things get built faster.
Oh well, you can't really complain when it's free.

[Kippershy]

Awwwwh yeah. I just ordered me a smartphone today!

HTC Wildfire S (Black)... may not be the prettiest or best out there by any means, but it beats having no phone and it was the cheapest option there was... all the others were out of my current price range or the one free one was... eugh. I don't even want to go there.

[Orm]

Gameinformer Article
There's also a release date of November 8th.

Also happy to hear that the currency can be acquired in game without having to be bought at the in-app store.

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