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'There was never any intention of selling it, because obviously, it's copy-written IP,' Stavely says. Even with a chance to make Evo 2013 as a fan-voted game, the cease-and-desist from My Little Pony parent company Hasbro seemed all but inevitable. But the added attention on forums, articles about the game, and a spot in Evo 2012's indie corner all raised the chance that some corporate entity from on-high might notice it. Under the name Fighting Is Magic, the game started to spread around different circles.

Fighting Is Magic was unique, though it couldn't escape Hasbro's attention forever. 'All the stuff that they wanted to do was already out of scope for the engine,' Stavely says. It wasn't long until their ambitions started outgrowing their canvas. But the team kept pushing forward, developing new ways to do things within the Fighter Maker engine. Characters and attacks took time to build. Stavely, who would join the team much later, told me how basic it was in the beginning. Clopcom,' their collective enthusiasm nonetheless pushed them into working with Fighter Maker. Based around a mocked-up concept of a 'Marevel vs. In 2011, six forum members gathered to discuss the potential of a My Little Pony fighting game. This is how Them's Fightin' Herds got to Evo. Rather, Them's Fightin' Herds' persistence has shown it's not just a knock-off flight of fancy for fans of a TV show, but a labor of love for Mane6. 'We're not upset about the pony comments,' Stavely says in a Discord call. It might look like a kids' game, but Mane6 president Aaron Stavely tells me the perception of the game doesn't bother the team much. It will be one of the select few still hosting an open bracket during the world's largest fighting game tournament. Not only that, but Them's Fightin' Herds is one of four games accepted as an open-entry title for Evo Online. Despite these setbacks, the team-dubbed Mane6-kept working at it, and with assistance from some surprising places, it's now a full game. Developed by a ragtag group of fans of the show in Fighter Maker 2, the team faced engine troubles and copyright concerns. In fact, Them's Fightin' Herds started life as a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan game. Its visual identity is more akin to a Saturday morning cartoon, with bright colors and ponies. It's not about killer ninjas, martial arts masters, superheroes or villains, or even anime. Them's Fightin' Herds doesn't quite look like a game you'd expect to see on the main card at Evo. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247.

My little pony fighting is magic tournament