• Popcap Games Releasing A...Pony Game?

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    This may or may not be related, I don't really know.

    Apparently this pegasus here with a skull butt symbol and the ability to control weather is going to be the star of a new casual game.  Coincidence? Maybe..

    You can find more info below!

    Popcap's New Games
    Wednesday, April 6, 2011 op
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    27 comments:

    1. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:19 PM

      Rainbow Dash's evil cousin.

      I shall christen this pony, Cupcakes.

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    2. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:22 PM

      @Display Name

      His names gotta be somethin' like Bones or Skull Crusher.

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    3. CupsApril 6, 2011 at 11:22 PM

      @Display Name

      Hey! That's... well. Okay. I suppose that's fine. I mean, he does kinda poop lightning. That's pretty cool.

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    4. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:23 PM

      I feel that it is coincidental. In anycase, from what I've read it's gonna be another arcade-like game like Angry Birds... so I'm sorta glad this game has nothing to do with MLP:FiM. Let's wait a bit more for a polished pony platformer or rpg... like that (possibly) upcoming pony mmorpg.

      ~onery

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    5. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:25 PM

      He seems unpleasant.

      ~Scratch

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    6. GrezApril 6, 2011 at 11:28 PM

      considering the game is apparently about sending ponies to their deaths in a 'perpetual meat grinder' I'm gonna go ahead and pass.

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    7. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:28 PM

      >Anonymous doesn't get what I'm talking about

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    8. CupsApril 6, 2011 at 11:29 PM

      Relevant due to diabolical horses:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP3CwPLl9Mo

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    9. Saint DaneApril 6, 2011 at 11:34 PM

      Doesn't really look like the MLP style. Meh.

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    10. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:35 PM

      @Display Name

      Are you referencing the Grimdark?

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    11. flashfox466April 6, 2011 at 11:36 PM

      @CupcakesNom

      Haha, that's what I was thinking when I first heard it was called Naughty Horse.

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    12. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:36 PM

      I thought that this might be a response to FiM when I saw it yesterday, but then I just figured it was probably just be based on regular My Little Pony, seeing as they have been around for 30 years and all and already kinda had a place in pop culture.

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    13. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:37 PM

      @Anonymous:

      That would be exactly what I'm referencing.

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    14. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:43 PM

      @Display Name

      Alright. Didn't catch it the first time. Sorry.

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    15. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:46 PM

      @Anonymous:

      >mfw people here are so friendly they apologize for not immediately thinking of something that gave most of the fanbase nightmares

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    16. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:48 PM

      Don't tell me I'm the only one who laughed at "fingergaming"

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    17. Silver AuraApril 7, 2011 at 12:11 AM

      eep, I got an idea for a MLP game but am not sure if I should submit it to Hasbro or try to get a team together myself to make the game for free.

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    18. AnonymousApril 7, 2011 at 1:17 AM

      PopCap stealing ideas for games? This isn't news.

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    19. Auta ManeApril 7, 2011 at 3:46 AM

      Considering the description I read, it does sound like an attempt to mock MLP and possibly Angry Birds.
      Regardless if it imitates the MLP:FiM style, I've seen several people complain about it's existence 'spreading like a plague'. I've seen artists create anti-pony stuff because of it, even stopped acknowledging them because of it.
      They probably figure 'I'm sure there're plenty of people who hate all the pony stuff that's been infesting the internet lately. Lets make a game aimed to them and profit!'

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    20. DuskWolfApril 7, 2011 at 4:03 AM

      @Auta Mane

      And here I was hoping that PopCap could stay classy, not crassy. After Plants vs Zombies and Peggle, it'd be hard for me to dislike them, but still... if you're correct, that does seem like a stunningly disingenuous thing to do considering their demographics.

      One would think, considering that, that their ideal scenario involving ponies would be pro-pony rather than anti-, just by the merit of whom they sell their games too.

      This seems terribly ill-advised.

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    21. JonathanWOPApril 7, 2011 at 4:20 AM

      ...what's with this bullshit speculation about this game being an intentional take-that against the show and fandom? Stop being so paranoid.

      Maybe this game will be mildly therapeutic to a fraction of those sad, joyless pony haters, but that's it.

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    22. NaxtsApril 7, 2011 at 4:49 AM

      "players take control of a “strikingly unpleasant” winged horse that destroys small birds and lands on “more pleasant horses” from above, knocking the nice ponies “earthward into a perpetual meat grinder for extra points.”

      Wat

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    23. Fire.EsperApril 7, 2011 at 5:18 AM

      "Unpleasant Horse, will be aimed at mature audiences, PopCap said."

      Nope.

      This clearly has nothing to do with ponies. However, PopCap would be just about the ideal studio to do a casual pony game: they are GODS in this department (money-grabbing, heartless gods, but still).

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    24. 0April 7, 2011 at 5:43 AM

      4th and Battery came from Popcap, but isn't really Popcap, per say.

      Anyway, if you read their FUQ, it's subtly acknowledging ponies. http://www.4thandbattery.com/fuq/

      "2. Why do you hate horses?
      We love everything. We love cute ponies. We love meat grinders. Put them together: Magic."

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    25. AnonymousApril 7, 2011 at 5:54 AM

      Did anyone say POPCAP???!!!

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    26. Jelly JackApril 7, 2011 at 12:05 PM

      Honestly, unrelated to MLP, but still funny. If it's not your cup of tea, whatever. 4th & Battery is just out there to make some weird games. :P

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    27. JonathanWOPApril 8, 2011 at 6:17 AM

      ....and it has been rejected by Apple.

      http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/07/unpleasant-horse-rejected-by-apple-4th-and-battery-appealing/

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