One thing I didn’t have time to try out: how do you punish air blocking in the game? I didn’t get a chance to see if there were some air unblockable moves and I don’t think there are airthrows aside from applejack’s lasso. I remember Twilight’s fake teleport DP being air blockable which I thought was strange.
It was fun playing Fighting is Magic at evo, I spent at least 5 hours on it each day so I’ve got about 10 hours of experience under my belt.
I was the Applejack player that was in the Fluttershy “yay!” shirt, and helped put up the sign that said that you were streaming.
My thoughts on the game:
I LOVE IT!!!
It was super fun, super fast paced while being controllable and easy to comprehend. The magic system is cool! (The magic system is the gem in the bottom left/right hand of the screen which fills as you land hits with your characters specific spell. Apple Jack’s magic building move is her lasso command grab, so make sure you end your combos with it!
Pinkie seems like she will be the strongest, her rush down and ability to play keep away make her a scary character. She has the most outrageous normal animations (cr. A is a big lick of her tounge) and she is able to fire Gummy out of her party cannon which stalls momentarily, and then walks slowly across the screen, it hits if you make contact with it. It is best used before her birthday present teleport attack.
Twilight is pretty simple, but can be a bit difficult. Her laser super OTGs and her teleport mixups are pretty effective, though you can react to it pretty easily.
Rarity’s super is a command grab, which is strange because I assumed she would be a keep away character with all her gem abilities. Her jumping c (I think) is really strong, she jumps and twirls around a scarf - it has a very hidden hitbox that is hard to attack because she is covered by the scarf on all sides, and recovers quickly.
Apple-Jack is VERY fun, My favorite pony from the show and the character I spent 99% of my time on. She has a Bionic Arm super which we called “Bionic (apple) FARM!!!” Her lasso command grab does not work like Super Skrulls in the sense that it only grabs the noose part, as opposed to grabbing anyone in front of you that is within range of the throw.
The stages are very well made, the voice actors are to DIE for. Pinkie’s squeal made me almost cry in happiness!
I am a pretty high level player in the FG community, in the top 32 in several games over the last decade at a ton of different tournies and majors. I used my influence and reputation to convince several players to take some time and try out Fighting is Magic.
The general position from MVC3 players was that they did not like the lack of air dash, a player who had never watched MLP suggested “All the ponies should have air dashes that create a rainbow” - Hopefully I can point him to rainbow dash in the future!
A few things we talked and joked about as the evo participants testing the game were that
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We wished that the muscely pony with the tiny wings from Hurricane Fluttershy would pop out periodically and shout “YEAHHH!” in the same manner as the “Toasty” guy from Mortal Kombat
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Snips+Snails or Flim+Flam playable characters, with a fighting style similar to ice climbers in Super Smash Bros.
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We wished Applejack had a projectile apple of some sort, if only the ability to make apples fall vertically from set distances (this would be really fun to use in conjunction with lasso command grab)
-Fatalities (or “Friendships” from Mortal Kombat) A specific code input the winner of the match can input to access a special finishing move
-We discussed wanting to see ponies in socks, a sonic rainboom, Rarity’s rock “Tom”, Twilight writing a letter to Princess Celestia, , Ponies walking up to each other and bro-hoofing before the match starts, Pets of the ponies (gummy excluded), A “Winner’s use hugs not drugs” loading screen like Street Fighter 2 had, hopefully with the Minotaur. A tutorial mode guided by Cherilee,
Final Notes: I LOVE THIS GAME - I love the little details - I love apple jack’s cute expression when she misses her lasso command grab, the gameplay is smooth, it feels like I’m playing a $20+ game I bought from the PSN store. The guy that brought the game to Evo had a really cool Trixie stick. I’m so grateful I’m spreading information about the game to anyone who will listen and due to my credibility- though they laugh they trust that when I say “This game feels balanced, fun, and one of the best fighting games ive played in years” that I know what I am talking about.
edit: THANK YOU one last time, I love this game!
– Daigo was watching us play for a few minutes
– I’m happy with whatever you guys make, just thought it might help to spread this info.
– Shout outs to the two other guys besides me that brought their Mcdonald’s Pony toys to evo and put them under the monitor, the guy in the Rainbow Dash jacket (I gave you my applejack toy!), All you guys that helped me test things and brought your friends to see it, or tweeted the stream url!)
- HELP THESE GUYS ALL YOU CAN, THIS GAME DESERVES A SERIOUS NOD AS A LEGITIMATE FIGHTING GAME, Super fun game to play!!!
First fighting is magic combo ever posted!
Applejack -
2A, 5B, 5C, 3C (launcher), J.B, J.C, (land) 5C, Lasso or Delay + Bionic Farm OTG - ~15% hp
Aj’s J.C ground bounces on air-to-air, and its super good to cross up!
this is srk take that # shit elseware…lol
Cheers for the info Paper, though you might check mane6’s faqfor a response to a couple of your ideas (limitations of fighter maker and all). Alas, a tutorial mode with Cherliee would be adorable.
the streamed video from EVO looked great, I think AJ’s style will probably be my favorite, the lasso looks like a lot of fun. Things keep looking better and better!
I knew it had to be the same Klisk that I’ve seen a little around here! That’s probably my favorite Trixie-themed stick that I’ve seen.
Thanks man! good to have some positive feedback 
Only a few more months right?
Definitely some number of months!
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Random aside:
I ordered a random shirt from WeLoveFine, and got a gigantic 3 feet tall My Little Pony shopping bag free with it. Evidently they’re featuring MLP right now (including a tee shirt design contest). :wtf:
Why is the full version of RD’s theme still not on youtube?
waiting for the character select art to be finished. i know cause my uncle is mane6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdcW8lQTGDc#t=7128s this combo is techable for a short period of time after the launcher but I hope there’s a way to make it untechable by like doing a different air string (maybe adding a j.a) cause it looks awesome, her 2 leg forward kick in the air has a lot of hitstun.
Edit: a way cooler version of this combo was shown on the pon3 stream so fuck that
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All the feedback has been amazing, guys! We thank you for the genuine interest!
Chain window is something we’ve been working on for some time now and things have finally gotten a bit more lenient in general (it was waaaay worse before haha!), though with this engine, things are always a bit more strict than one would want/has told it to. Hopefully we can address this in a nice and clean way!
The special animation coming out is somewhat of a placeholder for a potentially more unsafe animation we’ll have later that’d play when you can no longer perform said special. This is an unfortunate side-effect of the engine, as it has no option to completely disable the cancel condition of specific attacks…Because of this, an animation plays, rather than just returning them to neutral (which of course would literally be the most free roman cancel ever). If something is figured out (Whenever we fail to implement a feature, we let it sit for a bit and sometimes a solution is eventually found as our proficiency with the engine grows) They will just not come out for sure. People seemed to strangely enjoy AJ’s magic-less headbanging though! Hahahaha.
Glad you enjoyed yourself! Was great to see people really going in on our game, though the stream monsters were blowing you up for being way too good (Assuming you were the AJ that was on for a long time). No worries about pointless nerfs though, we’ll show what each character can really dish out during our upcoming stream! It tickles me when y’say a combo was cut short by an applebuck. 
There are currently just a few air unblockable attacks, such as Twi’s forward heavy and pinkie’s launcher. I wanted to toy with twi’s DP a while back, but forgot until you mentioned it! good call. More air unblockables will be put in, if the chicken blocking gets too intense.
Just gonna say again, It still blows me away every day that people are really interested in our project, and all of the support is very appreciated! Hopefully our game becomes something special that players can enjoy for at least a decent amount of time post release! 
Oh you, you’re too modest. People are going to be playing this game for years. Maybe decades.
I’d love to see more air unblockables, u/b usually becomes the new d/b in games with air guarding.
But Rainbow Dash is my favorite. =/