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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Live Reactions & Discussion)

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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

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I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

KuroiTsubasaTenshi Streamer from Twitch Since: May, 2011
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#76251: Jun 10th 2014 at 3:39:33 PM

I used to really like LoZ and then my interest just kind of sharply dropped off. I guess after Zelda 2, Link to a Past and Ocarina, I might have gotten tired of the formula, or maybe it was just that my PSX's RPG offerings did a better job of distracting me. >.>

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IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Exists for some reason
#76252: Jun 10th 2014 at 4:32:09 PM

A guy just came into mom's shop and said that one of the vendors told him we lost our window cleaner. I didn't know what he meant. Honestly I thought he meant like a bottle of windex. I told him I wasn't here when it got lost and don't know if we managed to find it.

Then he handed me a business card and left.

Apparently he meant "person who cleans windows", not "product used to clean windows."

That was awkward.

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ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#76253: Jun 10th 2014 at 4:35:41 PM

And I'm done with school til fall.grin

@ new Zelda don't know much bout the other one,but Hyrule warriors seems pretty fun.

I'm really excited for Smash even more since Palutena is confirmed.I want to be rustled by the game being pushed back to Oct.,but with every thing revealed at their presentation,my jimmies are unrustled again.

edited 10th Jun '14 4:39:25 PM by ScottPilgrim2013

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#76254: Jun 10th 2014 at 4:46:24 PM

Never heard of that character, who's he/she from? Mario I think?

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#76255: Jun 10th 2014 at 4:49:44 PM

@Scott Pilgrim PALUTENA'S IN THE GAME! YES OH YES! Now I really need to finish Kid Icarus Uprising! I'm so hyped!

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ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#76256: Jun 10th 2014 at 4:50:16 PM

[up][up]Kid Icarus

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#76257: Jun 10th 2014 at 4:55:17 PM

@Wryte: Yeah, that would be pretty awesome, especially if we got Man!Zelda.

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marston Since: Sep, 2011
#76258: Jun 10th 2014 at 4:56:30 PM

@JT and Wryte: Wow, you two really like the idea of a R63 Zelda universe, huh?tongue

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#76259: Jun 10th 2014 at 5:04:00 PM

Well looks like I've found a new character to play as in Smash bros 4! Nintendo, you magnificent bastards, you've done it again.

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ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#76260: Jun 10th 2014 at 5:07:59 PM

Originally,Mega man or Little Mac would be my newcomer main,but Lady Palutena may have just replaced them(for now).

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#76261: Jun 10th 2014 at 5:14:23 PM

@Scott Pilgrim Nintendo's awesome! Whoo! Baby!

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ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#76262: Jun 10th 2014 at 5:26:06 PM

I hoped for Nintendo to blow me away this E3 and they did more than that,they nuked me with hype.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#76263: Jun 10th 2014 at 5:33:00 PM

It's Nintendo, unlike Microsoft, they actually KNOW what games are about and how to make shit people WANT!

But yes Paluteena SO HYPE! But still more hypes for Mega Man.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#76264: Jun 10th 2014 at 5:35:47 PM

You cannot see it right now but I'm squeeing right now! Along with playing Kid Icarus Uprising in celebration!

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#76265: Jun 10th 2014 at 5:43:18 PM

Oh yeah, that goddess angel chick.

Only played the NES game. Fuster clucking spawn of Giygas, that was a really, really, really hard game.

ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#76266: Jun 10th 2014 at 5:48:25 PM

It may be brutal,but KI on Nes still manages to be one of my fav NES games.

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PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#76267: Jun 10th 2014 at 5:51:40 PM

-pokes head in- What's this I hear about a lady!Link?

I wish I played more Nintendo games, but I haven't had a Nintendo console since our broken ass Gamecube. Ugh.

edited 10th Jun '14 5:51:51 PM by PrincessGwenevere

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ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#76268: Jun 10th 2014 at 5:54:32 PM

HOLY CRAP,just saw Oddworld's New and Tasty Trailer,my hype is now at a level that can't be recorded.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#76269: Jun 10th 2014 at 6:03:16 PM

They are pretty big jerks. For such a fragile race, they're sure eager to pick fights in their sectors.

In my experience Zoltan aren't too bag. I usually find Rock and Mantis the most problematic since they're most likely to have missiles and they're also tougher to board.

I avoid the nebula sectors like the plague, since I don't get the benefits of hiding in nebulae, yet the detriments

You do get some benefit from the nebulas, just not as much. And if you need the Slug ship, Slug Homeworlds are always a nebula. But in general, I agree.

Meh or me, don't care much for sandbox type games.

Speaking of FTL and sandboxes, anyone else played Ur Quan Masters? Definitely a game that needs more love.

As for Zelda, I've never played one beyond a few minutes. But I'm still relatively familiar with the stories and all thanks to the internet and Lets Plays and Tv Tropes.

As for Kid Icraus, I haven't played either, but from what I've seen, Uprising has a lot of hilarious banter.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#76270: Jun 10th 2014 at 6:07:26 PM

Le sigh, I miss video games. The one thing I miss most about vision loss.

They were my passion and coping mechanism I started playing when I was 4. No matter how cruddy my parents and home abuse was, I always had a Genesis or N64 to channel my frustration.

Eight years now and it still hurts...

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#76271: Jun 10th 2014 at 6:07:38 PM

@JT and Wryte: Wow, you two really like the idea of a R63 Zelda universe, huh?

I don't know that it needs to go full R63, I just think Link being a girl for a game would be a nice shake to the status quo for both the series and gaming in general. I mean, can you imagine the press Nintendo would get if they gender flipped one of the most famous and iconic game heroes of all time? And Link's probably in the best situation of any golden age game hero to do it, too:

  • Link is a new incarnation of the same heroic spirit in almost every game, so there's no need to jump through any narrative hoops to gender flip him for a game. Just straight up make him a girl this time, no other explanation needed, and he can go back to being a guy in the next one just as easily (although the idea of the parallel worlds approach the series is so fond of, where Link turns into a girl upon crossing over instead of a wolf or a rabbit, does spring to mind. The main problem with that approach is that the alternate form Link takes in the other world is generally treated as an obstacle needing to be overcome, which would have Unfortunate Implications exactly the opposite of the intended goal of fem!Link).
  • Likewise, because Link's relationships don't carry over from game to game most of the time, there's no complication where other characters would have to be gender flipped to avoid other issues Nintendo might not want to address, the obvious one being a lesbian relationship between a female Link and Zelda. While Zelda could be flipped as well, it's not necessary to do so, since there usually isn't any overt romantic relationship between the two in the games, Skyward Sword being the exception. Most games have the two interacting only rarely, she's not even in some of the games, and I think they were even related in Link to the Past.
  • The Zelda fandom probably has the highest proportion of female fans of any other golden age franchise still in existence, and even most triple-A modern franchises.
  • The Zelda franchise itself tends to have a much higher ratio of strong, proactive female characters than many other franchises, both golden age and modern, which has highly endeared the fandom to them over the years. Midna, Saria, Medley, Tetra, and Nabooru are just a few examples that come to mind. This makes the series' fans much more likely to embrace a female version of the protagonist.

So gender-flipping Link is both easy to accomplish and a pretty safe bet, and on top of that would net Nintendo a lot of good will from socially-minded gamers (which they could especially use in the wake of that gay Mii fuck up), and probably even a fair amount of mainstream press considering how famous the franchise is.

Oh, and regarding Smash, I'm still holding out my absolutely unrealistic hope for Lyn from FE 7 to graduate from assist trophy to player character. :P

edited 10th Jun '14 6:09:09 PM by Wryte

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#76272: Jun 10th 2014 at 6:29:54 PM

I'm not sure I get the point of gender flipping Link just to get a female lead in a Zelda game. Why not just make a game with Zelda as the lead? That would also be a good excuse to switch up the game mechanics a bit.

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#76274: Jun 10th 2014 at 6:45:37 PM

Crow: And there's even precedent with that CDi game! tongue

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