My Little Pony (also known on the App Store as My Little Pony: Magic Princess) is an open world iOS, Android, and Windows 8 & 10 game licensed by Hasbro and developed by Gameloft. Released on November 8, 2012, various characters appear in the game: the main characters and numerous supporting and background characters, from animated media and/or IDW comics; Lovestruck, Forsythia, Banana Bliss, Lucky Dreams, Sprinkle Stripe, and Diamond Rose, from merchandise; at least one character from concept art; various Generation 1 characters, both from media and merchandise; and a number of original characters/character variants. The game is free to play and supported by microtransactions, and had over 5.4 million downloads as of March 17, 2013.[1]
Development[]
The game's lead producer is Gustav Seymore, and the lead designer is Fawzi Mesmar.[2] Development began in January 2012.[3] Fire Chief was made available in-game in response to fan request.[4] A number of pieces of fanart have been used in the game and its advertisements; for example, an early advertisement used fanart of Princess Cadance,[5] and Octavia Melody's album page used fanart of her as a filly until June 13, 2013. There were no plans to add Button Mash, his mom, or Fluffle Puff to the game as of September 30, 2013;[6] Button Mash was added to the game on June 16, 2017, though he was retitled Game-Playin' Schoolpony on August 2, 2017.
The English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Turkish language versions of the game use the Celestia Medium Redux typeface, a fan-created typeface designed to look similar to Generation B, which is used in the typesetting of the logo and in other official material. The Russian version instead uses Calibri, the Chinese version uses a font derived from Frutiger, the Japanese version uses the font used for the episode titles in that language's dub, and the Korean version uses Eunjin.
Gameplay[]
The gameplay centers around rebuilding Ponyville and it features "placing, building, and collecting" aspects. Many buildings and shops from the gameplay are from shops that are seen based on the show. Characters can be leveled up through specific tasks. The player starts as Twilight Sparkle, and more than 46 characters are to be available, obtainable in different ways. There are multiple kinds of currencies in the game which can be used for unlocking features, and alternatively the features can be purchased.[7]
Minigames[]
Four minigames are available in the initial release: an apple-picking game, cloud-clearing game, star connecting game, and a ball-bouncing game. If the cloud-clearing game is played as an Earth pony or a unicorn, the pony flies using magic wings similar to those used by Rarity in Sonic Rainboom, Forever Filly, and A Photo Booth Story and by her and Daisy Dreams in the Glimmer Wings toy line. In March 2014, a Mine cart game was announced.
In the Equestria Girls update, a dancing minigame is added that features 3 songs: an instrumental version of the opening theme, This Strange World, and the EG Stomp. Also, 2 more songs were added later- an instrumental version of Time to Come Together and Cafeteria Song.
Objective sets[]
There are missions in the game which must be completed in order to progress through it. Some of the early missions include: Put Your Hoof Down, Carnival Games, Droughty Dragon, Flagged Down, Studying Hard, Taking the Cake, Cherry on Top, Cutie Mark Chronicles, Lemon Aid, and Apple Cravings.
Characters[]
Original characters[]
- Apple Bloom Hippogriff/Seapony
- Applejack Hippogriff/Seapony
- Changeling/Dark Changeling Applejack
- Changeling/Dark Changeling Celestia
- Changeling/Dark Changeling Fluttershy
- Changeling/Dark Changeling Luna
- Changeling/Dark Changeling Pinkie Pie
- Changeling/Dark Changeling Rainbow Dash
- Changeling/Dark Changeling Rarity
- Changeling/Dark Changeling Twilight Sparkle
- Chaos Amore
- Chaos Cadance
- Chaos Celestia
- Chaos Luna
- Chaos Novo
- Chaos Parabola
- Chaos Rain Shine
- Chaos Shining Armor
- Chaos Skystar
- Chaos Spike
- Chaos Twilight
- Cyber Applejack/Supercharged Applejack
- Cyber Fluttershy/Supercharged Fluttershy
- Cyber Pinkie Pie/Supercharged Pinkie Pie
- Cyber Princess Cadance
- Cyber Princess Celestia
- Cyber Princess Luna
- Cyber Queen Chrysalis
- Earnest Klugetowner
- Empress Trottingham
- Fluttery Hippogriff/Seapony
- Fuchsia Crystal Pony
- Grogar-tized Discord
- Hearth's Warming Princess Cadance
- Hearth's Warming Princess Celestia
- Hearth's Warming Princess Luna
- Hipster-Universe Shining Armor
- Imperial Discord
- Imperial Dog
- Imperial Fire Serpent
- Imperial Goat
- Imperial Monkey
- Imperial Ox
- Imperial Pigasus
- Imperial Rabbit
- Imperial Rat
- Imperial Rooster
- Imperial Snake
- Imperial Stallion
- Imperial Tiger
- Kirin/Nirik Applejack
- Kirin/Nirik Cadance
- Kirin/Nirik Celestia
- Kirin/Nirik Fluttershy
- Kirin/Nirik Luna
- Kirin/Nirik Pinkie Pie
- Kirin/Nirik Rainbow Dash
- Kirin/Nirik Rarity
- Kirin/Nirik Twilight Sparkle
- Klugetown Potter
- Minotaurocellus color variants
- New Year's Parade Applejack
- New Year's Parade Fluttershy
- New Year's Parade Pinkie Pie
- New Year's Parade Rainbow Dash
- New Year's Parade Rarity
- New Year's Parade Twilight Sparkle
- Nightmare Applejack
- Nightmare Discord
- Nightmare Fluttershy
- Nightmare Maud Pie
- Nightmare Pinkie Pie
- Nightmare Rainbow Dash
- Nightmare Starlight Glimmer
- Nightmare Sunburst
- Nightmare Thorax
- Nightmare Trixie
- Nightmare Twilight Sparkle
- Nirik Rain Shine
- Pinkie Pie Hippogriff/Seapony
- Rainbow Dash Hippogriff/Seapony
- Rarity Hippogriff/Seapony
- Reformed Windigo
- Robo Discord
- Robo Grogar
- Robo Lord Tirek
- Scootaloo Hippogriff/Seapony
- Robo Rarity/Supercharged Rarity
- Robo Rainbow Dash/Supercharged Rainbow Dash
- Robo Twilight Sparkle/Supercharged Twilight Sparkle
- Sparkle Smudge
- Sweetie Belle Hippogriff/Seapony
- Twilight Sparkle Hippogriff/Seapony
- Western Fluttershy
- Western Pinkie Pie
- Western Rainbow Dash
- Western Rarity
- Western Twilight Sparkle
List of buildings[]
The following chart details the buildings available in the game, their costs, and the benefits they provide.
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Major updates[]
- Winter Update 2012 (Version 1.1)
- iOS: December 20, 2012
- Android: January 4, 2013
- Hearts and Hooves Day Update 2013 (Version 1.2)
- iOS: February 14, 2013
- Android: February 13, 2013
- Winter Wrap-Up Update 2013 (Version 1.3)
- iOS: March 12, 2013
- Android: March 12, 2013
- Spring Update 2013 (Version 1.4):
- iOS: March 28, 2013
- Canterlot Update (Version 2.0 (pre-SAA))
- iOS: April 15, 2013
- Android: April 15, 2013
- Movie Time Update (Version 2.1 (pre-SAA))
- iOS: June 13, 2013
- Android: June 13, 2013
- Spa Ponies Update (Version 2.2 (pre-SAA))
- iOS: August 26, 2013
- Android: August 26, 2013
- Equestria Girls Dance Update (Version 2.3.0 (pre-SAA))
- iOS: October 15, 2013
- Android: October 15, 2013
- Nightmare Night Update 2013 (Version 2.3.1 (pre-SAA))
- iOS: October 23, 2013
- Android: October 23, 2013
- Hearth's Warming Eve Update 2013 (Version 1.7.0)
- iOS: December 9, 2013
- Android: December 9, 2013
- Hearth's Warming Eve Update 2013 - Extended (Version 1.7.1)
- iOS: December 12, 2013
- Android December 12, 2013
- Hearts and Hooves Day Update 2014 (Version 1.7.2)
- iOS: February 12, 2014
- Android February 12, 2014
- Crystal Mine Update (Version 1.8)
- iOS: April 3, 2014
- Android: April 3, 2014
- Sweet Apple Acres Update (Version 1.9)
- iOS: June 4, 2014
- Android: June 4, 2014
- Bugfix Update (Version 2.0)
- iOS: October 6, 2014
- Android: October 13, 2014
- Everfree Forest Update (Version 2.1)
- iOS: December 11, 2014
- Android: December 11, 2014
- Hearth's Warming Eve Update 2014 (Version 2.1.1)
- iOS: December 24, 2014
- Android: December 24, 2014
- Twilight's Kingdom Update (Version 2.2)
- iOS: March 13, 2015
- Android: March 13, 2015
- Dragon Battle Update (Version 2.3)
- iOS: April 21, 2015
- Android: April 21, 2015
- Collection Album Update (Version 2.4)
- iOS: July 20, 2015
- Android: July 20, 2015
- The Cutie Map Update (Version 2.5)
- iOS: September 24, 2015
- Android: October 1, 2015
- Hearth's Warming Eve Update 2015 (Version 2.6)
- iOS: December 14, 2015
- Android: December 15, 2015
- Griffons Update (Version 2.7)
- iOS: February 17, 2016
- Android: March 1, 2016
- Ponyville Party Update (Version 2.8)
- iOS: April 13, 2016
- Android: April 14, 2016
- Fashion Show Update (Version 2.9)
- iOS: June 9, 2016
- Android: June 17, 2016
- The Mane Attraction Update (Version 3.0)
- iOS: August 3, 2016
- Android: August 3, 2016
- Crystal Empire Update (Version 3.1.0)
- iOS: September 28, 2016
- Android: September 28, 2016
- Scare Master Update 2016 (Version 3.1.1)
- iOS: October 24, 2016
- Android: October 24, 2016
- Golden Horseshoe Hotel Update (Version 3.2.0)
- iOS: November 29, 2016
- Android: December 1, 2016
- A Hearth's Warming Tail Update 2016 (Version 3.2.1)
- iOS: December 16, 2016
- Android: December 16, 2016
- Slice of Life Update (Version 3.3.0)
- iOS: February 28, 2017
- Android: February 28, 2017
- Stranger Than Fan Fiction Update (Version 3.4.0)
- iOS: March 9, 2017
- Android: March 9, 2017
- To Where and Back Again Update (Version 3.5.0)
- iOS: May 11, 2017
- Android: May 11, 2017
- Crusaders of the Lost Mark Update (Version 3.6.0)
- iOS: June 16, 2017
- Android: June 16, 2017
- My Little Pony The Movie Update (Version 3.7.0)[8]
- iOS: August 2, 2017
- Android: August 2, 2017
- Tempest Shadow Update (Version 3.8.0)
- iOS: September 7, 2017
- Android: September 7, 2017
- Studio Update (Version 3.9.0)
- iOS: September 20, 2017
- Klugetown Update (Version 4.0.0)
- iOS: October 4, 2017
- Android: October 4, 2017
- Hearth's Warming Eve Update 2017 (Version 4.1.0)
- iOS: December 6, 2017
- Android: December 6, 2017
- Hearts and Hooves Day Update 2018 (Version 4.2.0)
- iOS: February 9, 2018
- Android: February 9, 2018
- Group Quests Update (Version 4.3.0)
- iOS: April 30, 2018
- Android: April 30, 2018
- Dragons Update (Version 4.4.0)
- iOS: June 13, 2018
- Android: June 13, 2018
- School of Friendship (Version 4.5.0)
- iOS: July 11, 2018
- Android: July 11, 2018
- Siege of the Crystal Empire (Version 4.6.0)
- iOS: September 20, 2018
- Android: September 20, 2018
- Night of the Living Apples (Version 4.7.0)
- iOS: October 18, 2018
- Android: October 19, 2018
- Best Gift Ever
- iOS: December 20, 2018 (Version 4.9.0)
- Android: December 20, 2018 (Version 4.9.0c)
- The Hearth's Warming Club and Presentable in Periwinkle
- iOS: January 24, 2019 (Version 5.0.0)
- Android: January 24, 2019 (Version 5.0.0d)
- Father Knows Beast and The Cutie Re-Mark
- iOS: March 28, 2019 (Version 5.1.0)
- Android: March 28, 2019 (Version 5.1.0n)
- Road to Friendship and The Cutie Re-Mark Parts 2 & 3
- iOS: May 16, 2019 (Version 5.2.0)
- Android: May 16, 2019 (Version 5.2.0i)
- Pro-design
- iOS: June 11, 2019 (Version 5.3.0)
- Android: June 11, 2019 (Version 5.3.0)
- Fake It 'Til You Make It and Reflections
- iOS: July 24, 2019 (Version 5.4.0)
- Android: July 24, 2019 (Version 5.4.0p)
- Rainbow Roadtrip, Convocation of the Creatures!, Ponies of Dark Water, and Nightmare Knights.
- iOS: September 5, 2019 (Version 5.5.0)
- Android: September 17, 2019 (Version 5.5.0f)
- Nightmare Night at the Musueum and The Cutie Re-Mark Return
- iOS and iPadOS: October 23, 2019 (Version 5.6.0)
- Android:
- Rarity's Retro Revolution and Freedom of the Press
- iOS and iPadOS: November 18, 2019 (Version 5.7.0)
- Android:
- The Last Problem
- iOS and iPadOS: December 18, 2019 (Version 5.8.0)
- Android: December 18, 2019 (Version 5.8.0b)
- She's All Yak/Royal Dining
- iOS and iPadOS: February 11, 2020 (Version 5.9.0)
- Android: February 11, 2020 (Version 6.0.0a)
- Royal Club Update
- iOS and iPadOS: (Version 6.0.0)
- Android:
- Reflections of Harmony/Prank to the Future
- iOS and iPadOS: April 7, 2020 (Version 6.1.0)
- Android:
- Kid's Play
- iOS and iPadOS: May 13, 2020 (Version 6.2.0)
- Android:
- Pinkie Pie Parents Problem and Wonderbolt for a Day
- iOS and iPadOS: June 17, 2020 (Version 6.3.0)
- Android:
- Power Ponies and E.W.H. Tournament
- iOS and iPadOS: July 28, 2020 (Version 6.4.0)
- Android:
- Growing Up is Hard to Do and Anti-Sugar League
- iOS and iPadOS: August 27, 2020 (Version 6.5.0)
- Android:
- Tale of Tirek and League of Evil
- iOS and iPadOS: October 2020
- Android:
- The Nightmare Before Hearth's Warming and Rise of the Cyber Ponies
- iOS and iPadOS: December 15, 2020
- Android:
- Casobronco and The Thracian Infiltration
- iOS and iPadOS:
- Android:
- Amazing Wings and Maze-y Things
- iOS and iPadOS: May 19, 2021 (Version 6.9.0)
- Android:
- Draytona Breach and I Dream of Breezies
- IOS and IPadOS: July 27, 2021 (Version 7.0.0)
- Android:
- The Pony Whisperer and Terror On the Runway!
- iOS and iPadOS: September 8, 2021 (Version 7.1.0)
- Android:
- Changeling History and Dash to the Future
- iOS and iPadOS: (Version 7.2.0)
- Android:
- Holiday Super Chef Competition and Viva La Pinkie Pie
- iOS and iPadOS: December 2021 (Version 7.3.0)
- Android:
- High Plains Ponies and A New-Fashioned Wedding
- iOS and iPadOS: March 1, 2022 (Version 7.4.0)
- Android:
- Welcome to Ornithia and The Perfect Pear
- iOS and iPadOS: April 12, 2022 (Version 7.5.0)
- Android:
- I Am Ponyacci; Bump, Set, Spike!; and Crowns and Chaos
- iOS and iPadOS: June, 2022 (Version 7.6.0)
- Android:
- Zipline Blues
- iOS and iPadOS: August, 2022 (Version 7.7.0)
- Android:
- Welcome Back Twilight and Danger in Dimondia
- iOS and iPadOS: August 28, 2022 (Version 7.8.0)
- Android:
- Applejack Dreams of Robot Ponies and Generations
- iOS and iPadOS: October 20, 2022 (Version 7.9.0)
- Android:
- Rin Rage and Pony of the Dance
- iOS and iPadOS: November 29, 2022 (Version 8.0.0)
- Android:
- A Mistmane New Year, A Mermare's Tale, and Generations - Dance Party!
- iOS and iPadOS: January 17, 2023 (Version 8.1.0)
- Android:
- Nightmare Rarity, Retold
- iOS and iPadOS: March 20, 2023 (Version 8.2.0)
- Android:
- Adventures in Rockology
- iOS and iPadOS: April 27, 2023 (Version 8.3.0)
- Android:
- The Tale of Tirek Part Three and Generation Gap - Picnic Day
- iOS and iPadOS: May 15, 2023 (Version 8.4.0)
- Android:
- The Hooffields and McColts
- iOS and iPadOS: June 27, 2023 (Version 8.5.0)
- Android:
- Crystal Ghost Chaos and Abyssinian Adventure!
- iOS and iPadOS: August 1, 2023 (Version 8.6.0)
- Android:
- The Case of the Pilfered Pins!
- iOS and iPadOS: September 18, 2023 (Version 8.7.0)
- Android:
- A Pony's Guide to Cave Adventures, Boss Rush - Nightmare Mode, Love and Silence, and 11th Anniversary Celebration
- iOS and iPadOS: October 17, 2023 (Version 8.8.0)
- Android:
- Seaquestria Couture
- iOS and iPadOS: November 28, 2023 (Version 8.9.0)
- Android: November 28, 2023
- Fashion is Cyclical
- iOS and iPadOS: January 16, 2024 (Version 9.0.0)
- Android: January 16, 2024
- Dodge Junction Memories and The Legend of Rockhoof
- iOS and iPadOS: February 12, 2024 (Version 9.1.0)
- Android: February 16, 2024
Demo[]
The game was demoed at the My Little Pony Project 2012 New York fair in October 2012. Players described it as a Sims-style game in which the player starts with Twilight Sparkle and has to rebuild Ponyville. Two minigames were shown at the venue: a ball bouncing game, and a game with Rainbow Dash flying through clouds; a representative said more minigames would be available, and that the app would be free with downloadable content for purchase, and that gameplay would not require internet access.[9]
The demo features various locations from the show such as Sugarcube Corner, Rainbow Dash's cloud home, and the town hall.
Gallery[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ GIRLS MONTH: My Little Pony remains on top for Hasbro. Licensing.biz (2013-03-18). Retrieved on 2013 March 18.
- ↑ My Little Pony Developer Interview: Part 1. GAMELOFT us blog (2013-05-17). Retrieved on 2013 May 24.
- ↑ My Little Pony Developer Interview: Part 2. GAMELOFT us blog (2013-05-20). Retrieved on 2013 May 24.
- ↑ Timeline Photos - My Little Pony Game. Facebook (2013-10-29). Retrieved on 2013 October 30.
- ↑ Cadence (2011-12-14). Retrieved on 2012 November 13.
- ↑ Timeline Photos. Facebook (2013-09-30). Retrieved on 2013 October 1.
- ↑ O'Dell Harmon (2012-10-25). My Little Pony. Game Informer. Retrieved on 2012 October 26.
- ↑ NY Toy Fair: MLP Gameloft Game Movie Update (2017-02-21).
- ↑ Equestria Daily: My Little Pony Mobile Game Information (2012-10-12). Retrieved on 2012 October 17.
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