Friendship is Magicite? Let's Play Pony Fantasy 6!

I was hoping for something Frankensprited from various FF6 enemies. Ah well.

I almost never take Shadow with me during this segment of the game due to how flighty he is (what's that? We're two steps from Zozo and walking back to Narshe to change the party would be a pain in the ass? TOUGH LUCK! *flee*) so I say take Fluttershy along and keep her in the party as long as possible with Save State shenanigans if necessary.

Cranky Doodle Donkey, perhaps?

i wish i hadn't read the cast list

But, pretending I haven't, an amnesiac Chrysalis would be an awesome Gogo.

"THY" BEFORE A CONSONANT, "THINE" BEFORE A VOWEL ARGHBLARGLESKDJGALSDFALSK end the caps ban

IST isn't even middle english. Da fuq?

Luna just uses ye olde butchered english.

Fluttershy, Pinkie, Applejack, and Apple Bloom.

• Apple Bloom - For the Coltlingen flashback
• Trixie - Although there's not much character specific dialogue in this sequence, she's the only character so far who's been completely overhauled in terms of characterization and dialogue. She's the most interesting.
• Pinkie Pie - Because Pinkie Pie.
• Luna, AJ, or Fluttershy - Because Celestia is boooooring.

But seriously, I'll be demanding Trixie pretty much for the entire game.

We need to see the Canterlot sisters flashbacks, of course.

This gave me an honest-to-god belly laugh.

Put Fluttershy in there and I'm good.

I'm calling Rainbow Dash as Setzer. Also yeah, Rarity and Sweetie Bell as Strago/Relm is the only possibility.

That just leaves Gogo and Umaro, right?

*looks at the tag list*

Really? REALLY?

Come on, everypony, BE COOL. -_-#

I'm baffled at how much fuss is being made over tags. They're a goofy addition to the forum and may as well be treated as such, as far as I'm concerned.

Nothing to see here folks! Move along!

I'm kind of shocked how much battle power everyone has! Especially some of the magic users. I wonder if the goal was just to make the game way easy overall so pony fans who hadn't played FF6 before could get through it fast, but then I can't imagine playing this game at all without playing FF6 first.

McClain, you are the worst at lurking.

The daughters of Canterlot have returned, and Luna goes off on her own to remember the good ol' days.



Nothing ever is.

...tonight...
...took a turn for the worse...
...there's a chance he might...

Nooo...!
Y... you're wrong...!
He can't be, not like this!

Matron...
...The king... he's...

...Luna...
...Luna!!!!!



Matron: Celestia! Here you are... Your father... He just uttered his last wish that Canterlot be divided between you...
Luna: This is MADNESS!! We hear rumors that the Empire hath POISONED Father... And the only thing on thy minds is "Who's going to be the next queen?!" THY LACK OF PRIORITIES IS INTOLERABLE! Did ANY of thee even CARE when Mother died...?
Matron: Luna, we-
Luna: THOU WERE AS FALSE AS ANY OTHER!
Celestia: Luna...
Luna: WE WILL TAKE MATTERS INTO OUR OWN HOOVES!

So this is how the "royal shouting" began? In the show that's just how royalty talked a thousand years ago and Luna never got a chance to adapt like Celestia.



Luna: ... You must join us, Celestia, together we may yet save Equestria!
Celestia: ... Freedom... We cannot dishonor our parents' memory by abandoning the throne. But you do have a point, one of us could stay, and the other could go... We'll flip a coin. If it lands heads up, it'll be you, otherwise, I'll go. Okay?

Instead of seeking her own path, Luna spent a solid three years turning herself into a weapon of vengeance. I'm not so sure who the saner student of Greymane really was...



Celestia: But I have missed you, Luna! Your friendship, your smile...
Luna: We have not smiled in a long time, Sister...
Celestia: Luna... I often wonder if he'd be proud of me...
Luna: You must cast such doubts from your mind, Celestia!
Celestia: Has it really been ten years...
Luna: It seems time does not heal all wounds, after all...
Celestia: A toast!



Flashback time is over for now. Let's do a little walking, talking, and shopping.

White Pony: Who'd have thought a unicorn could fly over a mountain range?
Filly: The Princess's coat looks pink at sunrise. Strange, don't you think?
Matron: Luna... Every bit a mare, now... I remember that time so vividly. I was so angry... I learned something important on that day...
Cadance: Welcome back, Princess! Huh!? Luna... What a splendid young mare you've become! Make yourselves at home here.

Nothing too exciting, though that filly seems to be a "pink Celestia toys" apologist. No! We do not forgive this inaccuracy and demand show accurate toys!



We have a new tool. Unlimited free (good) healing in-battle, to further insure no one actually needs unicorns around.

Speaking of which, the team hikes back to Neighshe to ditch those silly princesses before continuing past Canterlot.



Trixie learns a new spell, and sure enough Imp has been changed to turn you into that weird crazy pony who barks.



Our empty party slot goes to Fluttershy, who's collecting donations for needy animals. The nearby NPCs refer to Fluttershy as an "assasin" which makes me cringe and I had to step away from the game for a minute. Butchering Old English is bad enough, but refusing to use spellcheck?



To the surprise of no one, Fluttershy's stats have gotten the steroid treatment as well. We have other weapons that boost her strength more, but shuriken still shoots her battle power through the roof so I see no need to change that. It also allows the entire party to stay in the back row, since Apple Bloom and Pinkie Pie have Full Moons and Trixie has a Flail.



Oh yes, I was just thinking "You know who should get the role of Rachel? Somepony who has NOTHING to do with Apple Bloom!"

Vinyl Scratch is the DJ pony who's shown up in two episodes and a bunch of commercials. All she does is bob her head to some music while at turntable.

Apple Bloom: You betcha! It's tha most AMAZIN' treasure ah've ever seen. C'mon, it's just up this way!
Scratch: Hey! Watch out!
Apple Bloom: Scratch!!



Scratch's mom: Get outta here! It's your fault she's lost her memory!
Apple Bloom: But we're best friends! We were gonna travel the world together and find out we're supposed to be!
Scratch: Listen kid, I dunno if we used to be friends or what, but I can't remember anything! Besides, if dragging me to crazy places and almost killing me is your idea of fun, count me out!
Somepony: You'd best leave Scratch alone. She's going to have to make a new start of it. Apple Bloom... Your being here doesn't help.

Bronies have decreed Vinyl Scratch is roommates with a cellist named Octavia and hilarity ensues because they are complete opposites. Maybe her attitude/way of talking here somehow reflect her fan-created personality. I have no idea.



Apple Bloom: Then I found out... that she was gone... The empire came, and she was in teh wrong place... at the wrong time... Her memory returned just before she passed away. The last thing she uttered was... mah name... I shouldn't have listened to anything but mah own heart. I gave up, gave in... and she died... I guess... parta me died too. I... I failed her... Failed mahself...



Quack: I used some herbs to put her into suspended animation. She won't age a day! Uwaa, ha! That's what you wanted, right? Had to use my herbs, I did!

I don't think the quack is meant to resemble anypony in particular.



Apple Bloom: What if there were some way to... bring her back?
Quack: if you could call her back... she'd come back! Wah, ha, ha! I'm sure you'll find something that'll bring her around! Kuha, ha, ha!!

I also don't think the writer remembered this scene existed. This is a great disappointment to me, both the casting and the forgotten scene. There has been questionable casting before, but this is the first one that comes completely out of nowhere.

So on that sour note, we'll wrap this up and check out Manehattan and the other place next time.

I'm especially disappointed that this means Scratch isn't Impresario.

That'll be Octavia, obviously.

I'm disappointed Scootaloo wasn't Rachel, really.

Jeez. Can I please put "laziest hack in the west" back into the tag list? Because it's damn appropriate. :I

I have no idea who Vinyl Scratch is... I thought the DJ was named Pon-3. And I have no clue who Octavia is either.

I AM A TERRIBLE MLP FAN.

Vinyl Scratch is DJ-P0N3's "real" name. As in, DJ-P0N3 is her stage name. This is quasi-official.

Big minus points for background pony as Rachel. There's at least half a dozen things that would've been better.

Meanwhile, at work today I was noodling over the idea of an rpg starring the CMCs. Mechanically, they'd each have a base skillset that reflects their own real talents, but over the course of the game the player will get to assign them to try other pursuits that grant them supporting abilities, attributes, or stat adjustments.

• Sweetie Belle can "teach" Scootaloo a lullaby, but instead of it causing sleep on enemies (as her's would), it will cause confusion instead.
• Alternatively, teaching Applebloom might grant Sweetie Belle an immunity to confusion.
• One of the CMCs help Twilight in her library and gain a "Scan" technique.
• Getting stuck hanging around Diamond Tiara might give a stat boost to DEF.

The plot conceit is that they're gonna earn their cutie marks as adventurers. To keep things in their proper scope, the actual game wouldn't leave the confines of Ponyville and the surrounding area.

Ridiculous amount of sprite work, but the CMC would make for good PCs in a Final Fantasy 6 romhack. Each job would be another potential cutie mark. I'm not sure who Galuf/Krile would be though. Cheerilee/Diamond Tiara if you want to avoid major characters from the show, but Twilight Sparkle/Spike would work as well. Of course this totally ignores that "proper scope" thing.

"Cutie Mark Crusaders Onion Knights!!"

This.

So much this.

Suddenly I'm envisioning a job-based RPG where the main six lose their cutie marks (job classes) and temporarily don new ones (class system) and take down whatever baddie was responsible.

Though the whole 'only unicorns can use magic' thing mucks it up a bit.

It'd end up like Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced, in that each type of pony would only have access to certain jobs.