Regarding Cease and Desists..

[Book Smarts]

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Copyrights and Trademark laws are so crazy...

but even with the shadows the character design would still the same (and trademarked)
they would need new characters to avoid any problems

Exactly. So OCs would work a lot better than mere shadows of the mane 6.

Original Characters. Better than nothing right?

Hmmm... besides characters, um


How about locations?

Hmmmm... Bakery, Clouds, Cottage, Library, Clothing Shop, and Farm.

GENIUS CHISHIO STRIKES AGAIN!

Now we only need to figure out the characters...

I don't know about you, but the four I got to play with were magnificent, and I already knew my way around Applejack very well... Let me tell you, it was FUN to play the game. Not to mention that Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy looked so smooth to play...

I feel like getting rid of the movesets in order to fit the new possible original characters would be a terrible shame... That's why I didn't suggest new characters. If, however, they were to keep the movesets then I wouldn't mind original characters.

And then there's the title of the game, but that's bloody simple.

My Little Pony: Fighting Is Magic.

Problem solved.

They could create the OCs based around the move sets.

Or allow us to customize our own OC and choosing the move set 

[Julius]

I don't know Book... I think that the FM2K engine wouldn't allow custom characters... I could be wrong though!

[Jenzy]

Well, I guess replace the mane and tail and colors and it's original. Voila!

Unsure if it's really that easy though...

[The Wandering Magus]

I wonder if the art style is "copyrighted" or "trademarked".  is that even possible?

[Night Pony]

I wonder if the art style is "copyrighted" or "trademarked".  is that even possible?

Even so it's Lauren's artwork and design.

[The Wandering Magus]

well, remember that thing that LoE was before it was LoE, and why it happened?  Imagine that on a corporate/legal/international level...

[Night Pony]

well, remember that thing that LoE was before it was LoE, and why it happened?  Imagine that on a corporate/legal/international level...

Do you have a point with this statement? Yes I remember it and yes I know why.

[The Wandering Magus]

well, remember that thing that LoE was before it was LoE, and why it happened?  Imagine that on a corporate/legal/international level...

Do you have a point with this statement? Yes I remember it and yes I know why.

my point being,

I wonder if the art style is "copyrighted" or "trademarked".  is that even possible?

Even so it's Lauren's artwork and design.

may not be a deterrence to Hasbro attempting to take credit and rights for Lauren's artwork and design, since she was working under contract for the company when she did the art, the rights for which may have been ceded in the fine print to the company

[Julius]

Hello there! Good morn- Afternoon!

I woke up to an email from Hasbro as a response to my worried email in regards to FiM.



Subject: Fighting Is Magic

Discussion Thread
Response Via Email (Jacki)   02/13/2013 12:06 PM

Hi Julius,

While Hasbro appreciates the enthusiasm and support of its many MY LITTLE PONY fans, it must protect its intellectual property rights, and cannot permit the use of the pony character images and names based on the MY LITTLE PONY® line of toy ponies and the FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC® animated television series. As enthusiasts of the MY LITTLE PONY brand and My Little Pony Friendship is Magic series, we trust that fans will respect Hasbro's desire to protect the integrity of the show, as well as its intellectual property rights.

Warm regards,

Jacki



So... As we had already found solutions for, it's only the names and characters. Now, we need a way to get this thread to the Mane6's eyes.

Good thing that Lauren offered to make new characters for them (And possibly locations, if the current locations need to be changed for some reason). She's such a sweetheart...

It's basically solved! Now my only worries are the team's morale and the movesets... I really hope they keep them!... But other than that... Our beloved pony fighting game still has hope guys!

[The Wandering Magus]

Hello there! Good morn- Afternoon!

I woke up to an email from Hasbro as a response to my worried email in regards to FiM.



Subject: Fighting Is Magic

Discussion Thread
Response Via Email (Jacki)   02/13/2013 12:06 PM

Hi Julius,

While Hasbro appreciates the enthusiasm and support of its many MY LITTLE PONY fans, it must protect its intellectual property rights, and cannot permit the use of the pony character images and names based on the MY LITTLE PONY® line of toy ponies and the FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC® animated television series. As enthusiasts of the MY LITTLE PONY brand and My Little Pony Friendship is Magic series, we trust that fans will respect Hasbro's desire to protect the integrity of the show, as well as its intellectual property rights.

Warm regards,

Jacki



So... As we had already found solutions for, it's only the names and characters. Now, we need a way to get this thread to the Mane6's eyes.

Good thing that Lauren offered to make new characters for them (And possibly locations, if the current locations need to be changed for some reason). She's such a sweetheart...

It's basically solved! Now my only worries are the team's morale and the movesets... I really hope they keep them!... But other than that... Our beloved pony fighting game still has hope guys!

forward that there email to their email   it'll be an encouragement, at least.

[Julius]

What's their email? Their site only has a link to their Twitter right now...

[The Wandering Magus]

there's an option on their page to get email updates, not sure if that's their email.  You might try sending a message to their youtube acc?

I've seen their game do color pallet swaps before, so if that was being discussed above, that's been done to an extent.  Not sure if it helps to do color swaps and name changes.

[Julius]

Nah, a color swap won't do.

As for the email updates, no, that's not it. That's an automated service that emails you whenever there's a new post on the site.

And they don't check their YouTube account it seems (It says so on their YouTube account)...

[Night Pony]

Try twitter.

[Julius]

I'll link them to this thread.

Edit: Done. Now we wait.

[The Wandering Magus]

link them specifically to your post?

[Chishio Kunrin]

I'd suggest using the six ponies that Faust originally drew before Hasbro recruited her, but...

See, 5 of those 6 were changed to the ponies they are now because they were 1st gen ponies that Hasbro no longer has rights over. Who was the one they still have rights over? Applejack. If there was a way to work around Applejack, they could change the colors and names of the models and make a couple of adjustments. Then, they would have:
Firefly
Surprise
Twilight (not Twilight Sparkle. The pink one from gen 1)
Posey
Sparkler
Using Lauren Faust's original designs of them, as seen here:

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Another method would indeed be to just make OCs based around the movesets and somewhat "inspired by" the mane six. Of course, they'd need different cutie marks than the mane six.

[Rissian]

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I'd suggest using the six ponies that Faust originally drew before Hasbro recruited her, but...

See, 5 of those 6 were changed to the ponies they are now because they were 1st gen ponies that Hasbro no longer has rights over. Who was the one they still have rights over? Applejack. If there was a way to work around Applejack, they could change the colors and names of the models and make a couple of adjustments. Then, they would have:
Firefly
Surprise
Twilight (not Twilight Sparkle. The pink one from gen 1)
Posey
Sparkler
Using Lauren Faust's original designs of them, as seen here:

Spoiler: Very large image • show

Another method would indeed be to just make OCs based around the movesets and somewhat "inspired by" the mane six. Of course, they'd need different cutie marks than the mane six.[/spoiler]

They could make Applejack temporarily un-selectable then change to the Ponies that are no longer copyrighted by Hasbro as long as there's no TM breaking issues in it, then slowly remake Applejack into a new OC or a different Pony that is no longer copyrighted as well. Though I would miss AJ it's better than not getting the game at all.

[Julius]

link them specifically to your post?

Of course I did.

[Chishio Kunrin]

Pinkie Pie = Cake Delight?
Rainbow Dash = Spectrum Flash?
Twilight Sparkle = Sunset Twinkle?
Applejack = Cider Jack?
Rarity = Scarce Gem? Unique Mystique?
Fluttershy = Butterfly Grace?