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** New to the April 2015 update is a new type of currency seemingly introduced to replace Hearts: Sapphires. How do you win them? By waiting for a dragon from the episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E21DragonQuest Dragon Quest]] to hop out of a pool of lava, and pay Elemental Shards to "damage" them until they escape back into the lava. Then, wait three hours for the next dragon to appear. How many Sapphires do you get from each dragon? ''A pathetically-low 10-20 sapphires per dragon''. How much do the items that can be purchased with Sapphires cost? '''Very''' high, with shops going into the 500 range and ponies going into the '''2,000''' range. Like hearts, you cannot use real money to purchase extra sapphires.
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** New to the April 2015 update is a new type of currency seemingly introduced to replace Hearts: Sapphires. How do you win them? By waiting for a dragon from the episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E21DragonQuest Dragon Quest]] to hop out of a pool of lava, and pay Elemental Shards to "damage" them until they escape back into the lava. Then, wait three hours for the next dragon to appear. How many Sapphires do you get from each dragon? ''A pathetically-low 10-20 sapphires per dragon''. How much do the items that can be purchased with Sapphires cost? '''Very''' high, with purchasable shops going into the 500 range and ponies going into in the '''2,000''' range. Like hearts, you cannot use real money range.
*** With this update, the currency used topurchase extra sapphires.play the Silver-tier Balloon Pop game was changed from 50 Heart Gems to ''500 Sapphires''.
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* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The ponies are significantly out of scale with the buildings they're supposed to live & work in.
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* [[RealMenWearPink Real Stallions Wear Frilly Wings]]: All the stallions can indeed take part in Clear the Skies. [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Ravenhull/WingedMac.png All non-pegasi stallions get the exact same fancy magic wings as the mares.]]
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* [[RealMenWearPink Real Stallions Wear Frilly Wings]]: RealMenWearPink: All the stallions can indeed take part in Clear the Skies. [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Ravenhull/WingedMac.png All non-pegasi stallions get the exact same fancy magic wings as the mares.]]
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* [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale Videogame Designers Have No Sense Of Scale]]: The ponies are significantly out of scale with the buildings they're supposed to live & work in.
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* [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale Videogame Designers Have No Sense Of Scale]]: SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The ponies are significantly out of scale with the buildings they're supposed to live & work in.
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** New to the April 2015 update is a new type of currency seemingly introduced to replace Hearts: Sapphires. How do you win them? By waiting for a dragon from the episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E21DragonQuest Dragon Quest]] to hop out of a pool of lava, and pay Elemental Shards to "damage" them until they escape back into the lava. Then, wait three hours for the next dragon to appear. How many Sapphires do you get from each dragon? ''A pathetically-low 10-20 sapphires per dragon''. How much do the items that can be purchased with Sapphires cost? '''Very''' high, with shops going into the 500 range and ponies going into the '''2,000''' range. Like hearts, you cannot use real money to purchase extra sapphires.
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** Most of the minigames, although you can't really fail any of them, just score badly and receive little to no experience for your Pony. Ball Bounce was this until a more recent update which fixed up the game to make it much more refined.
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** Most of the minigames, although you can't really fail any of them, just score badly and receive little to no experience for your Pony. Ball Bounce was this until a more recent an update which fixed up the game to make it much more refined.
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** There's no better example than Flim and Flan's Ballon Pop minigame. Winning ponies from the gold-tier (which as of now is 20 Gems to play, though for some time it was 10) level is extremely rare.
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* CanonImmigrant: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3 Forsythia]] is available in the game, despite note appearing at all in the show.
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** Dr. Hooves' description mentions that he [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 sets the hourglasses for cider competitions]].
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* {{Hammerspace}}: Many of the main six's idle animations use this trope.
** Twilight takes a book out, and reads it.
** Pinkie Pie eats a cupcakes that falls from the sky.
** Applejack bucks an apple, and catches it in her mouth.
** Rarity looks at herself in a handheld mirror.
** Twilight takes a book out, and reads it.
** Pinkie Pie eats a cupcakes that falls from the sky.
** Applejack bucks an apple, and catches it in her mouth.
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* HolidayMode:
** During October, Ponyville is decorated for Nightmare Night. Some of the ponies even wear costumes!
** During Winter months, snow covers the areas.
** During October, Ponyville is decorated for Nightmare Night. Some of the ponies even wear costumes!
** During Winter months, snow covers the areas.
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** Cadance is the only alicorn who starts at 5 stars that can play the minecart minigame, possibly a nod to the ride she and Twilight took in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 "A Canterlot Wedding"]].
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** After defeating Tirek, the Golden Oaks Library is not permanently destroyed as it was in the episode; it is simply placed into the player's inventory.
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** After defeating Tirek, the Golden Oaks Library is not permanently destroyed as it was in the episode; it is simply placed into the player's inventory.inventory (though is reduced to a mere decoration and is not actually inhabited by Twilight or Applejack like it originally was).
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** In rare cases, when dealing with Tirek in Everfree Forest, Tirek may never respawn when his timer runs out The update released immediately after Tirek's inclusion fixes this.
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*** The Android version has a nasty bug where the timer ''[[UnwinnableByMistake never]]'' [[UnwinnableByMistake ticks down]]. It just stays at 24:00:00, and never counts down.
*** The Android version has a nasty bug where the timer ''[[UnwinnableByMistake never]]'' [[UnwinnableByMistake ticks down]]. It just stays at 24:00:00, and never counts down.
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* ItMakesSenseInContext: The making of a totem pole solely from a substance of magical liquid combined with three different species of plantlife. How it forms into a solid object is anyone's guess.
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** Discord as well, who only is present via the story introducing Everfree Forest.
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** The Tree of Harmony "minigame" uses the unicorn model for Twilight Sparkle, despite her being an alicorn when she dealt with that crisis in the show.
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** The Tree of Harmony "minigame" uses the unicorn model for Twilight Sparkle, despite her being an alicorn when she dealt with that crisis in the show. Some of the dialogue in the cutscene following the completion of the event is spoken by different characters than in the show (such as Rarity commenting on the number of locks on the mystery box given by the tree, which was said by Luna in the actual episode).
** After defeating Tirek, the Golden Oaks Library is not permanently destroyed as it was in the episode; it is simply placed into the player's inventory.
** After defeating Tirek, the Golden Oaks Library is not permanently destroyed as it was in the episode; it is simply placed into the player's inventory.
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** In rare cases, when dealing with Tirek in Everfree Forest, Tirek may never respawn when his timer runs out.
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* TimedMission: Once you trigger Tirek's appearance in the Everfree Forest, you have to destroy his shields and make him flee a set number of times within several hours until the mission registers as completed. If you fail, Tirek will return to full strength and the timer will reset.
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** In rare cases, when dealing with Tirek in Everfree Forest, Tirek may never respawn when his timer runs out.
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** Sometimes when you remove a large amount of darkness in a part of a village, when you leave the game and come back, the darkness may respawn, meaning you flushed maybe several thousands of Bits down the toilet thanks to unintentionally respawning darkness.
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* ArtificialStupidity: Any ponies living in the village will not take note of clearable objects or swarms: thorns, hollow trees, dead trees, wild rocks, Parasprites, Changelings, and Vampire Fruit Bats, which mostly exist to make you drain your wallet to remove/kill them.
** Each pony uses the same exact model skeleton model (resized appropriately), and thus all are capable of doing the same actions/dances. Each of the Mane Six (and a few others) have their own actions exclusive only to them, and tall Alicorns (Celestia and Luna) only have one animation when tapped.
*** Granny Smith's model combines the movement of the Alicorn with the idle animations of any Earth Pony. When she shifts between her Alicorn movement and standard Pony animations, it's [[OffModel very noticable]].
** Each pony uses the same exact model skeleton model (resized appropriately), and thus all are capable of doing the same actions/dances. Each of the Mane Six (and a few others) have their own actions exclusive only to them, and tall Alicorns (Celestia and Luna) only have one animation when tapped.
*** Granny Smith's model combines the movement of the Alicorn with the idle animations of any Earth Pony. When she shifts between her Alicorn movement and standard Pony animations, it's [[OffModel very noticable]].
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** Any ponies living in the village will not take note of clearable objects swarms, orswarms: other hostile environments/objects: thorns, hollow trees, dead trees, wild rocks, Parasprites, Changelings, and Vampire Fruit Bats, which and Tirek. They mostly exist serve as an obstacle to make you drain your wallet the player and the player only, taking up space in the village where players would want to remove/kill them.
put own structures and scenery.
** Each pony uses the same exact model skeleton model (resized appropriately), and thus all are capable of doing the same actions/dances. Each of the Mane Six (and a few others) have their own actions exclusive only to them, and tallAlicorns (Celestia ponies/Alicorns (Celestia, Luna, King Sombra, and Luna) the Mane-iac) only have one animation when tapped.
*** Granny Smith's model combines the movement of theAlicorn Alicorns with the idle animations of any Earth Pony. When she shifts between her Alicorn movement and standard Pony animations, it's [[OffModel very noticable]].
** Any ponies living in the village will not take note of clearable objects swarms, or
** Each pony uses the same exact model skeleton model (resized appropriately), and thus all are capable of doing the same actions/dances. Each of the Mane Six (and a few others) have their own actions exclusive only to them, and tall
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** The game will occasionally not count decorations from the player's inventory for some missions (such as the large clock tower for Ponyville during the Rainbow Dash quest).
* AscendedMeme: A few of the quotes when you touch a pony.
* AscendedMeme: A few of the quotes when you touch a pony.
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** The game will occasionally not count decorations from the player's inventory or already placed in the village for some missions (such as the large clock tower for Ponyville during the Rainbow Dash quest).
* AscendedMeme: A few of the quotes when you toucha pony.some of the original ponies (those who existed since the very first version) in the game.
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* ExpansionPack: The Royal Wedding update allows players to travel to and from Canterlot once they reach level 15 - later changed to 10, and Canterlot features its own set of ponies, shops, decor, and quests that mirror the Canterlot Wedding. You even "battle" the Changelings.
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** The Royal Wedding update allows players to travel to and from Canterlot once they reach level 15 - later changed to 10, and Canterlot features its own set of ponies, shops, decor, and quests that mirror the Canterlot Wedding. You even "battle" the Changelings.
** The Royal Wedding update allows players to travel to and from Canterlot once they reach level 15 - later changed to 10, and Canterlot features its own set of ponies, shops, decor, and quests that mirror the Canterlot Wedding. You even "battle" the Changelings.
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** December 2014 saw the Everfree Forest expansion which added the eponymous woodland to the playable location list and added a slew of new content.
* FacePlant: Happens almost constantly to Derpy whenever she's present.
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content. However, it's very limited in what can be done there, and therefore it doesn't qualify as a normal village.
* FacePlant: Happensalmost constantly to Derpy whenever she's present.she stops moving.
* FacePlant: Happens
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** Hearts. While easier to obtain than gems once you know how to do it, let's take into account some of these players are quite young and their parent(s) will not allow them to make Gameloft accounts and thus, be able to send or receive hearts, and will be stuck indefinitely on the "Get Along, Little Pony" mission. They can also be obtained by choosing to share the level up and quest completion messages. [[GuideDangIt Not that the game ever tells you this]]. However, it does tell you that you can share your score on the dancing game and get a heart.
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** Hearts. While easier to obtain than gems once you know how to do it, let's take into account some of these players are quite young and their parent(s) will not allow them to make Gameloft accounts and thus, be able to send or receive hearts, and will be stuck indefinitely on the "Get Along, Little Pony" mission.mission[[note]] which requires you to purchase Scootaloo for 50 hearts[[/note]]. They can also be obtained by choosing to share the level up and quest completion messages. [[GuideDangIt Not that the game ever tells you this]]. However, it does tell you that you can share your score on the dancing game and get a heart.
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** They can also be exchanged for bits on activated Harmony Stones. Exchanging one hundred shards at once can even reward you a gem.
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* HeelFaceTurn: King Sombra, added in the Everfree Forest expansion, is no longer a crystal-obsessed tyrant and instead gets along quite amicably with the other ponies in Canterlot.
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* HeelFaceTurn: King Sombra, added in the The Everfree Forest expansion, is no longer a crystal-obsessed tyrant expansion added villain characters King Sombra, The Mane-iac, and instead gets along quite amicably with the other ponies in Canterlot.The Shadowbolts as purchasable ponies.
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* LostForever: To a certain degree. Once a pony reaches it's maximum star ranking (5 stars) it can never be used to play any of the games that would grant that pony experience. If there is a certain prize that requires you to play either Ball Bounce, Apple Catch, or Star Gazing but with almost your entire town consisting of 5-stared ponies, you simply cannot complete the objective in time and win the prize.
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* LostForever: LostForever:
** To a certain degree. Once a pony reaches it's maximum star ranking (5 stars) it can never be used to play any of the games that would grant that pony experience. If there is a certain prize that requires you to play either Ball Bounce, Apple Catch, or Star Gazing but with almost your entire town consisting of 5-stared ponies, you simply cannot complete the objective in time and win the prize.
** To a certain degree. Once a pony reaches it's maximum star ranking (5 stars) it can never be used to play any of the games that would grant that pony experience. If there is a certain prize that requires you to play either Ball Bounce, Apple Catch, or Star Gazing but with almost your entire town consisting of 5-stared ponies, you simply cannot complete the objective in time and win the prize.
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** Jesús Pezuña is no longer purchasable in the game, though he is still present if the player had previously purchased him prior to his removal.
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* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: It's been estimated that it would either take 3 years of completely free playing to earn enough gems to buy the ''required ponies, buildings, and decorations'' to complete the game, or about $80 (USD) to buy the needed gems outright. This doesn't consider all the side ponies that you may want to get (some only available in the Balloon Pop minigame, which ''rarely'' gives out ponies on the Gold Tier level, which costs 10 gems per play[[note]]formely 25 gems[[/note]]), nor is it counting that some of the shops or items you'll need to complete the quests require payment in gems[[note]]Also barring mistakes that would accidentally make you use gems- and due to the lack of confirmation dialogs, these mistakes are easy to make[[/note]]. More infuriating when you realize that some of these objectives CANNOT BE SKIPPED. All quests must be finished to complete the game, and so, this brings it up to a total of $200+, or 15 years or consecutive-day playing. The estimation may also be too low: one player actually abused the time travel glitch to complete the game and noted that he finished his last quest with the calendar in 2018. That's a little over 5 years! There are two unskippable missions near the end that require you to purchase two ponies and one building. Prior to the June 2013 update, the ponies (Shining Armor and Princess Cadance) were 650 apiece, and the building (the Town Hall) was 600. In total that's '''1,900''' gems!
** The Christmas update thankfully amended the issue for the most part. Now, by watching a few minutes worth of ads via the "Pony Theater", you can make up to 10 gems per day, in addition to the ones you could get before. This still means around two years or so to get EVERYTHING, but the main storyline is far from an issue. It also increased the chances of getting a free gem from certain actions (especially finding Derpy) It also lowered the prices for several ponies and shops required for the main quest or outright changed the price to bits in some cases. However, with the addition of new ponies bought for gems, the cost in total, if you wanted to get everything, remains roughly the same.
** The Christmas update thankfully amended the issue for the most part. Now, by watching a few minutes worth of ads via the "Pony Theater", you can make up to 10 gems per day, in addition to the ones you could get before. This still means around two years or so to get EVERYTHING, but the main storyline is far from an issue. It also increased the chances of getting a free gem from certain actions (especially finding Derpy) It also lowered the prices for several ponies and shops required for the main quest or outright changed the price to bits in some cases. However, with the addition of new ponies bought for gems, the cost in total, if you wanted to get everything, remains roughly the same.
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* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: It's been estimated that it would either take 3 years of completely free playing to earn enough gems to buy the ''required ponies, buildings, and decorations'' to complete the game, or about $80 (USD) to buy the needed gems outright. This doesn't consider all the side ponies that you may want to get (some only available in the Balloon Pop minigame, which ''rarely'' gives out ponies on the Gold Tier level, which costs 10 gems per play[[note]]formely 25 gems[[/note]]), nor is it counting that some of the shops or items you'll need to complete the quests require payment in gems[[note]]Also barring mistakes that would accidentally make you use gems- and due to the lack of confirmation dialogs, these mistakes are easy to make[[/note]]. More infuriating when you realize that some of these objectives CANNOT BE SKIPPED.''cannot be skipped''. All quests must be finished to complete the game, and so, this brings it up to a total of $200+, or 15 years or consecutive-day playing. The estimation may also be too low: one player actually abused the time travel glitch to complete the game and noted that he finished his last quest with the calendar in 2018. That's a little over 5 years! There are two unskippable missions near the end that require you to purchase two ponies and one building. Prior to the June 2013 update, the ponies (Shining Armor and Princess Cadance) were 650 apiece, and the building (the Town Hall) was 600. In total that's '''1,900''' gems!
** The Christmas update thankfully amended the issue for the most part. Now, by watching a few minutes worth of ads via the "Pony Theater", you can make up to 10 gems per day, in addition to the ones you could get before. This still means around two years or so to getEVERYTHING, HundredPercentCompletion, but the main storyline is far from an issue. It also increased the chances of getting a free gem from certain actions (especially finding Derpy) It also lowered the prices for several ponies and shops required for the main quest or outright changed the price to bits in some cases. However, with the addition of new ponies bought for gems, the cost in total, if you wanted to get everything, remains roughly the same.
** The Christmas update thankfully amended the issue for the most part. Now, by watching a few minutes worth of ads via the "Pony Theater", you can make up to 10 gems per day, in addition to the ones you could get before. This still means around two years or so to get
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* {{Cap}}: Each variety of Elemental Shards caps out at 999, a cap that's easy to reach granted you don't waste them dealing with Parasprites/Changelings with all the shards except Shards of Magic.
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** Each variety of Elemental Shards caps out at 999, a cap that's easy to reach granted you don't waste them dealing with Parasprites/Changelings with all the shards except Shards ofMagic.Magic.
** All the ingredients used to make totem poles in the Everfree Forest max out at five.
** Each variety of Elemental Shards caps out at 999, a cap that's easy to reach granted you don't waste them dealing with Parasprites/Changelings with all the shards except Shards of
** All the ingredients used to make totem poles in the Everfree Forest max out at five.
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** The description of the Café reads "A place for everypony to grab a quick bite to eat. Specials include [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster daffodil and daisy sandwiches with a side of hay fries]].
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*** The Christmas update in 2013 again amended gem prices; Princess Celestia has been reduced to 500 gems and other ponies have had their prices cut up to half of their original price. In addition, the Equestria Girls minigame has had the score difficulty lowered drastically, allowing players to earn certain ponies through gameplay instead of spending gems or hearts.
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*** The Christmas update in 2013 again amended gem prices; Princess Celestia has been reduced to 500 gems (later dropped again to 430 gems with the occasional sale price of 215 gems) and other ponies have had their prices cut up to half of their original price. In addition, the Equestria Girls minigame has had the score difficulty lowered drastically, allowing players to earn certain ponies through gameplay instead of spending gems or hearts.
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** The human version of Vinyl Scratch can be seen in the background of the Equestria Girls' song selection screen.
** Archer makes an appearance in Ball Bounce to return the ball when it goes
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* CliffHanger: Following the community event to revive the Tree of Harmony inside Everfree Forest which lasted from early December 2014 to early January 2015, the Tree of Harmony chest appears infront of the restored Tree. A popup then appears revealing that the chest's mysterious will be revealed in the next update.
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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In the show, all the mane 6 except Rainbow Dash and the Cakes live where they work. In this game, that's not possible because their respective places of work are only considered houses.
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** Zecora's hut is located in both Ponyville and Everfree Forest, though Zecora lives in the former in-game, despite living in the later in the show's official canon.
** The Tree of Harmonyminigame "minigame" uses the unicorn model for Twilight Sparkle, despite her being an alicorn when she dealt with that crisis in the show.
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** A later update issued in late 2014 added special ponies that players must compete for against many others by playing the mini games, the top 15 players will receive the pony free of charge, while runner ups will only receive the elemental shards associated with the Mane Six. Because more than 1,000 players may take part, it's worthless attempting to win a pony through this method unless you have lots of gems available.
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** Scootaloo is given a set of magical butterfly wings for Clear the Skies just like the unicorns and earth ponies, despite having her own set of wings as a pegasus. This is because in the show, she's too young to fly, so the game considers her to be an Earth pony instead of a Pegasus.
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* EvolvingCredits: Every major update has a TitleScreen that coincides with the additions.
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* HeyItsThatSound: Players of ''RollerCoasterTycoon'' will immediately recognize the sound used when using the train between Ponyvile and Canterlot.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://mlp-gameloft.wikia.com A mighty impressive one]] being hosted on wikia.
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''My Little Pony'' is a village simulator created by Creator/{{Gameloft}} for the hit ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' TV series, now made available for [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-little-pony-friendship/id533173905?mt=8 iOS]], [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftPOHM Android]], and [[http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/d1aff6a9-5675-4256-9161-27f32d875a55 Windows 8]].
This game plays similarly to other mobile village simulators such as ''TheSmurfs Village'' and ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut'', with you collecting bits and gems and heart crystals to rebuild Ponyville, unlock more items and ponies and eventually defeat Nightmare Moon. As it is very closely bound to the mythology and themes of its parent cartoon, you can refer to the trope pages for the cartoon as well for even more info related to this game.
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!!This game uses these tropes:
* AccidentalPun: Minor meta example. You can visit Sweet Apple Acres, a location known for apple products, in a game that can be played on [=iOS=] devices.
* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: It's been estimated that it would either take 3 years of completely free playing to earn enough gems to buy the ''required ponies, buildings, and decorations'' to complete the game, or about $80 (USD) to buy the needed gems outright. This doesn't consider all the side ponies that you may want to get (some only available in the Balloon Pop minigame, which ''rarely'' gives out ponies on the Gold Tier level, which costs 10 gems per play[[note]]formely 25 gems[[/note]]), nor is it counting that some of the shops or items you'll need to complete the quests require payment in gems[[note]]Also barring mistakes that would accidentally make you use gems- and due to the lack of confirmation dialogs, these mistakes are easy to make[[/note]]. More infuriating when you realize that some of these objectives CANNOT BE SKIPPED. All quests must be finished to complete the game, and so, this brings it up to a total of $200+, or 15 years or consecutive-day playing. The estimation may also be too low: one player actually abused the time travel glitch to complete the game and noted that he finished his last quest with the calendar in 2018. That's a little over 5 years! There are two unskippable missions near the end that require you to purchase two ponies and one building. Prior to the June 2013 update, the ponies (Shining Armor and Princess Cadance) were 650 apiece, and the building (the Town Hall) was 600. In total that's '''1,900''' gems!
** The Christmas update thankfully amended the issue for the most part. Now, by watching a few minutes worth of ads via the "Pony Theater", you can make up to 10 gems per day, in addition to the ones you could get before. This still means around two years or so to get EVERYTHING, but the main storyline is far from an issue. It also increased the chances of getting a free gem from certain actions (especially finding Derpy) It also lowered the prices for several ponies and shops required for the main quest or outright changed the price to bits in some cases. However, with the addition of new ponies bought for gems, the cost in total, if you wanted to get everything, remains roughly the same.
*** The Christmas update in 2013 again amended gem prices; Princess Celestia has been reduced to 500 gems and other ponies have had their prices cut up to half of their original price. In addition, the Equestria Girls minigame has had the score difficulty lowered drastically, allowing players to earn certain ponies through gameplay instead of spending gems or hearts.
** Hearts. While easier to obtain than gems once you know how to do it, let's take into account some of these players are quite young and their parent(s) will not allow them to make Gameloft accounts and thus, be able to send or receive hearts, and will be stuck indefinitely on the "Get Along, Little Pony" mission. They can also be obtained by choosing to share the level up and quest completion messages. [[GuideDangIt Not that the game ever tells you this]]. However, it does tell you that you can share your score on the dancing game and get a heart.
* AllegedlyFreeGame: See our little rant in the "AdamSmithHatesYourGuts" section.
** The long and short of it: if you want all of the ponies, you need over 3000 gems, worth 200 US dollars. Celestia alone requires 70 dollars worth at minimum. Pretty steep for a children's game.
* AlternateContinuity: The game's story assumes that Nightmare Moon was indeed able to cover Equestria in darkness more successfully than she did in the cartoon.
** It also takes some liberties with the ponies and their hometown. Many ponies can live in Ponyville that, in the show, live somewhere completely different. The Canterlot expansion is more accurate (not counting the ponies that were already added to Ponyville despite being from Canterlot), with only Minuette being somewhat questionable.
*** The August 29, 2013 update added the spa ponies Aloe and Lotus Blossom for Canterlot, despite them only appearing in Ponyville in the show.
* AmbidextrousSprite: Unlike the show, this was averted in the game by using 3D models of the characters, though in a few cases (Fancy Pants for one), the profile picture is contrary to the 3D model. In addition, cutie marks are clearly on both sides.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The minecart game's Boost upgrade grants a short period of invulnerability immediately after its effect ends, which is very helpful because you can't control your pony while it's active and so might end the effect right next to a barrel, Diamond Dog or Shadowbolt. In addition, it also automatically clears gaps for you and has a magnetic effect so you don't miss any airborne bits.
* ArtificialStupidity: Any ponies living in the village will not take note of clearable objects or swarms: thorns, hollow trees, dead trees, wild rocks, Parasprites, Changelings, and Vampire Fruit Bats, which mostly exist to make you drain your wallet to remove/kill them.
** Each pony uses the same exact model skeleton model (resized appropriately), and thus all are capable of doing the same actions/dances. Each of the Mane Six (and a few others) have their own actions exclusive only to them, and tall Alicorns (Celestia and Luna) only have one animation when tapped.
*** Granny Smith's model combines the movement of the Alicorn with the idle animations of any Earth Pony. When she shifts between her Alicorn movement and standard Pony animations, it's [[OffModel very noticable]].
** The default "example" town owned by Princess Celestia does not send the player back hearts if the player gifts her or drops a chest in her village.
** The game will occasionally not count decorations from the player's inventory for some missions (such as the large clock tower for Ponyville during the Rainbow Dash quest).
* AscendedFanon: Almost every single pony's name is a FanNickname commonly used by the community.
* AscendedMeme: A few of the quotes when you touch a pony.
** Applejack: [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagics2E6TheCutiePox Speakin' in fancy]].
** Rainbow Dash: [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Needs to be 20% cooler]].
* BottomlessPitRescueService: Rainbow Dash in the mine cart minigame (or Spitfire if playing as Rainbow Dash). You still lose the game when it happens, it's really just to show your pony getting rescued from what could otherwise be a fatal accident.
* BraggingRightsReward: Celestia can be this; she periodically generates element shards after being purchased, but at a price of 430 gems (the most expensive pony in the game), most players that opt to earn gems without paying for them (such as finding Derpy, playing the heart crystal Silver-Tier balloon pop game, defeating parasprites & changelings, spending element shards on activated harmony stones, having the game running at midnight for the daily bonuses, playing the Equestria Girls dancing minigame, or leveling up) will likely have all the shards they need long before they can afford her.
** Also Luna, who is only unlocked after completing all the Ponyville quests and defeating Nightmare Moon.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: You can choose to spend real money on in-game purchases for more bits and gems. This does not help you get heart crystals, and trust us, the game does its ''best'' to make you want to keep spending money.
* TheCameo: Archer makes an appearance in Ball Bounce to return the ball when it goes off-screen.
* {{Cap}}: Each variety of Elemental Shards caps out at 999, a cap that's easy to reach granted you don't waste them dealing with Parasprites/Changelings with all the shards except Shards of Magic.
** They can also be exchanged for bits on activated Harmony Stones. Exchanging one hundred shards at once can even reward you a gem.
* ClarkesLawForGirlsToys: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7pRLH3tp_U teaser trailer]] depicted the game as being made by Trixie's magic.
* CloneDegeneration: The Changelings that invade Canterlot as a form of any of the mane-six; they are easier to tell apart to their real counterparts because they don't socialize with other ponies and usually spend all their time in shadowy areas of the town.
** On some devices, they even only show up as Twilight, which makes them even easier to spot. With the ''Equestria Girls'' update and Twilight becoming an alicorn, they're ''even easier'' to spot because they still take on unicorn Twilight's form.
* ConsoleCameo: The Android version has a statue of the Android mascot worth 50 gems.
* ContinuityNod: All over the place. Appropriate for a game based on a show known for its continuity.
** The description for the bowling alley reads "Where anypony can try their hoof at bowling ([[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagics2E6TheCutiePox except the Cutie Mark Crusaders]])."
** A good bit of the OST is instrumental versions of songs from the show. Heck, the ''title screen'' music is [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed The Smile Song]].
** Some mission names are titles of episodes. Including [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles "Cutie Mark Chronicles"]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason "Applebuck Season"]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy "Hurricane Fluttershy"]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom "Sonic Rainboom"]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury "Swarm of the Century"]], and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed "Luna Eclipsed"]]. Interestingly, one of them is [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Mare In The Moon"]], a ''fan name'' of one of the episodes.
** The description of the Café reads "A place for everypony to grab a quick bite to eat. Specials include [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster daffodil and daisy sandwiches with a side of hay fries]].
** The description of the Joke Shop reads "Where ponies can get supplies for pranks, such as [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff sneezing powder, disappearing ink, and joy buzzers]]."
** If you tap the Apple Bobbing Stand, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Derpy Hooves comes out of the pool]].
** Twilight's crown was modified with the Everfree Forest expansion to reflect the replacement one she got in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E2PrincessTwilightSparklePart2 season 4 premier]].
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: In the minecart game, the Shadowbolts automatically jump when they approach you, punishing any player whose reflex to seeing an approaching obstacle is to automatically tap to jump instead of seeing what the obstacle is first.
* DarkIsEvil: Let's see: Ponies scared to build stuff in the dark? Check. Thorns and hollow trees counted as Nuisance Objects? Check. Shadowbolts in the flying and minecart games trying to take you down? Check. The game wanting you to kill every Changeling that appears in Canterlot? Check.
* DemotedToExtra: Spike the Dragon. He only appears in the game's plot, the Bits and Gems shops, and (on occasion) the intro to the Mine Cart game. His role is small enough to the point where he ''doesn't get his own 3D model''.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: If you count the number of times the game would say "Play" between clicking on a home to start training a specific pony, twice on the "Ready to Play" screen, once on the instruction screen, and once on the bonus multiplier selector.
** There are even instances when you get two buttons to exit the same screen (in addition to always being able to do so with the Return button on Android devices).
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything:
** In the minecart minigame, Rainbow Dash swoops in to save the player after they crash. However, if the player chooses to play the game as Rainbow Dash, Spitfire saves her.
** Scootaloo is given a set of magical butterfly wings for Clear the Skies just like the unicorns and earth ponies, despite having her own set of wings as a pegasus. This is because in the show, she's too young to fly, so the game considers her to be an Earth pony instead of a Pegasus.
** The speed boost animation for Rainbow Dash in Clear the Skies gets replaced by a Sonic Rainboom. You only get 5 chances to see this, though.
* DoWellButNotPerfect: Got a pony that's at maximum level? Hopefully that character doesn't have a quest to play any of the mini-games coming up. Once the level is maxed out, that pony can't play the level-up games anymore.
** Fixed in an update: if the pony in question is maxed out, that part of the quest will already be checked off/completed.
* EarlyBirdCameo: After being introduced as a pony in the Crystal Princess Celebration toyline, Sunset Shimmer from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' makes her second pony appearance in this game, hinted at in [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=655940021090105 promotional]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=589421427765193 clue]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=589923807714955 images]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=590332691007400 for]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=658100214207419 the]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=591248240915845 game]] posted by official Website/{{Facebook}} pages.
* EvolvingCredits: Every major update has a TitleScreen that coincides with the additions.
* ExpansionPack: The Royal Wedding update allows players to travel to and from Canterlot once they reach level 15 - later changed to 10, and Canterlot features its own set of ponies, shops, decor, and quests that mirror the Canterlot Wedding. You even "battle" the Changelings.
** The "Sweet Apple Acres" update allows you to visit Sweet Apple Acre, once you reach level 6. Sweet Apple Acres features its own set of ponies, shops, decor, and quests.
** December 2014 saw the Everfree Forest expansion which added the eponymous woodland to the playable location list and added a slew of new content.
* FacePlant: Happens almost constantly to Derpy whenever she's present.
* FanNickname: The game is often called "My Little Pony Gameloft Game" to distinguish it from the franchise.
* FlockOfWolves: Can happen in Canterlot if players don't clear out the Changelings; in time, players may find Canterlot full of Twilight Sparkles or some of the other Mane 6.
* FollowTheLeader: As per many of Gameloft titles, this game is attempting to cash in on the success of both ''TheSmurfs Village'' and ''TheSimpsons Tapped Out'', but unlike those games, this title makes the whole "we want your money" part much more obvious.
* GameBreakingBug:
** The game is known to randomly crash horribly on the first-generation iPad (however, it does crash on occasion on just about any iOS device). Once the said crash happens on a first-gen iPad, the game is never starting again on the device unless it's reinstalled. Thing is, if you reinstall, you lose ''everything'' you've done to this point and have to start over. Woe betide you if you've actually paid money for gems in the game. The game also always crashes on Android devices when you launch it from a push notification.
** A different crash related bug that seems to be non-device specific; when purchasing a pony, the game can crash before being able to place their house on the map. Should this this happen, the pony will still be removed from the store making it impossible to ever acquire them. If the pony is required to complete a checklist task (such as one of the mane-six), it becomes impossible to ever progress any further in the game.
** The game has also developed a nasty habit of randomly losing track of the player's progress. This can be especially frustrating when you've worked all week to level up or collect items for a quest grind, only to have it all be for nothing when the game sets you right back where you started at.
** In the minecart game, it's possible for your pony to just randomly drop through otherwise intact-looking tracks for no reason.
** In Version 1.9 (the Sweet Apple Acres update), the RNG that determines the color for what variety of Parasprite/Vampire Bat spawns was accidentally tweaked to spawn those of only one variety (the red color killed by Rainbow Dash's Loyality Shards). Thankfully it was fixed in the following build.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In the show, all the mane 6 except Rainbow Dash and the Cakes live where they work. In this game, that's not possible because their respective places of work are only considered houses.
** Many of the ponies you can buy don't live in their locations assigned in-game.
** The Wonderbolts Academy looks nothing like in the show. Instead of its normal mountaintop location, it's located on a cloud.
** As of the Hearts and Hooves Day 2014 update you can unlock JustForFun/DaringDo in Ponyville and A.K. Yearling in Canterlot. For those unaware, [[ClarkKenting they're the same pony]].
** In Clear the Skies' instructions screen, the earth ponies are granted normal Pegasus wings by Celestia, however the actual game depicts non-Pegasi ponies with butterfly wings similar to the wings Rarity received in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom the episode Sonic Rainboom]], regardless of [[RealMenWearPink their gender]].
** Parasprites, Changelings, and Vampire Fruit Bats are fought with shards representing the Elements of Harmony in the game. In the show, the elements were never used against any of those creatures.
** First-time players will be given a quest very early on to play the Equestria Girls dancing mini-game, complete with cutscenes showing Sunset Shimmer stealing Princess Twilight's crown. This in spite of the fact Twilight is only just dealing with Nightmare Moon and her eternal darkness, and is nowhere near becoming a princess yet.
** The Tree of Harmony minigame uses the unicorn model for Twilight Sparkle, despite her being an alicorn when she dealt with that crisis in the show.
* GuideDangIt: The minecart minigame. How in Equestria are you suppose to get past those barrels plonked straight in your path when there's a piece of track above you? [[DirectionallysolidPlatforms You jump straight through the piece of track!]] The games hints nowhere that you can do this.
** Many of the ponies added in later versions of the game are event-exclusive, meaning you need to acquire the pony through means that don't include purchasing it from the Store. You'll have to do research to figure out what event unlocks what.
* HeelFaceTurn: King Sombra, added in the Everfree Forest expansion, is no longer a crystal-obsessed tyrant and instead gets along quite amicably with the other ponies in Canterlot.
* HeyItsThatSound: Players of ''RollerCoasterTycoon'' will immediately recognize the sound used when using the train between Ponyvile and Canterlot.
* HitboxDissonance: The hitboxes for Parasprites are much bigger than the swarm itself. Which can be an issue when you're trying to move or clear objects around them, especially when they are the color of a crystal you are trying to stockpile so you can activate one of the Elemental Stones.
* HollywoodDarkness: Nightmare Moon seems to be covering Ponyville in eternal late afternoon. Ponies refuse to build their structures in these unlit areas [[HypocriticalHumor but don't mind about walking through them themselves]].
** The darkness was made much darker with the October 2014 bugfix update.
* KilledOffForReal: What seems to happen to Queen Chrysalis (and her entire army) once you beat the "Canterlot Wedding" event--rather than [[TwinkleInTheSky being sent flying across the horizon]], they appear to be ''vaporized'' by the Elements of Harmony. Rainbow Dash's line about "getting rid of these Changelings once and for all" once you have all the Element shards necessary to do so doesn't bode well for the Changelings, either.
* LevelGrinding: Some of the ponies are very easy to rank up, whilst some of them will take forever (Different EXP gain on top of cool down times). Ponies like Shining Armor will take a good few weeks unless you tweak with the clock setting or use score modifiers.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Not only does the game have all the primary and secondary characters from the show, but practically every background pony you can think of is available as well.
* LostForever: To a certain degree. Once a pony reaches it's maximum star ranking (5 stars) it can never be used to play any of the games that would grant that pony experience. If there is a certain prize that requires you to play either Ball Bounce, Apple Catch, or Star Gazing but with almost your entire town consisting of 5-stared ponies, you simply cannot complete the objective in time and win the prize.
** Once an otherwise unobtainable pony is no longer being sold as a sale in the shop, he/she is very likely never to appear again until another sale occurs down the line.
* LuckySeven: Lucky Clover, one of the extra ponies, costs 77,777 bits in the shop, and is unlocked when the player reaches level 7.
* LuckBasedMission:
** Most of the minigames, although you can't really fail any of them, just score badly and receive little to no experience for your Pony. Ball Bounce was this until a more recent update which fixed up the game to make it much more refined.
** Every quest objective that requires you to collect [[RandomlyDrops Element Shards]]. While each shop is more likely to produce one type of shard than the others, you wouldn't know that without a guide, and even then it remains a gamble.
** There's three quests that require you to find Derpy. Her spawn rate is incredibly low, and her box model easily blends in with the background, making her harder to spot.
* MinecartMadness: An update on March 25, 2014 includes a new minigame that's basically this.
* MovesetClone: ''Every single pony''. The only ponies with unique animations on the map are the Mane 6.
* {{Nerf}}: Most of the prices had this done to them in the Movie Time update. That and the addition of the minecart mini-game, which makes grinding bits and shards a lot easier.
** Also done to the songs in Equestria Girls dancing minigame in the Sweet Apple Acres update, mostly for the worse. On the one hand, it got rid of or replaced most of the orange horseshoe note sets, which required rapid tapping and tended to break combos. On the other hand, a lot of the notes were removed, which means less points gained per song and makes winning the prizes take that much longer.
* ObviousBeta: At first, given the bugs, unbalanced gameplay and crashing. Alleviated for the most part with its first update.
* OffModel:
** The new version of DJ Pon-3 added to Canterlot in the August 29, 2013 update is based on her San Diego Comic-Con 2013 adult collectible; she has blue legs, glitter in her mane & tail, and her sunglasses have diamond-studded frames. Even more perplexing is that her normal version is still in the game, living in Ponyville. The new version also has to be leveled up separately, at it does not inherit or share the stats of the Ponyville version.
** Prior to the Hearth's Warming Eve 2013 update, Flash Sentry was missing his wings, and his in-game model had black slits on his body for where his wings should be.
** For Lightning Dust's model, whenever she blinks, her eyes suddenly transform into a different pony's eyes, and the pigmentation around them will change from light green to orange! It's only for a brief second, and tapping on her to make her dance will give her normal closed eyes, but it's still noteworthy.
*** Similarly, Sweetie Belle's eyelids get darker whenever she closes her eyes.
** [[http://derpiboo.ru/157583 Applejack has two ponytails,]] one on each side of her neck.
** Many of the game's newer ponies have mugshots that are [[YourSizeMayVary larger]] than the mugshots of ponies introduced when the game was first launched. Just about every pony introduced in the Sweet Apple Acres update is affected by this, and in some cases, the mugshots are not even lined up properly with the horseshoe frame, such as Granny Smith's.
** Twilight remains a unicorn in the minecart game even after you've ascended her to alicorn.
** Ms. Harshwhinny's in-game model is not portrayed with the same angry eyes normally associated with her character.
* OneHourWorkWeek: You can assign each pony you control to work in a particular shop, but this doesn't stop them from spending all of their time wandering around the map and having impromptu dance parties whenever they meet each other.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Derpy Hooves is called "the pony in the box" on in-game {{Flavor Text}}s. The descriptions of the missions that require you to find her refer to her has different nicknames as well.
* PainfulRhyme: Invoked. When the mine opens, Twilight will say "Of course, we'd love to help! Ponyville's got the best mine in the whole world! If you want bling, we've got your thing! ...That sounded better in my head."
* PaletteSwap: As in the toyline, Lovestruck and Forsythia are obvious recolors of Twilight Sparkle and Rarity respectively, with different cutie marks to boot.
** Spitfire, Soarin, and Fleetfoot of the Wonderbolts use the same sprite with their flight suits being the only parts of them that are the same color.
** Celestia and Luna both use the same model and animations, their colors being the only visual differences.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: As in the cartoon, the ultimate win condition over Nightmare Moon is to recover and activate all six Elements of Harmony, have all the mane 6, and finish all the quests. More importantly, you can make friends with other players of the game and send them gifts, which is the main way of getting heart crystals.
* [[RealMenWearPink Real Stallions Wear Frilly Wings]]: All the stallions can indeed take part in Clear the Skies. [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Ravenhull/WingedMac.png All non-pegasi stallions get the exact same fancy magic wings as the mares.]]
** Before the update, the Royal Guard Pegasus got the butterfly wings along with his own wings. Unlike the other pegasi, he doesn't fly around in his idle animations.
* {{Retcon}}: When she was first released, Fleur Dis Lee [[OffModel was mistakenly made an alicorn]]. A future patch updated her in-game model to make her a unicorn, and viewing her profile in the Album reveals that the Alicorn version was a Changeling. However, her image in the shop still shows her as an Alicorn.
* RhythmGame: The ''Equestria Girls'' content is this, having the characters dancing to five possible songs, and being able to invite two friends.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: If you want to, you could put that lazy Princess Celestia to grinding flour in the windmill, or Prince Blueblood tending the carrot farm...
* RuleOfCute: Oh so much. The ponies you unlock wander around town and socialize with each other in adorable ways.
** Derpy will fly or walk around after you reveal her, [[CuteClumsyGirl but will fall flat every so often in adorable ways]].
* SecretCharacter: There are many ponies that are not shown in the Shop and instead have to be unlocked by winning them though either the Equestria Girls Dancing Game, the Mine Cart Game, or as a prize from one of the timed events.
* SequenceBreaking: It's possible to unlock most ponies before the story quests ask you to do so. The only limitation is your level (and if the pony costs hearts or gems, not even that). Same goes for stores.
** Since you can access Canterlot quite early on, it's possible to have main characters like Rarity talk and give you quests in Canterlot even though you might not have them yet.
* SocializationBonus - There's a whole currency (Heart Crystals) based around this. You can receive a Heart Crystal if someone in your friends list sends you a treasure chest and/or a gift. However, each of those can only be done once a day, per user, so if you have many Gameloft friends, just sit back and watch the hearts roll in.
** Made easier with the Equestria Girls dancing game. Sharing your score will give you a heart, and if you dance with friends, you'll earn a heart for each.
* ShoutOut: Primarily in pony names-
** Two of the four ponies who showed up in ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]'' bearing a resemblance to characters from ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' now bear names similar to their human counterparts, and a third one (the one resembling Walter Sobchak) is simply referred to as "Bowling Pony" in gameplay but gets named Walter [[DummiedOut in the code]].
** Rarity's father is now named [[MagnumPI Magnum]].
** Derpy Hooves shows up (unnamed in-game) [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid hiding inside a cardboard box]]. One of the missions that requires you to find her is called "Everyone's Favorite".
** One of the idle animations has your ponies rear up and dance [[{{PSY}} "Gangnam Style"]].
** The mission to get DJ Pon-3 for Ponyville is called "There's a Pony for That", referencing one of Apple's advertising slogans (which has been parodied in an advertising for the show itself).
** One of the {{Flavor Text}}s in the Equestria Girls mini game asks the player is her or she's "[[{{Music/Maroon5}} got hooves like Jagger]]".
** During a mission, Zecora finishes one of her rhymes with "...as a wise man once said, [[{{WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers}} 'the power is yours!'"]]
** Clear the Skies is similar to ''JetpackJoyride'', the difference being that it's slower and [[ForegoneVictory you can't actually lose]].
* TheWikiRule: [[http://mlp-gameloft.wikia.com A mighty impressive one]] being hosted on wikia.
* TitleDrop: One of Twilight's lines when she's touched is "Friendship is Magic".
* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: Rainbow Dash will sometimes say "Needs to be 20% cooler" if you tap her.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Fan favorite background ponies like Lyra Heartstrings, Octavia, and Dr. Hooves being playable are no surprise, but several bronies ''were'' surprised to see some of the ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' ponies from "The Cutie Pox", particularly Jesús Pezuña, being present.
** Given the issues raised with Derpy, her appearance wasn't exactly certain, but the developers found a way to sneak her in anyway without ever having to reference her name directly or change the things fans love about her.
* TheUnfavourite: The Windows 8 version seems to be this; being the last of the three versions to get updates, and sometimes not getting updates at all.
* [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale Videogame Designers Have No Sense Of Scale]]: The ponies are significantly out of scale with the buildings they're supposed to live & work in.
* WingedHumanoid: The human versions of Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash each sport a pair of wings in the ''Equestria Girls'' dancing mini-game, depending on which modifier you use.
* WingedUnicorn: If you play as any unicorn in Clear the Skies (all non-pegasi are given magical wings)
** Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Cadance, naturally.
*** Now includes Twilight Sparkle as of the October 2013 update, reflecting her ascension to an alicorn Princess in the show.
* WithThisHerring: Nightmare Moon must be defeated! Twilight starts off with... Spike, her library, and enough resources to build a windmill. First pony to come and help her? ''Bon Bon''.
* YourSizeMayVary: In the mine cart game when playing as certain Ponies, looking real closely at the Rainbow Dash that rescues your character upon crashing shows her being much larger than even ''Big Macintosh''. Inverted with the filly/colt characters, where Rainbow Dash is instead portrayed as much smaller in size.
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This game plays similarly to other mobile village simulators such as ''TheSmurfs Village'' and ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut'', with you collecting bits and gems and heart crystals to rebuild Ponyville, unlock more items and ponies and eventually defeat Nightmare Moon. As it is very closely bound to the mythology and themes of its parent cartoon, you can refer to the trope pages for the cartoon as well for even more info related to this game.
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!!This game uses these tropes:
* AccidentalPun: Minor meta example. You can visit Sweet Apple Acres, a location known for apple products, in a game that can be played on [=iOS=] devices.
* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: It's been estimated that it would either take 3 years of completely free playing to earn enough gems to buy the ''required ponies, buildings, and decorations'' to complete the game, or about $80 (USD) to buy the needed gems outright. This doesn't consider all the side ponies that you may want to get (some only available in the Balloon Pop minigame, which ''rarely'' gives out ponies on the Gold Tier level, which costs 10 gems per play[[note]]formely 25 gems[[/note]]), nor is it counting that some of the shops or items you'll need to complete the quests require payment in gems[[note]]Also barring mistakes that would accidentally make you use gems- and due to the lack of confirmation dialogs, these mistakes are easy to make[[/note]]. More infuriating when you realize that some of these objectives CANNOT BE SKIPPED. All quests must be finished to complete the game, and so, this brings it up to a total of $200+, or 15 years or consecutive-day playing. The estimation may also be too low: one player actually abused the time travel glitch to complete the game and noted that he finished his last quest with the calendar in 2018. That's a little over 5 years! There are two unskippable missions near the end that require you to purchase two ponies and one building. Prior to the June 2013 update, the ponies (Shining Armor and Princess Cadance) were 650 apiece, and the building (the Town Hall) was 600. In total that's '''1,900''' gems!
** The Christmas update thankfully amended the issue for the most part. Now, by watching a few minutes worth of ads via the "Pony Theater", you can make up to 10 gems per day, in addition to the ones you could get before. This still means around two years or so to get EVERYTHING, but the main storyline is far from an issue. It also increased the chances of getting a free gem from certain actions (especially finding Derpy) It also lowered the prices for several ponies and shops required for the main quest or outright changed the price to bits in some cases. However, with the addition of new ponies bought for gems, the cost in total, if you wanted to get everything, remains roughly the same.
*** The Christmas update in 2013 again amended gem prices; Princess Celestia has been reduced to 500 gems and other ponies have had their prices cut up to half of their original price. In addition, the Equestria Girls minigame has had the score difficulty lowered drastically, allowing players to earn certain ponies through gameplay instead of spending gems or hearts.
** Hearts. While easier to obtain than gems once you know how to do it, let's take into account some of these players are quite young and their parent(s) will not allow them to make Gameloft accounts and thus, be able to send or receive hearts, and will be stuck indefinitely on the "Get Along, Little Pony" mission. They can also be obtained by choosing to share the level up and quest completion messages. [[GuideDangIt Not that the game ever tells you this]]. However, it does tell you that you can share your score on the dancing game and get a heart.
* AllegedlyFreeGame: See our little rant in the "AdamSmithHatesYourGuts" section.
** The long and short of it: if you want all of the ponies, you need over 3000 gems, worth 200 US dollars. Celestia alone requires 70 dollars worth at minimum. Pretty steep for a children's game.
* AlternateContinuity: The game's story assumes that Nightmare Moon was indeed able to cover Equestria in darkness more successfully than she did in the cartoon.
** It also takes some liberties with the ponies and their hometown. Many ponies can live in Ponyville that, in the show, live somewhere completely different. The Canterlot expansion is more accurate (not counting the ponies that were already added to Ponyville despite being from Canterlot), with only Minuette being somewhat questionable.
*** The August 29, 2013 update added the spa ponies Aloe and Lotus Blossom for Canterlot, despite them only appearing in Ponyville in the show.
* AmbidextrousSprite: Unlike the show, this was averted in the game by using 3D models of the characters, though in a few cases (Fancy Pants for one), the profile picture is contrary to the 3D model. In addition, cutie marks are clearly on both sides.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The minecart game's Boost upgrade grants a short period of invulnerability immediately after its effect ends, which is very helpful because you can't control your pony while it's active and so might end the effect right next to a barrel, Diamond Dog or Shadowbolt. In addition, it also automatically clears gaps for you and has a magnetic effect so you don't miss any airborne bits.
* ArtificialStupidity: Any ponies living in the village will not take note of clearable objects or swarms: thorns, hollow trees, dead trees, wild rocks, Parasprites, Changelings, and Vampire Fruit Bats, which mostly exist to make you drain your wallet to remove/kill them.
** Each pony uses the same exact model skeleton model (resized appropriately), and thus all are capable of doing the same actions/dances. Each of the Mane Six (and a few others) have their own actions exclusive only to them, and tall Alicorns (Celestia and Luna) only have one animation when tapped.
*** Granny Smith's model combines the movement of the Alicorn with the idle animations of any Earth Pony. When she shifts between her Alicorn movement and standard Pony animations, it's [[OffModel very noticable]].
** The default "example" town owned by Princess Celestia does not send the player back hearts if the player gifts her or drops a chest in her village.
** The game will occasionally not count decorations from the player's inventory for some missions (such as the large clock tower for Ponyville during the Rainbow Dash quest).
* AscendedFanon: Almost every single pony's name is a FanNickname commonly used by the community.
* AscendedMeme: A few of the quotes when you touch a pony.
** Applejack: [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagics2E6TheCutiePox Speakin' in fancy]].
** Rainbow Dash: [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Needs to be 20% cooler]].
* BottomlessPitRescueService: Rainbow Dash in the mine cart minigame (or Spitfire if playing as Rainbow Dash). You still lose the game when it happens, it's really just to show your pony getting rescued from what could otherwise be a fatal accident.
* BraggingRightsReward: Celestia can be this; she periodically generates element shards after being purchased, but at a price of 430 gems (the most expensive pony in the game), most players that opt to earn gems without paying for them (such as finding Derpy, playing the heart crystal Silver-Tier balloon pop game, defeating parasprites & changelings, spending element shards on activated harmony stones, having the game running at midnight for the daily bonuses, playing the Equestria Girls dancing minigame, or leveling up) will likely have all the shards they need long before they can afford her.
** Also Luna, who is only unlocked after completing all the Ponyville quests and defeating Nightmare Moon.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: You can choose to spend real money on in-game purchases for more bits and gems. This does not help you get heart crystals, and trust us, the game does its ''best'' to make you want to keep spending money.
* TheCameo: Archer makes an appearance in Ball Bounce to return the ball when it goes off-screen.
* {{Cap}}: Each variety of Elemental Shards caps out at 999, a cap that's easy to reach granted you don't waste them dealing with Parasprites/Changelings with all the shards except Shards of Magic.
** They can also be exchanged for bits on activated Harmony Stones. Exchanging one hundred shards at once can even reward you a gem.
* ClarkesLawForGirlsToys: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7pRLH3tp_U teaser trailer]] depicted the game as being made by Trixie's magic.
* CloneDegeneration: The Changelings that invade Canterlot as a form of any of the mane-six; they are easier to tell apart to their real counterparts because they don't socialize with other ponies and usually spend all their time in shadowy areas of the town.
** On some devices, they even only show up as Twilight, which makes them even easier to spot. With the ''Equestria Girls'' update and Twilight becoming an alicorn, they're ''even easier'' to spot because they still take on unicorn Twilight's form.
* ConsoleCameo: The Android version has a statue of the Android mascot worth 50 gems.
* ContinuityNod: All over the place. Appropriate for a game based on a show known for its continuity.
** The description for the bowling alley reads "Where anypony can try their hoof at bowling ([[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagics2E6TheCutiePox except the Cutie Mark Crusaders]])."
** A good bit of the OST is instrumental versions of songs from the show. Heck, the ''title screen'' music is [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed The Smile Song]].
** Some mission names are titles of episodes. Including [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles "Cutie Mark Chronicles"]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason "Applebuck Season"]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy "Hurricane Fluttershy"]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom "Sonic Rainboom"]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury "Swarm of the Century"]], and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed "Luna Eclipsed"]]. Interestingly, one of them is [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Mare In The Moon"]], a ''fan name'' of one of the episodes.
** The description of the Café reads "A place for everypony to grab a quick bite to eat. Specials include [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster daffodil and daisy sandwiches with a side of hay fries]].
** The description of the Joke Shop reads "Where ponies can get supplies for pranks, such as [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff sneezing powder, disappearing ink, and joy buzzers]]."
** If you tap the Apple Bobbing Stand, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Derpy Hooves comes out of the pool]].
** Twilight's crown was modified with the Everfree Forest expansion to reflect the replacement one she got in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E2PrincessTwilightSparklePart2 season 4 premier]].
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: In the minecart game, the Shadowbolts automatically jump when they approach you, punishing any player whose reflex to seeing an approaching obstacle is to automatically tap to jump instead of seeing what the obstacle is first.
* DarkIsEvil: Let's see: Ponies scared to build stuff in the dark? Check. Thorns and hollow trees counted as Nuisance Objects? Check. Shadowbolts in the flying and minecart games trying to take you down? Check. The game wanting you to kill every Changeling that appears in Canterlot? Check.
* DemotedToExtra: Spike the Dragon. He only appears in the game's plot, the Bits and Gems shops, and (on occasion) the intro to the Mine Cart game. His role is small enough to the point where he ''doesn't get his own 3D model''.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: If you count the number of times the game would say "Play" between clicking on a home to start training a specific pony, twice on the "Ready to Play" screen, once on the instruction screen, and once on the bonus multiplier selector.
** There are even instances when you get two buttons to exit the same screen (in addition to always being able to do so with the Return button on Android devices).
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything:
** In the minecart minigame, Rainbow Dash swoops in to save the player after they crash. However, if the player chooses to play the game as Rainbow Dash, Spitfire saves her.
** Scootaloo is given a set of magical butterfly wings for Clear the Skies just like the unicorns and earth ponies, despite having her own set of wings as a pegasus. This is because in the show, she's too young to fly, so the game considers her to be an Earth pony instead of a Pegasus.
** The speed boost animation for Rainbow Dash in Clear the Skies gets replaced by a Sonic Rainboom. You only get 5 chances to see this, though.
* DoWellButNotPerfect: Got a pony that's at maximum level? Hopefully that character doesn't have a quest to play any of the mini-games coming up. Once the level is maxed out, that pony can't play the level-up games anymore.
** Fixed in an update: if the pony in question is maxed out, that part of the quest will already be checked off/completed.
* EarlyBirdCameo: After being introduced as a pony in the Crystal Princess Celebration toyline, Sunset Shimmer from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' makes her second pony appearance in this game, hinted at in [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=655940021090105 promotional]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=589421427765193 clue]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=589923807714955 images]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=590332691007400 for]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=658100214207419 the]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=591248240915845 game]] posted by official Website/{{Facebook}} pages.
* EvolvingCredits: Every major update has a TitleScreen that coincides with the additions.
* ExpansionPack: The Royal Wedding update allows players to travel to and from Canterlot once they reach level 15 - later changed to 10, and Canterlot features its own set of ponies, shops, decor, and quests that mirror the Canterlot Wedding. You even "battle" the Changelings.
** The "Sweet Apple Acres" update allows you to visit Sweet Apple Acre, once you reach level 6. Sweet Apple Acres features its own set of ponies, shops, decor, and quests.
** December 2014 saw the Everfree Forest expansion which added the eponymous woodland to the playable location list and added a slew of new content.
* FacePlant: Happens almost constantly to Derpy whenever she's present.
* FanNickname: The game is often called "My Little Pony Gameloft Game" to distinguish it from the franchise.
* FlockOfWolves: Can happen in Canterlot if players don't clear out the Changelings; in time, players may find Canterlot full of Twilight Sparkles or some of the other Mane 6.
* FollowTheLeader: As per many of Gameloft titles, this game is attempting to cash in on the success of both ''TheSmurfs Village'' and ''TheSimpsons Tapped Out'', but unlike those games, this title makes the whole "we want your money" part much more obvious.
* GameBreakingBug:
** The game is known to randomly crash horribly on the first-generation iPad (however, it does crash on occasion on just about any iOS device). Once the said crash happens on a first-gen iPad, the game is never starting again on the device unless it's reinstalled. Thing is, if you reinstall, you lose ''everything'' you've done to this point and have to start over. Woe betide you if you've actually paid money for gems in the game. The game also always crashes on Android devices when you launch it from a push notification.
** A different crash related bug that seems to be non-device specific; when purchasing a pony, the game can crash before being able to place their house on the map. Should this this happen, the pony will still be removed from the store making it impossible to ever acquire them. If the pony is required to complete a checklist task (such as one of the mane-six), it becomes impossible to ever progress any further in the game.
** The game has also developed a nasty habit of randomly losing track of the player's progress. This can be especially frustrating when you've worked all week to level up or collect items for a quest grind, only to have it all be for nothing when the game sets you right back where you started at.
** In the minecart game, it's possible for your pony to just randomly drop through otherwise intact-looking tracks for no reason.
** In Version 1.9 (the Sweet Apple Acres update), the RNG that determines the color for what variety of Parasprite/Vampire Bat spawns was accidentally tweaked to spawn those of only one variety (the red color killed by Rainbow Dash's Loyality Shards). Thankfully it was fixed in the following build.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In the show, all the mane 6 except Rainbow Dash and the Cakes live where they work. In this game, that's not possible because their respective places of work are only considered houses.
** Many of the ponies you can buy don't live in their locations assigned in-game.
** The Wonderbolts Academy looks nothing like in the show. Instead of its normal mountaintop location, it's located on a cloud.
** As of the Hearts and Hooves Day 2014 update you can unlock JustForFun/DaringDo in Ponyville and A.K. Yearling in Canterlot. For those unaware, [[ClarkKenting they're the same pony]].
** In Clear the Skies' instructions screen, the earth ponies are granted normal Pegasus wings by Celestia, however the actual game depicts non-Pegasi ponies with butterfly wings similar to the wings Rarity received in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom the episode Sonic Rainboom]], regardless of [[RealMenWearPink their gender]].
** Parasprites, Changelings, and Vampire Fruit Bats are fought with shards representing the Elements of Harmony in the game. In the show, the elements were never used against any of those creatures.
** First-time players will be given a quest very early on to play the Equestria Girls dancing mini-game, complete with cutscenes showing Sunset Shimmer stealing Princess Twilight's crown. This in spite of the fact Twilight is only just dealing with Nightmare Moon and her eternal darkness, and is nowhere near becoming a princess yet.
** The Tree of Harmony minigame uses the unicorn model for Twilight Sparkle, despite her being an alicorn when she dealt with that crisis in the show.
* GuideDangIt: The minecart minigame. How in Equestria are you suppose to get past those barrels plonked straight in your path when there's a piece of track above you? [[DirectionallysolidPlatforms You jump straight through the piece of track!]] The games hints nowhere that you can do this.
** Many of the ponies added in later versions of the game are event-exclusive, meaning you need to acquire the pony through means that don't include purchasing it from the Store. You'll have to do research to figure out what event unlocks what.
* HeelFaceTurn: King Sombra, added in the Everfree Forest expansion, is no longer a crystal-obsessed tyrant and instead gets along quite amicably with the other ponies in Canterlot.
* HeyItsThatSound: Players of ''RollerCoasterTycoon'' will immediately recognize the sound used when using the train between Ponyvile and Canterlot.
* HitboxDissonance: The hitboxes for Parasprites are much bigger than the swarm itself. Which can be an issue when you're trying to move or clear objects around them, especially when they are the color of a crystal you are trying to stockpile so you can activate one of the Elemental Stones.
* HollywoodDarkness: Nightmare Moon seems to be covering Ponyville in eternal late afternoon. Ponies refuse to build their structures in these unlit areas [[HypocriticalHumor but don't mind about walking through them themselves]].
** The darkness was made much darker with the October 2014 bugfix update.
* KilledOffForReal: What seems to happen to Queen Chrysalis (and her entire army) once you beat the "Canterlot Wedding" event--rather than [[TwinkleInTheSky being sent flying across the horizon]], they appear to be ''vaporized'' by the Elements of Harmony. Rainbow Dash's line about "getting rid of these Changelings once and for all" once you have all the Element shards necessary to do so doesn't bode well for the Changelings, either.
* LevelGrinding: Some of the ponies are very easy to rank up, whilst some of them will take forever (Different EXP gain on top of cool down times). Ponies like Shining Armor will take a good few weeks unless you tweak with the clock setting or use score modifiers.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Not only does the game have all the primary and secondary characters from the show, but practically every background pony you can think of is available as well.
* LostForever: To a certain degree. Once a pony reaches it's maximum star ranking (5 stars) it can never be used to play any of the games that would grant that pony experience. If there is a certain prize that requires you to play either Ball Bounce, Apple Catch, or Star Gazing but with almost your entire town consisting of 5-stared ponies, you simply cannot complete the objective in time and win the prize.
** Once an otherwise unobtainable pony is no longer being sold as a sale in the shop, he/she is very likely never to appear again until another sale occurs down the line.
* LuckySeven: Lucky Clover, one of the extra ponies, costs 77,777 bits in the shop, and is unlocked when the player reaches level 7.
* LuckBasedMission:
** Most of the minigames, although you can't really fail any of them, just score badly and receive little to no experience for your Pony. Ball Bounce was this until a more recent update which fixed up the game to make it much more refined.
** Every quest objective that requires you to collect [[RandomlyDrops Element Shards]]. While each shop is more likely to produce one type of shard than the others, you wouldn't know that without a guide, and even then it remains a gamble.
** There's three quests that require you to find Derpy. Her spawn rate is incredibly low, and her box model easily blends in with the background, making her harder to spot.
* MinecartMadness: An update on March 25, 2014 includes a new minigame that's basically this.
* MovesetClone: ''Every single pony''. The only ponies with unique animations on the map are the Mane 6.
* {{Nerf}}: Most of the prices had this done to them in the Movie Time update. That and the addition of the minecart mini-game, which makes grinding bits and shards a lot easier.
** Also done to the songs in Equestria Girls dancing minigame in the Sweet Apple Acres update, mostly for the worse. On the one hand, it got rid of or replaced most of the orange horseshoe note sets, which required rapid tapping and tended to break combos. On the other hand, a lot of the notes were removed, which means less points gained per song and makes winning the prizes take that much longer.
* ObviousBeta: At first, given the bugs, unbalanced gameplay and crashing. Alleviated for the most part with its first update.
* OffModel:
** The new version of DJ Pon-3 added to Canterlot in the August 29, 2013 update is based on her San Diego Comic-Con 2013 adult collectible; she has blue legs, glitter in her mane & tail, and her sunglasses have diamond-studded frames. Even more perplexing is that her normal version is still in the game, living in Ponyville. The new version also has to be leveled up separately, at it does not inherit or share the stats of the Ponyville version.
** Prior to the Hearth's Warming Eve 2013 update, Flash Sentry was missing his wings, and his in-game model had black slits on his body for where his wings should be.
** For Lightning Dust's model, whenever she blinks, her eyes suddenly transform into a different pony's eyes, and the pigmentation around them will change from light green to orange! It's only for a brief second, and tapping on her to make her dance will give her normal closed eyes, but it's still noteworthy.
*** Similarly, Sweetie Belle's eyelids get darker whenever she closes her eyes.
** [[http://derpiboo.ru/157583 Applejack has two ponytails,]] one on each side of her neck.
** Many of the game's newer ponies have mugshots that are [[YourSizeMayVary larger]] than the mugshots of ponies introduced when the game was first launched. Just about every pony introduced in the Sweet Apple Acres update is affected by this, and in some cases, the mugshots are not even lined up properly with the horseshoe frame, such as Granny Smith's.
** Twilight remains a unicorn in the minecart game even after you've ascended her to alicorn.
** Ms. Harshwhinny's in-game model is not portrayed with the same angry eyes normally associated with her character.
* OneHourWorkWeek: You can assign each pony you control to work in a particular shop, but this doesn't stop them from spending all of their time wandering around the map and having impromptu dance parties whenever they meet each other.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Derpy Hooves is called "the pony in the box" on in-game {{Flavor Text}}s. The descriptions of the missions that require you to find her refer to her has different nicknames as well.
* PainfulRhyme: Invoked. When the mine opens, Twilight will say "Of course, we'd love to help! Ponyville's got the best mine in the whole world! If you want bling, we've got your thing! ...That sounded better in my head."
* PaletteSwap: As in the toyline, Lovestruck and Forsythia are obvious recolors of Twilight Sparkle and Rarity respectively, with different cutie marks to boot.
** Spitfire, Soarin, and Fleetfoot of the Wonderbolts use the same sprite with their flight suits being the only parts of them that are the same color.
** Celestia and Luna both use the same model and animations, their colors being the only visual differences.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: As in the cartoon, the ultimate win condition over Nightmare Moon is to recover and activate all six Elements of Harmony, have all the mane 6, and finish all the quests. More importantly, you can make friends with other players of the game and send them gifts, which is the main way of getting heart crystals.
* [[RealMenWearPink Real Stallions Wear Frilly Wings]]: All the stallions can indeed take part in Clear the Skies. [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Ravenhull/WingedMac.png All non-pegasi stallions get the exact same fancy magic wings as the mares.]]
** Before the update, the Royal Guard Pegasus got the butterfly wings along with his own wings. Unlike the other pegasi, he doesn't fly around in his idle animations.
* {{Retcon}}: When she was first released, Fleur Dis Lee [[OffModel was mistakenly made an alicorn]]. A future patch updated her in-game model to make her a unicorn, and viewing her profile in the Album reveals that the Alicorn version was a Changeling. However, her image in the shop still shows her as an Alicorn.
* RhythmGame: The ''Equestria Girls'' content is this, having the characters dancing to five possible songs, and being able to invite two friends.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: If you want to, you could put that lazy Princess Celestia to grinding flour in the windmill, or Prince Blueblood tending the carrot farm...
* RuleOfCute: Oh so much. The ponies you unlock wander around town and socialize with each other in adorable ways.
** Derpy will fly or walk around after you reveal her, [[CuteClumsyGirl but will fall flat every so often in adorable ways]].
* SecretCharacter: There are many ponies that are not shown in the Shop and instead have to be unlocked by winning them though either the Equestria Girls Dancing Game, the Mine Cart Game, or as a prize from one of the timed events.
* SequenceBreaking: It's possible to unlock most ponies before the story quests ask you to do so. The only limitation is your level (and if the pony costs hearts or gems, not even that). Same goes for stores.
** Since you can access Canterlot quite early on, it's possible to have main characters like Rarity talk and give you quests in Canterlot even though you might not have them yet.
* SocializationBonus - There's a whole currency (Heart Crystals) based around this. You can receive a Heart Crystal if someone in your friends list sends you a treasure chest and/or a gift. However, each of those can only be done once a day, per user, so if you have many Gameloft friends, just sit back and watch the hearts roll in.
** Made easier with the Equestria Girls dancing game. Sharing your score will give you a heart, and if you dance with friends, you'll earn a heart for each.
* ShoutOut: Primarily in pony names-
** Two of the four ponies who showed up in ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]'' bearing a resemblance to characters from ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' now bear names similar to their human counterparts, and a third one (the one resembling Walter Sobchak) is simply referred to as "Bowling Pony" in gameplay but gets named Walter [[DummiedOut in the code]].
** Rarity's father is now named [[MagnumPI Magnum]].
** Derpy Hooves shows up (unnamed in-game) [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid hiding inside a cardboard box]]. One of the missions that requires you to find her is called "Everyone's Favorite".
** One of the idle animations has your ponies rear up and dance [[{{PSY}} "Gangnam Style"]].
** The mission to get DJ Pon-3 for Ponyville is called "There's a Pony for That", referencing one of Apple's advertising slogans (which has been parodied in an advertising for the show itself).
** One of the {{Flavor Text}}s in the Equestria Girls mini game asks the player is her or she's "[[{{Music/Maroon5}} got hooves like Jagger]]".
** During a mission, Zecora finishes one of her rhymes with "...as a wise man once said, [[{{WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers}} 'the power is yours!'"]]
** Clear the Skies is similar to ''JetpackJoyride'', the difference being that it's slower and [[ForegoneVictory you can't actually lose]].
* TheWikiRule: [[http://mlp-gameloft.wikia.com A mighty impressive one]] being hosted on wikia.
* TitleDrop: One of Twilight's lines when she's touched is "Friendship is Magic".
* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: Rainbow Dash will sometimes say "Needs to be 20% cooler" if you tap her.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Fan favorite background ponies like Lyra Heartstrings, Octavia, and Dr. Hooves being playable are no surprise, but several bronies ''were'' surprised to see some of the ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' ponies from "The Cutie Pox", particularly Jesús Pezuña, being present.
** Given the issues raised with Derpy, her appearance wasn't exactly certain, but the developers found a way to sneak her in anyway without ever having to reference her name directly or change the things fans love about her.
* TheUnfavourite: The Windows 8 version seems to be this; being the last of the three versions to get updates, and sometimes not getting updates at all.
* [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale Videogame Designers Have No Sense Of Scale]]: The ponies are significantly out of scale with the buildings they're supposed to live & work in.
* WingedHumanoid: The human versions of Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash each sport a pair of wings in the ''Equestria Girls'' dancing mini-game, depending on which modifier you use.
* WingedUnicorn: If you play as any unicorn in Clear the Skies (all non-pegasi are given magical wings)
** Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Cadance, naturally.
*** Now includes Twilight Sparkle as of the October 2013 update, reflecting her ascension to an alicorn Princess in the show.
* WithThisHerring: Nightmare Moon must be defeated! Twilight starts off with... Spike, her library, and enough resources to build a windmill. First pony to come and help her? ''Bon Bon''.
* YourSizeMayVary: In the mine cart game when playing as certain Ponies, looking real closely at the Rainbow Dash that rescues your character upon crashing shows her being much larger than even ''Big Macintosh''. Inverted with the filly/colt characters, where Rainbow Dash is instead portrayed as much smaller in size.
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