Comic: A Difference of A Pinion / Honeymooning / Cakemania

Lots and lots of comics lately coming in from you all! That's ok, I don't need to eat or sleep as long as the Equestrian Innovations No-Doze Hyperactivity patches hold out. Though they are starting to make me feel quite tingly.

Mix of comics for you all today so click for full as always!

Nightly Roundup #299

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Anime twilight sparkle edition. Also, PK's still trying to recover from his weekend ordeal coupled with the sheer awesomeness of the finale and will probably be forgoing fun little narrative gags tonight and hopes that you all don't mind edition. Also, really short tonight.

Papercraft: Chrysalis, Hurricane Fluttershy, and More

The artists in this fandom are so insanely fast it makes my head spin at times! A little more than a day after the finale someone made a template of Chrysalis, put her together, and made it to my inbox. Bravo!

Now that the season is over, time to make some papercrafts (or at least get paper cuts in the process, I'm good at making those).

Check them out after the break!

Story: A Drop of Sunlight: The Becoming of Sun Brandisher

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Author: Autumn Wind

Description: Long before the coming of the Princesses and the Modern Age, long
before the coming of Discord and the Chaotic Age, and long even before
the three breeds moved apart, the Age of Separation, there was the
first age: The Age of Grazing.

The Age of Grazing was the birth and childhood of the world, where
ponies made many discoveries that would one day shape the future of
Equestria and its sister lands. Behind every great discovery was a
bewildered pony, marveling at a mystery of the world.

This is the tale of one such pony. From mouth to mouth and quill to
quill, from whinny to word and from neigh to notes, his name has been
transformed and altered, but today, now that his tale has been
immortalized in a thousand history books, he is known as Sun
Brandisher.

A Drop of Sunlight: The Becoming of Sun Brandisher


A Drop of Sunlight: The Becoming of Sun Brandisher (Alternate)

Additional Tags: Prehistoric pony discovers something special

Season Finale Background Music Compilation

The season finale obviously had some epic tracks.  MrNewbyNewb has separated the background stuff from the vocals and compiled it all on his Youtube page.  I'm going to roll with links as opposed to embeds this time around, so find them below.

Love Conquers All
Love is in Bloom
This Day Aria
B.B.B.F.F. Reprise
B.B.B.F.F. (With backing vocals)

Introducing the MLP:CCG

Hey look, an exclusive sneak preview! Any excuse to post Evil!Cadance

So I'm a little bit lot of bit late getting this to you guys for reasons relating to me being the derpiest pony on staff, but as Equestria Daily's resident gaming enthusiast it's my job to bring you all the latest news from the world of tabletop.

We've got a real doozy of a project here from Masterage: a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Collectable Card Game. As you can see from the image above your head, it features absolutely gorgeous card design with art taken from the show, and some very unique mechanics built around getting players to enact FiM like adventures for themselves. The resource mechanic in particular is something I don't remember coming across in other games I've played, so with this thing in open Alpha testing I'm curious to see how it actually plays out.

Speaking of which! This game is in open Alpha testing! That means it needs you to play it, try it out and offer feedback about what your gameplay experience is like. If you enjoy card games and want to be a part of making this one as good as it can be, check out the links below and dive right in. Coming this Friday there will be a major update which will more than double the current card base, making this the perfect time to get yourself acquainted with the rules.

There's a lot going on here suggest that this is one of those projects we're going to get to apply the happy little "Success" stamp to. Come on, what do you have to lose?

MLP:FiM:CCG.PDF (omg!)
Subreddit
DA Group
Website

Story Updates April 23rd (Evening)

Time for some story updates.  Tons this time around. Find them below!

Story: Darkest Before Dawn (Update Complete!)

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Author: Sessalisk

Description: Twilight Sparkle is accepted into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns and gets a little more than what she bargained for.

All Links after the break! 

Vocal Music: Derpy's Letter / / The Derpy Hooves Song

We have two Derpy Hooves songs, and an awesome rock track from Peak Freak this time around.  Check them out below! 

1.) Derpy's Letter
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3.) MLP: FiM The Derpy Hooves Song

Story: It's Not a Cold Dark Place (Update Part 5!)

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Author: Lucky Dreams

Description: Rainbow Dash has vanished! To save her, Scootaloo must confront her fears and sail to the land where ponies' dreams are made...

It's Not a Cold Dark Place (Update Part 5!)

Additional Tags: Disappointing lack of Inception jokes, woolly hats suit Scootaloo

Welovefine Tee Shirt Contest Ends in Two Days + More Shirts

The shirt contest over at Welovefine has reached it's final two days for voting. From what they tell us, they are currently sitting at a whopping 910,000 ratings. They want to hit a million! Hit up their voting page here and do your part for the greater good!

They have also released a few new shirts. Find those below, or hit their pony section here!

The Hub Facebook Honeymoon Poll

The Hub wants to send Shining Armor and Princess Cadance (see, they mix it up too!) somewhere for their honeymoon.  They need voters though! Get over to the facebook page and toss your two cents into the mix! 

Music Remix: Changeling Showdown / The Steampunk Princess Aria / Smile Smile Smile! - SynFoal Remix

Here's to hoping Friendship is Magic has another villain song lined up for season 3! These remixes are badass. 

Have two Aria, followed by some Smile Smile Smile.

1.) Changeling Showdown ~Queen Chrysalis Boss Theme~ [1,000 SUBS SPECIAL]
2.) The Steampunk Princess Aria
3.) Smile Smile Smile! - SynFoal Remix

Drawfriend Stuff #405 - UNDERPED

We locked Derpy in the laundry closet with PK for now.  Hopefully we won't see anymore drawfriends disappear randomly.

I was going to do a Cadence edition, but then I opened the drawfriend folder and saw you were all still drawing Chrysalis.  Seriously, I could have split this off and given her a solo one again, but the other pony images wouldn't be enough for their own post after!  Best villain design ever?

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Animation Stuff: Fluttershy Vs Trixie / With You Forever / Derpy Snow Globe

So... Fluttershy in hollow form and Trixie with bat wings. I didn't think I'd ever see that one.  Above is a semi-remake of the banter between Ichigo and Ulquiorra from Bleach.  It also has some bonus Iron-Rarity for you all. 

And below, we have a few shorties starting with Sweetie Belle singing the Lon Lon Ranch song from Zelda, and Derpy in a snow globe after that. 

Drawfriend Stuff #404

Comic: An Error in Judgement / Flavor Blast / Goodnight Luna

Twilight does bring up a good point, but we all know Spike would have thrown the best bachelor party this side of Equestria... if he could have figured out when to properly plan one.

Comic time again folks so make sure to click for full view!

Story: To Be a Better Stallion (Update Complete!)

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Author: Autumn Wind

Description: After a crushing second rejection from Rarity, Blueblood finds himself rather emotionally shaken. However, when he finds himself under the guidance of an unassuming farmer, the noblecolt's life will take a turn the likes of which he would never have expected.

Google Documents
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 1
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 2
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 3
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 4
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 5
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 6
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 7
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 8
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 9
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 10 (New!)


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To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 1
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 2
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 3
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 4
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 5
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 6
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 7
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 8
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 9
To Be a Better Stallion: Chapter 10 (New!)


To Be A Better Stallion (All Links)

Additional Tags: Blueblood works hard to improve

Music Remix: Princess Mi Amore Cadenza & Shining Armour / The Perfect Stallion All Levels at Once / This Day Aria (AgileDash Remix)

Post episode remixes are always awesome.  Though one really neat one snuck in that has nothing to do with our three new favorite songs!

(oh god the typos) 

The first is a revamp of one of the background tracks in the episode, the second is a Perfect Stallion remix, and finishing it off is an instrumental This Day Aria from Agiledash.  Check them out below!


1.) Princess Mi Amore Cadenza & Shining Armour - ByCelestiasBeard
2.) The Perfect Stallion
3.) AgileDash - This Day Aria (AgileDash Remix)

Cereal Reviews 'Things That Go Bump In The Night'

Some of you might remember my review of Twilight Sparkle, Teacher for a Day. It's an iOS storybook app for the iPad, and I gave it a healthy recommendation if you have a younger reader whom you want to introduce to ponies.

Today I'm continuing along the line of My Little Pony apps from Ruckus Media with one of their three new storybooks, 'Things That Go Bump In The Night'. If you go and download their reader app, this one is free, so you can try it out before deciding if you might want to buy the other two.

With that, let's dive in.

Legends of Equestria Gameplay Trailer

This one actually came out a few days ago, but the famous submission box black hole folder somehow sucked it up! Luckily a crack team of scientists from the Equestrian Innovations branch of EQD gathered the expelled gamma radiation and compiled it back together. Legends of Equestria is the new revamp of that 3D MMO that went through some tough times and closed down a while back. It looks like it's really kicking some ass so far though! Check out their trailer after the break!

Also check out their website here, facebook here, and livestream here! 

The Brony Show 48

Brony Show time.  Copy Paste after the break as always!

LA Times Book Festival Tara Strong and Meghan McCarthy Panel

Tara Strong and Meghan McCarthy recently attended a panel at the LA Times book festival, and as is the norm for any event involving people from the show, it was invaded by bronies.

Someone actually recorded the entire panel! After the break, you will find both embeds of the event, as well as a full writeup detailing what exactly went down.

Story Updates April 23rd (Morning)

Time for them crazy story updates.  Find it all below!

Nightly Roundup #298

I really like Chrysalis, but I don't know if I can call her best pony.  Are changlings a variation of ponies?  They have hooves and stuff right?

Anyway, have some nightly roundup!