@Seabridge Drive
 
Eeyup, and all three stars here… Dx
 

@Phenotrancex9  
oh you finished?

@MisterC
 
Yes! I’m totally agree of what you say right there! XD
 
 
@Seabridge Drive  
@Nittany Discord
 
I actually fully understand and aware of what you guys are talking about. ;-)  
Thanks for the sharing the news about that “lawsuit copyright stuff”. XD
 
Anyway… I’m actually waiting for another update for the MLP Party Puzzle game…. Dx  

I usually don’t get the costume stuff barring when Misty Fly was unlocked for getting all those outfits earlier in the year, but I had to pick up Scoots’ “Wonderbolt Cadet” costume - she looks adorable in it. Speaking of ‘Bolts, I’m hoping next year we’ll get when they start incorporating Season 6 stuff they’ll add Dashie’s official suit as a new costume for her. Also, since they’ve had outfits for characters who aren’t part of the Mane 6 now, I’m hoping we’ll see some other characters sometime - maybe Starlight (so we can finally giver her her current hairstyle), Celestia and Luna, or Spitfire so we can finally see her face (her dress uniform when she’s drilling cadets would look pretty cool).

@Nittany Discord  
I’ve managed to beat some of the harder levels w/o relying on any power-ups; it just takes a matter of skill, luck and patience.
 
But besides that, I see your point.

@Wiimeiser  
Seems that way. I downloaded Puzzle Party just recently and it plays so much like Cookie Jam, which is another Match 3 F2P mobile game. Same business practices, similar objectives, same scoring system, and even has an end-game bonus thing. It’s not an exact clone of Cookie Jam, but it’s the same genre and takes a lot of the same mechanics.
 
I don’t really know how similar Puzzle Party is to Toy Blast, but I feel that in a mobile game, it’s easy to accidentally make something that looks lifted such as a level that looks and plays the same. There’s not an infinite number of ways you can make a match 3 level with the same limited moves mechanic as Cookie Jam or Toy Blast. It’s hard to say if a company should be allowed to own a mechanic or a level design because it could end up killing competition if one company owns the right to a way an entire genre should design their games.
 
@Seabridge Drive  
In early levels, yes, but like I said above, this game reminds me of Cookie Jam, and in that game, the later levels get so difficult that you can’t beat them without buying boosts and extra lives. It’s an example of building the game around punishing you for not buying items, which is also what city-builders like the Gameloft game do on top of requiring you to buy items to progress.
 
When I enjoy a good game, I don’t mind getting sold extra stuff because it’s supporting the company for making a good product. When the game pushes microtransactions in my face or makes them a requirement for progressing in the game, then I put the game down and never touch it again.

@Nittany Discord  
Yeah thankfully for Puzzle Party, it doesn’t enforce you to pay anything to a high degree, it’s just there as an option. I love games like that.

I get the feeling that if that lawsuit succeeds, every genre bar possibly FPS will be exclusive copyright of a single company.

@Seabridge Drive  
Yeah. I’ll give it a download especially if the game doesn’t get near-impossible near the end unless you buy stuff. Some match-3’s do that, but others don’t and manage to stay fun without forcing you to buy anything to progress.
 
I don’t mind microtransactions in a free-to-play game, but I hate when you have to pay hundreds of dollars in real money to get everything in a game that has less depth than something I can get on Steam for $10.

@Nittany Discord  
Never heard of Toy Blast before. Oh well, still find Puzzle Party much more enjoyable than the Gameloft game. XP

@Seabridge Drive  
It’s related to some dispute based on the game copying Toy Blast. Forgot it was that and assumed this was some unofficial game getting C&D’d because I don’t pay attention to pony news much. :/
 
My bad.
 
http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/21/lawsuit-says-hasbro-lifted-design-for-my-little-pony-mobile-game-from-peak-games-toy-blast/

@Nittany Discord  
Oh? This is new to me.

@Seabridge Drive  
If only that game wasn’t getting the creators sued.

@Nittany Discord  
And that’s why I moved on to another better alternative ; )

“Hurry up! You only have 6 days to unlock a pony that takes 9 days. Of course, we’ll give you to her early…for a price.”
 
…and this is why I don’t play this game anymore.
 
(Numbers are arbitrary, but my point still stands on these free-to-wait exploitathons that are popular on mobile.)

“glitter pony”  
I cannot believe that is an actual name.

@Tragiclady
 
She does look beautiful in overall appearance, and seems to have an interesting character background though, maybe? :-P
 
Kinda waste that Gameloft just named her as “Glitter Pony” here… Dx

I don’t play games on phones, but I welcome this Glitter Pony with open arms :D