White Man

I'm not intimately familiar with this game's development history, but didn't the team originally set out with the intention of making a next-gen Melty Blood? It looks like they ran out of time and/or money at a certain point in the development process and had to reuse some of the art assets they'd created for the new MB.

That was a really good interview with some interesting responses. Though I must admit, reading this part made me a little sad: I suppose that's the attitude you have to take when you're playing in tournaments and such, but it's a shame he can't (or won't) play the character he actually likes to use. Seems a little like a professional athlete admitting they have no real affection for the team they're on and only signed the contract because they felt they had a better chance of winning. You know that's how things usually are, but I guess you want to pretend like there's some degree of sentimentality involved.

I have next to no interest in the whole My Little Pony... thing. Even so, watching this game's development up until the C&D order was still fascinating to me, mainly due to the ridiculous amount of effort the team was putting into every aspect of the project. Even in alpha, that shit had some serious polish. I hope they can apply that same work ethic to whatever the new game will become, because I think they could make something really incredible. I do hope they can get access to a new engine, simply because it seems like there was a lot they couldn't do with Fight Maker. I remember reading they had to "hack" the engine just so they could include a training mode, and the process of converting sprites sounded like a total nightmare.

Maybe he likes playing on a pad? If so, I'd recommend picking up one of the Fightpads Mad Catz makes for the 360. Those will work on any Windows-based PC and you can pick them up for about $20. On the topic of EX characters, did Kliff and Justice get EX move sets in the new version? I understand it will have zero impact on tournament play, I'm just personally curious.