
The player may access the mini-game by tapping at a mirror located somewhere on the upper parts of an area. It was teased during the summer of 2013 and was implemented for the Version 1.1 - Equestria Girls Update on October 15th the same year. The Equestria Girls mini-game is a dancing mini-game where the player gets the character to dance to a song by tapping the screen.
Meanwhile, both schools continue to compete in the three events of the Friendship Games - an Academic Decathlon, an Athletic Competition that involves pairs of students competing in an archery/roller skating/motocross. Game 75,856 Views.Unfortunately, Twilight accidentally closes the portal to Equestria and unwittingly starts to steal the Equestria Girls' magic. My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games: Directed by Ishi Rudell, Jayson Thiessen. (Tropes for this short at the bottom of the page.)Rainbow Dash: Uh, I thought we were rehearsing.
In My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, Canterlot High meets its rival school, Crystal Prep Academy, in a competition thats a long-standing.My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Friendship Games provides examples of: Catch all the magic with Pinkie Pie, Flutter Shy, Twilight Sparkle, AppleJack. Follow your favorite ponies in their latest adventures in Ponyville on My Little Pony Friendship is Magic.
The name of a character's Superpowered Evil Side, Midnight Sparkle, is never stated in the movie itself, only in merchandise. Air Guitar: Lemon Zest, on exiting the bus with her headphones on, makes some slick rock-star moves. Adult Fear: Given Cadance and Shining Armor regard Twilight, respectively, as a figurative and literal sister, there's the scenario of a principal (namely Abacus Cinch) essentially bullying your child behind closed doors. Adapted Out: The novelization replaces Derpy with Trixie on the CHS team, likely to avoid mentioning her name. Action Girl: Rainbow Dash and Sunset Shimmer have some great moments, the former facing a giant carnivorous plant and the latter facing a transformed Twilight in the climax.

Not only can you see virtually every thread on every string, but the spark itself was done entirely through fluidly hand-drawn animation. The opening credits, particularly the magic spark zipping around the strings on Twilight's board, boast having some of the most gorgeous animation in the series. Animal-Eared Headband: The Wondercolt pony-ears headbands make another comeback during the pep rally, and are seen a few times during the games. Thanks to this, the movie reveals a pretty huge spoiler that Pony Twilight travels through time during the Season 5 finale. Anachronic Order: The movie takes place sometime during the Season 5 finale, but because of the two-month scheduling hiatus of MLP:FIM that summer, it ended up premiering in the middle of Season 5.
Twilight and Sunset's transformations are particularly well made, with a wide variety of amazingly animated scenes. Once again the animators have improved their depictions of the human characters, who show more creative designs, a wider array of facial expressions, and move more naturally. Also the Mane Cast isn't stuck with a single design but change into several throughout the movie.
Rainbow Dash plays a power chord, complete with the typical overdriven amp distortion, on an unplugged electric guitar. After absorbing the magic of the portal, it also starts generating portals to Equestria whenever it's open, which gets worse as it absorbs more magic. She originally designed it to track and contain the strange energy disturbances around CHS, but it grows more uncontrollable as it absorbs more magic, acting of its own volition whenever the Equestria Girls pony up. Artifact of Doom: The magic-absorbing device Twilight creates. When Rainbow says she knows who the In the Hood figure was, Pinkie guesses nighttime statue cleaner, a magic portal maintenance person, and a gardener. When Rainbow calls the Rainbooms for help, Sunset asks about a couple serious threats, and then Pinkie interjects, asking if a cake monster is covering all cakes with cake.
Rarity and Pinkie use a maneuver at one point that would be more at home at a Roller Derby competition note Rarity shoots Pinkie forward with her leg. This gives Crystal Prep quite a bit of an unfair advantage, as the design of inline skates makes them much better suited than quads for, well, speed (both teams should be using the same type of skates). The Wondercolt's quad skates. During what is stated to be the speed-skating event, the Shadowbolts use inline skates vs. Having the four school officials as the judges for different parts of the Academic Decathlon casts serious doubt on their ability to stay impartial. Also, someone with Rainbow's experience would be able to play around a broken string.
The phrase and conjugations are used In-Universe throughout this film. Ascended Meme: The term "pony up" was first used by fans in reference to the Transformation Sequence of Princess Twilight Sparkle and the human counterparts of her friends in the original Equestria Girls film, and was acknowledged by the producers in the commentary for Rainbow Rocks. Now, their name is attached to the main antagonists. Ascended Extra: The Shadowbolts in the show were merely illusions conjured by Nightmare Moon, and their only other appearance was as Rainbow Dash's Nightmare Night costume in Season 2. And finally, seeing how seriously Cinch takes the Games, it's rather odd that the Shadowbolts don't have specialized inline speed skates, instead using "regular" inlines. , and the end credits also show Pinkie and Sunny Flare making physical contact, purposefully pushing each other — both things should be illegal in speed skating.
Audible Sharpness: As Midnight Sparkle's horn grows from her forehead, the sound effect concludes with the typical metallic noise of a blade being drawn. As You Know.: Principal Celestia's speech at the pep rally begins with "As I am sure you all know." before some exposition about the Friendship Games. Assumed Win: Cinch acts as if Crystal Prep has already won the Games, and the actual competition is just a formality, when she arrives at CHS. Aside Glance: In the library, Rainbow Dash does a couple eye rolls toward the audience in response to Pinkie Pie's ridiculous suggestions about the identity of the intruder. That doesn't stop her from giving off an embarrassed smile.

Beam-O-War: Happens between Daydream Shimmer and Midnight Sparkle in the climax. Battle Rapping: The "ACADECA" song pits CHS and Crystal Prep together in one of these.CHS Students: All of the times we lost beforeNot about to give up, we're only bringin' it moreWe can smell your fear, we can see your sweatHope you didn't spend money 'cause you're losin' this bet!CPA Students: Talk a little too much for a school that never winsMaybe you should just stop 'fore you even beginWe are Crystal Prep High and we have a reputationEvery little moment is about our education! Bathos: The tense moment of both Twilights meeting each other for the first time in The Stinger is lightened by Pinkie Pie noisily slurping on her drink with a straw.
In the same song, Twilight says that she wants to see the magic, only for her device to turn her evil. It's literally the first thing she blows up after becoming evil, inspiring some quite hilarious Oh, Crap! expressions from the now panicking Shadowbolts. "Unleash the Magic" includes a line where the Shadowbolts tell Twilight that the only thing they care about is seeing Canterlot High fall, with a metaphorical shot of the school's Rearing Horse statue crumbling.
