After discovering success on PC, 2D pony fighter Them’s Fightin’ Herds is making its approach to consoles this fall.
If the sport reminds you of My Little Pony, it ought to. Them’s Fightin’ Herds is a religious successor to Preventing is Magic, an unlicensed combating sport primarily based on the favored My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic collection created by followers of the present (who appropriately name themselves Mane6). Earlier than that sport might formally launch, an enormous “stop and desist” from Hasbro pressured Mane6 to transform the concept into an authentic title. Nonetheless, Lauren Faust, the mastermind of Friendship Is Magic, admired the venture and lent her creative skills to design Them’s Fightin’ Herds’ colourful forged of four-legged combatants.
Them’s Fightin’ Herds sports activities a streamlined 4-button combating system full with combos (and juggle decay), a magic system, and tremendous assaults. Gamers can duke it out in native and on-line versus modes, and an episodic story mode modeled as a basic top-down RPG options facet quests and boss fights. The expertise additionally boasts cross-platform matchmaking, rollback netcode, a replay system to rewatch matches, and a dynamic soundtrack that modifications primarily based on the characters. The sport has been positively obtained since launching on Steam in 2020 and has amassed a devoted following, with organized tournaments going down at occasions akin to Evo.
The console reveal information additionally comes alongside the announcement of a Season 1 Cross that introduces 4 new fighters, further levels, and cosmetics. This move might be bought individually and is included in a $39.99 Deluxe Version of the sport. In any other case, the bottom sport runs for $19.99.
Them’s Fightin’ Herds will probably be obtainable on PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Change at an undisclosed date. Bodily variations of the Deluxe Version are within the works by Most Video games Retailer, set to launch inside the similar timeframe. You’ll be able to pre-order a replica right here.