YEAAAHHH!!!!!
OMG! This episode is about this blog! ... okay not really... But look, it's a Spike episode! Maybe we can finally get the chance for spike to be treated with some dignity! ... no? ... oh well... it was a nice thought.
Equestria Games treats us to the event that we've been building up to for nearly two seasons now ever since Games Ponies Play all the way back in season 3! Though, we don't actually get to see much action on the field... Though I admit the ice archery competition seems really cool! (pun intended) This episode overall feels like an over dramatized version of Spike at Your Service, which wasn't one of my favorites to begin with. In fact, none of the Spike episodes are my favorites. I don't care what they said in Power Ponies, Spike ALWAYS gets the short end of the stick and 95% of the time he's totally useless. No offense Spike lovers, I don't dislike Spike, I just dislike how the writers use him most of the time...
I do like all the little visual gags this episode produces, like spike clicking head back and forth like he's a cigarette lighter, and I also like the continuing story of the games in general. This show is usually so compartmentalized that most episodes don't even get so much as a mention again once it's over. The equestria games arc is different. It's builds over time (across seasons no less!) and you get to see all different parts of it throughout the various episodes, so seeing it followed through to its end was quite satisfying!
Random observation: why don't twi's friends get to sit with the princesses and not in the stands with the common folk? Haven't they literally saved the world FIVE times now?
Random observation two: I like the friendly little smile Celestia gives Twi when she cheers for her friends, it was cute.
All in all though, I couldn't really get into this episode and felt a lot of it was just too over the top... lots of good things here, but the main conflict just wasn't all that exciting... I guess I'll be a little generous then and give this episode 7/10.
(Rest assured I will review last weeks episode later today/tomorrow. I haven't forgotten about it, I just wanted to get this out first)
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