Funnily enough, the story of the Crystal Empire reminded me more of Metru Nui, being an ancient and advanced city with whose inhabitants had their memories erased. The Ko-Metru district even had huge crystal towers to

And if King Sombra is Teridax, then Twilight Sparkle and her friends are the Toa who rescue the city’s inhabitants and eventually restore the city to how it was before.

Also, Spike could stand in for Takua/Takanuva, being a seventh character who joins in the adventure and drives the shadowy villain away for a time. He even wrote most of the letters for Twilight and her friends’ lessons, and so that makes him a “Chronicler” of sorts.

@OMG Magna  
Don’t be. Sometimes it takes you a while to get the connection. I know because I didn’t even realize that Kathleen Barr had voiced another hive queen until after I saw “A Canterlot Wedding”.

i am ashamed to call myself a bionicle fan when i failed to make this connection myself >.>

I remember that game. Ah, this brings back so many good memories.

i get the Bionicle feeling too

Oh my god I loved that game.

My Bionicle knowledge came from my brothers, though I did play with the toys and follow the story myself, just not as much.
 
I’m amused at how many similarities one can draw between FiM and Bionicle. In fact, Bionicle is basically FiM with bad ends that later turn into good ends.
 
The Toa are essentially the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony. Mata Nui is a slumbering Celestia, and Makuta (Mata Nui’s brother) is Nightmare Moon running rampant.
 
The Visorak remind me of Changelings - if only for their insect-like roots, and the Toa Hordika are what the Mane 6 would become if the fanon Changeling cocoons attempted to turn them but didn’t complete the process.

Oh yes, I remember. I was so excited playing the game that I endured waiting 10 minutes between scenes while they load through my 56kbps dial-up connection.

I remember all of that!

Love it. Yes I did.

I played to game online. Got me into gaming.

Lol no, I do not watch commercial shows made only to sell toys.  
Wait.

I did, and played the flash game too.

Okay, seriously, did ANYONE watch the original Bionicle flash web series on Lego.com while they were growing up?

@Yorec
 
Here

>premier

…. what?