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Nintendo Direct announced for the 4th of August, set to feature 20 minutes of the new Fire Emblem game

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With the latest entry to the Fire Emblem series, Fortune's Weave, set to launch in September, Nintendo have today announced a new Nintendo Direct to put it soundly in the spotlight. Featuring 20 minutes of new information about the game, it'll hopefully get people suitably excited for the upcoming release.

The Direct is set to go live at 3pm tomorrow, and will be available via the usual channels. If you're wanting a direct link, you can find the UK stream linked above, and the US stream linked as the source below.

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Xzi said:
Yep, and to be fair not every Fire Emblem game is a banger, but people choose to hate something before even being able to judge it on its own merits. With no nuance and for no reason.
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I couldn't really get in to Engage. The story pacing felt so off.
 
linuxares said:
I couldn't really get in to Engage. The story pacing felt so off.
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Oh the story is ass. It's a fanservice game to celebrate an anniversary. Peak gameplay, Fates-tier story. I genuinely feel bad for people who had it as their first title, as much as I love it lol
 
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Scarlet said:
It's not very clear to be fair. Given the format of using the goddess powers to travel back in time to change the fate of the heroes though, it wouldn't make sense for you to have played as them beforehand. In my mind the game starts with the downfall, and you go back in time through each route to bolster forces as you choose (or avoid this entirely, which is an interesting choice in itself).
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I guess we'll find out on release heh. Still, very interesting to see more in the Three Houses world.
Scarlet said:
Oh the story is ass. It's a fanservice game to celebrate an anniversary. Peak gameplay, Fates-tier story. I genuinely feel bad for people who had it as their first title, as much as I love it lol
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Engage's story was... fun fer what it was. I love it fer the gameplay though, the Engage mechanic was interesting!

The thing that always bothered me was the opening scene was akin to Awakening, but... said opening scene doesn't happen at all during the game. That definitely felt very out of place IMO.
 
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Looks really solid. I get the franchise decided to go in a slightly different direction from what it was in the first decade of this century, not even mentioning what it was even before, but regardless of that change of style, I still find these game to be really enjoyable and making them more accessible also contributes to bring in more people into the franchise.
 
RetroNerdGamer said:
Engage's story was... fun fer what it was. I love it fer the gameplay though, the Engage mechanic was interesting!

The thing that always bothered me was the opening scene was akin to Awakening, but... said opening scene doesn't happen at all during the game. That definitely felt very out of place IMO.
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It's a game I very much describe as Fates 2. Some series high gameplay, but some series low storytelling.
 
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I know Switch 1 is EoL, but this is another game that could've been cross gen. Wasn't a fan of the last game, so I might skip this one. Three Houses was great though.
 
Scarlet said:
It's a game I very much describe as Fates 2. Some series high gameplay, but some series low storytelling.
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I think Fates was better than Engage, IMO.
Because Engage just didnt have much story wise goin' fer it.. But Fates tried. It just was over ambition, having to try to make/sell 3 games worth of content lol.
 
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Why the fuck do they have GUNS now?!
 
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rudras said:
No dude they said "gauntlet which look like firearms", not the same...lol

The exploration in turn base mode is what intringues me the most...
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Bro she's literally holding a gun
 
Umm.... hi.... not a fire emblem fan here.

So after watching this video, I noticed some interesting things done in this game that I would say was perhaps feels more interesting since I even known what a fire emblem game was like for awhile. But first off.

I dislike the stories in fire emblem games. From what I read or seen (& little I played), I think they don't compare to something like sega's SHINING FORCE series. Where in those games, evil monsters want to resurrect some bad overlord & reign darkness upon your world. Where in fire emblem games it mostly focuses on bad people doing bad things that leads to war among nations, political struggles, & uncovering conspiracy... with monsters thrown in. Basically, fire emblem focuses too much on people instead of the monsters in a fantasy themed story while shining force focuses on heroes fighting evil forces who are all monsters. Sure Fire emblem has monsters to contend with, but it's not as prominent as the people you deal with through out the stories or games. Meanwhile, shining force is all about monsters & evil forces. Reading all that text about motives and how their bad actions are justified doesn't make the stories more appealing to me.:ninja:

Now to say this. I DO like Fire Emblem Warriors! While is not a game that plays like the traditional series, it's still a game with a story that doesn't bore me because it's short and simple. Not feeling soap opera-ish or grandiose. It also has gameplay that doesn't spend most of my time managing units. Most of the appeal is being able to pick in choose the popular fire emblem characters because it's an all star game. Just like Hyrule warriors. But then the worst happen. Instead of them making sequels that continue the stories of hyrule warriors & fire emblem warriors, because breath of the wild, tears of the kingdom, & three houses ending up being a huge deal. They instead made the stories related to those games. So now the whole "All-star cast" and original stories are sacrificed for expanding the stories of those best selling games. Just like how wario ware became more popular than wario land. :(

I think I had tool much to say about fire emblem than I thought so I just made sections of them since it's not directly related to the trailer. Now about the trailer, I noticed something interesting that I think has been missing for long time, that is the "Super arts" Like in Fire Emblem Warriors. It said using them will consumer more weapon durability than normal, but will probably be more satisfying than getting lucky with critical hits. I also noticed more... mounted animals? No longer stuck with horses, flying horses and wyverns. Not sure how much impact this will have but it might be interesting too.

But to end, I'm worried that the story won't expect me to be anymore entertained compared to the other ones in the series. Having four main characters to switch between sounds like a lot. I do know since the gameboy advance games, that having multiple main characters isn't new, but it was only two in those games. Then the three houses and now four you get to swap between? Is one cohesive party too boring for the plot or the fans now? I don't know, again, not a fan, just an observer. :unsure:
 
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