Well I made it to the pirate ship in the first game recently, so I was reluctant to try this one without finishing the first.
This game, which I'm playing on hard mode, is pretty damned easy. I'm only 1 and a half hours in though... breezing through atleast a few scenarios. The characters aren't very interesting either. None of them seem to have any particularly contrary view points or mannerism. Oh hey, this guy's a thief, obviously he's going to be untrust worthy! What makes him different from Matthew? Matthew I guess seems a little nicer, but that's pretty much it. Matthew atleast later on is revealed to be mroe than he seems. Perhaps that's the deal here, I don't know. So far it's just a mess of characters that don't really have any personality.
This game was developed after the first first GBA Fire Emblem that was released in english? Seems like the other way round, because it's a step back in my opinion, so far.
What's with the world map thing where you can choose where you go? Nothing happens unless you choose the newest place unlocked... so why even bother? I prefer regular Fire Emblem for GBA, (let's keep it with the english titles), because it would just move on with the story instead of having a world map.