Nintendo's new game, Fire Emblem Fates (known as Fire Emblem If in Japan) will introduce same-sex marriage to the popular series, Nintendo confirmed today.
Nintendo said:We can confirm that Fire Emblem Fates for Nintendo 3DS, which launches in Japan on June 25, 2015, and is coming to the U.S. and Europe in 2016, includes the possibility for a same-sex marriage to take place between the main character created by the gamer and another character in the game.
Fire Emblem Fates comes in two different versions, called the Conquest and Birthright editions. In the U.S., Conquest and Birthright will both be sold separately, as is already the case in Japan. For those who have purchased either the Conquest or Birthright edition, a third edition will be made available as downloadable content at a later stage. Details on how the three storylines will be made available in other regions will be announced at a later date.
In the Conquest edition of the game, there is a male character that the game's player may have his/her male main character marry after they bond in battle. Similarly, the Birthright edition features a female character that a female main character may marry after bonding in battle. Both of the aforementioned characters can be encountered in the third edition of the game.
In Fire Emblem Awakening, players could marry a character of the opposite sex if their battle ranks became high enough, and they could eventually produce children. This is basically the same system, except, y'know, no children.
To sum it up, the Conquest edition of the game has a male character whom a male player can marry, and the Birthright edition has a female character whom a female player can marry. A third edition of the game, which Nintendo has kept quiet about (though it is rumored to be paid DLC), will include both the male and female main characters in question.
To clarify, opposite-sex marriage still exists in the game with other characters; Nintendo is just opening up the possibility for same-sex marriage with specific characters.
What do you think about this? Obviously this is Nintendo's way of "making it up" to LGBT communities after same-sex marriages were not allowed in Tomodachi Life. I personally see no problem with it. I feel the player should be able to make these kinds of choices without being restricted by the game.
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