[Gunloc]

Nintendo has announced that the marriage system will be returning to the Fire Emblem series in Awakening. This is the first time marriage has been integrated since Fire Emblem Seisen no Keifu.

The second Iwata Asks column for Fire Emblem Awakening reveals that this original 3DS entry in the series has love elements Genki Yokota, the game's director on Nintendo's side, explained that one of the major themes for the new game is love of the characters, so he really wanted to add a marriage system to the game. Producer Hitoshi Yamagami felt the same way, saying that the marriage elements from Super Famicom's Fire Emblem Seisen no Keifu, the first time such elements appeared in the series, left a great impression in him. For Awakening's marriage system, they increased the variation of the possible couple combinations. You can marry any of your allies, and your My Unit characters too. The development staff created special graphics for proposals. Some on the team even suggested that they make kiss faces for all the characters.

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The article says you can marry any of your units, so hopefully that mean same sex marriage will be available as well. That would be quite a progressive step for Nintendo. (Edit #2: Though now it's looking like it will be restricted to straight pairings only, sadly.)

The full Ask Iwata article is here. If anyone can find some more information on this, that would be great.

Edit: A new trailer featuring the marriage system can be seen here. (It's at the very end of the trailer.)

[The Mana Legend]

+1 million units sold in Japan.

[johnsmith]

Wait. . . gay marriage?

[Ignis Fatuus]

That's great and all, but can we get Lyn as DLC yet?

[Cyrano]

Given how this stuff is usually handled, this won't end well.

[Seda]

The article says you can marry any of your units, so hopefully that mean same sex marriage will be available as well. That would be quite a progressive step for Nintendo.

Nintendo's certainly not a generation behind here if that's the case.

[Emitan]

That would be quite a progressive step for Nintendo.

Not really. Fire Emblem's had gay and bisexual characters for years.

[Gravijah]

can you marry a pegasus

[Delio]

Gay marriage?!

[Busaiku]

Marth!

[Ignis Fatuus]

Given how this stuff is usually handled, this won't end well.

It was handled fine in FE7, what are you talking about?

[SMT]

The only thing Nintendo can get right.

[ShdwDrake]

Gay Marriage!? This is an outrage!

[Count Dookkake]

Fire Emblem no Waifu

[Gunloc]

Not really. Fire Emblem's had gay and bisexual characters for years.

Mostly in entries that haven't left Japan though, and usually it's just alluded to. This would be the first direct implementation that lets the players decide, to my knowledge.

[jj984jj]

Marriage? In Fire Emblem?

[Emitan]

Mostly in entries that haven't left Japan though, and usually it's just alluded to. This would be the first direct implementation that lets the players decide, to my knowledge.

Fire Emblem 7 has a love triangle between a man, his sister, and his effeminate friend. This is not new territory for this series in the west.


My Unit x Anna OTP

[BassForever]

Not really. Fire Emblem's had gay and bisexual characters for years.

Fire Emblem has had every type of relationship, and I do mean every, you can even pair a brother and a sister in FE4 And their kids are playable in the 2nd generations

[Ignis Fatuus]

Fire Emblem has had every type of relationship, and I do mean every, you can even pair a brother and a sister in FE4 And their kids are playable in the 2nd generations

Wat.

[cj_iwakura]

Heck, ask the PoR shippers, and they'll say Ike X Soren was canon. :P

It'll only be Elincia for Ike in my heart. :(

[Sammy Samusu]

This game is shaping up to be the best Fire Emblem ever.

Fuck Ike and his friends!

[cj_iwakura]

This game is shaping up to be the best Fire Emblem ever. Fuck Ike and his friends!

Literally!

DLC.

[Zeer0id]

well i'm sold. as if i wasn't already.

[Hot Coldman]

Fire Emblem no Waifu

More like YES Waifu

[Emitan]

New waifus $5 DLC

[Gunloc]

Fire Emblem 7 has a love triangle between a man, his sister, and his effeminate friend. This is not new territory for this series in the west. My Unit x Anna OTP

I don't remember how far they actually push that though. You have to read between the lines for a lot of the pairings. (Though it's been a while since I played FE7, so maybe it's more explicit than I remember.)

Though I get what your saying. One of the best things about the FE series is that they have characters of all types. I'm just saying that I think it's interesting that Nintendo is (potentially) giving players direct control over this now.

[Emitan]

Hopefully Chrome and Liz can marry. Or else I'm disappointed.

[ivysaur12]

Nintendo is supposed to be a family friendly company. smh.

[Dark Schala]

Nice. This game needs to come over!

Wat.

Man, FE4 has a ton of... unorthodox stuff.

It's my favourite in the series, though. Loved it.

[cj_iwakura]

Nintendo is supposed to be a family friendly company. smh.

All kinds of families.

[Hot Coldman]

Nintendo is supposed to be a family friendly company. smh.

Encouraging marriage is against family values, fuck this shit, sending nailbombs to Iwata's house

[Man God]

You have to read between the lines for most of this stuff including FE 4.

[conspiracy] This would explain why NoA isn't bringing it over. [/conspiracy]

[Instro]

Day 1

[Jintor]

Awesome.

Maybe they'll make a support system that doesn't require me to farm bosses for 90 turns.

[Emitan]

I can't believe my little sister is this cute!


POMF!

[BatDan]

So does this confirm the main party will die half-way through the game and be replaced with their kids?.
This definitely sounds like a kitchen sink Fire Emblem. Best parts of previous games rolled into one.

Wat.

Fire Emblem 4 is all kinds of twisted. The main villain's plan involves getting the prince/king (I forgot) Alvis to have a child with the shaman Diadora. She was married to the first protagonist Siguld so he kidnapped her and wiped her memory so she would fall in love with Alvis. The reason they need to have a child? They're secretly brother and sister. Alvis's father was a massive womanizer and one of the women gave birth to Diadora. Their child would unleash some sort of evil into the world. Basically, incest was the key to conquering the world. Don't expect to see this on American shores without a heavy rewrite.

Yes the other FE games had implications of incest (Hi there Eirika and Ephraim) but it was low-key and wasn't important.

[Cipherr]

Given how this stuff is usually handled, this won't end well.

[Riposte]

I judge a game's waifu potential based on whether or not you can permanently kill your spouse. I call it the Henry factor. Fire Emblem makes the cut.

[Gunloc]

[conspiracy] This would explain why NoA isn't bringing it over. [/conspiracy]

I'm trying not to think of that. If NoA passes because of this I'll be royally pissed off.

The sternly worded letters will flow like a waterfall.

[Man God]

Don't worry, you can become best friends with the harvest goddess instead.

[Instro]

I'm trying not to think of that. If NoA passes because of this I'll be royally pissed off. The sternly worded letters will flow like a waterfall.

They'll just cut out the marriage system.

[Gunloc]

Don't worry, you can become best friends with the harvest goddess instead.

But they won't even let us be roommates... ;_;

They'll just cut out the marriage system.

I've got a stack of blank postcards for just such an occasion.

[Laughing Banana]

If this doesn't come for the US I am going to be so fucking royally pissed.

[XANDER CAGE]

Nintendo is supposed to be a family friendly company. smh.

:lol

Fire Emblem has had marriage mechanics in the past, for the record.

[Man God]

But they won't even let us be roommates... ;_; I've got a stack of blank postcards for just such an occasion.

She's the harvest goddess, she's busy! Lot's of harvests!

[Reluctant-Hero]

If this doesn't come for the US I am going to be so fucking royally pissed.

this. This. THIS!

[TruePrime]

Is the Manly Marth looking guy the player character? I haven't followed the game much, I just know it has a a sweet custom 3DS and I was one of the few that actually liked the lead from Radiant Dawn that everyone hated.

[abstract alien]

Nintendo is supposed to be a family friendly company. smh.

Need to make more families so they can continue.

[Wiz]

I can smell the incest from here.

[CSX]

goddamm

wtf NoA JUST ANNOUNCE YOUR LOCALIZATION PLEASSSSSEEEEEEEEE

EDIT : I guess this just reassured that support conversations are back to full form? DOesnt exactly say but sounds like it