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Fire Emblem Direct - January 18th, 4PM CST (Japan confirmed, FE Mobile unveiling)
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Get your bad opinions out of my face.
Nephenee has no chance.
to bothBut I want to play as both Chrom and Cordelia and be able to relieved my totally awesome fan fiction!
Lucina could be their kid so I hope she's playable too.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Whats the time for direct?
I believe they confirmed it in the Treehouse stream.
dragonlife
Member
Japan has good taste with Ike.
But Lucina? Ugh. Just as boring as her dad.
But Lucina? Ugh. Just as boring as her dad.
Blackquill
Member
I can write an essay about how Ike is probably one the greatest hero ever seen in a video game.
NeonZ
Member
Marth's Falchion and Corrin's sword are in the trailer. They won't lock up characters like this in what's supposed to be a fanservice game. If there's some kind of class system though, I could see them locking special classes/movesets behind the Amiibo, like the Spinner being tied to Link's Amiibo in Hyrule Warriors. Although if there's a class system the classes wouldn't need to be unique/character specific, like in Dragon Quest Heroes II.
NeonZ
Member
This Direct was originally announced by NOA while mentioning more about FE Warriors. The official announcement from Japan only directly mentions the mobile title though, but there's nothing like "no Switch news" unlike in previous Directs.
My predictions:
- FE Mobile trailer
- Story overview
- Segments detailing a couple different modes, as well as hyping up paid features
- Fall 2017 release window
- Mention of some sort of Fates DLC
- Corrin amiibo given a date, show off male and female versions
- Proper trailer for Warriors, showing 3 or 4 main characters, gameplay, and a release year
That last point may be seriously over optimistic. Language in the presentation made it sound like the thing was still quite early in development, so maybe the most to hope for would be a more cinematic trailer.
Super optimistic thing I hope happens at the end: tease for another Direct in a couple weeks, maybe something for Splatoon, or a mention that there will be another general Direct around Switch launch.
- FE Mobile trailer
- Story overview
- Segments detailing a couple different modes, as well as hyping up paid features
- Fall 2017 release window
- Mention of some sort of Fates DLC
- Corrin amiibo given a date, show off male and female versions
- Proper trailer for Warriors, showing 3 or 4 main characters, gameplay, and a release year
That last point may be seriously over optimistic. Language in the presentation made it sound like the thing was still quite early in development, so maybe the most to hope for would be a more cinematic trailer.
Super optimistic thing I hope happens at the end: tease for another Direct in a couple weeks, maybe something for Splatoon, or a mention that there will be another general Direct around Switch launch.
DecoReturns
Member
I would read it.
I find Ike to probably best the best lord in the Fire Emblem franchise. Narratively speaking.
I'm hoping it's just random weapon and/or traditional costumes. Since they always like to put a twist on the character appearance (scarf for link), that'd be an easy thing, and noone misses out on gameplay options.
As would I.
As just a start: he never makes a boneheaded decision.
Also Ike/Soren OTP.
Franz Brötchen;228559030 said:
Ok, let's say 12 in the base game, 6 split in three DLC packs in the pipe line, with a season pass sold at 14,49
KelpPlankton
Member
The roster will have 1 or 2 characters from every game in the series, except for Marth's crew and the Awakening/Fates which will have significantly more representation than the other games, and Ike's two titles which will have like 2 extra people.
I think the roster will be pretty large though, and they'll stay away from the alternate moveset weapons stuff that made the Hyrule Warriors roster small, instead opting to just make additional characters for those weapons/classes.
I think the roster will be pretty large though, and they'll stay away from the alternate moveset weapons stuff that made the Hyrule Warriors roster small, instead opting to just make additional characters for those weapons/classes.
ShinRPGamer
Member
I highly doubt that the roster will be that low. 18 is something I'd expect for the base game at the very least.
It's like 23hrs from now
KelpPlankton
Member
you can just really tell who's only exposure to the Warriors/Musou games has been Hyrule Warriors because their rosters are like 8 characters big and they expect multiple weapons per character. aint happening, FE demands a large roster in it's own games and they'll carry that over to FE Warriors. alt weapons might end up being DLC for one or two characters if there's fan demand
Let's see it then.
DecoReturns
Member
He is and forever will be, the dude who fights for his friends.
He will never live down that voice line from Smash due to my friends buffoonery.
MADGAME
Member
I see, thanks.
I'm hoping that the big surprise is that the mobile FE is also coming to Switch. That will be an interesting announcement that will also have to detail how the Switch eshop works.
Edit: Wait what if the Switch is a smart device that supports apps :O. Okay now I'm being too optimistic.
Edit: Wait what if the Switch is a smart device that supports apps :O. Okay now I'm being too optimistic.
Looks pretty off to me, tbh. Not sure how you got so many obvious things wrong. Here's my list of predictions to compare. I think it'll be pretty accurate.
What kind of bare bones list is this? No Black Frost Anna?
Scarlet
her death
Costume DLC
If you throw in the DS remakes, those are also the only FE games released in the past decade (or at least they will be in 6 weeks).
That said, I would be surprised if Ike is cut.
Now, why did you have to go and say that? Why did you have to make me want that?
I was kinda wondering about it too, so I decided to go back and check the wording from Treehouse.
Vid link w/ timestap: https://youtu.be/qadzCB3CLlI?t=3h40m18s
Treehouse said:
Sounds pretty confirmed.
And Japan's tweet, courtesy of GAF's very own StreetsAhead:
Let's hope indeed! I'd be pretty happy if we get the game this year.
MadJackChurchill
Banned
FE Pushmo. Imagine the cute characters.
Switch version is unconfirmed, but you may as well wait until tomorrow anyway.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Looking forward to this. I would consider myself pretty new to the series, my first proper Fire Emblem was Awakening, but I really loved it. Fates, I thought was okay, found the plot to be spread way too thin between the various version, I hope they don't go in that direction again. Still a fun game though, don't get me wrong. A little bit of Fire Emblem Warriors & whatever the mobile game is will keep me going.
I'm in the exact same boat, although I'm not betting on a Switch version being shown tomorrow. If anything, all this FE talk will make me finally open my LE.
Tfw not avatar quoted on the rare opportune moment
Anyway Donnel should be in because he's cool, looks cool, and becomes a monster if you keep using him. Also I had him as my avatar before I even played Awakening, he's that good looking with his pot on his head
FloweryMarston
Member
How long until it gets leaked?
Have to agree, I just strongly dislike that character
theprodigy
Member
anyone becomes a monster if you keep using them in Awakening though
People miss the point of Donnell. It's traditional in Fire Emblem to have a character that starts out kind of shit but has amazing growth.
Just like it's traditional to have a character that's absurdly overpowered at first but has shit growth and will soak up all the early experience if you overuse them.
Just like it's traditional to have a character that's absurdly overpowered at first but has shit growth and will soak up all the early experience if you overuse them.
KelpPlankton
Member
Donnel would be a good DLC pick, as would most silly fan-favorite characters who are otherwise a little too obscure to represent their games in the main roster
But there's so many other strong picks from Awakening that I doubt we'll see him. We never did get Groose in Hyrule Warriors after all
But there's so many other strong picks from Awakening that I doubt we'll see him. We never did get Groose in Hyrule Warriors after all
theprodigy
Member
and the former is always bad and the latter is varying degrees of good depending on the game and doesn't "steal" "experience"
hey free money (Fortune) and some good skills (Savior/Imbue), I'll take it
DecoReturns
Member
Meg and Fiona were straight up lies