Nintendo Direct (1 April 2015)

[nocturnal YL]

Several FE-related items have their details announced.

ファイアーエムブレム if 白夜王国と暗夜王国
ファイアーエムブレム if SPECIAL EDITION
www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/bfwj/index.html



Fire Emblem 14 is split into two campaigns: you, as a royal born in the peace-loving Hoshido (白夜王国 Hakuya Oukoku) and raised in the power-loving Nohr (暗夜王国 An'ya Oukoku), must pick between either country to support in Chapter 6. Each side will make up one version of the game, with the other being purchasable for 2000 yen. There will also a third route that comes out later, which also costs 2000 yen. The total price for everything will be 9076 yen after tax.

There's also a special edition offer, which includes both routes in a single game card, an art book, exclusive TCG Fire Emblem Cipher cards and the third route once it comes out. Costs 9990 yen after tax. Online sources indicate that Japanese preorders are all sold out.

This game will release in Japan on 25 June 2015, and some time in 2016 elsewhere.


幻影異聞録♯ＦＥ (がんえいいぶんろく　シャープエフイー)
www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/asej/index.html



Gan'ei Ibunroku ♯FE (which some translated as Illusory Revelations ♯FE) is... not really Fire Emblem. It's an ATLUS RPG with Fire Emblem characters in it. Nope, no Shin Megami Tensei there. Just general ATLUS. Its producer has worked on Devil Survivor before.

This confused some fans, but there are also people praising its unusual approach as opposed to just trying to make a traditional crossover.

This game is expected to come out in winter.


TCG ファイアーエムブレム０（サイファ）
fecipher.jp/

A new series of TCG. It has been forever since they were making those! On the same day as FE14's release, cards based on FE1 and FE13 will be available: a 50-card starter pack based on FE1, a 50-card starter pack based on FE13, and a booster pack of 10 that features characters of both games.

[starlightmeteor]

Some quick thoughts: =p

I've been thinking about FE - If and the two set routes.  Say if you choose to side with one family your first playthrough, can't you choose the other option and unlock the other route rather than paying for it?  Or are the decisions set?  


I'd be interested in seeing the third route myself since I might end up liking characters from both families (the country the avatar will be raised in and the country the avatar was born in).      

It also appears that the avatar may be a manakete according to the trailer because as the avatar, you get a dragon stone in your inventory.

I'm not sure what to make of the crossover though.  I guess I could always watch bits of it when it comes out.

[nocturnal YL]

Unless something go wrong, I'll probably just get everything. The route taken in FE14 will be fixed - it depends on the version you buy, or if you get the downloadable version, your route will be locked once you make the decision. You'll have to pay for the other route and the third route. Sounds reasonable to me, since they say each route will be about as big as FE13 in size, but it's getting inconvenient for those who aren't used to downloading games (I've heard some Taiwanese players having trouble figuring out where to buy eShop prepaid cards, and some don't even know how to connect their 3DS online in the first place).

I'm getting the feeling that you don't actually kill everyone here. Maybe it'll be like FE10 where the different parties get distracted by something else and stop fighting each other. On the other hand, this game puts strong emphasis on the theme of choice, so maybe they'll have a few of them killed to raise the stake.


I actually like how the crossover turned out. Megaten and FE feel nothing like each other, so I doubt how a traditional crossover would work anyway.