One of the most unique things about Fire Emblem Heroes is that players have the chance to not only summon characters, but also, to win characters through battles. Sometimes they can get them through special quests, while other times they can get them through special battles. Another of these special…
When it comes to the “one or the other” questions, like “will you go left or right?”, the funny answer is to say, “I’ll go down the middle”. In Fire Emblem Fates, with the question of “Which family will you choose?”, there’s also the option to choose neither family. Thus…
Fire Emblem Fates is one of the biggest hits in the franchises history. So much so that Nintendo now returns to the franchise as a “Major IP”. One of the reasons for this is its branched story that played out over three titles. A first for the series. Masahiro Higuchi…
As I continue my Fire Emblem Fates reviews, see Birthright here, we now come to the darker side of the coin in the form of Fire Emblem: Conquest. From nearly the getgo, we heard from Nintendo themselves that Conquest would be the “harder path”, one that would be for the…
Among all the news and breakdown from the Nintendo Financial Meeting, an interesting tidbit may have gotten lost in the shuffle. While it was announced that Fire Emblem would be getting a mobile title, adding it to the movement that Nintendo hopes to build upon, the reasoning behind it is…
Nintendo announced in an official press release this week that Fire Emblem Fates will receive new DLC maps starting next month. The first new map for the Map Pack 2 content will be available starting May 5 for the Nintendo 3DS game. The new DLC includes map, I: In Endless…
First, I want to apologize for the lateness of this review. But I wanted to complete all three versions of Fire Emblem Fates before rendering my verdicts on each. So, onto the review! Of the three, Birthright is by far the easiest, however, that doesn’t mean it’s easy to complete,…
In its opening weekend, the released Fire Emblem Fates sold over 300k across both versions, Birthright and Conquest. According to the numbers, this seems to account for the US and not the UK. While that may not seem like a massive number compared to other releases, this was in fact…
More and more details are coming out about the upcoming US version of Fire Emblem Fates. The titles, Birthright and Conquest, have been out in Japan for some time now, but will release in the west in a few weeks. Already noted in the change is how a character is written/perceived,…
Fire Emblem Fates aims to be a very different kind of Fire Emblem game. Going so far as to have same gender marriages and other interesting story elements in the title. However, via the Japanese release, some of these decisions have come under fire. Mostly, a character was said to…