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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT| Lord of the RNG
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Yes as much as I'd like to finish it, if I got my hands on Awakening right this instance... FE12 will not see me for a few months, maybe even years. Like some other poor abandoned games in my Backlog. ;_;
Huh, Champions would make more sense than Champion, I suppose.
Yeah, Red Entertainment was barely involved with the game from my understanding. The game credits only make a fleeting mention of them if memory serves. Kind of like Brownie Brown being involved with Super Mario 3D Land.
Yet FE12 is an excellent game. I've only finished the first two chapters of Awakening (ie, the demo) - I think I'll put it down for now and get back into FE12. Shouldn't be too difficult once I forget how sexy Awakening is.
Am I the only one who was caught off guard by the birds flying across the screen in Chapter 1? I had the 3D turned up 100% so it honestly looked like they were on the screen. Really looks fantastic.
[edit] Then again I like the idea of playing Awakening alongside everyone else at launch....
Ace Harding
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Haha yep. I did this mission about 6 times before I was successful.
This is my first Fire Emblem game and I have no idea what I'm doing. I've lost like 5 people and I'm only on chapter 6 or so.
The Awesomest
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Wait, so has the street date been broken in the US? Or just in Canada? Please tell me it's broken in the US.
No base conversations. Supports are unlimited.
Hmm? I swear I saw the option. They're not actual conversations then, but just support bonuses?
KirbYuuYuu
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It's broken in the US. However, this matters if the stores are aware of conference calls and if they have the stock for it.
Oh, I see.
No, they are indeed real support conversations, but they aren't like base conversations like in some games which I was thinking you were referring to for some reason. You can't miss support conversations because they'll always be available.
My bad then. I guess I don't understand the difference between base conversations and these support conversations?
Base conversations were a convention used in some games solely to further flesh out characters with optional conversations that provided no gameplay benefit. Awakening doesn't have those.
bearythebear
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I've never played a Fire Emblem game, or a lot of turn based strategy games in general, so got a couple of questions.
Is story a big part of this game? I'm intrigued by the conversation stuff with party members.
Also, generally how long would it be on normal?
Is story a big part of this game? I'm intrigued by the conversation stuff with party members.
Also, generally how long would it be on normal?
Black-Wind
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Wait, so there's no way to get the Art book with out the bundle?!?
Pre-order the game at those listed retailers.
Story's not that important but it's there to keep you interested.
OP answers length question better than I can.
Story's not really important, but characters are why I like FE so much. They have their own personalities and backstory, they grow with you, they interact with each other, and their bond with each other is reflected on the gameplay. In permadeath, if a character dies, other character might react, which made me sad as hell in Radiant Dawn for losing someone.
Which one is FE12? Was it released in english?
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem ~Heroes of Light and Shadow~ for Nintendo DS.
Never released outside of Japan, but has an excellent fan translation that was recently released.
Tried to use my Gamestop hookups to get a copy
No such luck. But the computer definitely removed the street date. When you add the sku to the transaction it's just like 'ok cool!'
Don't see why Nintendo can't just put it up on the shop now if they're letting Gamestop break the date. Gamestop's super anal about street dates, so they had to have permission for this. I imagine it has something to do with the early cut off on preorders on Amazon's delay thing
No such luck. But the computer definitely removed the street date. When you add the sku to the transaction it's just like 'ok cool!'
Don't see why Nintendo can't just put it up on the shop now if they're letting Gamestop break the date. Gamestop's super anal about street dates, so they had to have permission for this. I imagine it has something to do with the early cut off on preorders on Amazon's delay thing
I actually forget that it's not a 'legit' translation. Basically flawless.
For anyone interested in FE12, you import the game, dump the ROM, patch it with the translation, load it onto a flash cart.... away you go. I was completely new to the process but followed the instructions and found it pretty painless.
Hours Left
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This game rocks.
Early recruit question:
is there any benefit in using Donnel, the boy from Paralogue 1? He's severely underpowered compared to the rest.
Super easy if you pair him up with a tank like Frederick.
Am I the only one who stripped Frederick of his lance and paired him with MU (My Unit) right away? Seemed to make a lot of sense, at least to begin the game. I'm not far in, mind you.
Thanks for clearing those up!
Actually, I breezed through the chapter. I've only had to use Frederick for the chapter 4 or 5 I believe. I just did the classic route and had the other units weaken the enemies. I figured I'd get more use out of having more units at my disposal. Also I just came across Cordelia; finally!
He has a unique skill which gives him +20% to all growths. His initial class sucks, but once he hits level 10 you can reclass him and then he has by far the best growths in the game. Babysit him a little and he becomes godlike.
On lunatic however it's probably very hard to make him really strong.
Hours Left
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He breeds like a dream.
(No, really. Pair him up with someone that has a female child, and you can give that kid access to Pegasus Knight, which in turn leads to the best skill in the game, Lightning Speed.)
Hours Left
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I was already planning to use Nn/Nah, now it must happen. Also, now we have Nowi (no way) and Nah? Amazing.
I'm already noticing his level ups are crazy. I'll keep nurturing him.
I can't stop screaming at this game having a breeding system. Still haven't progressed far enough to start doing that though.
Dark Schala
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This game is very good so far (seriously; very glad I picked this up cuz I wasn't having a barrel of fun with NNK). I restarted on Lunatic so we'll see how far that gets me before I reload my Hard save.
Haven't played Shin Monshou no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu, but I have this strong desire to import it now.
Haven't played Shin Monshou no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu, but I have this strong desire to import it now.
Peter Bazooka
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So am I just getting insanely lucky or is the Avatar supposed to be a killing machine? For me he dominates battles, gets crits, double attacks, back up attacks, frequently dodges, and his level ups are consistently fantastic.
"Nah"? Really? "Nah"? Not that Nn was a good game, but Nah?
Why do most "localized" names tend to sound worse than the originals? How do you go from something normal like Azure to Inigo? What the hell is an Inigo? And Serena is a pretty normal name but it's now Severa?
Who makes these decisions?
Peter Bazooka
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RyougaSaotome
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In honor of this thread and all the folks enjoying this spectacular game, I grabbed the digital version off the JP store.
Excited to play a new game and do things super differently!
Excited to play a new game and do things super differently!
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