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[ForteanMan]

My body is soooooo ready! About an hour and 15 minutes or so to go....... I'm pretty sure I can make it.

 

[Setre]

So who's a FE newbie and will start with this? Can't wait.

Me, will be doing Normal-Classic for my first playthrough.

 

[Astral/H3X]

I just swapped my C4 8GB for a C10 32GB in preparation for this game... And placebo effect be damned, it seemed like my icons loaded up faster. With like 50 of these suckers that's nice haha.

Just stalling for time... One more hour... AND TEN MINUTES *throws monitor out window*

For people thinking about doing Casual, my girlfriend has been playing FE for two days and says that it would be a shame and a loss of the experience to play it in any way other than perma death. So keep that in mind...

 

[Kincaido]

The longest hour of my life.

 

[Beelzebub]

The longest hour of my life.

Is it because there's more than an hour left still (

 

[Moonlight]

Just got

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Anna

.

I think I'm in love.

 

[ohlawd]

So eShop peeps, what time do you think your download will be done? An hour after it releases in the online store?

 

[Kai Dracon]

10:58pm

Please don't break, Nintendo servers.

 

[Astral/H3X]

10:58pm

Please don't break, Nintendo servers.

inb4 the break!

 

[dragonlife]

Do retail eShop games come with a digital manual?

 

[Roto13]

Do retail eShop games come with a digital manual?

Yeah.

 

[dakkumauji]

I'll just keep waiting for whenever Gamestop gets it.

 

[Andrew J.]

I mean what's the point of NOT playing casual if you're just resetting all the time?

Resetting all the time is the essence of Fire Emblem.

 

[Velcro Fly]

man i'm hoping i can get this tomorrow. i'm not counting on it though but man would it be nice to get the game to cheer me up after that stupid football game

 

[Sir Abacus]

So I was big on Shining Force back in the day and I'm thinking of getting back into the genre with this one. I have just one question.

Does permadeath affect the story/character interactions in Fire Emblem games? Will it be different depending on who dies where? Shining Force always played like what seems to be casual mode so you'd just res them at the inn and every character still had their part of the story.

 

[CSX]

Throwing my 3ds at my router and nothing is happening.

 

[ohlawd]

man i'm hoping i can get this tomorrow. i'm not counting on it though but man would it be nice to get the game to cheer me up after that stupid football game

Destiny's Child throwback wasn't good enough?

 

[Symphonic]

So what's the word on the Best Buy preorders? They said it was backordered but then said nevermind it's all on schedule, but they gave me my money back.

 

[SpaceBridge]

Do retail eShop games come with a digital manual?

Yeah.

Lol, even the retail game has no manual, unless you call a folded paper a manual.

 

[Javier]

Just got

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Anna

.

I think I'm in love.

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It's the wink and the finger-in-chin.

Can't ignore once you see it.

 

[TheGrue]

What time zone midnight does this go up on the eShop?

 

[TentPole]

What time zone midnight does this go up on the eShop?

Eastern. 40 min. to go!

 

[Astral/H3X]

Eastern.
Which sucks, because as a person in Indiana I don't get it effectively an hour earlier. Damn.

 

[Peter Bazooka]

Just got

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Anna

.

I think I'm in love.

She's great. Too bad about only having two supports though.

 

[Hieberrr]

What time zone midnight does this go up on the eShop?

12 ET

 

[Hale-XF11]

11 CST for me, which means that if it takes about roughly an hour to download, I'll stick get in a good amount of play time before I call it a night.

 

[Chrom]

So I was big on Shining Force back in the day and I'm thinking of getting back into the genre with this one. I have just one question.

Does permadeath affect the story/character interactions in Fire Emblem games? Will it be different depending on who dies where? Shining Force always played like what seems to be casual mode so you'd just res them at the inn and every character still had their part of the story.

Not the main story. Since most of the playable characters get almost no spotlight after their joining, their deaths don't mean much in the grand scheme of things because they usually aren't important. Of course, it does heavily affect opportunity for dialogue if not entire characters joining your group if you don't have the right ones on you. All of characters make the game, but only a few actually make the real story.

 

[Alchemy]

Wait, I thought this didn't come out until Tuesday (Monday at midnight)?

 

[Laurentius]

For those that have played it already, how's the overall story/characters? I love Fire Emblem stories and characters, and if it's anywhere close to FE7, 9 and 10, I'll be happy.

 

[Chrom]

Wait, I thought this didn't come out until Tuesday (Monday at midnight)?

The first hour of Monday at Eastern time.

 

[Alchemy]

The first hour of Monday at Eastern time.

Well fuuuuuuuck me. Suddenly excited.

 

[kpjolee]

Nintendo server better not go down on me lol.

 

[The Last Wizard]

Help me decide which color 3ds xl for tomorrow, I'm leaning red.

 

[Gestahl]

For those that have played it already, how's the overall story/characters? I love Fire Emblem stories and characters, and if it's anywhere close to FE7, 9 and 10, I'll be happy.

I'm at chapter 17 and so far the story's been pretty half-baked. Like, a minor character saunters in at the end of the first arc and goes

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"oh by the way on this continent you've never heard of there's a massive continent-spanning empire you've also never heard of and oh they're coming to push our shit in. Thought I should let you know!"

It's like there's 3 or 4 different plotlines that could make whole games that they're just smashing together and rushing through.

 

[Kincaido]

About 30 more mins, please don't have any problems eShop ;_;

 

[ohlawd]

Nintendo server better not go down on me lol.

I wouldn't worry about that.

It's probably going to be only 10 people max downloading the game.

 

[flake]

Countdown to tears

 

[dakkumauji]

Help me decide which color 3ds xl for tomorrow, I'm leaning red.

Red's a mighty nice color.

 

[Kincaido]

Help me decide which color 3ds xl for tomorrow, I'm leaning red.

I love my red XL.

 

[hitmon]

Help me decide which color 3ds xl for tomorrow, I'm leaning red.

Go with your gut.

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red

 

[vareon]

Help me decide which color 3ds xl for tomorrow, I'm leaning red.

Red is always the leader.

 

[dakkumauji]

I wouldn't worry about that.

It's probably going to be only 10 people max downloading the game.

Sounds like Nintendo level predictions.

 

[zroid]

Red's a mighty nice color.

I love my red XL.

Go with your gut.

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red

Red is always the leader.

Mega Man Blue > Tomato Red

 

[MechaX]

Kinda tempted to just get it on eShop, but eh.

I'll go to GS tomorrow and get my art-book.

 

[CronoShot]

Despite me preordering the bundle, I'm tempted to DL at midnight on the eshop for the lulz (and the fact that I probably won't get it tomorrow).

 

[Freezie KO]

Each and every one of the DLC maps have their own individual difficulty level, which is then scaled according to your file's difficulty level, with the exception of the absolute final DLC. They're played within your file akin to sidequest chapters.

You need to finish Chapter 4 to access the Outrealm Gate (where you purchase the DLC), but there's no prerequisite for needing to reach a certain point in the story to play any DLC released.

Ok. Thanks. So if I'm up to Chapter 15, I'm probably going to be overpowered for the early DLC chapters.

 

[Phionoxx]

almost there. about 20 minutes to go!

 

[L Thammy]

Are there any characters to avoid or ways to screw yourself over with reckless class changes?

 

[TWILT]

For those that have played it already, how's the overall story/characters? I love Fire Emblem stories and characters, and if it's anywhere close to FE7, 9 and 10, I'll be happy.

Story is overall quite enjoyable/interesting. If you enjoyed previous FE stories, I'm pretty sure you'll like this one.

Love the characters in this game; think this might be my favorite FE playable cast. Don't think I disliked any characters in the game (though I can't say the same for FE10 for example).

 

[hitmon]

Mega Man Blue > Tomato Red

Fire Emblem Blue would have been nice, but it doesn't come in the XL variety. Though I think Fire Emblem Red rolls off the tongue better.

Struggling to level up

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Donnel