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[PixyJunket]

Perhaps it is because I'm not well versed in what micromanagement actually is, but I never imagined Fire Emblem being a difficult game to play through because of worrying about a myriad of factors on the same level as other games in the genre or in RTS games.

I'm kind of looking for something on the level of say, the original Shining Force games and less like NIS stuff.

If that makes any sense.

 

[TurnipFritters]

no sunday release? D:

football is happening.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Love the banner. Kind of expected a character section, but ah well.

 

[bonercop]

I'm kind of looking for something on the level of say, the original Shining Force games and less like NIS stuff.

If that makes any sense.

The lack of meaningless fluff is actually one of the big reasons why people like Fire Emblem. Funnily enough, I was just talking about this with a dude in the Giant Bomb thread.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

I'll swallow the Generime™ Brand Anime art and buy it, but not right away. It'd just sit in a queue anyways.

Also, went perma in XCOM, doing it here too. Proper balancing and all that.

Sums up how I feel about this game.

Also, Great OT. Not too ridiculous and just the right amount of info for newcomers.

And Nintendo continues to have one of the top three localization efforts going.

 

[EvilMario]

If anyone in the Toronto area preordered at EB, they apparently got a very early shipment and are selling it today, I just got a call. They have my artbook too, so they say!

PM sent. Oh boy oh boy oh boy.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Excellent OT. As someone who had never played an FE before, I absolutely loved Awakening.

I loved it so much, that I'll be rebuying it digitally as soon as it goes up on the JP eShop. Hahaha.

 

[Chrom]

If anyone in the Toronto area preordered at EB, they apparently got a very early shipment and are selling it today, I just got a call. They have my artbook too, so they say!

Take pictures of the book and share them!

 

[dock]

I wish they'd commit to a date for the European release!! o_o

 

[PixyJunket]

The lack of meaningless fluff is actually one of the big reasons why people like Fire Emblem. Funnily enough, I was just talking about this with a dude in the Giant Bomb thread.

Welp, as soon as the eShop is up I'm getting a demo.

I shall report back with my findings (as a guy who has hated SRPGs in the last many years).

 

[Artemisia]

Anything you need to know about everything FE-related is on Serenes Forest.

Watch out for spoilers.

the fucking urges I am getting to reveal all those spoilers...

 

[Varshes]

Take pictures of the book and share them!

If I make it down there in time tonight I will!

 

[Samurai_Heart]

Excellent OT. As someone who had never played an FE before, I absolutely loved Awakening.

I loved it so much, that I'll be rebuying it digitally as soon as it goes up on the JP eShop. Hahaha.

You still got the cart so you can transfer the saves to the download version when the tool comes out? And then sell the retail version I guess XD.

 

[decoyplatypus]

In the last two months I have replayed a little over half the series in preparation. I am ready for Monday.

 

[thetrin]

15-20 hours is the sweet spot for me. I feel like a lot of SRPGs, while excellent through the start and middle, tend to outstay their welcome as you enter the home stretch.

 

[EvilMario]

15-20 hours is the sweet spot for me. I feel like a lot of SRPGs, while excellent through the start and middle, tend to outstay their welcome as you enter the home stretch.

The best part is with Fire Emblem, it can be pretty short and sweet.. but if you want, there's usually a ton of content to make continued play worth it.

 

[Brqan]

Hey about the free first week dlc I was wondering I cant get the game at launch, but a friend will so i wanted to know if I borrow his game would I be able to have the dlc on my 3ds and use it with my copy of the game.

 

[Samurai_Heart]

Hey about the free first week dlc I was wondering I cant get the game at launch, but a friend will so i wanted to know if I borrow his game would I be able to have the dlc on my 3ds and use it with my copy of the game.

3DS DLC tends to be downloaded through the game, so if you can use your friend's game download the DLC when it's there as they are saved onto the SD cards.

 

[Doorman]

Avatar gender doesn't matter.

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Your child is born as long as you become a parent.

So you mean that regardless of your Avatar's gender,

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their child will end up being a tactician? I always assumed that the child's starting class was based on the mother's, or does it work in some other way?

 

[Ermc_G6]

excitement for the 4th is reaching critical mass.

Picked up a 3ds a week ago for this title.

 

[dakkumauji]

So you mean that regardless of your Avatar's gender,

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their child will end up being a tactician? I always assumed that the child's starting class was based on the mother's, or does it work in some other way?

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Your child will only be a tactician if you marry someone with a special class like lord or dancer. Otherwise, it is the same as your partner's.

 

[cj_iwakura]

I love that they brought back the Tactician avatar thing, it's perfect for SRPGs.

I always felt special in FE GBA(7?) when Lyn and co look at you.

 

[Chrom]

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Your child will only be a tactician if you marry someone with a special class like lord or dancer. Otherwise, it is the same as your partner's.

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Mostly true, just that the starting class is non-promoted, so you wouldn't expect the child to start out as a Falcon Knight or Sorcerer just because the partner is so.

 

[SolarKnight]

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Your child will only be a tactician if you marry someone with a special class like lord or dancer. Otherwise, it is the same as your partner's.

Actually, from Gamefaqs

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"The Avatar has access to every generic job available to their gender (excluding special classes like Lord and Dancer, but including the Strategist class), as does any child of the Avatar. Morgan is the reverse gender of the Avatar but will still have access to every generic job of their gender, including possibly the Taguel or Manakete class depending on the parent."

 

[dakkumauji]

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Mostly true, just that the starting class is non-promoted, so you wouldn't expect the child to start out as a Falcon Knight or Sorcerer just because the partner is so.

Spoiler

Ah, right. Bonus question then, does this mean we would have to prep the parents before recruiting the children or does it like if the mom learns a passable skill or something, the child can suddenly learn it even after recruiting them?

 

[Brqan]

3DS DLC tends to be downloaded through the game, so if you can use your friend's game download the DLC when it's there as they are saved onto the SD cards.

Thanks sounds good then.

 

[SolarKnight]

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Ah, right. Bonus question then, does this mean we would have to prep the parents before recruiting the children or does it like if the mom learns a passable skill or something, the child can suddenly learn it even after recruiting them?

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The children's "inheritance" gets decided when you enter the sidequest to recruit them. After that the parents won't affect him AFAIK.

 

[Chrom]

Actually, from Gamefaqs

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"The Avatar has access to every generic job available to their gender (excluding special classes like Lord and Dancer, but including the Strategist class), as does any child of the Avatar. Morgan is the reverse gender of the Avatar but will still have access to every generic job of their gender, including possibly the Taguel or Manakete class depending on the parent."

I think he's just referring to

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the child's starting class and nothing else.

 

[dakkumauji]

Actually, from Gamefaqs

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"The Avatar has access to every generic job available to their gender (excluding special classes like Lord and Dancer, but including the Strategist class), as does any child of the Avatar. Morgan is the reverse gender of the Avatar but will still have access to every generic job of their gender, including possibly the Taguel or Manakete class depending on the parent."

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Well I assume the class they join as. After that, all bets are off I suppose.

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The children's "inheritance" gets decided when you enter the sidequest to recruit them. After that the parents won't affect him AFAIK.

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Bummer. Guess the whole child aspect will require some planning then.

 

[vctor182]

My Gamestop wouldn't let me pre-order the game for some reason. Anyone know why?

Gamestop pre-orders are sold out i believe?

 

[Chrom]

Gamestop pre-orders are sold out i believe?

Right, it's been like that for several days if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Kenai]

Very, very hyped for this.

 

[Galactic Fork]

Must Not Look Under Spoilers!! Must resist!

I'm really excited about Awakening, the only FE games I've played are Sacred Stones (the 3ds ambassador version) and Shadow Dragon. I loooove Sacred Stones and wish they'd release the other US GBA Fire Emblem.

Shadow Dragon didn't grab me as much. Mainly because most of the characters seemed sorta throw away (and many useless). And I really don't like rewarding people for losing lots of characters. Side chapters should be rewards for good play. Awakening seems to have more characters than even Shadow Dragon, so I'm wondering if it's pointless to keep most of them alive? Also, it seemed like stat growth was lower in Shadow Dragon than Sacred Stones. Nothing is as big of a let down than leveling up and NOTHING raises. It seems to happen so much in Shadow Dragon. I know SD is a remake of the original, I'm just wondering if the growth was more modernized and if Awakening is like that with a lot of characters.

Also, is the DLC saved to the 3DS or to the cart? And if it's the 3ds, does anybody know how big the writable area on 3ds cards are? I know DS's was incredibly small.

 

[Chrom]

Also, is the DLC saved to the 3DS or to the cart? And if it's the 3ds, does anybody know how big the writable area on 3ds cards are? I know DS's was incredibly small.

Neither, DLC is stored on the SD card.

 

[Galactic Fork]

Neither, DLC is stored on the SD card.

OH ok. By 3ds, I meant the SD card included (actually I didn't even think of the SD card... so I was more thinking of 3ds Card or not 3ds Card). Thanks.

Also... I was dumb and misread a post above.

 

[Marche90]

Also, if anyone can confirm me something.

Are we getting the pixel-art cart too? If so, that would tempt me a lot more to try and get the money for the physical edition. Right now, I'll buy it at the eShop since it's cheaper that way for me

 

[caesar]

How tough is this game?

FF Tactics hard?

 

[iavi]

How tough is this game?

FF Tactics hard?

From the demo; hard provides a good challenge if you're used to the series, or srpg of the like. Lunatic will drive you insane.

I'm going to play through on hard, and reserve lunatic for my second run. I want to actually enjoy the game

 

[Anbokr]

Shadow Dragon is pretty much the weakest FE released in the west. I played it a bunch, but I have no longing to play it anymore like I do FE7/8. It has the unappealing barebones story of an NES game and god awful character models in battle.

Also consider, 3DS has a lot of quality software. If you're going to put in a few hundred hours in this FE.. I'm sure you can find another few games to play over the life time of the system and justify the purpose. There are a lot of deals lately for the OG and XL 3DS, so just keep an eye out.

Yeah I think I'll stay on the lookout and hopefully nab a 3DS at a decent price, thanks.

I haven't kept up to date with Nintendo stuff in a very long time, need I be worried that if I buy a 3DS, a better version of the 3DS will be released and a price drop instituted on the older model ? Any rumors on the horizon?

 

[Chrom]

Also, if anyone can confirm me something.

Are we getting the pixel-art cart too? If so, that would tempt me a lot more to try and get the money for the physical edition. Right now, I'll buy it at the eShop since it's cheaper that way for me

We would've known by now if the people who got the review copies got it physically rather than digitally, but it's recently come to our attention that the physical game is being sold right now in Toronto. We may finally get a definitive answer soon.

 

[caesar]

From the demo; hard provides a good challenge if you're used to the series, or srpg of the like. Lunatic will drive you insane.

I'm going to play through on hard, and reserve lunatic for my second run. I want to actually enjoy the game

Never played a Fire Emblem game but I have played some tactical rpgs before, I'll go hard with perma-death maybe. It's the only way with these games.

 

[cj_iwakura]

And Nintendo continues to have one of the top three localization efforts going.

I've always thought NoA were great at localizations, but now I have to wonder: did they localize this, or was it outsourced?

 

[dakkumauji]

I've always thought NoA were great at localizations, but now I have to wonder: did they localize this, or was it outsourced?

I think Treehouse did this, so in-house.

 

[Chrom]

I've always thought NoA were great at localizations, but now I have to wonder: did they localize this, or was it outsourced?

Nintendo's Treehouse localized the game.

 

[Seda]

I've always thought NoA were great at localizations, but now I have to wonder: did they localize this, or was it outsourced?

It was Treehouse. Leslie Swan, Nate Bildorff, Bill Trinen, those guys.

 

[EvilMario]

I'll swallow the Generime™ Brand Anime art and buy it, but not right away. It'd just sit in a queue anyways.

Also, went perma in XCOM, doing it here too. Proper balancing and all that.



And Nintendo continues to have one of the top three localization efforts going.

Treehouse are gods. Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi localization efforts are especially amazing. It's a shame we never got to see them take on Mother 3, as good as the fan translation was.

 

[Samurai_Heart]

Wonder if NoE is gonna use Treehouse's translation or use their own =/ Paper Mario Sticker Star shows their comedic writing is not there yet =S

 

[iavi]

I'll swallow the Generime™ Brand Anime art and buy it, but not right away. It'd just sit in a queue anyways.

Also, went perma in XCOM, doing it here too. Proper balancing and all that.



And Nintendo continues to have one of the top three localization efforts going.

Did you just call Kozaki art generic?

*faints*

 

[Mupod]

So let me get this straight, Tharja is a socially awkward yandere?

There can be no other for me.

 

[Astral/H3X]

I believe the one story dependent child in the game has the possibility of having some random nobody villager be their mom, so yeah, no chance of screwing the story or anything.

I'm pretty sure that Paris says he's the descendant of the HERO of Blue Flames, which would make him the son/grandson of Ike. Plus it doesn't make sense to be the descendant of some magical voodoo effect coming off of a coin. Just saying.

EDIT: Yay skipping pages of context! Eventually I'll stop doing that!