The Heroes of Fire Emblem Warriors
If you asked a group of fans what “Warriors“ video game adaptation they wanted in the last decade from Koei Tecmo and development subsidiary Omega Force, chances are many would answer “Fire Emblem Warriors.” That’s for good reason. Each installment in the franchise contains a slew of likable characters, and most of them could take on entire armies like characters in most Warriors games. This was also one of the reasons why there was noticeable upset after Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem was announced, as people thought FE teamed up with the wrong franchise. Note that this was well before the game turned out to be far different than what many anticipated, when it became idol-themed RPG Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE.
The chances of it happening didn’t seem high, since at the time it was first wished for, Omega Force mainly handled their own Dynasty and Samurai Warriors games, the Warriors Orochi titles (which combined the casts of the former two franchises), and Warriors anime adaptations. But those chances increased when they took on Hyrule Warriors, and continued with the adaptation of another gaming company’s franchise with the Dragon Quest Heroes titles. Given those, it was no surprise when they made it to Fire Emblem, since they undoubtedly heard all the requests. The title was announced at the Nintendo Switch Presentation in January, and the first gameplay footage was subsequently shown during the Fire Emblem Direct a week afterward. In their contribution to the current Pre-E3 season, Koei Tecmo is starting to promote the project.
In addition to featuring characters from throughout the mainline FE series, FE Warriors (because the acronym “FEW” looks silly) will be similar to the aforementioned Hyrule Warriors and the DQH games in having original characters. They’ll have more in common with the latter, since they’ll be the main characters. The protagonists are siblings named Shion and Liam. Shion is the son of Aitoris Kingdom’s royal family, who has an uplifting personality, but would rather train and eventually become a knight instead of the king. He’s trying to push the royal duties onto his older sister, Liam, with whom he shares the protagonist spotlight. Liam, on the other hand, is the intelligent one, but is pessimistic about whether she should succeed the throne. In turn, she’s trying to push that duty on her little brother. One of them will have to win out.
The third original character is Darios, the prince of the kingdom of Guston who taught swordsmanship to Aitoris Kingdom’s siblings. Finally, there’s Yuana, the Queen of Aitoris Kingdom, who feels either of her children would be perfect for the throne. All four characters stumble into trouble when the “Gates of the Other World” open within the kingdom, with its monsters plunging it into darkness. It’s primarily up to the two siblings to save it, as they were entrusted to the legendary “Fire Shield” from their mother.
Of course, they’ll have help from guests originating from other FE titles. Chrom from Fire Emblem Awakening was the only character confirmed when the game was originally revealed, but Marth from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon will also join the cast. Guest characters will primarily come from Shadow Dragon, Awakening, and Fates, which is bad news for those who were hoping they’d choose from the vast array of FE characters throughout the series’ over-20-year history, but it makes sense. The developers didn’t want to be overwhelmed with too many choices, and wanted to focus on the most recent and popular games to narrow them down. It’s understandable, but it’s a shame this game probably won’t feature fan-favorites like Lyn, Hector, Titania, and many others.
Please note that I’m not ruling out characters like Ike and Roy, because I’d be shocked if they weren’t playable by using their Amiibo. I don’t expect either to be part of the story, though. If either Lucina or Robin (the Avatar from Awakening) are left out, they could be playable through this method too.
It’s not known as to whether the characters will travel in a party of four like the DQH games or if they’ll travel solo like Hyrule Warriors. Since the weapon triangle from the mainline games will be involved, it will be useful if players can switch between characters who specialize in specific weapons. It is known, however, that the game will have a large script, and will inherit a feature introduced in the recently released Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia in being fully-voiced. It will also have support conversations, though in another similarity to SoV, there will be no marriages or children.
There’s still plenty about the game we don’t know, and more will undoubtedly be revealed at E3 next week, which should come with a trailer and gameplay footage. The above info was preliminary, provided by its Japanese publisher Koei Tecmo. Next week’s presentation will be from Nintendo, who’s publishing it in western territories. The game is still due for a fall release on Switch and New 3DS, but until then, cross your fingers and hope your favorite character from the three games they’re primarily choosing from make the cut.
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