glaucousdreamer

I'd like the next game to get rid of the avatar as IS has proven to be unable to handle one without compromising the quality of the story and characters, the FE7 tactician being the exception. I'd like to see the non self-insert lord return, preferably a female who doesn't share the spotlight with other (male) lords. I'd also like to see a smaller character roster, a Sacred Stones sized cast would be ideal, with each character having a limited support pool and even fewer marriage options, if at all. Some characters just lack any chemistry and would realistically never marry, let alone speak to each other. Fewer support options would also prevent characters who have undergone development in one support conversation to suddenly regress in another one. Gameplaywise Conquest was fine so I'd like them to stay on that track, although weapon durability coupled with Thracia style capture and limited funds would be a nice challenge as well.

"Fire Emblem was a mistake." - Shouzou Kaga

S-supports for Female Corrin x all the girls Leo x Takumi S-support Camilla x Hinoka S-support I mostly agree with everyone else's suggestions.

Character wise: FE4: Ayra FE5: Sety, Leif and Finn FE7: Florina and Sain FE8: Cormag and Eirika FE9: Ike FE10: Micaiah FE11: Caeda FE12: Palla FE13: Lucina FE14: Takumi, based on the supports I've read.

Genealogy of the Holy War - Every map had a different theme which fit the mood well. - The barbecue - Alvis is one of the series' better villains. - The inheritance system was pretty cool. - I love Ayra, Tiltyu, Finn and pretty much the whole second gen <3

Oooh boy here we go. - Seliph > Sigurd character wise. I didn't like Sigurd that much tbh. - Sigurd and Deirdre's romance wasn't fleshed out nearly enough for me to be invested in their love story. People like to shit on the Chrom x Sumia supports but at least you can see them actually becoming closer. - I feel like I missed something in FE4's plot because a lot of people seem to praise Eldigan but I found his actions really dumb. Chagall was blatantly evil so why did he follow his orders? - As someone with a very short attention span FE4 was a chore to play through. The map sizes were overwhelming and taking a break after each captured castle just took me out of the story. FE5 did the whole story and gameplay integration thing better. - Fatigue and a minimum deployment amount were great mechanics and I hope to see them back some day, especially fatigue. - Eirika's usefulness is underestimated. She can carry herself in earlygame axeland and lategame she acquires Sieglinde. I admit her midgame isn't the greatest but she definitely isn't as bad as some people would like you to think. Then again I've never had a str screwed Eirika so perhaps I've just been lucky. - Radiant Dawn is uglier than Path of Radiance. - I don't know how prevalent this opinion is nowadays but Micaiah used to be seen as a Mary Sue, which is a notion I disagree with. She's one of the serie's most flawed protagonists imo. The saint persona that she was set up to be in part 1 falls apart as she succumbs under the pressure of protecting her country. - I appreciated the minimalist approach of Shadow Dragon. - While I can see why people would consider Lucina to be boring, I found her to be refreshingly down-to-earth in Awakening's gimmicky cast. - The avatars should not have been able to marry the 2nd gen of their respective games. Especially in Fates, aren't most of them minors? Why can you conceive children with Percy or Kiragi or Midori? - I want more gay characters in the next FE's, a lot more, maybe up to half of the romance options. And not just units that are gay for your avatar, but units that are gay for each other as well. Leo and Takumi have more chemistry with each other than with 90% of their marriage options, it's a crime they can't S-support. - I'd also like to see more dark skinned characters. I honestly don't care for the 'muh realism' argument. Yes, most Fire Emblem games take place on continents based on Europe, doesn't mean they can't take some creative liberties. It's not like they're going for a historically accurate portayal of European history. - Caeldori is a big improvement over Cordelia. The lack of a Chrom obsession makes her a lot more bearable. - Camilla's cleavage doesn't bother me at all. It's her panty window thing that gets my jimmies rustled. - Ryouma is more attractive than Xander. - Children should be replaced by apprentices, which basically function like children except they're not related to their 'teachers', and prepromotes. - Characters should be able to support a maximum of six characters, and no more. Due to the 'everyone-supports-everyone' support system many characters that lack chemistry are forced to interact with each other and you can tell the writers had no idea what to do with them. - I wouldn't mind Kozaki staying as the character designer, his style is a bit more realistic than the previous styles FE has had, which is a positive for me. Just fire the guy that designs the armour. - FE is better fit for portable consoles. EDIT: I don't know how unpopular these opinions actually are but this is what came to mind.

I like them about equally but my boy Takumi is getting obliterated here so I'll toss him a vote.

I believe the European release date was announced 10 days after the American release.

To be honest I can't say I'm surprised by Nintendo's lack of communication towards their PAL fanbase, they seem to be pretty bad at this stuff. I sometimes wonder if they realize people actually can and do lose interest when there's no new information.

That's probably just a placeholder date.

Frederick's "Pick a god and pray!" is by far the best, the others don't even come close. Lucina's "Hope will never die!" and "I challenge my fate!" are pretty good as well but that may be due to the fact that I really like her voice.

I was really hoping they'd localize Lazward as Azure but I guess it's too similar to Azura... I'm not too bothered by Laslow though The only names that really bother me are Mozu and Subaki. Mozu because it sounds stupid and Subaki because it's just an insult to my intelligence.

Blazing Sword Like: Everything was decent, there isn't anything that stood out in particular. Dislike: Lyn is pretty irrelevant outside of Lyn mode. Sacred Stones Like: Interesting villains. Dislike: It's way too easy, even on the highest difficulty. Path of Radiance Like: The writing, Ike Dislike: The Black Knight fight being luck based. Radiant Dawn Like: Varied map objectives, good player attack themes. Dislike: Ike stealing Micaiah's spotlight, lack of actual supports. Shadow Dragon Like: It's simplicity, Caeda. Dislike: Gaiden requirements, ugly animations. New Mystery of the Emblem Like: Focus on the player phase. Dislike: Player pandering. Awakening Like: Min maxing, the art style. Dislike: Terrible story and fanservice.

No matter what difficulty, chapter 16 always ends up troubling me. Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to add pegasus knight reinforcements with javelins or whatever on an open map!? For that matter, I disliked all levels that were just open maps as they were just too boring.

For me Lynn and Eirika have always turned out just fine. Mine have never been strength screwed and they fill out their role as dodge thanks adequately. Micaiah also wasn't as terrible as people make her out to be, as long as you don't use her as a frontline unit she should be okay. While far from a terrible unit, I was a bit dissapointed in FE12 Catria. She's often touted as the best unit in the game and while mine is pretty strong, she is far from the best unit I have and both Palla and Caeda are a lot stronger. Perhaps I got RNG screwed or I just didn't invest enough exp into her, but it was a bit of a letdown.