Um. I'm new, but I've been lurking around this site for awhile. Anyways, after rewatching the April Direct trailor multiple times and finding some screenshots here and there, I figured I might as well share what I've found. First things first. This red haired guy is Saizou, and a lot of people have been thinking that he is perhaps a new class in this game? A Ninja, probably. Anyways, a lot of people have been wondering what Ninjas might use as a weapon and I have an idea. Do you see in Saizou's portrait, right underneath Kamui's sprite, there seems to be some curved wooden... thingie? I honestly believe that this is part of a bow. It's rounded and wooded, and it just seems likely. Maybe I'm crazy, but I do think that if there is a new Ninja class in this game, that there weapon of choice would be a bow. I think I also have other evidence that thieves will use bows in this game as well. Here you can see #teamnohr in some castle or something. Anyways, just focus on the unit between the knight and dark mage(??) You can clearly see in his map sprite that he's holding a bow. Most would probably assume that he's an archer, but I don't think so. Notice in his sprite that he also seems hunched over, similar to Gaius's sprite in awakening. Unless IS is reusing the thief sprite for the new archer sprite, I think that thieve's will now use bows in this game. I know it's not fantastic, ground-breaking evidence, and could easily be disputed, but those are just some of my theories. (I know the above pic is crap, so here's the website where I found it at for a better view. Just scroll thru the screenshots)
http://www.rpgsite.net/games/726-fire-emblem-if