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New Miriel card! This is actually the first Miriel card I remember seeing.
"【カード紹介】スターターデッキ限定カードの1枚、「覚醒篇」のミリエルです。商品にはミリエルのホログラム加工のカードも入っています。手札を操作するスキルを持っています。（Illust：とよた瑣織） #FEcipher "
source: https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/605712302977875968
Here's the translation!
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/605712302977875968
"[Card Introduction] This Miriel card is one of the cards exclusive to the Awakening Starter Deck. There is also a holographic Miriel card in the starter deck as well*. As you might expect, Miriel's skills are all about management of the cards in your hand. (Illustrator: Saori Toyota) #FECipher"
*Translation note: I'm guessing he's coyly hinting at a Promoted Miriel card of some sort, we'll have to see exactly what he means by this.
I'm pretty sure that Maki Hakoda is a woman, so that second tweet should be Ms. Hakoda not Mr.
Other than that good work as always.
Thanks for the catch! I have since updated the posts.
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I suppose I should say this right now (as I feel someone needs to), but that Tiki should make it incredibly obvious to all that not every unpromoted unit can be made a main character. Heck, she'd be OP as a main character if you could promote the cost one Tiki into her, seeing as she'll be constantly attacked (and thus get more bonds) and she'll eventually have incredible defense to the point where it would be hard to touch her, forcing criticals.
I didn't see this before, but one thing to note here is that I am certain that the cost 1 Tiki card cannot become the other Tiki card. Tiki as a unit is non-promotable and the cost 5 card does not have a promotion cost. It's still a distinct possibility that the cost 1 Tiki card could be your main character.I should have read the famitsu scans! Well, then this definitely is an interesting development if Tiki can be leveled up into her other card and is able to be the main character.Thanks for the translations~! May I suggest making the changelog as its own Word document, and updating that, instead of updating your sig every week?
I've been been meaning to say that I have seen this. I haven't yet had the chance to work on stuff until today, but that's a good idea. I'm hoping to make that separate changelog document the same time I update with translations of the two Minerva cards. Apologies if the sig thing was a bit annoying.
New Minerva card courtesy of the FE: Cipher Twitter:
And, I hope to get to this and the other Minerva card along with whatever new Twitter update happens tomorrow!
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The four previous Cipher tweets contain a decent amount of new information. The first one is just about the Cipher demoing event, but the second one on May 29th had Kawade confirm that Maki Hakoda is returning to do art for some of the series 2 cards, which is pretty exciting!
The two from May 31st are all about the two Minerva cards. As is the case with previous Card Introduction tweets, it details one of the skills on the card, so that information is there. However, they snuck in an extra detail on the Wyvern Rider Minerva card that she can come to be used as a Main Character unit, confirming for sure that you can use cost 1 units that aren't specifically Lord class cards as a main character and that you can class change your main character unit into something more than just the cost 1 starting card.
May 29thhttps://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/604149867661811712
"[Kawade] Remember, the Cipher trial event is also being held in select consumer electronics stores! We will have several events you can participate in: on June 14th one will be held at the Sannomiya Joshin super store, one on June 20th at the West Nagoya Bic Camera store, and at the Akiba location Yodobashi store we will have one on both the 20th and 21st."
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/604197048544436224
"[Kawade] When we debuted this Marth card drawn by Maki Hakoda at the livestream the other day, we had no idea how much it was going to resonate with the fans. Since then, we have brought Ms. Hakoda back on to do the illustrations for some of the series 2 cards, so fans have quite a bit to look forward to!"
May 31st
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/605206214562082817
"[Card Introduction] While Minerva is a Wyvern Rider in the game, this card depicts her in her years as a Pegasus Knight. When she is supported by another flying unit she gains even more strength. Of course, we also have a card for her in later Wyvern Rider years. (Illustrator: Mari Shimazaki) #FECipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/605283719687995392
"[Card Introduction] This is the Minerva Wyvern Rider card. Since she gets additional power for each extra ally flying unit, she can flourish as the main character even in the face of the seemingly unbeatable "Clearing the Skies" archer skill. (Illustrator Mari Shimazaki) #FECipher"
It's pretty badass that they got Bayonetta's designer creating some of these cards.
Woah, until I read this post I didn't realize that Mari Shimazaki also did design work on Bayonetta. That's really cool, nice to see all sorts of talent working on Cipher cards.
No hurry at all: We all really appreciate everything you do for the community and there's definitively no time deadlines! :)
I'm slightly miffed that all flyers seems to have the exact same stats (30/30 at base, 50/30 after class change) no matter what the character is. Ah well, it's a minor nitpick!
I still strive to live up to my own deadlines when I can! Yeah, it does seem kind of odd that they wouldn't differentiate the attack value more across similar unit types, though I guess it could be a way of balancing each side Red and Blue against each other. Still, it would be nice to see some more variety in attack values in order to inspire more dynamic deck creation.
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Hey guys sorry for the long wait for the translations. I had been at a con all weekend and internet access was limited to my phone. I'll be working on the backlog today and hope to get all these tweets since Friday done today.
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The Virion card released today on the Cipher twitter is complete. Honestly, I could see this card being quite useful as an offensive unit due to how many different ways it can pump up its attack and the fact that it attacks from the relative safety of the Rear Guard (rear lines).
Aristocratic Archer Virion
Virion (Aristocratic Archer) – Rarity: ST / Series 1 Booster Card #063
Cost: 1 / Promotion Cost: N/A
Affinities: Awakening / Male / Bow
Quote: “I am a gentleman to the very end.”
Skill 1: “Steel Bow” / α / [Once per turn] / [Flip 1 Bond] Until the end of this turn, this unit’s attack is increased by 10.
Skill 2: “Clearing the Skies” / ∞ / When this unit attacks a Flying affinity unit, this unit’s attack is increased by 30.
Attack Support Skill: “Fighter’s Emblem” / ♥ / Until the end of the attack phase, your attacking unit’s attack is increased by 20.
Attack Power: 30
Support Attack Power: 20
Range: 2
Unpromoted
Class: Archer
Title: Aristocratic Archer
Card ID: B01-063ST
Illustrator: Sencha
Very interesting!
More questions (that might have been answered but just scanning through the previous pages I couldn't find anything about it?)
Skills with a yellow symbol are activated upon support, red ones are skills that need a catalyst (such as flipping bonds or tapping cards) and green skills are passives.
Does anyone know what blue and purple skills represent?
Also, we've seen promoted cards with "CCS" but there have also been "FS" skills. From what I can tell they're "flying skills" since i've seen them on pegasus knights. Can someone confirm?
Blue skills are always active skills. Purple skills are special characteristic skills (like Lucina's "treat this as 'Marth'" skill.
FS stands for Formation Skill, it depends on a certain arrangement of certain units. The Barst card that has a fairly low resolution picture also has a FS, but I don't know what it needs nor what it does as of yet. I don't remember what page of the thread, but it was somewhere back a bit. Doesn't hurt to go over it again though! Glad to see more interest building in Cipher
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I'm still in the middle of translating today's Virion card but I found something odd about it. It has a Card ID which disrupts my current theories on how to read the card's rarity. Of all of the previous cards, only starter deck cards with IDs beginning with S would have ST at the end (which I took to mean that the rarity was classified "ST" for starter deck). However, this Virion card's ID starts with B indicating it's a booster card, but ends in ST, which I thought meant it had "Starter Deck" rarity due to not being in a booster. I honestly don't know what this means in terms of classification, anybody else have any ideas?
Two questions;
1) Do you have to tap bonds to attack with a unit? Can you only attack with one character per turn?
2) As far as which card you choose to be your main character, what are the limits? I'm guessing you can't choose promoted characters, but is there a bond limit to which character acts as your main? Some pre-promoted characters seem like they could be a bit overpowered but maybe I haven't thought that through well enough.
As far as I understand, here's some information to help answer your questions.
1) By the term tapping I presume you are referring to the action of turning the card to the side? Bonds are not 'tapped', but rather flipped. Units in the Battlefield are what you tap. Tapping a unit in Cipher means that a unit has taken an action. Individual skills will tell you what they need in terms of the amount of Bonds to flip and whether or not you need to tap your unit. An attack is treated as an action and will need you to tap your unit. This means that if you previously used a skill that required your unit to be tapped, that unit cannot attack.
In terms of the amount of units that can attack in one turn, I believe you can attack with any amount of units that are not tapped. This includes units both in the vanguard (front lines) and rear guard (rear lines) provided their range allows them to attack, i.e. an archer in the rear guard can attack alongside range 1 units in the vanguard.
2) We still are not quite sure what determines which cards are eligible to be your Main Character unit. These are my thoughts on it: I am pretty sure that you cannot initially use promoted units for this role, but the unit that you choose as your Main Character can later be class changed into a promoted unit if you pay the promotion cost and have a promoted unit card for the Main Character you chose. I don't know if you are limited to choosing placement cost 1 cards or not. This topic will definitely remain open to interpretation until more official information is given.
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Thanks again catching this earlier, Rekt no Ken. I tried staying up a bit later last night to see if they would post, but the updates came much later than the previous ones my time over on the East coast, hahah. Today's updates talk about the "Aristocratic Archer" Virion card and some extra details on the Fire Emblem trial events going on in Japan.
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/603830212707655681"[Kawade] The very first Fire Emblem Cipher trial event starts at 5pm on June 12th at Games Maya stores. Come by one of their stores and give Cipher a try! I also plan to come out that day and answer questions (at one of the locations) #FECipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/603802078838939648
"[Card Introduction] This is the Aristocratic Archer Virion card. Just like in the game, bows in the card game can give units a tremendous advantage over flying units in battle. For this card, the relevant skill increases the unit's attack two fold! (Illustrator: Sencha) #FECipher"
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I suppose I should say this right now (as I feel someone needs to), but that Tiki should make it incredibly obvious to all that not every unpromoted unit can be made a main character. Heck, she'd be OP as a main character if you could promote the cost one Tiki into her, seeing as she'll be constantly attacked (and thus get more bonds) and she'll eventually have incredible defense to the point where it would be hard to touch her, forcing criticals.
Also, I love how in each series you can build a Pegasus deck that is functionally different than the main strategy the series does. Shadow Dragon has Caeda searching out the parts for your Triangle Attacks whereas Awakening has you employ "hit and run" tactics building up to Cordelia's Galeforce and Javelin assault (a field full of range 1-2 units is no joke in this game).
Just as a note, Tiki's "bond recycling" skill reads that it can be used only "on your own turn", thus when Tiki is the one attacking...not when she is being attacked.
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That's one nice-looking Cordelia card!
Thank you for the translations as always. I think part of Navarre's skill description got cut off (Solo swordsman).
If it's just 114 different cards, then there's definitively a lot of characters without cards, especially when characters like Marth have at least 4 by themselves. I did expect some FE1/Shadow Dragon characters not to getting one, but...
I think there's going to be more cards than that. On the Awakening side, we've already seen some of the characters I would consider the least likely to get a card in the first batch (Like Kellam and some of the children), so I don't think any of more popular characters will be withheld.
Whoops, thank you for the catch! I goofed when copy pasting somewhere it looks like. Both my previous post and the compendium have been updated.
Yeah, it definitely is a bit odd how many variant cards many characters are getting if there is such a small 100 card ceiling on the first set. It would definitely seem odd for them not to make at least two cards, one for the unpromoted and promoted classes of each unit, for each of the characters in Marth and Chrom's respective armies. One thing I'll say though, is that we have yet to see barely any of the Starter Deck cards, so maybe the characters that have yet to make an appearance are reserved for the starter decks?
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Adding on to the translations of the scan pages, the three new cards that appeared in these scans have been translated in the Fire Emblem Cipher thread. I know it's not specifically Fire Emblem If information, but just in case anyone is interested and to add on to the already fantastic full translations of the rest of the scans, here are the cards:
Crown Prince of Altea Marth:
Marth – Cost: 1 / Promotion Cost: N/A / Rarity: Uncommon / Series 1 Booster Card #003
Affinities: Falchion / Male / Sword
Quote: "This is my fate...to prove my worth as Prince of Altea I must reclaim the Exalted Falchion and defeat Doluna."
Skill 1: "Young Hero" / α / [Tap this unit, Only usable before any other ally has taken an action] Choose one enemy unit and move it. This skill can't be used if Marth isn't on the Front Line.
Skill 2: N/A
Attack Support Skill: "Hero's Emblem" / ♥ / If the attacking unit has the Falchion affinity then until the end of your attack phase the amount of orbs it destroys is now 2.
Attack Power: 40
Support Attack Power: 20
Range: 1
Unpromoted
Class: Lord
Title: Crown Prince of Altea
Name: Marth
Card ID: B01-003HN
Illustrator: Yusuke Kozaki
Cleric Lissa is functionally the same as Troubadour Maribelle, so nothing really new of technical/gameplay note here. This did help though by giving the official Card ID for catologing purposes.
Sprightly Cleric Lissa:
Lissa (Sprightly Cleric) – Rarity: Common / Series 1 Booster Card #060
Cost: 1 / Promotion Cost: N/A
Affinities: Awakening / Female / Staff
Quote: “Don’t forget me!”
Skill 1: “Heal” / α / [Tap this Card, Flip 2 Bonds] Choose a card from your discard pile except "Lissa" and add it to your hand.
Skill 2: N/A
Defense Support Skill: "Healer's Emblem" / ♥ / Until the end of the attack phase the attacking unit can't perform Critical Hits.
Attack Power: 30
Support Attack Power: 20
Range: --
Unpromoted
Class: Cleric
Title: Sprightly Cleric
Card ID: B01-060N
Illustrator: 40原
Hero Severa is hard to read. The gist of the skills are there, but no flavor text yet. I'm still working on it.
Hero Severa:
Severa (?) – Rarity: Uncommon / Series 1 Booster Card #094
Cost 3 / Promotion Cost: 2
Affinities: Awakening / Female / Staff
Quote: “?”
Skill 1: “” / ∞ / When this unit attacks an axe affinity unit, this unit’s attack is increased by 20.
Skill 2: CCS “” / ∞ / If the unit supporting Severa is a male, then this unit’s attack is increased by 10. (CCS: If this unit was placed without the promotion unit cost, this skill is inactive)
Support Skill: N/A
Attack Power: 60
Support Attack Power: 10
Range: 1
Promoted
Class: Hero
Title: ?
Card ID: B01-094HN
Illustrator: 46
The new Tiki card is perhaps the most interesting of all the new ones from today. This is the first card we have seen have 3 full skills. Also, Skill 2 for this card is word for word the same as Skill 1 on the older Tiki card, but instead of 4 Bond cards this one needs 8. The name is the same though, so this might be troublesome when trying to refer to this skill generally when it comes to the wiki.
Manakete Princess Tiki:
Tiki (Manakete Princess) – Rarity: Super Rare / Series 1 Booster Card #045
Cost: 5 / Promotion Cost: N/A
Affinities: Shadow Dragon / Female / Stone / Dragon
Quote: “I…I thought that nightmare would never end…”
Skill 1: “?” / ∞ / During your turn, when discarding this card’s Support unit you may instead put it in the Bond Area.
Skill 2: “Ancient Dragon Tribe” / ∞ / If there are 8 or more cards in your Bond Area, then this unit's attack increases by 30.
Skill 3: “Divine Stone” / ∞ / When this unit attacks a dragon affinity unit, this unit’s attack is increased by 20.
Support Skill: N/A
Attack Power: 60
Support Attack Power: 20
Range: 1
Non-promotable
Class: Manakete
Title: Manakete Princess
Card ID: B01-045SR
Illustrator: Fuzichoco
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I've got another translation booster pack ready for the reading. I was able to almost completely translate all 4 new cards that were revealed today, the Tiki card is missing one Skill name and the Hero Severa card is missing pretty much all of the flavor text, but does have all the technical text finished.
The new Cordelia card is interesting since it is the first card so far that has really represented the strengths of a class entirely, the Dark Flier class.
Pegasus Knight Paragon Cordelia:
Cordelia (Pegasus Knight Paragon) – Rarity: Super Rare / Series 1 Booster Card #075
Cost: 3 / Promotion Cost: 2
Affinities: Awakening / Female / Lance / Flying / Mounted
Quote: “If you're a friend, speak now. If not, then stay out of Chrom's way.”
Skill 1: “Galeforce” / & / After this unit defeats an enemy with an attack, return this unit to the pre-action state.
Skill 2: CCS “Handmade Javelins” / α / [Flip 1 Bond] Until the end of this turn, all allied Flying affinity unit’s attacks are considered lance attacks with a range of 1-2. (CCS: If this unit was placed without the promotion unit cost, this skill is inactive)
Support Skill: N/A
Attack Power: 50
Support Attack Power: 30
Range: 1
Promoted
Class: Dark Flier
Title: Pegasus Knight Paragon
Card ID: B01-075SR
Illustrator: YangYang
Cleric Lissa is functionally the same as Troubadour Maribelle, so nothing really new of technical/gameplay note here.
Sprightly Cleric Lissa:
Lissa (Sprightly Cleric) – Rarity: Common / Series 1 Booster Card #060
Cost: 1 / Promotion Cost: N/A
Affinities: Awakening / Female / Staff
Quote: “Don’t forget me!”
Skill 1: “Heal” / α / [Tap this Card, Flip 2 Bonds] Choose a card from your discard pile except "Lissa" and add it to your hand.
Skill 2: N/A
Defense Support Skill: "Healer's Emblem" / ♥ / Until the end of the attack phase the attacking unit can't perform Critical Hits.
Attack Power: 30
Support Attack Power: 20
Range: --
Unpromoted
Class: Cleric
Title: Sprightly Cleric
Card ID: B01-060N
Illustrator: 40原
Hero Severa is hard to read. The gist of the skills are there, but no flavor text yet. I'm still working on it.
Hero Severa:
Severa (!!!!!) – Rarity: Uncommon / Series 1 Booster Card #094
Cost 3 / Promotion Cost: 2
Affinities: Awakening / Female / Staff
Quote: “!!!!!”
Skill 1: “!!!!!” / ∞ / When this unit attacks an axe affinity unit, this unit’s attack is increased by 20.
Skill 2: CCS “” / ∞ / If the unit supporting Severa is a male, then this unit’s attack is increased by 10. (CCS: If this unit was placed without the promotion unit cost, this skill is inactive)
Support Skill: N/A
Attack Power: 60
Support Attack Power: 10
Range: 1
Promoted
Class: Hero
Title: !!!!!
Card ID: B01-094HN
Illustrator: 46
The new Tiki card is perhaps the most interesting of all the new ones from today. This is the first card we have seen have 3 full skills. Also, Skill 2 for this card is word for word the same as Skill 1 on the older Tiki card, but instead of 4 Bond cards this one needs 8. The name is the same though, so this might be troublesome when trying to refer to this skill generally when it comes to the wiki.
Manakete Princess Tiki:
Tiki (Manakete Princess) – Rarity: Super Rare / Series 1 Booster Card #045
Cost: 5 / Promotion Cost: N/A
Affinities: Shadow Dragon / Female / Stone / Dragon
Quote: “I…I thought that nightmare would never end…”
Skill 1: “!!!!!” / ∞ / During your turn, when discarding this card’s Support unit you may instead put it in the Bond Area.
Skill 2: “Ancient Dragon Tribe” / ∞ / If there are 8 or more cards in your Bond Area, then this unit's attack increases by 30.
Skill 3: “Divine Stone” / ∞ / When this unit attacks a dragon affinity unit, this unit’s attack is increased by 20.
Support Skill: N/A
Attack Power: 60
Support Attack Power: 20
Range: 1
Non-promotable
Class: Manakete
Title: Manakete Princess
Card ID: B01-045SR
Illustrator: Fuzichoco
As always, the new cards have been added to the more expansive lists as well.
I'm not sure if this was brought up or not, but in regards to the subject of how many cards will be in this series, it looks like 100 + 14 others? It is mentioned at the bottom of this page. If this is true, then it is very likely that there will have to be other series with Shadow Dragon and Awakening cards, since not every unit would be covered in this series due to each one having multiple cards. I have yet to see a Shadow Dragon card with a number higher than 49 and an Awakening one lower than 53, not counting the Starter Deck exclusive cards. I assume by this that the series cut-off is 50.
But, who knows for certain? I guess we'll know for sure once the game is actually out or if this is clarified before then.
This is something I've been trying to figure out as well. So far Card IDs suggest precisely what you were talking about: the 100 booster cards are divided down the middle at 50 each for both Shadow Dragon and Awakening cards. I do wonder if they will update the site closer to release day adding that there will be more though. It will be interesting to see, because yeah if there are only 100, there really won't be much diversity in cards in order to make different decks.
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The FE Cipher Twitter just updated with a look at a Cordelia card.
"【カード紹介】天才騎士ティアモです。1ターンで2回攻撃が可能になる「疾風迅雷」を使いこなせば、戦局を有利に進められます。戦闘力がやや低いので、仲間との連携がカギとなります。（Illust：YangYang） #FEcipher "
source: https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/603395505922547712
I wasn't sure if I should post this in here or the general TCG thread so I posted them in the both. Apologies.
This was absolutely amazing to wake up to, thanks for the early catch! I was hoping we would be getting some never before seen cards mixed into the card introductions. I'll be working on getting the whole card translated today, but in the meantime this tweet sums up what her first skills does. Going along with her Dark Flier classing as Hardin noticed, the first skill is literally Galewind both in name and in function.
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/603395505922547712
"[Card Introduction] This is the "Vastly Talented Cordelia" card. One of her abilities allows her to attack twice in the same turn, which can vastly change the tide of battle. Since her attack power is a bit low, the key to using this card is to coordinate her attacks with your ally units. (Illustrator: YangYang) #FECipher"
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The twitter updated again earlier today in Japan with a card introduction for a Lucina card. Unfortunately for us it isn't a new card, so much of this is information we've already known. Still, it's good to see regular updates on the official Twitter!
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/603047850251923456
"[Card Introduction] You might remember during the course of Awakening Chrom and his band of soldiers came across a masked swordsman only going by "Marth". This card intends to capture that point in the game, as you can treat it not only as a Lucina card, but also a Marth card. It might be a bit strange at first, but try to use it in interesting ways as you play. (Illustrator Yusuke Kozaki) #FECipher" -
Oh wow, thanks for pointing out the existence of that companion guide! Do you mind if I use these translations to typeset onto cards? Just need to get good resolution pictures of the cards themselves now...
I don't mind at all, in fact I was hoping that card mock ups could be created eventually since we still don't know if Cipher will ever make it out of Japan. That Marth you did is quite well done, thanks for the hard work on making English card images! If you do end up using my translations on English card image mock ups my only request is that you put my username alongside yours in the watermark at the bottom.
On the card resolution, that's quite the conundrum at the moment. I did my best to find the best images possible for each card to put in the companion guide, but so many of them are very low resolution phone quality pictures. I'm always on the hunt for better pictures, and I'll let you know if I find any new ones!
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I have another "booster pack" translation update and some interesting notes about the prediction of cards that have not been shown in any capacity.
While filling out the companion catalog I found certain patterns that suggest the existence of certain cards and what their card ID will be.
For example the Catria, Est, Palla Falcoknight cards are not 1 number apart in their Card IDs, but 2. This suggests that each of their unpromoted cards would be the cards in between, B01-037, 39, and 41 respectively. However, I'm a bit hesitant to completely assume that this is the case due to a counterexample existing already. Further down the list, the Maribelle and Gaius IDs place them right next to each other, which would suggest that if there are other cards to go along with their promotions, they aren't numerically in line. It might also mean that they won't have booster card versions of their other class. Or, as a 3rd alternative, this could be due to the card images being representative of different prototype runs of the entire set, and that the numbering system that governs the above 3 cards does not govern the below 2 cards.
All that being said, the test pool is quite low in terms of card IDs, so hopefully we can know more once we get some better images of cards.
As for the new translations, unfortunately these are the last four with complete text from images available. I want to keep working on the others as much as possible and hopefully new images will surface but for now these are all the ones that can have complete translations as far as I know. Further cards will be much more peacemeal until better images surface...which might not be until Cipher comes out.
Paladin Cain
Cain (Bull of the Altean Guard) – Rarity: ? / Series 1 ?
Cost: 3 / Promotion Cost: 2
Affinities: Shadow Dragon / Male / Sword / Mounted
Quote: “Come…have a taste of my sword!
Skill 1: “Blessed Knight’s Protection” / ∞ / Your opponent’s Rear Guard cannot attack this unit or allies of 2 or less placement cost.
Skill 2: “Dancing Lances of Red & Green” / & / [This can only be performed while Abel is in play and has not taken an action] Once this unit has initiated an attack, if you pay the cost for both units then this unit’s attack is increased by 40.
Support Skill: N/A
Attack Power: 60
Support Attack Power: 10
Range: 1
Promoted
Class: Paladin
Title: Bull of the Altean Guard
Card ID: ?
Illustrator: ?
Pegasus Knight Cordelia
Cordelia (Vastly Talented Pegasus Knight) – Rarity ? / Series 1 ?
Cost: 1 / Promotion Cost: N/A
Affinities: Awakening / Female / Lance / Flying / Mounted
Quote: “I must prevail!”
Skill 1: “Rescue” / α / [Tap this Card] Choose one ally unit and move it.
Skill 2: N/A
Attack Support Skill: “Flyer Emblem” / ♥ / You may choose one ally that is not an attacking unit and move it.
Attack Power: 30
Support Attack Power: 30
Range: 1
Unpromoted
Class: Pegasus Knight
Title: Vastly Talented Pegasus Knight
Card ID: ?
Illustrator: ?
Swordmaster Navarre (different from earlier Navarre card)
Navarre Wielder of a Bloody Blade – Rarity ? / Series 1 ?
Cost: 3 / Promotion Cost: 2
Affinities: Shadow Dragon / Male / Sword
Quote: It can’t be helped…you die here.
Skill 1: “Killing Edge” / α / [Flip 3 Bonds] Until the end of this turn this unit’s attacks cannot be avoided.
Skill 2: “Solo Swordsman” / ∞ / If Navarre and the Main Character are the only units on your battlefield, then this unit’s attack is increased by 10.
Support Skill: N/A
Attack Power: 60
Support Attack Power: 10
Range: 1
Promoted
Class: Swordmaster
Title: Wielder of a Bloody Blade
Card ID: ?
Illustrator: ?
Pegasus Knight Sumia
Sumia – Rarity ? / Series 1 ?
Cost: 1 / Promotion Cost: N/A
Affinities: Awakening / Female / Lance / Flying / Mounted
Quote: “He loves me…he loves me not…”
Skill 1: “Rescue” / α / [Tap this Card] Choose one ally unit and move it.
Skill 2: N/A
Attack Support Skill: “Flyer Emblem” / ♥ / You may choose one ally that is not an attacking unit and move it.
Attack Power: 30
Support Attack Power: 30
Range: 1
Unpromoted
Class: Pegasus Knight
Title: Maiden of Flower Fortunes
Card ID: ?
Illustrator: ?
You can click the links in my signature for the full updated lists!
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The latest tweet seems to suggest that Nintendo and IS will be holding events at Japanese retailers to show people how to play Cipher in June.
Yep, this is the gist of it! I wasn't able to get to it until now, but I've now updated the OP with a complete translation, and it's here in this post as well.
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/602724079729123329
"Starting June 12th we will be holding Fire Emblem Cipher trial events at participating card shops and retailers across the country. Please come and take part as we share details and go over how to play the Cipher TCG, participation is free! Look forward to more specific details at a later date on the Cipher homepage."
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If you're going to call it "Front Lines", why not call the other position "Rear Lines"?
It sounds awkward, but so does "Front Lines" and "Rear Guard". . .and rear guards ARE a thing in Vanguard. . .
Any deck that's counter-blast heavy and lacks consistent damage unflipping would be fine with it. Eradicators would appreciate it! But that's because I kinda suck at drawing Saikei when I need him (and because clipsey needs to stop spamming Tempest Bolt, even if my opponent is Aqua Force and deserves it).
It wouldn't surprise me if the upper limit is "one".
Hmm, that disparity between terms is also a good point. Honestly, if I had to choose between "Front Lines/Rear Lines" and "Vanguard/Rear Guard" I'd pick Vanguard/Rear Guard due to the fact that those as a pair sound better than Front Lines/Rear Lines and the fact that those terms fit much better with the Medieval motif that Fire Emblem has. I really don't know anything about the other card game called Vanguard, but honestly would it cause that much confusion to just go with Vanguard/Rear Guard then?
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Thank you for the kind words everyone. I appreciate it. Here is the second page! See in spoiler tags below, or on blog here.
(Put Page 1 here too for convenience)
It sounds fun! I hope to import starter decks and find someone to play with. I hope to get high res cards by scanning and translating them eventually, too, so more people who don't speak Japanese can play too! : )
Thanks a bunch Kirokan for translating these scans, this is a big help! It helps confirm a lot of details that we have been discussing in the Rules/Translation discussion thread. I had no idea there was a whole other thread on Cipher stuff, hahah.
Regarding your translation, I found "Safe Area" to be an interesting translation for the term that the Japanese info is using for what we would call a "Discard Pile". I agree that there is supposed to be a connotation of "safeness" because the term references what happens in the game when a unit is defeated in combat but is not "perma-deathed". It's definitely a difficult term to rework for a wide English audience since it also holds the connotation of "retreat" as well. I know with the Maribelle card that we've seen you can "revive" units from that area and put them back into your deck too. Anyway, just my rambling thoughts on that, I definitely think Safe Area is a pretty neat and concise way to translate that!
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How 'bout putting everything in a publicly-accesible Google doc, and linking it in your sig?
I'm not quite sure why that didn't occur to me before, that's a good idea. I'll get that accomplished sometime today I hope after putting some finishing touches on it.
That image is great and does help provide some much needed terminology! However, can we agree to not use the term "Vanguard" when referring to the front line? I would imagine it is accurate, translation wise, but the game already takes a lot from CFV, that I think it's just bad form to do more of it when it isn't necessary.
You know, I also wouldn't be opposed to changing it away from "Vanguard" to something more like "Front Lines" like what Dan has in the first post. It could eliminate some confusion while still retaining the idea. Honestly it might even fit better with the "Battlefield" motif that Fire Emblem has. It's definitely a good thing to think about and my translation/localization work can always stand to be improved!
EDIT: I just went back through all the other cards and that Starter Deck Lodestar Marth is the only card I used Vanguard for instead of Front Line, but I messed up and the Starter Deck Lodestar Marth ability only affects units on the Rear Guard anyway.
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I am wondering if people wouldn't mind me starting a separate thread focused specifically on card translation work. The main reason I'm asking is that it's becoming a bit unwieldly to continue posting the entire "Cipher Compendium" in each post as it grows. I'm currently working on editing it for Official Nintendo nomenclature as well as adding in other information that will be helpful, and then I'm also adding cards as they come in. I definitely want to keep people up to date, but posting it in each new post is a bit wonky as I copy it over from my word document on my computer, it's mostly just document styles not being compatible between the forum code and Microsoft Word. If I did start a new thread I would keep the first post updated and just post new translations on their own as time went on. Let me know if this sounds good or not, I wouldn't want to start cluttering things up on the General FE Forum.
Anyway, on to the real reason for the post: translation updates. Coming off of translating those tweets I found that the official cards that they released in the tweets are cards that I hadn't seen before and were not translated yet...so I decided to remedy that! These two cards will be from the starter decks and vary a decent bit from the previous iterations I have translated despite having the same classes. The fact that they were put on the Official Twitter leads me to believe these are probably the most official, and dare I say most finalized, cards we have seen yet. Click past the spoiler tags to see the translated info. Keep in mind that I'm still working on localization of the attack names, quotes, and titles.Starter Deck Lodestar Marth:
Marth – Cost: 4 / Promotion Cost: 3 / Rarity: N/A / Series 1 Starter Deck 1 Card #001
Affinities: Falchion / Male / Sword
Quote: "”
Skill 1: "Hero’s Light" / & / [Once per Turn] After playing an ally unit with a cost of 2 or less, you may choose one of your opponent’s Rear Guard units and move it.
Skill 2: “Falchion” / § / When this unit attacks a Dragon affinity unit this unit’s attack is increased by 20.Support Skill: N/A
Attack Power: 70
Support Attack Power: 20
Range: 1
Promoted
Class: Lodestar
Title: LodestarName: Marth
Card ID: S01-001ST
Illustrator: Yusuke Kozaki
Starter Deck Great Lord Chrom:
Chrom – Cost: 4 / Promotion Cost: 3 / Rarity: N/A / Series 1 Starter Deck 2 Card #001
Affinities: Falchion / Male / Sword
Quote: “”
Skill 1: “” / & / [Once per Turn] After an ally unit class changes, until the end of this turn that unit’s attack is increased by 20 and the orbs that it destroys as a result of combat is now 2.
Skill 2: “(Sealed) Falchion” / ∞ / When this unit attacks a Dragon affinity unit this unit’s attack is increased by 20.
Support Skill: N/A
Attack Power: 70
Support Attack Power: 20
Range: 1
Promoted
Class: Great Lord
Title:
Name: Chrom
Card ID: S02-001ST
Illustrator: Yusuke Kozaki
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(I hope a thread like this is ok to post. It's exciting to see that Cipher of all projects is getting an official Twitter to share details, and I hope more stuff than is already known get's posted. Either way it looks like we'll get more official card designs and details out of this!)
On May 22nd Ryota Kawade, the producer for Fire Emblem Cipher, has started officially sharing details and a few "behind-the-scenes" thoughts regarding the new Fire Emblem TCG "Fire Emblem Cipher".
This thread aims to share these minor details and other information provided via the Twitter account and future website updates until the TCG's release on June 25th without disrupting the rules/card translation thread that is more focused on the detailed specific information as well as wiki discussion at this point.
Cipher Twitter account: https://twitter.com/FEcipher
Official Cipher Website: http://fecipher.jp
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Most Recent Updates - @FECipherENG
Check inside the spoiler tag for old updates!
May 22nd
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/601674084003368960
"We would like to unveil the official Fire Emblem Cipher Twitter account. Check back here for various updates regarding #FECipher info!"
May 22nd
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/601674926274162688
“The first set of Fire Emblem Cipher cards will be based on the characters from “Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light” and “Fire Emblem: Awakening”. Starter decks themed around both games as well as the booster boxes for series one entitled “Heroic Forces” are all set to release on June 25th (in Japan). #FECipher”
May 22nd
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/601678136057532417
“[Card Introduction] This card depicts Marth as the protagonist of “Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light”. One of his skills forcefully moves enemy units making them withdraw to the rear guard. This is just one of the cards that plays an important role in the flow of this starter deck. (Illustrated by Yusuke Kozaki) #FECipher”
May 22nd
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/601678241494016001
“[Card Introduction] Representing Chrom as the protagonist of Awakening is this card. He has the ability to greatly increase his own strength relative to the amount of class-changed allies on the field. With this card and the strength of your entire army you can change the tide of battle, sounds a bit familiar doesn’t it? (Illustrated by Yusuke Kozaki) #FECipher”
May 22nd
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/601679252266749953
“[Kawade] Greetings. This is Kawade, Fire Emblem Cipher’s producer. My posts will provide you with some of my thoughts as I share some of the inside information alongside current developments. I hope you will enjoy reading these! #FECipher”
May 22nd
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/601680590593609728
“[Kawade] There were so many viewers of our NicoNico Livestream Cipher presentation back on April 14th, so I want to thank everyone who joined us for that! I encourage those who haven’t yet seen it to watch the archived footage! I enjoyed presenting on stage that day, but I still can’t believe how nerve-racking it was. #FECipher http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv216702710”
May 25th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/602724079729123329
"Starting June 12th we will be holding Fire Emblem Cipher demo events at participating card shops and retailers across the country. Please come and take part as we share details and go over how to play the Cipher TCG, participation is free! Look forward to more specific details at a later date on the Cipher homepage."
May 26th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/603047850251923456
"[Card Introduction] You might remember during the course of Awakening Chrom and his band of soldiers came across a masked swordsman only going by "Marth". This card intends to capture that point in the game, as you can treat it not only as a Lucina card, but also a Marth card. It might be a bit strange at first, but try to use it in interesting ways as you play. (Illustrator Yusuke Kozaki) #FECipher"May 27th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/603395505922547712
"[Card Introduction] This is the "Vastly Talented Cordelia" card. One of her abilities allows her to attack twice in the same turn, which can vastly change the tide of battle. Since her attack power is a bit low, the key to using this card is to coordinate her attacks with your ally units. (Illustrator: YangYang) #FECipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/603830212707655681
"[Kawade] The very first Fire Emblem Cipher trial event starts at 5pm on June 12th at Games Maya stores. Come by one of their stores and give Cipher a try! I also plan to come out that day and answer questions (at one of the locations) #FECipher"
May 28th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/603802078838939648
"[Card Introduction] This is the Aristocratic Archer Virion card. Just like in the game, bows in the card game can give units a tremendous advantage over flying units in battle. For this card, the relevant skill increases the unit's attack two fold! (Illustrator: Sencha) #FECipher"
May 29th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/604149867661811712
"[Kawade] Remember, the Cipher trial event is also being held in select consumer electronics stores! We will have several events you can participate in: on June 14th one will be held at the Sannomiya Joshin super store, one on June 20th at the West Nagoya Bic Camera store, and at the Akiba location Yodobashi store we will have one on both the 20th and 21st."
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/604197048544436224
"[Kawade] When we debuted this Marth card drawn by Maki Hakoda at the livestream the other day, we had no idea how much it was going to resonate with the fans. Since then, we have brought Ms. Hakoda back on to do the illustrations for some of the series 2 cards, so fans have quite a bit to look forward to!"
May 31st
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/605206214562082817
"[Card Introduction] While Minerva is a Wyvern Rider in the game, this card depicts her in her years as a Pegasus Knight. When she is supported by another flying unit she gains even more strength. Of course, we also have a card for her in later Wyvern Rider years. (Illustrator: Mari Shimazaki) #FECipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/605283719687995392
"[Card Introduction] This is the Minerva Wyvern Rider card. Since she gets additional power for each extra ally flying unit, she can flourish as the main character even in the face of the seemingly unbeatable "Clearing the Skies" archer skill. (Illustrator Mari Shimazaki) #FECipher"
June 2nd
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/605905953213411328
"[Card Introduction] This is the Manakete Dragon Tribe descendent, Tiki. Tiki was a strong presence on both sides of the War of Darkness. Manakete units like her are a great asset to have and often necessary for progression in the games. (Illustrator: cuboon) #FECipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/605712302977875968
"[Card Introduction] This Miriel card is one of the cards exclusive to the Awakening Starter Deck. There is also a holographic Miriel card in the starter deck as well*. As you might expect, Miriel's skills are all about management of the cards in your hand. (Illustrator: Saori Toyota) #FECipher"
June 3rd
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/606033118663839745
"The official site has updated! Information on how to play, the demo events, as well as officially licensed stores has been added in the update. #FEcipher fecipher.jp"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/606033478463844352
"We have decided on the release date for Series 2 of Cipher, the Fire Emblem TCG. The Hoshido and Nohr Starter Decks and "Heavenly Blaze of Light and Darkness" Booster packs will all be released on September 17th. This series will focus on character appearing in the then recently released Fire Emblem If games. #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/606034061237157888
"[Event] This "Prince of Piercing Principles Chrom" card is given to those participating in the Cipher Demoing event. Since this card is exclusive to these demo events, come by one of the events in order to get this promotional card. #FEcipher"
June 4th
https://twitter.com/...294204348690432
"[Card Introduction] This is the cleric Lena from Shadow Dragon. One of her skills is "Heal" which let's her return units from the discard pile back to your hand. The other skill called "Stolen Heart" is reminiscent of a defining part of her life-story in the original game. (Illustrator: Fumi) #FEcipher"
June 5th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/606736858790305792
"[Card Introduction] As you may remember, Julian left his band of thieves behind in order to rescue the cleric Lena. In Cipher he has a technical skill that he is able to use that lets you look at the top card of the opponent's deck and then depending on what that card is you'll be able to draw a card from your own deck! (Illustrator: Mio Itou) #FEcipher"
June 8th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/607821517825572864
"[Card Introduction] The Barst, Bord, and Cord cards have background art that ties their 3 cards together. Individually they all have great strength in battle, but when all three of them attack together it's truly devastating! (Illustrator: HACCAN) #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/607743826631852032
"[Kawade] When we asked who would like to illustrate characters like Wrys, Barst, Bord, and Cord from the very first Fire Emblem game, many illustrators said they would love to do it. In the end, I think we found an illustrator that did them justice...and their work seems to be quite popular. ^^ #FEcipher"
June 9th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/608190130226995201
"[Card Introduction] This is Tharja, wielder of Dark Magic. Her magic lets her attack with either a range of 1 or 2, and she also Support skill that makes the opponent throw away cards from their hand. (Illustrator: Terumii) #FEcipher"
June 10th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/608447992094404611
"[Kawade] For a limited time when you buy a physical copy of either version of Fire Emblem If an exclusive toi8 illustrated Lucina card will be included!"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/608448289428647936
"[Kawade] toi8 is hard at work as the Main Character Designer for the collaborative #FE game. #FE is set to release sometime Winter of this year!"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/608448466344390656
"[Kawade] For those who buy the Fire Emblem if Special Edition, on top of the Lucina card you will also receive this holographic Marth card as portrayed by Daisuke Izuka!"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/608448556991676417
"[Kawade] Daisuke Izuka worked as a character designer on Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem. We thought it would be appropriate for the "Special Edition" Marth to be a really cool looking card, so we got him to lend his expertise!"
June 11th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/608883440339943426
"[Card Introduction] Lon'qu is infamous for his hate of women, but is it really hate? Carrying over from the games, this card is stuck with a skill that makes it impossible for him to be supported by female units. Maybe this card would best be suited for a males-only deck? (Illustrator: Clover K) #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/608936594993586176"[Card Introduction] The promoted Swordmaster Lon'qu seems to have a bit more experience dealing with his gynophobia, doesn't he? His attack power goes up for each ally sword-bearing unit on the field. Use his unavoidable attacks to finish off an opponent. (Illustrator: Clover K) #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/608939129770942464
"[Event] There will be a special Niconico livestream event on June 22nd just before Cipher launches. For more information on registering for the stream and other details, check the official site #FEcipher https://fecipher.jp/contact/campaign/"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/608939214521024512
"[Kawade] Of course, I'll be there at the special livestream on the 22nd. I won't be helping with the preparations of the event hall (my apologies), but I will be hyping this up alongside all the fans. I hope you all tune in for the niconico stream. #FEcipher"
June 12th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/609274877577576448
"[Kawade] The very first Cipher Experience event has begun! ^^"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/609339673547149312"[Kawade] The first Cipher Experience is now over. I am extremely glad so many people came out, thank you so much to all the fans! Since there are even more Cipher Experience events lined up, there are many more chances from tomorrow onward for those that might have missed coming out today. Come by if you can! #FECipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/609340677369892866
"[Card Introduction] This is Camus, Captain of the Sable Order and most able-bodied soldier in all of Archanea. As is fitting, he has one of the strongest skills in the game "Blessed Lance Gradivus" which not only destroys all enemy units with cost 2 or less, but also powers him up for each one destroyed! (Illustrator: Rika Suzuki) #FEcipher"
June 13th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/609539693777039361
"[Kawade] While reading stories of people's experiences at the Cipher demo events, I expected there would be many Fire Emblem fans. What I didn't expect was how many people gladly particpated in a TCG for the first time just because they are fans. ^^ #FEcipher"
June 14th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/609902612779929601
"[Kawade] Today's Cipher Experience is at the Sannomiya Joshin super store. This is our first in the Kansai area! #FEcipher"
June 15th
https://twitter.com/...642288973250560
"[Card Intro] This is the Manakete Nowi of the ancient dragon tribe. Her attack increases once there are 6 or more bonds in your Bond Area. She also has a skill that lets you move cards from your Bond Area to your hand. To use Nowi to her fullest potential, you'll need to use these skills at just the right times."
https://twitter.com/...356451589013505
"[Card Intro] This is the mercenary Gregor who shows up in Awakening. His skill is enough to make an opponent think twice about attacking him since when he is defeated in battle he becomes a Bond Area card instead of being discarded. (Illustrator: Mikihiro Taguchi) #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/...430953106726912
"[Event] In July we will be holding tournaments for Cipher at participating shops. #FEcipher"
June 16th-17th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/611095717688446976
"[Card Introduction] This is Caeda as a promoted Falcoknight. Her amazing talent for recruiting characters in the game returns in Cipher as the skill "Persuasion" which lets you add a unit you want from your deck into your hand. (Illustrator: mayo) #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/611005118662643712
"[Card Introduction] This is Caeda, the princess of Talys, who was with Marth since the beginning of his journey. As with the other many Pegasus Knight cards, she has a high support attack power and skills focusing on movement. (Illustrator: Douji Shiki) #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/611488076309762048
"[Card Introduction] This is Sumia, one of the members of Chrom's Shepherds. Building a deck centered around making use of her skill that increases support attack power is quite viable. Her card also has the unique ability to freely move about the battlefield. (Illustrator: Dokkoi) #FEcipher"
June 19th
https://twitter.com/...728669145350144
"The Cipher Homepage has been drastically updated with a list of shops carrying Fire Emblem Cipher. #FEcipher http://fecipher.jp/event/shoplist/"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/611763915798622208
"[Kawade] Just one more week til Cipher releases! We are holding another Cipher Experience event in the 5th floor event space room of the Osaka Nipponbashi branch animate store. The event will run until 7pm tonight, so come on out when you get the time! #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/611775853479923712
"[Card Introduction] This is Owain who is, as a matter of fact, a royal descendent. Because of this, he also has the ability to destroy 2 orbs like all other royal heros, though it's in a more limited capacity. You might also take notice of his quote as well. (Illustrator: Rika Suzuki) #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/611835469207187456
"[Card Introduction] This is the promoted version of the previous Owain card we showed. Despite still having a restriction on his 2x orb destruction skill, pairing it with his other skill that lets him double his attack power makes the skills this card has quite powerful indeed. He probably has the right Mystletainn this time. (Illustrator: Rika Suzuki) #FEcipher"
June 20th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/612073032589250560
"[Kawade] We've arrived at the Akihabara venue, glad so many people decided to come out! I think the weather should hold for the rest of the event, so please come out if you haven't already! #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/612106072594104320
"The August edition of VJump and the digital edition of VJump+ that comes out today contains a complete Cipher card list as well as pictures from the Cipher Experience events that Producter Kawade has been a part of. #FEcipher"
June 21st
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/612424705123876864
"[Event] Today's Akihabara Cipher Experience will be held despite the call for rain all day. #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/612427778642710528
"[Kawade] The Cipher Experience held at Aeon Mall will be an open-seat style event, so feel free to play how you like. I'll also be there at Aeon Mall, and yes you can even challenge me to a match. #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/612504289143984128
"[Event] Starting at 8pm tomorrow (7am EST), we are going to be livestreaming the Cipher Release Extravaganza on niconico. We plan on sharing the remaining information we had been holding back for Cipher's official release. #FEcipher http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv224380510"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/612756742275887104
"[Kawade] All participants of tournaments at officially licensed stores will receive a Vol. 1 Promo-card pack. Each of those packs contains 2 random promo cards of the available 6. The illustrations on these cards are different because we wanted to think of a way to reward those participants of tournaments. Try and collect them all! #FEcipher http://fecipher.jp/event/official/1"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/612757005627846656
"[Card Intro] This is the Sir Jagen card drawn by manga artist King Gonta, one of the cards you can get from the Promo-packs at official tournaments. His style allows this card to truly capture the sense of action one expects from the field of battle. #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/612757958686978048
"[Kawade] Today starting at 8pm (7am EST 6/22) the Cipher niconico stream will begin! We will be showcasing the newest cards, discussing the Cipher events, and divulging the newest details of the game, with guests Lynn and Yusuke Kozaki. #FEcipher http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv224380510"
June 23rd
https://twitter.com/...299927767105536
"[Card Introduction] It's not summer if you don't go to the beach! So, one card in official tournament promo-packs is Summer Scramble Cordelia. Maybe she's hoping to decorate her lance with those shells? (Illustrator: AMG) #FEcipher"
June 24th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/613595757388500992
"[Card Introduction] Speaking of Summer, who doesn't love fireworks shows? Even Minerva got all dressed up in a Yukata for summer in this promo-pack card. It's a rare sight to see this warrior take a break from fighting. Something this special of an occasion could only be seen on an equally special card. (Illustrator: Mayo) #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/613629444075360257
"[Kawade] There will be 6 distinct voice-actor signature variant cards in the series 1 set. Hikaru Midorikawa, Sakura Tange, Takehito Koyasu, Yu Kobayashi, Miyuki Sawashiro, and Kana Asumi have all lent their signatures."
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/613688160380284928"The official site has had a complete makeover! We've added a complete card list and short intro video among other various updates. #FEcipher http://fecipher.jp"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/613840507496562688
Finally release day for Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher) is upon us. Now the tides of victory within the World of Cipher are in your hands.
June 25th
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/613920477996675072
"[Kawade] The official tournaments will continue into today as well. Anyone with a deck is welcome to take part, even if all you have is a starter deck! Come by an enjoy being around Fire Emblem fans, and of course try and get some tournament exclusive promos! #FEcipher http://fecipher.jp/event/official/1"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/613965875096334336
"[Kawade] Today's Cipher event is at the Animate main branch store in Ikebukuro. Girls are here participating just as much as guys are. Anybody excited for Cipher should come out! We'll be winding down around 6pm. #FEcipher"
https://twitter.com/FEcipher/status/614025163856674816
"[Card Introduction] This promo card shows "Hero Wrys" boasting of his imposing presence. Wait a second, Wrys couldn't become a hero in the game... (Illustrator: Shishizaru) #FEcipher"
June 27th
https://twitter.com/...600873914728449
"[Kawade] When listening to participants at the Cipher demo events, I've heard quite a few people express that Cipher is not only a lot of fun to play, but it also has allowed for deep conversations about FE that were previously not possible. It seems like Cipher events and tournaments have already been successful for fellow FE fans to interact with one another! #FEcipher"
June 29th
https://twitter.com/...512255505928193
"[Card Introduction] This card is also a tournament promo-pack card. This illustration is meant to capture the scene in which Tharja makes a Bento box in an effort to seem like "a normal woman" all in order to win the affections of Robin. (Illustrator: Toshiyuki Kusakihara) #FEcipher"
June 30th
https://twitter.com/...223379629051904
"[Card Introduction] Cipher's release doesn't mean we need to stop showing cards. The starter deck Marth card makes for a great lead unit, so try using him. (Illustrator: Yusuke Kozaki) #FEcipher"
July 2nd
https://twitter.com/...561472097812480
"[Kawade] The name "War-blade of Legends" for the first Series came from watching the Cipher staff play-testing the game. With cards lined up facing each other, blades brandished, the image of swords clashing in battle is what came to our minds. #FEcipher"
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"On the flipside of Marth with the "Blade of Light" Insignia, here is Chrom with the "Mark of Naga" Insignia whose power stems from his Brand and his allies' strength."
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This is gonna be a tad awkward for me, but I have some concerns about the wiki that I feel haven't been discussed yet and I also feel they should be.
For translations (since we need to agree on universal terminology here, so as to limit confusion), do we go with fan translations or Nintendo translations? After all, for them, it's "Navarre", not "Nabarl". Do we go with "Lord" or "Main Character"? "Brand" or "Shepherds"?
And what of the effects themselves? By this, I mean, a universal way to phrase them. Do we go casual and make it sound like how an actual person would phrase how it works, or do we go technical to limit ruling confusion (aka "idiot-proofing")? And even after that, there are multiple ways to go about that, as well, seeing as YGO and CFV take different approaches to that.
And then there are the affinities. One can easily go "just list every card with that affinity on its respective page", but right off the bat, male and female will have really long lists. And that isn't even going into how many sword wielders there is going to eventually be. Do we just do separate pages for each series with each affinity (despite series mixing being possible)?
Thank you for your time and all that.
Regarding the translations, I really do think this is something that should be discussed. There are many things that will definitely need to be Nintendo Official on the wiki, in my opinion, like character names (i.e. Navarre should be used instead of Nabarl). Then there are things that are less definite, but things like Brand/Shepards again I think it would be best to go Nintendo official and use Shepards. Since I think many of us hope that this will get an official translation one day, no matter how improbable that might be, we should set up a English fan translation wiki reflecting that hope and stick with Nintendo official nomenclature aka what is most likely to be used for an official localized version of the game. This is definitely something I need to address within my own translation work, as currently the naming system is all over the place.
On other things like Lord/Main Character, I think we should err on the side of caution since we don't have all the details about how Cipher functions mechanically as a TCG. I've heard that you might be able to use a character card that is not necessarily a Lord class as your Lord/Main Character, and so then "Lord" would be more confusing than helpful. As a tentative selection I would choose the term that causes less confusion and use Main Character until more official details are confirmed.
As much as possible and as much work as those contributing feel up to doing towards this end, wiki's should be as user friendly and "idiot proof" as possible. That being said, certain redundancy like the gender affinity are probably not necessary outside of making a short paragraph description outlining what said affinity actual does for gameplay.
That's just my thoughts on it!
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I would imagine that there will be a lot of cards to collect. Every playable character from the FE11 & FE13, plus I would be very surprised if significant bosses like Medeus and Validar were ignored.
There's also the "Original Concept" variants and the fact that most units will have at least 2 normal cards each for their unpromoted and promoted classes. I think some characters even have multiple promoted class cards for the secondary class in their tree, like Caeda who has both Wyvern Knight and Falconight cards. I think there will be lots of cards to collect in the first series alone!
Oh man, thanks for sharing these! This will be a major help in putting my tentative cards and my more uncertain translations to rest.The latest issue of Dengeki Nintendo has some info pertaining to the card game like "How To Play" and HQ card art. Not sure if it's already known but I figure I'd share it here. Thanks to Cysx for finding and posting in the first place. The pics are quite big so I put them under spoiler:
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I really like the concept that the anniversary sleeves were going for but I wish the background wasn't white; it doesn't look dynamic enough. That being said until they come out with sleeves of a Hector card or one of my other favorite characters I'll probably stick with those.
On another note, I remember we got word that FE14 is changing up the way the weapon triangle works. I wonder if Cipher will mirror those changes and that's why we haven't gotten a lot of official details on Cipher's rules. I could see them going either way, sticking with the old rules or mirroring all the new mechanics from FE14. We are getting decks from a range of the games. What do yall think?
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It's been a little while, but I'm back on track with another translation booster pack to catch up on the most recent cards revealed on Twitter. I'm glad they are putting up so many new/previously unreadable ones!
As other's have noted, Minerva's skills are very powerful for a deck centered around flying units. Being able to protect all of your units from archers is already great, but also gaining more attack power for each flying unit on the field should prove to be an intense double whammy.
The Miriel card has the same support as Linde earlier, and Miriel's only other skill just lets you draw one card at the expense of discarding one and not being able to attack, which doesn't really seem worth it. I'd be interested to see how that card can be put to good use.
Princess of Macedon, Minerva (Pegasus Knight)
Rarity: Common / Series 1 Booster Card #031
Cost: 1 / Promotion Cost: N/A
Affinities: Shadow Dragon / Female / Lance / Flying / Mounted
Quote: “Palla, Catria, Est…altogether now!”
Skill 1: “Winds of Macedon” / ∞ / If there are two or more flying affinity units on your battlefield, this unit’s attack is increased by 10.
Skill 2: N/A
Support Skill: “Flyer’s Emblem” / ♥ / You may choose one ally that is not an attacking unit and move it.
Attack Power: 30
Support Attack Power: 30
Range: 1
Unpromoted
Class: Pegasus Knight
Title: Princess of Macedon
Card ID: B01-031N
Illustrator: Mari Shimazaki
Princess Minerva (Dracoknight)
Rarity: Rare / Series 1 Booster Card #030
Cost: 4 / Promotion Cost: 3
Affinities: Shadow Dragon / Female / Axe / Flying / Dragon
Quote: “I will spare my brother a death on some stranger’s sword. Let him be punished by my hands.”
Skill 1: “Elysian Whip” / ∞ / For each allied flying unit this unit’s attack is increased by 10.
Skill 2: “Iote’s Shield” / ∞ / All enemy unit’s lose the ability to use the “Clearing the Skies” ability while this card is on the battlefield.
Support Skill: N/A
Attack Power: 50
Support Attack Power: 30
Range: 1
Promoted
Class: Dracoknight
Title: Princess
Card ID: B01-030R
Illustrator: Mari Shimazaki
Intellectual Inquirer Miriel
Rarity: Starter Deck / Series 1 Starter Deck 2 Card #004
Cost: 1
Affinities: Awakening / Female / Tome
Quote: “…Most intriguing.”
Skill 1: “Mage’s Research” / α / [Tap this card, Discard 1 card from your hand] Draw 1 card.
Skill 2: N/A
Support Skill: “Mage’s Emblem” / ♥ / Draw one card. Then, choose one card from your hand and place it in the discard pile.
Attack Power: 30
Support Attack Power: 20
Range: 1-2
Unpromoted
Class: Mage
Title: Intellectual Inquirer
Card ID: S02-004ST
Illustrator: Saori Toyota
Thanks again for a great typesetting! I appreciate any feedback on my translation work. I agree that the quote should be changed, as this was one of the earlier translations I did, and this was before I realized that the quotes were supposed to be direct quotes from in game text found in the Japanese versions of the game. As such, I definitely think that the quote should be change much like you have there, but maybe something more akin to a direct line from his dual supports in Awakening like "I got your back.", I feel like "I'll protect you" is too dry and not as indicative of Chrom's character, plus I'm not sure that's a direct quote from in game text like the official Japanese quote is. If Chrom did say that in game, then it is definitely just as applicable.
With his title, I was wondering which translation to go with since sometimes the Awakening localization team would shorten it to just Ylisse and other times it would be Halidom of Ylisse. Both are correct, I just wonder if an official English localization of the Cipher TCG would shorten it to save space.
Since you mentioned it, putting my twitter username on there would be great! I don't want to trouble you to change it on this or the Marth one, but I guess for all future ones that would be very cool. Thank you!