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  1. special edition seems like a waste of money to me. You can get the other game for a discount as well as revelation for only 20 dollars each and have them all on the same cartridge, you're just paying for an artbook.

    If it costs the same as getting all three via download or one physical and two downloads, how can it be a waste of money compared to the complete non-special edition version?

    As for the artbook, while it's smaller than I would have liked and doesn't seem to actually have notes about how designs and aesthetics were determined, it's something I hold a lot of interest in.

    But really, the main thing I wanted was to get all the games on one cartridge. And no, buying one game and then downloading the other two doesn't give you all the games on the same cartridge. You don't need more than one cartridge to access them, but if you put your cartage in another 3DS (because you decided to lend the game to someone), you won't have all the other stuff you've already paid for. I'm irritated enough about having to put up with that with DLC.

    By the way, does anybody know if that new Nintendo Account thing will allow us to have all of our 3DSes and other systems tied to the same account, so that if you can download something you already bought to another system without having to do a system transfer?

  2. They don't owe people answers though. I highly doubt that they intended Kotaku to go reveal it in the first place. They already addressed Soleil, so I don't think that they need to clarify everything because some people feel the need to fear monger. By this point, it's barely a problem and a lesson learned. No need to actually remember this debacle. Nintendo has too much amazing stuff to get caught up in some tiny little instance like skinshipping.

    I don't think it's a matter of owing people answers. It's a matter of good PR. If a month before the release of a game that's a big enough deal that it gets a special edition that sells out in minutes, a special 3DS, and its main character included in Super Smash Bros' final push of DLC, the general press about said game suddenly becomes about either people not being able to get the special edition because Nintendo failed to meet demand (again) in addition to Gamestop's screwup (not on Nintendo but still a point against the game) or about the game being censored and how we're not going to get the full experience and such and such, I think it's in the company's best interest to try and get control over the story. Sitting on your hands and hoping things will play out in your favor is an idiotic move when you can put out the fire with a two sentence explanation and a 30 second video.

    And if they didn't think that a games journalist would write articles about them cutting content out of their games after they told them that they were cutting content out of their games, their PR is even dumber than I think it is.

  3. I agree with this. People all over the internet have been crying "censorship" and disliking videos of Fates and claiming that the localization is a "butchered" version of the game when in reality, very, very little has been changed or removed. I mean thinking about it, the only things that have been confirmed to be changed would be Soleil's supports (and let's be honest, that was for good reason) and the ability to rub everyone's faces, which really got old fast. That's about it, isn't it?

    I almost feel bad for Nintendo due to all the heat they've been getting over all this when it's really not that bad, but they certainly should have been more open with the fanbase as opposed to being all tight-lipped about the whole thing. They left people to stew in their own anxieties and assume the worst.

    I have a hard time feeling sympathetic for Nintendo because they brought it all on themselves. They could have gotten out in front of it pretty damn quickly, and given a proper explanation, but instead they stood mute and gave non-answers to folks, fueling speculation and distrust.

  4. Oh, if you meant on the Spotpass team, yeah, but not part of the theme. Probably just some random unit, or maybe my spouse.

    For a fifth unit to sort of go with the theme, I would have Corrin/Kanna as a Dark Blood (unless Grandmaster can use Dragonstones) to act as a sort of Antichrist stand in. I think it fits considering the Four Horsemen are considered evil (despite being dispatched by Heaven), Hell is specifically mentioned to follow after the Pale Horse that Death rides, a dragon features prominently in the Book of Revelation and empowers another monster, the Beast that comes from the sea, fitting into Corrin's water theme.

    I know the units I suggested aren't mounted, but that's kind of the point, since it differentiates the leader as separate from the four underlings.

  5. Wasn't planning on using the Japanese audio, but seeing as I expect sequels to have all the features of their predecessors in addition to knew features (providing they all make narrative sense) and I wasn't going to be downloading the game, I'm bothered by its exclusion.

    Skinship is okay. It feels rushed and slightly awkward, but I hope that it gets lengthier the higher your support level is.

    The biggest problem I have is the lack of proper lip synching. It just doesn't seem like anybody tried.

  6. I'm wondering how many people actually canceled their preorders of the special edition to take a stand against censorship, only to regret that decision upon seeing what skinship is like.

    Personally, I'd guess not many. Lots of people like to say things on the internet, but actually doing what they said is another matter entirely. And the ones who care enough about this that they actually would cancel their preorder probably wouldn't be placated by what we saw anyway.

  7. That's what I was thinking. Did they just use the Japanese animations but replace the audio with the English lines?

    I'm pretty sure that's the case. I've been spoiled by games actually taking the effort to redo the animation for different languages.

    Edit: I'm going to echo the consensus here. I'm fine with this. Hope there's longer conversations as your support is stronger, but I'm glad the models are preserved and whatnot.

  8. I'm surprised they're even allowed to livestream it. It's not often the embargo lifts so early, right?

    Maybe Nintendo's hoping people will stop overloading their customer support if they let someone show the game off a little. Besides, they probably aren't allowed to live stream beyond a certain point. I'd be surprised if they got to the moment of choice, but if they do, that's probably where it ends.

    I'm more interested in seeing any of the My Castle stuff. Find out if there's a replacement for the skinship feature.

  9. Known that for 48 hours (the DLC trailer went up on the 3DS e-shop a couple days ago).

    As a standard battle line, it's more bearable than randomly hearing it during a tense plot situation.

    I have to agree. When I first heard the line in the first clips, I wasn't a fan, but hearing it in this trailer makes me think it isn't so bad.

  10. The DLC Pack will be available on the eshop Day 1 right? I've yet to buy the pack on retail, but maybe I should soon.

    Pretty sure it will. Just remember that even though you're buying all the DLC at once, you'll still have to wait for each individual DLCs release.

    Does anyone know if this is all the DLC that there's going to be? Or is IS working on stuff that hasn't come out yet?

  11. Eh, maybe it's just the blatant cultural favoritism, but I'm a little put off by Hoshido, especially if the argument in their favor is them doing nothing wrong or that siding with them is siding with "morality." Like Nohr, it kidnapped a member of the royal family to hold as a hostage, and the whole "peace loving" versus "glory hungry/blood thirsty" labeling makes me wary of them.

    I don't know the whole backstory of the last Hoshido/Nohr conflict, so for all I know Hoshido's had a history of hostile actions against Nohr. Pelagia might have been the aggressors of the war by the time Fire Emblem Awakening started, but it was made abundantly clear that they had legitimate grievances against Ylisse from the last conflict. I'm hoping this game's conflict (at least in terms of backstory) is more nuanced than "Fantasy counterpart East is good and Fantasy counterpart West is evil!"

    Plus, Hoshido has Takumi. And seriously. Screw Takumi.

  12. Just posting to say the Special Edition (US version) doesn't appear on amazon.com, from my experience when an item is temporarily removed it's when they're going to re-release it, so those still needing one may want to watch amazon.

    It's still visible as far as I can see, though I can't find the 3DS anymore.

    Edit: Following the link on one of the threads here takes me to it, and it can still be preordered.

  13. Well, from what I've seen as unspoilered as I am, they never actually try to get you back before the choice happens.

    Assuming they didn't, it could be simple pragmatism.

    Getting you back would require either a full scale invasion or acts of espionage deep into enemy territory, both of which could easily fail, trigger wars, and lead to the person they were trying to save being executed by Garon out of spite.

  14. I would side with Nohr to be honest. Blood doesn't decide family for me, the people who care about me do. I would not hold anything against the Hoshido siblings and would want to get to know them, but if I had to make a choice it would be Nohr. Of course first order of business is to try and find a way to show the Nohr siblings that Garon is not a good person and needs to be stopped. Would also try and overthrow him BEFORE Hoshido is completely destroyed, not after. Game wise I chose Nohr for the harder difficulty and map objectives, and Revalations so I can get a mix of everything without buying Hoshido too.

    Just throwing it out there for the sake of argument, but what makes you think that your Hoshido family doesn't care about you?

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