smash-brethren

i read somewhere that not all students you recruit stay with you, is this true and if so is there a way to prevent them from leaving post timeskip??? i plan to use a lot of characters recruited from other houses and itd feel like a huge blow to lose all of them

so sorry ifsomeones already brought them up but i think on top of kozaki/hidari returning another good choice would be rika suzuki their work on the sacred stones novel looks gorgeous and elegant as hell

hmmmmm not actually sure when he stopped doing artwork for smt, p sure his last game as character designer was devil summoner 2???? which was ps2 era iirc. I know his creepy dollface style isn't the best for cute characters but i heard a rumor that fe switch was going to be gothic horror/vampire themed and i feel his creepy but cute artstyle could lend itself really well to that atmosphere, definitely dont see it actually happening but i just think itd be cool to see yknow?

i absolutely love both hidari and kozaki. Hope to see continued work from them in the rest of the fe series. I've heard rumors floating around that fe switch was gonna be gothic/vampire themed and if so i think hidari can pull off the sort of rustic old fashioned look better but ofc wouldn't be opposed to kozaki doing work for fe switch. If i had to pick an older artist to return it'd definitely be wada sachiko bc their artwork look so beautiful and water color-y. If i had to pick someone completely new id love to see someone like kazuma kaneko if the rumor proved to be true, although even if they wanted to go for more demonic designs it'd still be a HUGE swerve design wise.

once again, make the avatar less plot relevant and we're cool. Frankly i think it'd be cool to see the avatar as someones second hand like kris/marth or chrom/robin (reiterating the fact i want them to hold less plot relevance so moreso like the former than the latter). P sure it wont happen but dialogue options/some sort of personality customization would also be great. Love the s-support mechanic bc im a filthy shipper but definitely dont wanna see kids anymore.

i really want to see varied/interesting maps! but nothing as absurdly long as fe4 maps, and less wide open space maps like echoes/gaiden. while i'm admittedly a fan of some of the more divisive features (avatar, s -supports) i really dont want to see children as a returning mechanic. bothered me like hell in fates. also would prefer the studio that localized echoes/awakening as opposed to treehouse.

Glad you like dancing inigo! I always doodle banner units in hopes it'll give me good luck of pulling them lol I looooove the idea of grima having a whole mess of eyes, especially since the symbol of the grimleal is three eyes linked together (you can see it on robins coat and henrys collar) so thats where i got the idea from! Besides the fact that 'too many eyes" is a favorite goretober prompt of mine! I struggled to think of a way to make flowers disturbing but i figured it would hurt a lot to have plants burst out from your eyes huh???? Super glad you liked it though :D!!!

a quick sketch of the renais twins for the goretober prompt "plant growth from body" idk why but ive always associated the renais twins with roses

"what's wrong Chrom? Will you not look at the smile of your best friend?" HHHHHH A goretober prompt that got kinda out of hand..........

SO GUESS WHOS BACK AND NUTTING OVER DANCING INIGO

Hey does anyone know what can be done to get a +hp -atk Soren (lame IV's i know....) prepped for the arena, I was thinking a TA/Gronnraven build but I only have one Cecilia, my only other focus unit for this season is Titania and seeing as I don't have the characters necessary for horse emblem should I bother fixing him or just settle for not ranking this week??

thanks so much, I tried to put more expression and feeling into it to match the lucina you see in awakening also this drawing's a bit old but I feel I can post it anyways (looking back at it there's a lot of things wrong with it but oh well.....)

Your kind words really mean a lot to me! Thanks so much for the review and criticism c:!!

Thanks!!! I work hard to make quality lucina content, no need to worry about the advice I'm happy to receive any feedback!! c:

I cant help but imagine normal lucina and spring festival lucina as like.....2 different people

I saw a thread on the fe switch which talked about your ideal lord and I ended up making a design for one. Not used to making FE oc's or drawing armor so I'd love critique on the design! Especially regarding palette and armor design c: !!

Definitely in agreement that we gotta drop the whole naive aspect of the lord character. It's incredibly easy for the writer to slip down from "naive" to outright stupid, in a way that makes the audience roll their eyes. Especially since it seems that majority, or at least a large chunk, of FE fans are at least in their teens and tend to lose taste for pure, naive, protags like this. Moving on, if the protag is a lord, I definitely want to see them as a product of their upbringing. Here are my takes on how that could go. 1. they're a bit of brat, maybe not completely spoiled rotten, but obviously never experienced true hardship. This could be a good source of character development throughout the story, since they'll not only learn about "the real world", but being a child of noble lineage they can also learn of using their position in a way to benefit those less fortunate than themselves. 2. Noble lineage almost always leads to courtly intrigue! Give us a protagonist who's wary of the world and the people in it. A bit cynical, but not an edgelord. A protagonist with a silver tongue who knows how to get what they want without fighting, whether through pleasant conversation or blackmail (although given this is an fe game they'll have to resort to violence sooner or later). It'd be an interesting experience to see them learn to open up and gain faith in others as they fight with people from different walks of life. Plus seeing them actively engage in politics could be nice, a lord like this would definitely be charismatic and a figure who could actually convince enemies to join their side. Of course I'm very open to non royal/noble protags, while I have yet to play por/rd Ike's popularity should be testament to how refreshing/interesting a non-royal protagonist is for the FE series. Seeing a person who lives under an oppressive rule and starts an uprising appeal to his or her fellow citizens would be a nice touch. Although should the main character be another self insert like corrin here's hoping they at least have a semi customize-able personality or dialogue options.....Also down for a game fully centered on a female lord instead of a sort of partner ship between m/f lords for once. Also should that be the case, while I loved Eirika dearly, I don't want another pacifistic female lord, definitely wanna see a girl with a really standout personality and traits other than "kind and gentle girl who hates violence and sees it as a last resort."

If the avatar mechanic does return here's hoping for personality customization of some sort or at least dialogue options, would be great to see them take a more WRPG take on a self-insert character. I hope they bring back the map design, general difficulty, and story of the older games (or fates for map design), but keep the character interaction/support system of the 3ds games, minus the child mechanic (unless there's a plot-related time skip like fe4). Not necessarily marriage but I do like pairing up characters plus supports are a great way to get people attached to certain units. Gives me more of a drive to use lower tier units if I like them as a character,not to mention packs more of a punch if you play with permadeath and lose them.

I agree with a lot of people here that the mentality IS had while making the game was a big part of it's downfall. When considering their lack of major financial success, IS decided that awakening would probably be the last FE game, and wanted to make it the best. So they drew upon aspects of all of the previous installments (ex children from fe4, world map from gaiden, same universe as marths games) in addition to adding an original flavor with story and characters. It felt like they were earnestly trying to make the most universally appealing FE, using the best of each game, to if not save the series, go out with a bang. Whereas when making fates they only really drew inspiration from awakening, and didn't put as much thoughts into things like character interaction and development. Part of the reason I feel none of fates cast had the mass appeal of lucina were because they didn't have a good mix of plot relevance, serious personality traits/character development, and endearing traits. I think one big flub they made with Azura was the lack of interaction between her and the siblings outside of supports. For example you'd think she'd be as conflicted with Corrin over siding with or against one family, but we never experience family drama from her end (er....keep in mind I've only played BR and CQ so if I'm missing something from R im sorry). Nobody really has a big reaction to her death either, not Corrin or the siblings. Everyone in awakening had something to say if robin sacrificed themselves but Azura? Nah.

I personally think that boey and celica sound a lot like vic mignogna and laura bailey respectively

Sorry If this isn't the right lace to ask but I need team building advice currently using tharja5*, eirika5*, Cordelia4*, Cherche4* considering swapping cordelia for either 4* robin or 4* f!corrin and cherche for sheena5* which of the 4* should I promote :?

Ike, Ike and........hmmmmm...............Ike (but really I'd love to see Lute, Neimi and L'arachel bcl I've got some SS bias)

Guess Leo picks fights he cant win

Here's hoping Basilio,Flavia, and Rinkah don't get that treatment if they show up in heroes, I'll die. Moving on, I'd like to see what artists could do with lute, I never found her gba sprite all that cute even though I absolutely loved her, I'd also die for neimi and artur to appear in heroes. Any of the fe4 cast is well deserving of a redesign too.

Yeah I kinda dislike making threads like this bc they tend to clog up the forums and I'm not the best with forum etiquette and I kinda didn't want to hijack somebody else's post..... Since I need more bulk for my team would the 5 star sheena be a good pick? Her attack (31) and movement leave something to be desired, she's sitting at level 25 rn and has 21 spd, 25 defense, 37 hp, and 26 res which is rly high for an armored unit, not to mention svalinn shield protects her from "effective against" weapons I'll see if either of the two merrics I pulled earlier could fit that bill according to the IV calculator cordelia has -atk/def and high res.....Her attack is apparently so low the iv calculator doesn't even have it registered (at 5* its base 14 while the Iv calc says lowest is 16.....) So maybe I should consider another hero......