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-I understand what you mean, I did think the aesthetic, while really good, was much less warm in color and overall unremarkable. I liked it, but not loved it -I know the Formation system was something they've been wanting to implement since the making of Genealogy of the Holy War, taking inspiration from Advance Wars. But in every scene in the trailer, the troops just stand there or run a little, I never see them fighting or attacking except for the archers (some mages attacked but at the ground, they didn't hit anyone). So I'm worried about it... I hope it's not just choosing a formation without the actual soldiers doing much more than bumping into each other. -I loved that!! It got me really hyped! I like MyCastle a lot and this looks soo much better! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me, I know we've yet to see something more concrete but I can't help myself, haha, I love this series ❤

You're right, I forgot about Gaiden (I've yet to play the remake, though). As for PoR and RD, those are coincidentially the only games of the series I never played because I didn't own a Wii but from what you are saying, then FE did have the trope of "organised religion = evil", since you say the begnion seniors were the biggest sinners and etc. It sounds very interesting and dark (which is something I really like), but as I said before I'm hoping for an imperfect religion with maybe both sides having a grey moral both in actions and reasons. Now this is something I don't think will ever change... but it would be great. I mean, not even Link fights ganon in aaall the zelda games. But who knows!

Thank you fir your replies!! I agree! I don't know if IntSys is ready to finally change that up, since for example every Fire Emblem game so far has basically the same plot (fighting a war between nations then have the true boss revealed to be an evil dragon god), and I mean, that's 12 games not counting remakes. I don't think that'll change, but I have hopes they at least change that Mikoto and Garon trope, with this trailer. Well, actually, Fire Emblem has always painted religion and their people as incredibly benevolent and perfect, which is not realistic to me. This would be a change for them, and it wouldn't be as black and white as the grimleal who were a cult so obviously siding with evil (Grima). What I'm hoping for is an imperfect religion in this game, with the evil people being in the church but not being the church itself or the goddess herself. I agreeeeee! Luckily, it's just the first trailer and it showed very little. I think many of the past games have done a good job of involving many houses and important people into the war, and we have yet to see many more characters than the 4 units we saw. I get what you mean, though, the most important aspect for me in FE is the political tension between nations and their involvement, and I did have a hard time feeling that in the trailer.

Thank you !!

Thank you for answering!! Thank you!! C: Well, the trailer definitely shows all the characters at some point, including Blythe, fighting against kingdom soldiers, so you can rest assured they won't pull off Robin/Grima card! Haha, I was scared of that myself. I'm hoping it's the queen the one who turns out evil, but I wonder if IntSys is ready to do that, since they're always so obvious with the characters designs, that's why I think maybe they'll say she's not bad but has her reasons... I really, really hope so!! Or that, if we're going to go for the path of evil, we really go full evil, in a sort of Shin Megami Tensei way, like I thought Conquest was going to be before its release. That would be very cool, to me. Haha, I did think the same! Maybe it's just the characters' design, but it's also strange how she's hugging that weapon and smiling, why would she even do that? And it was the same weapon used by the old man fighting in the war, according to the analysis made here by VincentASM, which makes it more confusing.

This is just my take on it from what I gathered with the trailer! The description says this is a country ruled by the church of Seiros, who was the woman who received a gift by the goddess, meaning the kingdom is a theocracy. First, it seems a lot of people think the lady at the beginning with the dragon crown is the goddess herself, but if you take a look at her clothes, you'll notice they're identical to the ones Seiros is wearing on the painting: Meaning the lady is actually the descendant of Seiros or Seiros herself, and that along with the crown means she's the queen ruling over this kingdom, since, as the description says, the kingdom is ruled by the church of Seiros. Now this queen is clearly at war with some other people with some barbaric designs; one of them even tried to attack her and a soldier stopped him. It can be assumed some are not happy with the church ruling over them, which is of course to be expected. But what I noticed through the trailer is that our three key characters (Edelgarde, Claude and Dimitri) are also shown fighting against the kingdom. Dimitri and Claude are shown fighting against an unit called "Kingdom soldier", whose design correspond with the same one who was defending the queen. Edelgarde, on the other hand, is seen fighting against Mercedes, whose clothes look to me kind of like that of a nun, and her overall design fits better that of the church than that of the enemies with their barbaric designs: Then we have Edelgarde talking about what a horrible world it was, and she says: "some believe the crests, tokens of the goddess' power, are necessary to maintain order. But they're wrong. The crests are to blame." Meaning she doesn't agree with the church at least partially. She would later warn her teacher that if they're to follow "this path", one misstep would take them to ruin. And speaking about the teacher. His name is Byleth, which is another name for Beleth, the king of Hell, who had a vast knowledge and the ability to command legions, which agrees with him both being a teacher and a tactician, so it's not a coincidence. But the fact it comes from a demon lord makes it ideal for him to be the one going against the church and the goddess it serves. Byleth can be seen fighting against a kingdom soldier too, with a design also seen before: So what I want to make clear is that, maybe not at the beginning, but at some point, our three key characters will be on the same side, fighting the church, so it's not like Fates in which you choose sides, and it will not be a war against the houses, but against the church. Also, since Edelgard represents Spring (according to the japanese title, which is Four Seasons), it will probably start with her, then we'll get Claude (Autumn) at our side and lastly, Dimitri (Winter). As for the queen, I don't mean to say she's evil. Maybe she's wrong, or waiting for something, it's happened in past games. But it did striked me as weird that she, who looks so benevolent, like Elice or Emmeryn or something, shows no sign of sadness or pain while watching the massacre unfolding around her, her face doesn't even show seriousness or severity, nothing. It doesn't mean much now, just that it's weird. Sorry for the links instead of the images, and for any grammatical errors, since English is not my first language. And well... that's my take. If all of this was already discussed somewhere, I'm sorry, I get lost easily! If not, I would love to talk about it, your own thoughts and theories, I just want to talk about this game so bad haha. Thank you for reading!

Thank you so much for answering!! I really appreciate it! I thought the trailer was awesome but kind of short! I wish they'd show us some of the gameplay at the Treehouse live or something, I can already tell the wait will kill me (I already suffered so much waiting for Fates since the teaser...). Meanwhile, I've already watched the Three Houses trailer so many times I've been able to detail some stuff and now have some theories. I've been wanting to share it in the respective topic to see if someone agrees! What did you two think about the trailer? Did you like it? Or was it different from what you wanted? Thank you again !

This teacher was the one to decide if Edelgard should practice her axe or sword skills, by way of the player choosing either option, so yes, he is definitely the avatar ^^ .

I've actually been here since 2016, reading news and general info about basically every FE game there is, but I'm not that good at integrating myself, I've never participated in a gaming community as large as this before. Now that the Three Houses trailer is out and I'm really hyped, I wanted to change that :3 I've played every FE game except for PoR and RD because I never owned a Wii (not because I didn't want to...) I've also yet to play Echoes, which I will as soon as I can, but I played Gaiden so I guess I have the basics of it. Anyways, I really really like this site, I really want to meet you all and talk about FE all day everyday with everyone! Have a great day/week C:

They are aware. Monster Hunter's localization team even mocked them for it in a magazine, meaning, publicly. I also think the issue with treehouse was blown out of proportion, except for Saizo x Beruka C support, and Keaton x Velouria (recluitment dialogue, I think it was...), which got me very mad. But some characters were given a better personality, like Forrest. In any case, they definitely know to be careful now, in case they truly are localizing Three Houses.

I really like it c: the trailer was too short, though. I didn't grasp that same political tension I've felt with some of the older games yet, which is what matters to me.

I... believe in the Nintendo Switch and its capabilities. And that IntSys can't do that without expecting any serious consequences.