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I don't see us getting villain equivalents of all 12. It's pretty much confirmed that Marth is the only notably plot relevant ring.

http://nintendoeverything.com/fire-emblem-echoes-devs-on-going-forward-with-the-remake-considered-adding-newer-elements-from-the-series/

God I despise this team's horrible marketing.

Not shot this game doesn't get DLC lol. They purposefully cut off Ashe's support, that is the most "we'll finish it later!" bullshit ever.

We have. There's only one archer lady with a bow on her head and the stuff we see of her in the trailer and other characters' trailers align with the girl paired with Alfred. The assumption you make isn't a very stable one otherwise axe bro should've been introduced after too.

Is it a safe bet to assume Chloe and Louis are Celine's retainers too? They even show up on the same chapter.

Nah. Naming something a Fell Dragon completely lacks subtly and would just be a dumb twist to make the enemy faction "not evil at all and protags were brainwashed"

It's pretty much already confirmed that this roster will be royal and retainer heavy. I was anticipating the axe guy and Etie to be our villagers or something for variety like how it usually is so for them to be retainers... Yeah.

It was never revealed to be Patricia. And it does not fit in the actual timeline nor Shez's character. It contradicts Azure Gleam's reveal of Patricia.

I don't want customization because it led to the garbage first person cutscenes. More set cutscenes was the best thing to happen to the avatar concept because we see them openly react now.

Kris would've been better if them and the assassins had their own game than being shoved into Marth's.

FE7 side lord moment. She could just be the fanservicy side character. I could totally see Ike, Roy, Corrin, and Byleth being attached to the remaining relevant characters. The dancer girl is a toss up and it's why I think it's between Eirika and Lyn.

Lyn, Leif, and Eirika are equally likely to be the most irrelevant rings out of the main 12. As in, not be featured on any marketed character. Marth's a given, Sigurd's already attached to a box art character (Celica not so much, she might actually be glued to an irrelevant side character as well).

Yeah Alear's design is whatever for me, I don't mind it. What I'm worried about is the divine dragon having amnesia trait. That seems like a one way ticket to having Alear be extremely boring. That'd be a major step back from Shez.

It's already confirmed that the red haired man uses Roy.

That too. Especially when the bond system clearly doesn't adhere to how the support system handles things.

I don't believe for a second that Emblems have supports tbh. They're far too plot mcguffin-y and supports are reserved for units.

Fuck man. I hate this account's inconsistency so much. Xenoblade fans are so lucky.

All I'm gonna say is, I don't really care how Edelgard is this super important central character. Dimitri and Claude are the other two lords and earned their keep with genuine popularity to the point Intsys had no choice but to acknowledge them. Edelgard is always by Claude and Dimitri, so have all three of them or none. Byleth is optimal and deserves to be prioritized over Edelgard too.

Alear being a divine dragon worshiped as a deity is concerning. The fact that we might have several dialogue scripts and entire supports of people going "Alear-sama, ur so divine and awesome and the best and-" worries me a lot.

Canon pairs are better, a shame we won't get to see them again and instead another sequence of the developers dancing around any pair even ones that give fantastic development to those characters.

Xenoblade fans are the luckiest mfs alive. They have an official twitter that's actually good and keeps consistent updates while being transparent enough to tell people when there won't be news. A far cry from this account that'd rather use the tactic of radio silence (lame af).

At least she got into Heroes. She has an actual chance of having a legacy outside of a Warriors title. One victory at a time I suppose.

Sothis and/or Byleth are the poster children. They are the ones who are in the center of 3 Houses' box and best represent all three-four routes. There's a reason Sothis is used as the Fodlan icon while all the lords are usually used as the icon in Heroes. That's not a good enough reason to prioritize her when Byleth is still the central character and the one we directly play as and see the world through in all routes. Even then, Sothis best fits the mascot label. She directly has the design of a mascot type character and exists to help push our protagonist forward. Sothis has been used as a mascot countless time. Along with that, Byleth best represents everything about 3 Houses to the point they are the teacher and have exclusive mechanics centered around them that Edelgard doesn't get. She gets no exclusive gameplay mechanics around her. Again, the song you mentioned is directly sung to Byleth from Edelgard. So it still ties into Byleth and her getting an entire trailer is nothing new. Byleth got a focus before too. It literally is. It's directly favoring Black Eagles because Edelgard only reps Black Eagles and she's going to be placed among the lords. You're not repping all the other prominent houses. It's obvious what she'd be repping, she's only a lord of one route only to be placed among other FE lords. You are indirectly (or directly depending on your point of view) favoring the Black Eagles and their route.

In terms of those who have an actual chance: Kris. Or any FE12 exclusive character for that matter, it'd be kinda lame since they'd end up having priority over tons of other iconic Archanea characters. Those who don't really have a chance: Kronya, Faye, Lemon Twins, and Heroes OCs outside of Alfonse, Sharena, and Veronica.