Jaafers

The bottom line is this: Unless Tellius fans, or fans of certain Tellius characters, don't magically start supporting their characters over the GBA and 3DS characters, then I fully expect Tellius to do much worse on CYL 2 than its fans are expecting. GBA and 3DS characters (oh, and Reinhardt too!) all have clear cut characters who are in the running for top 10. Tellius has like, what, only Micaiah? Don't be surprised when you see the Tellius cast not doing well. All the preliminary results point towards this realistically happening. I fully expect the actual results of the CYL 2 to vindicate what I am saying.

The bottom line is this: Unless Tellius fans, or fans of certain Tellius characters, don't magically start supporting their characters over the GBA and 3DS characters, then I fully expect Tellius to do much worse on CYL 2 than its fans are expecting. GBA and 3DS characters (oh, and Reinhardt too!) all have clear cut characters who are in the running for top 10. Tellius has like, what, only Micaiah? Don't be surprised when you see the Tellius cast not doing well. I fully expect the actual results of the CYL 2 to vindicate what I am saying.

You had mentioned two things, the lack of marketing, the low number of copies produced, the bad release dates and how Shadow Dragon and New Mystery were supposed to be the last games in the series before Awakening. The first point, I could perhaps understand, but again, only for North America and Europe. FE wasn't an established series, so Nintendo didn't see much of a reason to support it as much as their other franchises. Still doesn't explain Japan though. And in regards to Shadow Dragon and New Mystery possibly being the last games in the series before Awakening, they both SD and New Mystery eventually sold over 250 k copies, which was infact the minimum number of copies that Awakening was required to sell in order for the series to continue. Therefore, I strongly believe that Tellius doing as poorly as it did is what even made Nintendo consider cancelling the series in the first place.

I could understand Tellius having low sales in North America and Europe. Nintendo did indeed drop the ball with advertising FE at the time. Radiant Dawn was also released a week before Mario Galaxy, so the poor sales in the Americas and EU make sense. But here's the catch, it did terrible even in Japan, where FE was already an established series. And there must be a reason why IS isn't releasing many Tellius characters to begin with. Because they aren't popular, and won't generate money through orbs. Heck if you look at the views for the Radian Dawn banner it has around 230 k views after almost two weeks. The newest Sacred Memories banner coasted over 200 k in about a day.

Yup, its like besides Ike, who has Smash Bros and Smash Bros only to thank, Tellius falls behind every other entry in recent years, including Fates, Awakening, Sacred Stone, and FE 7. Heck, Lyn wasn't even in Smash Bros. (besides a minor role as an Assist Trophy) and she got only a few thousand votes less than Ike. If Ike wasn't in Smash, he probably wouldn't have even made top 10, especially if we take the vote splitting between the Tellius games into account.

Biased opinions aside, Tellius characters in general are receiving much less support than GBA and 3DS characters. This Reddit poll asking fans to submit who they would be voting for proves it. The Tellius characters are earning much less support than their GBA and 3DS counterparts. And if hardcore FE fans on places like Reddit are not voting for Tellius, there is no chance that lesser fans, perhaps those who have only played the 3DS entries, would vote for any Tellius characters. This goes completely in line with the notion that Tellius has a very small fanbase overall. They are just vocal, and thus don't realize how small they actually are. https://pastebin.com/5zL9ymea

Tellius will do poorly in CYL 2. I see much less support for Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn than FE 7, Sacred Stones, Awakening, and Fates. Tellius was always quite overrated, and this proves that its fanbase is small but vocal. So vocal, infact, that they themselves and other people who see them don't realize how small they are. 3DS and GBA characters are way more popular. And I hope that IS realizes that the only reason Judgral isn't as popular as Tellius is because they are JP only and have yet to receive a remake.

Glad to see places like this and other forums showing very little support for Tellius overall. Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn were the worst point in the franchise's history, they were so bad that they almost killed the FE series. Happy to see that the Tellius fanbase was simply a small, though vocal, group of people. I expect Tellius to overall do terrible in CYL 2. GBA characters and 3DS characters are way more popular. I see very little support for CYL 2 in comparison. And I hope that IS knows that the only reason Judgral characters aren't more popular is because they are JP only and have yet to receive remakes. Tellius was a real low point for the series, and I am glad that the FE fanbase as a whole is finally realizing.

Speaking of CYL, I for one expect the Tellius characters to do awfully. The Tellius games were the worst in the series, and now it seems that the people who liked Tellius were a tiny, but very vocal, fanbase. GBA characters and 3DS characters are way more popular. I see very little support for CYL 2 in comparison. And I hope that IS knows that the only reason Judgral characters aren't more popular is because they are JP only and have yet to receive remakes. Tellius was a real low point for the series, and I am glad that the FE fanbase as a whole is finally realizing.

All the Sacred Stones characters are pretty good, except Seth, as someone mentioned on GFaqs. Sacred Stones characters deserve the best, since they, well, are the best (sorry Nino)!