These are just opinions, you can disagree but please don’t take anything personally!
I was curious about what other people consider their favorite Artstyle in the series, in terms of both the character portraits, menus, and just general graphics.
For character portraits, I think Fates takes the cake. I like the texture underlay they use, that gives it that dirtier feel compared to Awakening. I really disliked the older games Artstyle in this regard, it just doesn’t look... good.
I haven’t played Hero’s, but I think the Chibi map is absolutely adorable. I don’t prefer any map style over another as long as it’s 2D (I really dislike the 3D models on or as the map).
As for general character models, for some reason I think awakening had more charm. I like the pixel art of the older games, but I just think the characters without feet give them a certain degree of uniqueness. One thing I dislike about FE as a whole is the horrible clipping that happens (Just give Corrin a fox tail and see what I mean). I also think the FE warriors models are... kinda weird? I don’t know what it is about them, I just dislike them (and again with the 3D models as the portraits, ugh)
notice I haven’t talked about the Wii era of Games, that’s because I haven’t seen enough of them to make an opinion.