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WARNING: The following contains Spoilers for Scarlet Blaze so Viewer Discretion is advised. Shortly after Byleth attacked and slayed Randolph... Edelgard, Hubert and Ferdinand were approached by Count Varley (though how surprised they were depends on if the Count was saved in the previous mission or not). Count Varley makes a grand announcement that the true leader of the Empire has returned namely none other than Lord Arrundel. While Varley boasts how it was beneficial to appear weak & cowardly but he no longer needs to do so (which gets some eye-rolling from Edelgard). But now Edelgard has heard enough and commands Hubert & Ferdinand to take down the treacherous Count. Then Count Varley lets out a sinister little chuckle as he asks Edelgard if wants to be so quick to accuse him of such a thing like what she did to Duke Aegir. This gets Edelgard & Ferdinand's eyes bulge in shock in which Count Varley tells Edelgard that she thought it was Duke Aegir who helped Arrundel get her & her siblings to be experimented on. But then Count Varley claims that Duke Aegir was not the only Noble who conspired with Arrundel but since the Aegirs were 2nd in Command of the Empire they would be the ones who would be suspected of treachery the most. Then Count Varley recalls the one time Duke Aegir confided to him how regreetful it was about what happened to Edelgard & her siblings but he couldn't oppose Arrundel to make sure his dear son would not be next. Ah yes Duke Aegir feared what would happen to Ferdinand if he was ever seen as "disloyal". However Count Varley was intrigued by the experiments but wanted to see the process be perfected since he didn't have as many children as the Late Emperor did. Now Count Gregoire Varley admits that he secretly aided his "old friend" Duke Ludwig Aegir in his strike at the Empire. In which Gregoire gleefully recalls how that gullible old fool Ludwig wanted to save his son & his friends from this folly and finds out how it all ended to be hilarious. Now an enraged Ferdinand tried to strike down Count Varley for being the treacherous snake that he is but Varley kept dodging his attacks by teleportation while laughing maniacally until he got one counter magic strike on Ferdinand knocking him down. Which then Count Varley cruelly taunts Ferdinand by reminding him who was the one who slayed his father. Then Count Varley commends Edelgard on how Ferdinand was quite a useful pawn then bid adieu as he teleports away in which Ferdinand can only scream in rage at this point. Moments later as Ferdinand tries not to snap in rage a highly despondent Edelgard is not sure what to say at this point as she barely said Ferdinand's name. Then Ferdinand has Edelgard by Axe-Point wondering if he should avenge his father right now. Edelgard tries to reason with Ferdinand that she had no idea about this and how this war was necessary. However Ferdinand was having none of it and called her out on how this war was only so the Empire can have all of Fodlan back. While Edelgard did try to remind Ferdie about her reforms but then he called her out on how neither the Church or the Kingdom objected to them. In which Ferdinand furiously called out Edelgard how they've been nothing but pawns this whole time while Edelgard has a hard time figuring out why. Hubert readies his hand for an Attack Spell at Ferdinand demanding he stand down then calls him out how he was so blinded by rage to see that Lady Edelgard was too a victim of this deception. Namely how the only one Ferdinand should turn his axe to is that treacherous dastard Count Varley which gets Ferdinand to reluctantly agree. But then Edelgard suddenly gets a headache from this in which Hubert tries to see whats wrong. Then Arrundel makes his entrance then reveals himself to be Thales as he claims that its time for Edelgard's rebellious streak to come to an end. Now Edelgard has officially been mind-controlled by Thales as he claims that she is still useful but her friends are now... expendable. But before Thales teleports away he tells Ferdinand & Hubert to give his regards to their Purple-Haired friend since their presence has been so valuable. Now Caspar comes running in screaming for Edelgard's name in which most of the Black Eagles meet up with Ferdinand & Hubert. They of course ask where is Edelgard and what is wrong with Ferdie in which Hubert had answers on both. While they did get some time to react but then Caspar & Dorothea bring up how that horrid dastard Count Varley came in and took Bernadetta away. In which Hubert recalled what Count Varley said earlier and surmises that Bernadetta is going to be experimented on which horrifies Dorothea & angers Caspar. So Ferdinand proclaims that they will save Bernadetta as he will have his revenge. But then Ferdinand gives the Black Eagles the truth about how they've been used as pawns this whole time which saddens most of the Black Eagles. However Moneca gets very defensive about Edelgard however she would never be used in such a way but while Hubert understands her pain he reluctantly admits that is true that they are all deceived. But now as they are united in their cause and most of them leave the scene, Hubert & Ferdinand whisper to each-other as they glare at Shez wondering what to do with them and Thales "regards". Though I suppose in retrospect I should've given Byleth a more active role but I'm not sure whether its to... A. Aid Count Varley in fighting off Ferdinand as Ferdie attacks in a vengeful rage. or B. Byleth aids Count Varley by fighting off the other Black Eagles and takes Bernadetta for the Count. Or something like that, so what do you folks think?

Well... I admit I am still working on certain concepts in this idea though but if at all possible then yeah. Now if anyone thinks that is a bit too much then OK I admit it, I get it. But I do have a somewhat simpler idea as well... Multi-Crossover Fusion Fics based on One Particular Company Now, unlike the previous idea mentioned this will be considerably less complex to explain. These games would basically be Fusion Fics of many of the franchises of one particular company like Nintendo, Capcom, Sega, SNK, Konami and such. But characters that will appear and which franchises will be represented will depend on the game and it will be in 3 tiers. Tier One- All or Most of the Franchises that the company owns & uses- Will make for most of the Playable/Enemy and NPC Characters many of them prominent. Some of the more prominent lands will be used as the main setting. Tier Two- Franchises whom the company have done crossovers for and/or licensed games with, namely have had good relationships with but do not own- Will probably get playable/enemy characters and some may be prominent. But if anything, else, will probably get NPC representation for sure. Maybe one or two lands might appear but there is no guarantee. Tier Three- Franchises whom the company has mild connections with, games that the company has published at least once. – Will have at least 1 or few playable/enemy characters to at least a few cameo NPCs at the most. Would basically be cameo fodder at best to mere references at least. While franchises in Tier One would most likely be represented as a whole, franchises in the latter two tiers would only feature certain sub-series’. Like Fire Emblem for example, while the franchise as a whole would easily be a 1st Tier for Nintendo. But in a Tecmo*KOEI one FE 3 Houses/3 Hopes would definitely be 2nd tier while the FE Archanea Trilogy/Awakening/Fates/Blazing Blade might be 2nd or 3rd tier (thanks to the original Fire Emblem Warriors). But unlike the aforementioned FE 3 Houses idea these games would be standalone when it comes to story. Though I admit when it comes to merged/acquired companies such as Square Enix-Taito, Konami-Hudson, and the like I’m not 100% to keep them all together or give them separate games. However, one way to give them a bit more variety in playthroughs is the Support System in which in this case I’m thinking of bringing back the Child Unit/2nd Gen system. In which I have ideas on the matter such as… * Unlike FE Awakening/Fates all of the Male & Female 1st Gen characters here are tied to at least 2nd Gen one. In fact, each 1st Gen character can be tied to 1 to 5 2nd Gen characters so in other words depending on the pairing can lead up to 2 to 10 children at a time. * Now as for how I would incorporate the 2nd gens in the stories I’m thinking either by Awakening and have them be “Children from the Future”. Or go back even further with the Genealogy series and have them be starring in a time skip years in the future. While I was initially leaning towards option two but I’m not 100% sure on the logistics so I may go with Option #1 though. * However, if I do go with the Time-skip option, I am considering the idea of having certain younger 1st Gen units have their supports be more platonic during the 1st Gen era but can get romantic supports now that they are older during the 2nd gen era. But I am not 100% certain how that would work though. * Alright I admit that out of gameplay necessity I may downplay any sort of LGBT action among any 1st gen playable characters (but rest assured I won’t outright remove it). Now as for 2nd Gens I do however realize that I can have them be as LGBT as I want. * I admit I am partially considering the idea of having certain 2nd gen units be NPCs particularly if they are younger ones as they can appear in their sibling’s supports and/or have other NPC roles. * Though as for the 1st Gen characters, unlike the recent FE games I will not be going by “Avatars” so in other words I won’t be having certain characters be only able to pair up with one character. But yes, like I said above I would not be giving these games “Avatars” but I will however make the characters be much more of an “Ensemble Cast” (as I am fairly fond of that concept in my writing). But I am however considering the idea of giving each game a certain “Hub” area like Garreg Mach in FE 3 Houses, the Somniel in FE Engage, etc. While including characters from Multiple Franchises an appearance may seem highly overwhelming, but rest assured not all of them will be playable or as Adversaries. There will also be various characters who will be NPCs whether they be major to minor story roles to various villagers, shopkeepers, blacksmiths, soldiers, and various others. So, what do you folks think?

(Note: This idea will contain spoilers for 3 Houses so beware, also some of these details are still a WIP.) While I, like many other Nintendo Switch players, have enjoyed Fire Emblem 3 Houses but I do think that there are plenty of aspects that should be dwelled upon and expanded. (While many of us were understandably glad that 3 Houses was one cart while Fates was 2 with 1 DLC route. But the fact that 3 Houses was 1 cart was probably while half of the routes were a bit underdone, and it had a fair amount of cut content.) Anyways I would split the game’s main story into 5 or 6 routes in which each route will have a different protagonist each. (In which this will technically be a series of games since its apparently more doable than adding multiple paths in one game.) In which the routes are… Azure Moon (Dimitri & the Blue Lions) Crimson Flower (Edelgard & the Black Eagles) Verdant Wind (Claude & the Golden Deer) Cindered Shadows (Yuri & the Ashen Wolves) I was initially thinking of add these as well… Silver Snow (Church of Seiroes, mainly Seteth, Flayn & Rhea) White Clouds (Byleths & the Knights of Seiroes) But I was wondering whether I should combine the two into one or not. I admit I do wonder if I should give the other lands their own routes but I’m not sure whether to do that or not. But I am also thinking of expanding the lands outside of Fodlan especially since most of them get little to no representation or even presence in the game. However, the main story missions in each route would more focus on certain lands outside of Fodlan such as… Azure Moon- Duscur & Sreng Crimson Flower- Brigid Verdant Wind- Almyra Cindered Shadows- The Undergrounds of all across Fodlan White Clouds- Dagda And such, but while the routes will focus on their respective lands in the Main Story Missions, each route will have plenty of side missions where you go to the other lands. (In which it can be a great source of getting additional allies but more on that later.) Anyways while the Main Story of each of the routes will share a few of the same or similar missions, each route will have missions that will be a part of the main story in that route but will be Side Missions/Paralogues in other routes. What do I mean you may ask? Simple, for example the incident with Ashe & Lord Lonato would be a Main Story mission in Azure Moon but would be a side mission in the other routes. (Though granted some of the characters that are starring in the route will get Paralogues of their own.) Now as for the paralogues, well you know how each side mission stars one or two require characters (or more than that in 3 Hopes). But in my concept here I am thinking about having each paralogue star one (& maybe occasionally two) characters for that mission but each paralogue will also star 1 or 2 characters who are primarily linked to the route you are in. Take for example the early one where Lorenz faces Acheron in a territorial dispute which would star him and the following depending on the route such as… Azure Moon- Annette Crimson Flower- Ferdinand Verdant Wind- Claude Cindered Shadows- Balthus And the like, as the opening & the ending scene for each paralogue will be needless to say differ on the route. There will be several alterations in the main story events here such as… Certain adversaries will be allies this time such as Lord Lonato for example. (In which when the Church of Serios orders Catherine to arrest Christopher than kill him for being suspected of being in an assassination plot. So, Christopher was taken by the Western Church instead.) In which instead of fighting Lonato & his militia you aid them against the Western Church. But I am also toying with the idea of having certain characters be adversaries at first but become recruitable later. (In which in some cases these characters were adversaries at first because they were forced to by far more villainous adversaries.) Indech & Macuil will be in Humanoid forms as they assist Rhea & Seteth over matters of the Church of Seiroes. Indech is a rather mellow, calm, and reasonable man who is a bit of a contrast to his stern brothers. Though Indech has a soft spot towards younger children such as Bernadetta and his dear niece Flayn. Meanwhile Macuil is a stern intellectual who can make Seteth appear easygoing in comparison. (But like Indech can be softer towards smaller children like Flayn.) In which Macuil provides a very firm but fair counsel to Rhea as he is the eldest of the 3 brothers. During Macuil’s initial support convo with Claude, Claude mocks Macuil thinking he has a problem with Almyrans since he seems to be so cold & aloof to him. Macuil assures Claude that is not the case at all and that he is fine with commoners it’s the Fodlan nobility he has a problem with. (Namely how Macuil recalls on how many times he has had to but heads with Fodlan nobility over how Garreg Mach should be a place of quality & merit rather than prestige and privilege.) Oh yes and I’m thinking that Indech & Macuil would go by Sheldon & Griffith as their names in public in which Seteth would lightly point out at 1 point if that is a bit “on the nose”. Speaking of which Rhea and Seteth’s brothers will occasionally question (and at times lightly tease) Seteth on why he insists that his daughter Flayn should be publicly known as his little sister. Certain other characters will learn of Flayn’s parentage such as Catherine for example as she wonders if Lady Rhea is Flayn’s mother. Though Rhea & Seteth immediately assured her that is not the case at all. Both Male (Beret) & Female (Beres) Byleths will be present as twin siblings as the children of Jeralt who were raised by him as Mercenaries. The same basic thing would apply to Shez as well as they will be twin siblings who are rival mercenaries. Since each of the routes will have a different protagonist, they all will start with fighting off a bunch of bandits in slightly varying circumstances. But each route will have a different minor bandit ringleader as the first boss in which how well they do in their respective attacks might slightly vary. (And what role they may have in the routes they are not the 1st boss in may vary as well.) Caspar’s father Leopold is a prominent Military Soldier in the Adrestian Empire but is a bit of a Shell-Shocked Veteran as he has seen things that he is not proud of during the Brigid war. While yes, he did slay Petra’s father for being a prominent leader in the resistance against the Empire but when he was given orders to destroy Petra’s village and slaughter all the natives there he refused and told his men he would take full responsibility. In which he did argue with the higher ups at the Empire for not following that order but as he was there to put down a rebellion, not engage in some ethnic cleansing. But then certain nobles agreed that fully penalizing someone prominent like Leopold could potentially lead to some PR trouble. Though shortly after this Leopold does see the aftermath of a different Brigid village that got destroyed with all the charred corpses there which would eventually lead to some difficult conversations with his son Caspar. On a lighter note, I’m thinking of adding in Raphael’s little sister Maya as a student who has quite a crush on Ignatz. But while Maya can be rather sweet on Ignatz she gets cranky to others such as her big brother and any girl who can be competition for Ignatz (which is apparently a lot, but she does mellow out on certain girls though). But at one point she wonders if she should try to play matchmaker on her brother in which she has ulterior motives for. I will be less reliant on Dramatic Irony as a lot of the battles in 3 Houses were fueled by misunderstandings caused by TWSITD. (As proof that none of the sides in the game were truly “bad” aside from TWSITD.) Lady Rhea will play a more active role in the Church of Seiroes as Garreg Mach is actually one of the most socially tolerant places in Fodlan as its one of the few places were foreigners are welcome. (And it’s one of the few places that will actually punish guards who do any racial profiling.) But also plays up her relationships with her fellow Nabateans and has a softer spot for younger children such as Cyril & Flayn. But on a more serious note, I would explore how her stern tendency to meet potential threats with violence can at times cause more damage than good. And Rhea feels some guilt when she finds out when certain knights like Catherine & Alois have felt guilt about some of their past actions. While yes, I will be downplaying any animosity between Dimitri, Edelgard & Claude but rest assured I will give all 3 of their lands plenty of dark pasts to maintain the “Shades of Gray” here. (Though granted the Empire would have the darkest past out of the 3 Fodlan lands. In which Edelgard will initially be pretty prideful regarding her Empire but how long that will last will depend on the route.) Oh yes and from a gameplay standpoint, all of the regions within Fodlan and out would have professions/classes that one could unlock over the course of the game. While all of the professions can potentially be unlocked in any route but how easily you can get them will depend on the route you are on. Oh yes and one other thing is that while certain playable characters will be more prominent in the route you are on but technically all playable characters can be playable in every route. (In which what I mean by prominent I mean would get by the main story while everyone else you can get through a bunch of side missions among other means.) Now rest assured I’m well aware of how controversial it may be to do away with the big “Demitri Vs. Edelgard War” plot point. (As Claude tends to struggle for relevance during the War Phase.) But yes, all 3 of the lords will get along and stay that way namely because they will have a fair amount of villains that they need to face as they try to conquer their respective homes. But perhaps I am getting a bit ahead of myself huh? I will admit to you all that this will be one big Fusion Fic with various other Fire Emblem games among various other game series. In which many of these characters will be allies, adversaries and in some cases NPCs. Why would I do such a thing, you ask? Well… Because any SRPG project can do lots of characters in which the maximum amount can be up to 30,000 units. (But rest assured I’m not insane enough to go that high.) It would be a way to really add to the population towards the various lands such as Faerghus, Adrestia, Leicester, Church of Seiroes to outside of Fodlan such as Duscur, Dagda, Sreng, Brigid & Almyra. Many of these characters will go by various other roles such as townspeople, soldiers, knights, mercenaries, Garreg Mach Teachers, Garreg Mach Students, merchants to villains such as brigands, pirates, dark mages, and warlords among others. Not all of the characters will be playable though as a fair amount of them will be NPCs such as townspeople, merchants, and the like. But doing things this way I can potentially do without having nameless NPCs (or at least keep that to a minimum). Though one other reason is my idea on how to adapt the “Battalion Squad” concept from 3 Houses. Namely to have them be a squad of playable characters that you either get by hiring them via the Battalion Guilds or have certain squads attached to certain (usually Lord or Lord adjacent) characters. In which said squad members will have support convos with each other and the unit they are assigned to (among others). While yes, a fair amount of these characters will get relatively minor roles outside of support chains. But a good portion of them can get prominent roles as well as I shall give you all examples. Remember when I said that certain other villains would plot against our 3 lords to control Fodlan? Certain examples would be the Mad King Ashnard (Fire Emblem PoR) for Adrestia, a dangerous deranged war criminal who was exiled by the empire for wanting to overthrow the emperor who conspires with other imperial war criminals. Lord Lima (Fire Emblem Echoes) a Faerghus Nobleman who is practically invulnerable due to his crest of Mila, a deviant who can go from depraved to deranged due to the illicit substances he often partakes. And there is Lundgren (Fire Emblem Blazing Blade) of Leicester, Lyndis’ evil racist Uncle. Lord Lundgren is the most prominent Leicester nobleman who opposes a “filthy” Almyran like Claude to lead the Alliance as he strongly feels that the only good Almyran is a dead one. The Basilisk crew Medeus and his followers from the original Fire Emblem are prominent and highly dreaded & feared villains here. Not too long after destroying House Altea and slaying Lord Corenelius and his wife and stealing the Falchion. Some of the members such as Khozen and Morzas were sent to Duscur to greet the King of Faerghus with a massacre. In which Khozen starts things off by lighting the Duscur town that the King was in with his fire breath. While King Lambert’s solders were getting slaughtered by the Basilisk, he tries to give them a rousing speech to give them hope but then Morzas swipes Lambert’s head clean off as he tosses it to a traumatized young Demitri. Then Felix’s brother Glenn tries to save Demitri, but Morzas then sadistically and violently gave Glenn a beating which broke his armor then he slashed Glenn’s throat then he finished Glenn off by ripping off his heart and crushing it in his hand. In which Morzas taunted young Demitri about how he was going to mutilate him too until he got told that he was ordered to spare the boy in which he did. Over the years Demitri has tried to tell his people that the people of Duscur were not at fault of the Tragedy and that it was a group of monstrous men in hooded cloaks, but people thought it was just a product of his shock & trauma. But certain folks like Marth and Seteth were willing to believe Demitri though. Long ago, Morzas killed Seteth’s wife and severely injured Flayn to prevent Seteth’s wife from exposing Medeus’ plans to other Nabateans. In which Seteth has had a strong vendetta against Basilisk, particularly Morzas and wants him dead as Rhea and his brothers definitely understand why. It will be revealed that ages ago Medeus & Sothis were rivals over who should rule the Nabateans, but they had rather differing views on the human race in which Medeus was willing to use allies like the Agarthans to deal with his competition. While the Basilisk want to claim that they fight for Nabatean Supremacy and that the humans don’t deserve mercy, Rhea and her allies deem them to be treacherous monsters who only want power & destruction. But on a much lighter note, most of the other Manaketes such as Bantu, Tiki, Corrin (both male & female), Azura, Gotoh and the like will be denizens of Garreg Mach mostly as priests or knights of Seiroes. (Or in certain cases such as the younger ones like Fae and Nah would be residents.) In which some of the other creatures/races such as the Beorc & Taguel will most likely be residing in the abyss in which some are a bit divided over why do they have to be living underground? In upholding Fusion Fic tradition, the familial connections with certain characters might change. In some cases, it may involve the 3 Houses cast like I had the idea of Valbar (from FE Gaiden/Echoes) be a Leicester Knight who is Raphael & Maya’s kind & supportive uncle. I am also thinking of changing Lissa (FE Awakening) from Chrom & Emmeryn’s little sister to Emmeryn and Frederick’s daughter. In which Lissa’s siblings will be Owain, Odin, Ophelia, Maribelle & Brady. Though some will have less than traditional family settings like how Chrom has daughters with Sumia… and Cordelia & Sully. How, you ask? Simple one night back when Chrom, Sumia, Cordelia & Sully were academy students they had a little party in Chrom’s room with a fair amount of booze and well one thing led to another and… While Chrom did receive plenty of scolding (& jokes) about getting 3 girls pregnant at once he does try to be responsible and raise them all. A little subplot regarding Virion is the discovery that has had some surprise lovechildren such as the son he had with his former maid Cherche and the twin sons & daughter he had with a pretty young dancer he once had a chance encounter with. (In which rest assured there were questions about just how many other kids Virion unknowingly fathered over the years.) But on a more serious note, I’m thinking of having Emmeryn a kind & prominent noblewoman in Leicester who is one of the few who openly supports Claude’s rule of the Alliance. However, in the past Chrom & Emmeryn’s late father was a respected Leicester Lord until Lord Lundgren manipulated him into going on a crusade against the Almyrans due to the dark cult the Grimleal. Chrom still has horrible memories as his father went increasingly unhinged trying to take out anyone who could be Grimleal to anyone who happens to be Almyran. (In which Chrom blames Lundgren for setting his father down a dark path.) However, Emmeryn tries to work at making peace with Almyra, which is rather divisive in the Leicester Alliance. I’m sure you’re wondering about all the ‘2nd Gen” units from games like Awakening, Fates, and such. Some will maintain their official Child/Parent relationship such as Lucina & Chrom, Arthur & Percy but others will be reimagined as siblings instead. (Along with the aforementioned Lissa & Maribelle there will also be Silas/Sophie, Hinata/Hisame and such.) In which some cases both parents will be confirmed such as Benny & Rinkah as the parents of Ignatius. However, in some other cases the identity of one parent is known but the other is ambiguous (at least for now) such as how Laurent & Ricken are the half-brother sons of Miriel. While I am thinking of delving more into the lands outside of Fodlan such as Almyra, Duscur, Dagda and the like. But for Dagda I am thinking of making it more like the FE China and give it smaller lands such as Hoshido (Japan), Shadaloo (Thailand), Eolith Province (Korea). But I am not sure whether I would be doing this to any of the other lands though. Though speaking of the other lands & their representation, I’ll provide Almyra as an example. There are emissaries such as Lord Gangrel (& his assistant Aversa) who does want to be supportive of Prince Khal… err… Claude but hates how many times he’s been harassed by Leicester Alliance Guards. Fogado & his little sister Timerra (FE Engage) are good friends of Claude as there are the kids of an Almyra Emissary Seforia as well. Unlike the older Almyrans Fogado & Timerra support Claude in his efforts to bridge peace between Almyra & Fodlan as they too have friends in Fodlan as well. While Claude initially had some reservations regarding the Church at first, he did notice how Almyrans are much more welcomed in Garreg Mach than they are in the Leicester Alliance. Now, as for Claude’s brother Shahid, he will be introduced in a Chapter where he wants to pick a fight with the Alliance’s border and it’s up to Claude and his friends to face him. (Though which additional allies he will have will depend on the route you are on.) Shahid has a strong hatred for Fodlan particularly with the Alliance and the Empire for their legacies of racism but is more disappointed in Faerghus (since their history is a bit more recent). However, Shahid is much more cordial towards non-Fodlanders such as Petra for example. While Shahid will initially be an adversary, he will become an Ally as he begrudgingly respects Garreg Mach for treating Almyrans better than the rest of Fodlan. Though on a lighter note one scene I had in mind with Shahid is that he gets into a petty argument with Lorenz as they bicker on who is the primmer & more proper noble (in which Claude is stuck in between as he resists the urge to jam his arrows up his ears). I will also try to delve into the Border War with the Alliance and Almyra (mostly on Claude’s route but still). At one point Rhea wanted an audience with Claude as she wanted to talk with him about certain matters within the Alliance. Namely how not long ago an incident occurred when Cyril was being approached by a small group of Bounty Hunters (the Redneck Snipers from Dead Rising 2). The Hunters were harassing Cyril as they were looking for a thief and wondering if they had already found him. While Cyril tried to explain to them that he is on business for Lady Rhea, they are skeptical that the church would hire a filthy little Amyran like him. But when Cyril tried to ignore them and told them to get lost then the Bounty Hunters decided to give Cyril a beating for getting a little too uppity. But then Seteth drops in and asks what is going on as Flayn quickly notices Cyril’s wounds and proceeds to heal him. Then the rather overweight Derrick threatens Flayn to smash her face in for this until Seteth lunges his axe inches away from Derrick’s skull. Then the older ringleader of the group Deetz tries to rationalize with Seteth that they are hunters who were hired by Lord Lundgren of the Alliance to capture a thieving Almyran. While Seteth takes a look at the wanted poster and notices how Cyril hardly looks anything like the person in it, Deetz brushes it off claiming that all Almyrans look alike. Then Seteth calmly accepted Deetz’s answer then he ordered the guards to have those hunters arrested at once. In which Seteth explains that since this is their first offense, they will be kicked off Garreg Mach and sent back into the Lundgren territory and if they try anything else in Garreg Mach their punishment would be much more severe. After that being said Seteth warns them that they were lucky that Lady Rhea was not there at the time as she would’ve been far less merciful. In which Rhea and Shamir were quite angry at this but Rhea understood why Seteth handled things so diplomatically but does agree with Seteth that she would’ve been far less merciful. It is revealed that the Redneck Hunters were former members of Holst’s soldiers in the Alliance’s Border Control, but Holst fired them for their rather unnecessarily violent tendencies. (That and the fact that the crew’s youngest Johnny has openly bragged that he will one day have his way with Holst’s sister Hilda does not help at all.) So, rest assured one way or another you will get to take the Redneck Hunters down. Though in certain supports Seteth & Rhea want some answers from Holst over how was Cyril treated when he was working in House Goneril which eventually causes Holst to reluctantly give them answers. But I will also delve into Faerghus’ history with other lands such as Duscur & Sreng. In which ages ago the Kingdom became the first land in Fodlan to make capturing & enslaving foreigners from other lands like Duscur be a strictly illegal practice. But this does not stop traders from trying to capture folks from Duscur and move them into the Fodlan Black Market. Though King Lambert, like other Kings before him, would lead raids into saving the people of Duscur from these traders. In which Benny would be loyal to Demitri despite recent events as he recalls when King Lambert saved his family from traders long ago. In which it’s a barely veiled secret that not all the nobles in Faerghus agree with the Kingdom’s anti-slavery laws which fuels some speculation whether certain nobles played a part in orchestrating the Tragedy of Duscur. One of the other little plot points is on how Garreg Mach can be quite the refuge to not only commoners but nobility as well. Even to former Nobility who lost their lands due to issues in their homelands. While there will be those who have to reside in the Abyss like Constance & Balthus. Some will have a more active role in Garreg Mach such as Knights, Scholars, or Students like the Nohr family (FE Fates) where Xander & Camilla become knights and Leo & Elise are students. (After the tragic downfall of Lord Garon within the Empire.) While Garreg Mach would have former Faerghus & Leicester Nobles residing, most of them are from the Adrestian Empire (which does give Edelgard some pause occasionally). Though remember when I said that some plots would be shared among the routes whether it be the main story modes and/or the Side Missions/Paralogues? There will be certain plots in which the outcomes will differ depending on the route by which for the most part things will work out for the heroes but there will be a route where things take a darker turn. Here are some examples… Bernadetta will be either captured (Crimson Flower, Azure Moon) or is going to be (Verdant Wind, Cindered Shadows, White Clouds) and it’s up to our heroes to save/protect her. The routes where you protect Bernadetta turn out successfully. But the routes where you save Bernadetta from capture do vary. In Azure Moon our heroes try to save Bernadetta in Varley Manor where our heroes were too late as Count Varley has made had his daughter Bernadetta be turned into a Half-Human and Half-Demonic Creature as a weapon. Needless to say, the reactions from our heroes were mainly shocked & horrified and/or wanting Count Varley to pay violently for this. While Count Gregoire Varley claims that harming him would harm Bernadetta due to their bond from their Crest but fortunately certain folks like Linhardt & Hanneman can easily call the Count’s bluff out. While after defeating the Count and subduing Bernadetta while alas the Count escapes but fortunately Indech is able to save Bernadetta from her mutation back at Garreg Mach. While in Crimson Flower it seems that saving Bernadetta from a cult of Dark Masked Men seemed to be successful. However, Bernadetta’s personality seems to change a bit as she is not quite as skittish as she normally is, which does raise some suspicion (in which she is now often seen wearing some headwear). But the matter is soon dropped for being glad that she is okay. But it is later revealed that Bernadetta had a Slave Crown (ala Final Fantasy 6) placed on her to be more loyal to her father and have her unknowingly spy on Edelgard. I will maintain the Remire Village incident where Tomas reveals himself as Solon and unleashes a Hate Plague on the Village as it’s on fire. But this time Solon will chant the spell “Eu Sunt Dracul!” and turn the infected villagers into undead monstrosities. But in most routes, he will point out how he was going to mention how Bernadetta Von Varley was going to be one of his latest experiments in which our heroes (particularly the Black Eagles) are eager to prevent him from getting that chance. But in Azure Moon, Solon was successful and gloats about how he takes credit for Bernadetta’s mutation. Needless to say, many of our heroes (particularly the Black Eagles) want to take down Solon for this violently. (In which the fact that Solon cruelly adds in other details like thanking Dorothea for being the last one to see Bernadetta and him as Tomas before Bernie’s capture made his plans go easier.) But as for the Golden Deer, when he isn’t busy menacing Lysithea over her memories of his experiments he makes cryptic threats towards Marianne that she’s next. But rest assured certain folks like Hilda are quite determined to make sure that does not happen. One mission within the Leicester Alliance would be to save a small group of innocent Almyrans who were captured within the Lundgren territory. In most routes the mission was successful and the Almyrans were saved. However, in Claude’s route after when the captors were defeated our heroes were too late to save the Almyrans as they discovered their hanging corpses. Needless to say, Claude was horrified to see this as this shook him to his core. Back in Garreg Mach, Claude was highly upset as he was starting to agree with his brother Shahid more & more. Claude was at one point even going to lash out at his Golden Deer until he noticed how shocked & guilt-stricken they were. However fortunately both Rhea & Demitri gave Claude their sympathy and vowed to aid Claude in taking that old monster Lundgren down for this. But unfortunately, Edelgard has a very hard job in giving Claude some bad news. Namely that shortly after this incident Lord Lundgren fled his home and is now seeking refuge within the Empire (as he is good friends with Count Varley), so he now has diplomatic immunity. Let’s just say Claude does not take this well as he tries hard not to snap about this as he mocks Edelgard about how considering what the Empire has done to Brigid then sure Lord Lundgren would fit it just fine. However fortunately Macuil & Seteth share an idea with Claude namely that since Lord Lundgren abdicated his territory now Claude can do what he sees fit with it. And if Lord Lundgren dislikes said changes there is nothing that he can do about it without stepping away from the Empire’s protection. This certainly lifts Claude’s spirits as he now intends to use the now former Lundgren territory as a safe haven for Almyrans in Fodlan in which Rhea & Dimitri happily support. Now Claude does apologize to Edelgard for his earlier outburst in which Edie was rather understanding why. But then Claude asks Edelgard to give Lord Lundgren a message about what he intends to do with his former territory and that there is nothing he could do about it… without stepping outside the Empire’s protection in which Edelgard happily accepted the request. However certain subplots and side missions may not necessarily vary on the route but more who is on the field. One example would be in a side mission that involves dealing with a horde of Faceless (from FE Fates) within a small area in the Leicester Alliance. In which the head of the Faceless creatures will actually have some limited speech as it claims that Intruders must be destroyed. Most of the heroes would be surprised that this particular Faceless is capable of speaking in which some will surmise that this Faceless was once human and give sympathies before putting it down. However certain folks like Raphael, Ignatz, Valbar and such will recognize the creature’s voice as Raphael & Maya’s late father and are suitably horrified to make such a discovery. One other example would be in a mission with the Kingdom of Faerghus to face a masked assassin with a gang of TWSITD mages. But once the assassin is defeated his mask is removed to reveal… Glenn who has become an undead puppet thanks to TWSITD’s experiments. Needless to say, Demitri, Felix, Rodrigue & Ingrid have the strongest reactions to this reveal for sure. While the siege at the Holy Temple will happen in all routes in 2 stages, namely with the Flame Emperor at first. (Though I’m not sure whether to have the villains who would accompany the Flame Emperor either at the Siege at the Holy Temple or the attack at Garreg Mach or both.) But after the Flame Emperor has been driven away, then a second force attacks at the Holy Temple this time the Basilisk make their entrance. While in all of the routes the Basilisk are highly feared & dreaded as our heroes’ steel themselves for battle but in Azure Moon & Silver Snow this becomes a lot more personal. In Azure Moon, Morzas has a big laugh as he recognizes some of the faces here as Marth silently seethes in rage, but this flares up Demitri’s PTSD as he shouts that these are the monsters behind the Tragedy of Duscur. In which Morzas has a merry old-time taunting those who would want to avenge Lambert and/or Glenn among others. In Silver Snow, Rhea, Seteth & his brothers have a score to settle with Basilisk especially Seteth who is barely able to hide his vengeful rage against Morzas. While Rhea & Seteth’s brothers understand why they warn him not to let us Morzas take advantage of his rage since that is something he would do. Now on a fairly lighter note, I shall now go over the Support System here. While no, not every character can have support chains with everyone, but every character can support with at least someone who stars in each of the routes though. Like for example Demitri can have supports with just about anyone who stars in Azure Moon, but he can support with at least some folks who star in the other routes. I have some other ideas in mind such as… There will be a fair share of both romantic and platonic supports while there are of course plenty of potential romantic pairings that one could make. But some romantic pairings will already be pre-made (like Benny & Rinkah for example). Not to mention there are certain romantic connections that could be remade like Virion X Cherche or Virion X Olivia for example. The point is that while various characters can have multiple potential Romantic or Platonic Paired Endings some only get one or few Romantic Paired Endings but plenty of Platonic ones. Now that the Fire Emblem franchise has become more & more LGBT friendly (mostly thanks to Three Houses). Various certain characters will get various bisexual options such as Dorothea, Mercedes, Yuri, Niles, etc. While I admit certain characters will probably be strictly Hetero only, but some would be gay only such as Heather (FE Radiant Dawn) and Leon (FE Gaiden/Echoes). While yes, I am very much a Yuri fan but rest assured Yaoi fans I won’t completely forsake you. While yes, I do intend on bringing back control over what paired endings one could get with S and A+ Supports. But while IIRC I do recall being told that in SRPG Studio one could have higher support convos be locked until you reached a certain point in a game which I would be OK with. But I’ve been told that one can’t lock a support chain after a certain point but personally I’m fine with that as many were not too fond of that aspect of the Fodlan FE games. Would any particular support convo chains vary by the route? In some cases, yes, but there would only be slight variations. I did consider the idea of having certain characters have such a strong fixation on one character but can only get S Rankings for others only if the character they are fixated on has an S Ranking with someone else. But I’m not entirely sure if that would work. One slightly new idea I’m thinking of regarding the support system is that there are various spots as you explore places like Garreg Mach (among others) once a chapter where you can trigger little “Support Scenes”. When they star one character, and you pick the other character that they support with (if you have them at the time) then a little scene will play out and both characters will gain support points afterwards. One example would be this scene where Mercedes is out in the Market and is being approached by Bandits who intend to snatch her, depending on who you pick the circumstances will vary such as… Will save her just in time (Demitri, Dedue) Will try to save Mercedes, but ends up being saved by her (Ignatz, Brady) Tries to be brave to save Mercedes, gets scoffed at until they see Gilbert nearby (Annette) Casually flirts with Mercedes than joins her in easily taking them down (Dorothea, Heather) And things like that though I am thinking of having these “Support Scenes” vary and mainly if not entirely focus on the characters starring in the routes which this would help give the routes a bit more variety. And last but not least, there are certain aspects that I admit I’m not entirely sure about. I shall go over a few examples. While I’m not sure whether to keep the “Anyone can be just about any profession aside from a few exceptions” aspect from 3 Houses. But if not then have the characters be able to at least have one of the professions from each of the regions though. While I don’t think I can keep the Professor Teaching parts from 3 Houses in a SRPG Project. But I do wonder if one could do the Tutors from 3 Hopes or at least the Volunteer mini games to help improve characters rankings. (Or at least if anything else maintain the “Share a Meal” mini game at the cafeteria and/or the little Arena/Mock battles one can do in 3 Houses/Hopes). While I am one of those who agree on giving the Flame Emperor a different identity, but the question is… who? My initial ideas were whether to go for a more sympathetic depiction with Edelgard’s father Emperor Ionius or a far less sympathetic depiction with the Mad King Ashnard. I did also consider the idea of having the Flame Emperor be different people depending on which route you are on to mix things up, but I wasn’t sure if that would work or not. In both 3 Houses and 3 Hopes there are various NPCs and/or Adversaries (generally among Fodlan Nobility) who do have names but are given generic character portraits. I’m not 100% sure whether to keep them as they are but alter their looks a bit to stand out a bit more. Or to go full Composite Character and replace them with other characters from other series to take their respective roles. (Or do a bit of 50/50 in that regard.) As for characters from outside FE or from 3rd Parties I would primarily do it with those who have good histories with Nintendo. (After all the Fodlan games were made by Tecmo/KOEI for example.) But there are questions on how exactly certain 3rd Party representation would go such as have the Robot Masters from the Mega Man series be characters (both good and/or bad) or have their abilities be equip-able weapons and/or Ballista parts. While as for Namco*Bandai, I could do with Namco just fine but as for Bandai either downplay or ignore the franchises they don’t actually own (like Dragon Ball). But maybe work with franchises that Bandai does directly own though. While I do realize that this basic concept can work on other Fire Emblem games as a base whether it be singular ones such as Engage or in certain sub-series’ such as the Archanea Trilogy (the 1st 3 games). Since I initially came up with this idea for 3 Houses this is what I’m going with here. (Besides the Fodlan games do lend to this concept a bit more easily thanks to the Steam/Cyber Punk antics from TWSITD and how it’s a bit more openly Multi-Ethnic than other FE Sub-series’ can be.)

Well folks I know its been a little over a couple of months but I did it, I finally got started on the Video series for this in which Part 1 is here at... If you feel a little overwhelmed considering how long this is don't fret. I placed in timestamps in the video's description so you can find certain clips considerably easier.

I had an idea for a little DLC Scenario with Anna in which we do meet her long lost parents named Jake and Anna during a mission. (In which Adult Anna is back and once again voiced by Karen Strassman.) But while Adult Anna is overjoyed to be reunited with her adorable little daughter she chews you out for endangering her child. In which can lead to scenes like this... Vander: Madam are you not aware that you are speaking to the Divine Dragon? Cease this behavior at once! Older Anna: Listen here you old fossil I don't care if this is the Divine Alpaca, nobody gets to endanger my sweet little Annie! Child Anna: Momma... I'm fine, the Divine Dragon & the others have taken good care of me. Vander: Old Fossil? I'm... I'm only 45. But Jake along with Alear and the others do eventually calm the older Anna down. Now this could lead to Jake & Adult Anna be playable or at least have new shops at the Somniel though. Well this would clearly be a happier way to deal with Anna's missing parents. One other scenario would be a revelation that Anna's parents were dead trying to find her in which Anna tries to take the fact that she is now an orphan in stride... for about a few minutes, then she will be crying her eyes out. What do you folks think?

Not necessarily a fairly good portion of the VA's in the 1st 3 regions along with Toronto were active during when the original version of Fire Emblem 1 was around and a fair amount of them were around for well beforehand. (While the Calgary and to a slightly lesser extent Texas & New York VAs were a bit more contemporary.)

Well folks it is official, my "What if Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon had an English Dub back then?" Retro-Themed VA Dreamcast Google Docs project is now released! You can check it here at... https://docs.google.com/document/d/18T1O3xCJ9pGHso2ZomhHlFpeIA7OHPUQfM-tSp1JS0w/edit?usp=sharing This took me about 2 months to do (in which the playable cast was one of the main reasons why. But this is a Fire Emblem game so larger casts were inevitable.) Though if I ever do this for another Fire Emblem game again it would probably be for Path of Radiance or Sacred Stones. In other words if the "Playable Character" section is just too large to look through, the other sections are considerably smaller though. But also keep in mind that this VA Dreamcast is set for a 2008 game so some of the folks featured here are dead now but were alive back then. While all of the regions will have some multicast talent at all but some will have it more than others (particularly Calgary, Toronto and to a lesser extent New York). In which I confess that some regions were a bit harder to deal with such as Toronto so in other words some casting choices might be a stretch. But rest assured the Video versions of this will be coming soon. What do you think folks?

Alright I have a few more thoughts here... 1). After taking a look at Camilla's Emblem supports here at... https://youtu.be/EjqTBL0LZPA I figured this could give one mixed feelings because well... + They played up her kindly, maternal side well (-) But on the other hand they downplayed her protective & seductive sides though (more on the latter) I understand now that its probably because she is one of the Emblems. But her depiction in Fire Emblem Warriors 1 is a tad bit more rounded. 2). Its kind of a shame that you can't sell surplus supplies like Ingredients and such anymore. In 3 Houses that ability helped me with my finances plenty of times. Because when you grind you only get money from "Training" skirmishes and Gold Corrupted and even then you generally get about 3K at most at a time. (And even then they are not always available when you go out looking for Skirmishes.) I know that for most part in 3 Houses the supplies usually sell for little but if you had plenty they can be rather helpful for sure. 3). Is it just me or is Elyos at the start of the game is a bit... understaffed? Seriously once you wake up the only staff the Queen has is one old knight and a couple of young mages? Good thing Alfred and his Retainers came in at the nick of time when the Elusian forces attacked otherwise we would be in more trouble. I get it that unlike previous games Engage is trying to avoid the "Character Bloat" but still. I mean Elyos is the home of the Divine Dragon where just about every land in the world holds in high reverence, so one would think that the place would get a bit more staff than that.

Ladies & Gentlemen just recently I had a little epiphany regarding the Fire Emblem series. Nowadays some are wondering why in the current FE games such as Three Houses & Engage that only the Avatar gets S Supports. In which in 3 Houses only the Avatar gets an S Support while the others get Paired Endings but you get limited control over who gets what. (In which its only mildly helped by DLC content.) Meanwhile Engage forgoes this and only the Avatar gets a paired ending. So why can't most of the playable characters get to have S Supports with each-other anymore like in most of the 3DS games? I think I figured out the reason why, namely the lack of the "Child Unit" mechanic. You see folks in Awakening & Fates if two characters (of the opposite sex) can get a Support Chain up to A then you can get them to a S then both units will produce a child. You can do this at pretty much anytime during the game for the most part (however some units can only do this with the Avatar). While there were criticisms over how thanks to this pairings had to be strictly Hetero only but Fates did try to fix this... sort of. However after Fates the concept is seemingly retired for now. But the way Fates handled it with the Deeprealms was rather controversial to say the least. In which at best it was criticized for being baffling & contrived (in which the kids were kept at the Deeprealms so they would be safe from the war even though they were often anything but that). In which at worse it was criticized for being a little too OK with things like Pedophilia. (In which at least in Awakening you can picture certain pairings happening in the future rather than right away.) While fans are for the most part OK with the fact that Fire Emblem has for now stopped doing the "Child Unit" mechanic. But now we wonder why can't most of the playable characters S Support each-other anymore? I'm thinking that one potential solution in the recent FE games is to lock the S Supports into later on in the game. (Like later on in the Time Skip in each of the routes in Three Houses for example.) In which I dunno about you folks but I would totally be OK with that. So what do you folks think?

I have been playing this game over the course of this month and here are a few thoughts I shall share. Oh and before I begin rest assured I am a Normal Difficulty, Casual Mode player just in case if anyone asks. 1). I am currently on Ch. 10, in which I am aware of what happens there and in Chapter 11. Namely how you will lose your current Emblems and get right back to square one after Ch. 11 and while you do get new ones afterwards. You won't get your old Emblems back until Ch. 17. So in other words I have been doing some grinding with my units for EXP/Engage Bonding, and continued when I realized how the Relay Trials can be a decent source of Master/Second Seals. I have been thinking of doing this until I can get the DLC Expansion Pass since you keep the DLC Emblems even after Ch. 10/11. Only problem is that the Pass is $30, in which I am not exactly against the concept of Expansion Passes in general. But one of my initial problems with this game is that unlike previous titles the Expansion Pass is the only way to get the DLC in the game (aside from occasional free updates like the Ancient Well). 2). Alcryst is seen as basically the Male Bernadetta of Three Houses fame and its not hard to see why. In which even Edelgard indirectly points this out at... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UsAO3xh8k However one distinct difference between the two is that while both of them are well known for their self-deprecating anxiety but Alcryst has a happier family home. Namely how King Morion is easily a better father than Count Varley (though granted that is clearly not hard to do but still). While it seems like a good portion of Alcryst's anxiety is due to feeling inadequate over how he is certainly not brawny like his father & older brother (even though he seems to be only one who is bothered by that). 3). Oh yes and many seem to point how Engage's story is simpler and not as ambitious as Three Houses. In which plenty accuse Engage of being a gimmicky step down because of that. But some defend Engage on how it actually accomplishes its goals and like seeing a single route game again. (Rather than how 3 Houses tried to cram 3 to technically 4 Routes in one cart and had some cut content as a result.) While I certainly have enjoyed both games for sure as they both have their pros & cons. I do think that Engage has one advantage over 3 Houses. What is that you ask? Simple, in Engage we get to see all of the lands in the world and actually get to visit them all. While 3 Houses was often praised for its impressive world-building in Fodlan for sure. But it was also often criticized for how we got to actually see very little to nothing from the lands outside of Fodlan like Almyra, Brigid, Dagda, Duscur, Sreng and the like. In which most of what we know about the lands outside of Fodlan were only in written text and by the characters. While Three Hopes did try to fix that little issue but it was mostly in Azure Gleam with Duscur and the Sreng. One of the various criticisms regarding Golden Wildfire was on how Almyra's relevance gets pretty much dropped after when you deal with Shahid for a 2nd time. Granted I have heard that 3 Houses was going to pay a bit more attention to the lands outside of Fodlan but some of their ideas got cut because they couldn't cram all their ideas in one game cart. So what do you folks think?

Yes the current modern version has been around since 2009. But there was an older version where the pics were smaller it was initially primarily for TV shows and images only but it was on a different domain called adedom that no longer exists at... behindthevoice.adedom.com But you would have to go to the Wayback Machine in order to find anything about it there.

Wrong, BTVA was around since 2004, I would know because I used to work for them then and during their 2009 revival until 2014. Though back in the mid-2000s there were a pretty good amount of games that had various known voice actors. Not only from American companies like Activision but also from various Japanese companies like Capcom, Konami & Namco so it was rather commonplace. In fact for a time Nintendo was criticized for being one of the few game companies to only occasionally use voice work in their games until relatively recently.

I understand what you mean there, but yes it is true that Path of Radiance was known for being an underperforming game on an underperforming system. Where its been speculated that the only reason why Radiant Dawn didn't become Japan only was due to how the Wii sold far better than the GC did. But my take on this is would this have helped the Tellius games in a Mainstream sense? Well if it did have some bigger names in the voice cast then... maybe. (If anything else it would give Nintendo an excuse to give them more advertising) then otherwise no not really. However it probably would've been great for the niche online fanbases as I'm sure it would've got more people interested in them online even at the time. But yes it is true that Fire Emblem sold better in handhelds such as GBA and DS so maybe this idea would work a bit better there. (Oh yes and before anyone gets skeptical, GBA games can handle voice acting clips even if its usually in a limited amount.) But I suppose that a better alternative to this theory is what if they did this for Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon on the DS? After all Nintendo did try a bit harder to sell the game back then which IIRC it wasn't an absolute flop but it did underperform in the US.

I do have a theory on the Tellius Games (PoR for the Gamecube, RD for the Wii). For those who know Nintendo didn't really start to use known Animation Voice talent until the early 2010s on the 3DS with games like Kid Icarus Uprising, the Fire Emblem series since Awakening, Project S.T.E.A.M and more. Before aside from a few occasional Pokemon games that would use the voice talent from the Dub of the Anime series if a Nintendo game had any sort of English VA it would be... A. Done by local Seattle Washington talent (Star Fox) B. Basically Charles Martinet and maybe some Nintendo Employees (Wario Ware, Mario 64) Or some sort of mixture of the two. Point is that Nintendo didn't start using more known voice talent in California until the early 2010s. While Awakening and the more recent Fire Emblem games have a nice mix of Anime Dub VA talent (both old & new). While in the mid 2010s Intelligent Systems got a bit more leeway in the English dubs in which Fire Emblem Fates had some VA's known in NA Animation such as Paul Eiding (Col. Roy Campbell from MGS) & EG Daily (Buttercup from PPG). In which in Project S.T.E.A.M they even got known Star Trek TNG alumni Michael Dorn & Wil Wheaton. (Unfortunately S.T.E.A.M was considered to be a flop in which Nintendo did start to lower their budgets for voice talent for better or for worse.) Anyways while the Tellius games had overly limited releases and had cult fanbases at best in the US. In which both games had fairly minimal dubbing with local Seattle Washington talent (though Lani Minella was in RD). I at times wonder if the Tellius games would've fared better if Nintendo started using known Animation Voice talent a lot sooner than they did. If Path of Radiance had dubbing like Fates and S.T.E.A.M did we might've got certain known folks like say Tim Curry as Ashnard for example. Though rest assured I'm aware that they could've played it safe and use Anime Dub VA talent then which would by no means be a bad thing. Would it have actually helped the Tellius games if they got English dubs like the more recent games did? Who knows... What do you folks think?

Alright folks this is finally done namely the Google Docs version of my "What if Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney had an English Dub back then?" project in which you can find here at... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dL_4Fh1qgC6Xk7mV-zt3QUXLcpntDc6zRh2imA45AbE/edit?usp=sharing This is a part of my Retro-themed VA Dreamcasts for Video games in which I have done for Final Fantasy 7, Darkstalkers 3 and Rival Schools. But this time I did a little something for the 2005 DS game "Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney". Oh yes and just FYI these Tro-themed VA Dreamcasts have some folks who are dead now but were alive & well then. Anyways I do think this did turn out pretty well for the most part. I admit there were known VAs whom I'm surprised that I didn't use here but then I figured I could always save them for the sequels. Rest assured the Videos will be coming soon but probably not until 2023. Still what do you folks think?