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What I meant when I said that the fan reception was more bittersweet was that Fates and The Last Jedi were polarizing and divisive titles among (hardcore) fans. Admittedly, that's what I should've just said from the very beginning, instead of caving into the temptation to use more flowery language.

You're projecting a strawman onto me. Quit that. If I really hated Fates that much, why in the name of Naga, Anankos and Mila would I have Sakura's Forest as my forum theme?

I think Fates is "The Last Jedi" of Fire Emblem, a blockbuster commercial success but in terms of fan sentiment, the reception is more ... bittersweet. Should art's merit be determined principally by monetary profitability, or should another quality be the primary determining factor? There was someone who actually believed that Fates had better characterization than A Song of Ice and Fire.

I've got your back, fam. EDIT: I can't get the image to show up properly in this post.

You know all those stories about people claiming to be Somali or Ethiopian princes sending emails offering to wire millions of dollars to your bank account? Well, I recently got a somewhat similar message from (some Japanese server) (with (some gmail address) as the reply-to address). Although the sender claims to be a mere "TRANSFER INSPECTION OFFICER," he gave off the aura of an Ethiopian prince. Anyway, without further ado,

Here is my attempt to make the lyrics to the Theme of Infinite even edgier. The substantive changes I've made from the original are indicated in bold and italics. Without further ado,

I think it's kinda funny how around the same time Fire Emblem abandoned weapon durability, Zelda added a weapon durability system.

If Soleil's birthday had been August 21st instead of August 31st, it would have been on the same day as the recent solar eclipse. You were so. Damn. Close. Intelligent Systems...

If you had to pick a non-Japanese writer for a mainline Fire Emblem game, who would you pick? I'm asking specifically non-Japanese because someone over at /r/fireemblem had already basically asked a similar question but keeping it to Japanese writers, and even without any regional stipulations, most FE fans would probably pick a Japanese writer anyway, so it would be interesting to see what choices you guys make if forced to look outside of Japan. As an optional bonus challenge, pick a writer who is neither from Japan nor a predominantly English-speaking country. My pick would be Michael Kirkbride. He wrote the lore for Morrowind and he continued to write Elder Scrolls lore even after he left Bethesda. I think his writing style would add some really interesting flavor to the world of Fire Emblem. OPTIONAL BONUS CHALLENGE: The writer(s) for Nehrim: At Fate's Edge. The story and atmosphere completely blow (vanilla) Oblivion out of the water. EDIT: To clarify, I'm talking about writing for a brand new mainline FE, not rewriting a pre-existing mainline FE.

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At least they're not Konami.

At the very most, you need only two memory cards: one for all your PS2 games and one for all your PS1 games. And used memory cards should definitely work, as long as they are in good condition. Edit: I forgot to mention that PS1 games need a memory card made specifically for the PS1. They will not work with PS2 memory cards!

I honestly have higher expectations for Sonic Forces's story than I do for Fire Emblem Switch's story.

Someone actually did a mash-up of Cardcaptor Sakura and Fates!Sakura.

If you're unable to get your hands on a Switch, remember that Breath of the Wild is also available on the Wii U.

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Note to mods: If you feel like this topic is better suited for the "Entertainment" forum, feel free to move it there. I wanted to start this topic ever since someone asked, "How would you compare the writing and story telling of Fire Emblem to say Final Fantasy Tactics or Tactics Orge?" However, I wanted to wait until I had a better understanding of both Fates' story and ASOIAF/GOT (I haven't read all the books, I haven't watched all the episodes, and I haven't played Fates or seen a transcript or Let's Play), but other things in life got in the way (I still don't have a complete understanding of either story), but with the impending Nintendo Switch presentation (and the possibility of a new Fire Emblem announcement), I feel like this might be my last chance to speak up before Fates is overshadowed by a newer Fire Emblem. Anyway, Nintendo seemed to really hype up the story in their marketing of Fates. If I recall correctly, in a Nintendo Direct, they said that Fire Emblem is known for its "complex story and memorable characters." When I think of a "complex story and memorable characters," one of the first things that come to mind is A Song of Ice and Fire, which seems to be the current "gold standard" for fantasy. I'm genuinely curious of what you guys think when Fates is directly compared against ASOIAF/GOT. The most important aspect of a story for me personally is the ending. I prefer a generally bad story with a satisfying ending over a generally good story with an unsatisfying ending, unless the bad story was exceptionally bad or the good story was exceptionally good. I don't really know the ending for any of Fates' three paths, but I can safely guess the ending for the Revelations path, Assuming Revelations is the canonical path, if my guess is correct, then Fates, in my opinion, has a satisfying ending. On the other hand, it seems like ASOIAF might be heading towards an ending where humanity is forced to shake hands and sing kumbayah with the white walkers. If this really becomes the ending for ASOIAF, then I'm going to be very pissed off. The white walkers have no redeeming qualities to deserve such an ending. Even the fucking Titans from Attack on Titan have more redeeming qualities (especially if you know who the Titans really are). One might argue that the white walkers have redeeming qualities that we don't know about yet, but my counterargument is that if GRRM really wanted us to have some sympathy for the white walkers, he would have shown us some redeeming or sympathetic qualities already. And the white walkers are even more villainous in the show than in the books. If GRRM follows through with a white walker kumbayah, then I hope David Benioff and Dan Weiss go down a different path and have Dany's dragons exterminate all the white walkers or something. I wouldn't be satisfied with anything less than the total annihilation of the white walkers, or their eternal banishment to another plane of existence (preferably a fiery Hell). "Well, what if GRRM simply wants to teach us the lesson that humanity is simply too weak to ever truly defeat the white walkers?" Well, I've already spent too much time talking about ASOIAF (and too little time talking about Fates), so instead of answering that question, I'll end it here.

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