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With FE Switch coming out next years and FE Warriors coming out on the Switch in a few days, the 3DS era of Fire Emblem is basically over yes, i know the New 3DS version of FE Warriors exists. So i thought it'd be nice to take a look back at what was a major turning point in the FE series. The 3DS era is what really increased Fire Emblem's popularity and sales. This thread exists for us to discuss what we liked and didn't like about this era. Regarding the stories told in this era, I think SoV is the best one, even if it is flawed, simply because of how it's told. It has some of the best world-building (especially because of the villages and dungeons) in the series and the fully-voiced lines help flesh out both the cast and the world even more. In second place, i'd have to give it to Awakening. Awakening's story was a bit inconsistent and had it's flaws, but overall, it was pretty decent. The cast of Awakening also contains some of my favorite characters in the series, such as Owain. Unfortunately, Fates' story is a mess, making the story of Fates not just the worst of the 3DS era, but the worst in the series. Specifically, Revelation is the worst story simply because it renders Birthright and Conquest pointless. Props to Conquest for trying something new, though that doesn't excuse how bad it is. However, the cast of Fates is pretty decent (though it does have Peri, the worst FE character ever made). On the gameplay front, the 3DS era wasn't that special. Except for Conquest, which has the best gameplay not just in the 3DS era, but in the series imo. Everything about Conquest's mechanics just works. There are some frustrating gameplay elements of Fates as a whole such as Forging and the Debuffs, but Conquest's gameplay was solid. Awakening has the worst gameplay of the era because a lot of it was just trivialized by Robin and Pair-ups. I don't think Revelation's gameplay is as bad as people make it out to be. Shadows of Valentia's gameplay is alright. It suffers from mediocre map design but the gameplay itself was smoothed out so that it felt a lot less clunky compared to it's original NES counterpart. Stuff like Arts and the Turnwheel were good additions.