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Cute, stylish, and powerful. What a combo.

What hand does the one ring to rule them all go on?

You did such a good job on Renning!

It's possible- the nobility may be seen as incompetent, but in reality there's a feud among nobles. So there will be both "good" and "bad" nobles. Meanwhile the masses can be led by a charismatic individual who starts off with good intentions, but becomes gradually more brutal as time goes on (think French Revolutionists).

I expected that reaction. Although from what I've seen and heard of New Mystery, I heard mainly positive reviews. Much more than SD. Tbh, NM would probably be better if they just deleted all of those avatar scenes and made getting accessories for supports.

I'm missing half of the dancers, including all Azuras. I believe Eirika is the only SS character I have (and she's 4 stars too) I only have Classic!Lyn, and have none of her alts. The only Ike I'm missing is PoR/Classic!Ike. I have a sever lack of dagger units, with P!Olivia being my only 5 star dagger user.

Maybe I'm bartering here, but I'd be totally OK if FE16 got delayed to 2019 IF they announced a localized version of FE12. Maybe they could spice up the deal by combining it with Shadow Dragon, just like FE3 had different books.

Valjean was released alongside Alice a few months ago, so they're pretty recent OCs. Nieve was released not too long ago actually. I believe she debuted in the last cipher set. What's interesting about the 3 of them is that, IIRC, they were all drawn/designed by the same artist, Mayo. Mayo has worked A LOT with FE recently, and has some of the most cipher appearances among the artists that work with IS. They also have a few characters in Heroes. I'd say Mayo working a lot on FE recently is verrrrrryyyyy interesting....

Yeah their artwork of Lukas and Reinhardt look to be of a different style than how he draws women. The girls definitely look anime, but their style with guys is a bit weird, like they were going for a cross between anime and somewhat a more realistic style.

Thanks for adding it! Some of them have really interesting recruitment methods. I hope an FE Tuber sees this and picks this up as a project!

cuboon is one of my wild cards. The style just seems so FE to me. I just wish they did more male artwork though. cuboon can make a beautiful girl, but I haven't been nearly as impressed with his artwork of Reinhardt or Lukas.

are there any videos of this game or a link to a character list?

I said it was too large for a Direct Mini, not a normal direct. Plus the person I responded to worded it in a way that implied that the Direct Mini would be for small stuff. To me, small stuff is the indie level and small company games. IS is fairly large and a first party Nintendo game company, so I think just putting it in a small direct wouldn't make too much sense unless if they just teased it. I don't think E3 is out of the question tbh. Wasn't RD at E3, and that's when the series wasn't nearly as successful as it is now. It's our fandom culture.

There would probably be an art director that the artist would listen to. But seeing as how the art director wanted thong armor and Shigeki most likely had one for the Book 2 characters, it's safe to say the art would be exactly what you'd expect. I can see them picking Shigeki as new artist because he's fresh blood for the series and his style isn't too far off from Kozaki's, whose style is the most recognizable of the series. I like Soeda Ippei's art, but I'd be surprised if IS pick them. Their art may be a tad too much on the "realist" side. Although it would be interesting to see an FE where the characters seem naturally grittier. Weird, I'm looking at the wiki and I can't seem to find his cipher pieces on the artist page. That needs to be edited. cuboon is another interesting artist, but I would need to see more of what they can do. They're pretty good, but looking at his Heroes work, the characters he's made have a different "feel" to them I guess you can say. Like, if you told me Palla's artist is the same as Lukas', I wouldn't believe you at first. It's good nonetheless- reminds me a bit of Senri Kita in some ways. Kokon Konfuzi, like cuboon, I just need to see more of. Both of them have worked with FE quite a bit, but I don't see either of them being chosen as the next artist because some other artists either have bigger names, have worked more with them, and/or made characters with bigger roles than the ones they've got. I'm all for giving miyuu and AKIRA a chance to shine... but I'm not sure if a mainline FE is in the cards. I love their styles, but I think they would work better with other series. They produce good art for Heroes, but I see their style fitting better with other series. I like all of the artists you listed, but I think IS is more likely to pick Shigeki or Mayo as the artist for FE Switch if they do pick up a new one. Shigeki played a big role in Heroes (although I can't wait to see how he designed Fjorm's brother, since the other males he made were quite... something) and I think Shigeki's style would bring something fresh but still familiar to the series. Mayo has made more cipher cards and printings than all those I previously mentioned and is well versed in the fantasy style.

I don't think FE is considered a sub-tier party though. If there was a Direct Mini, it would just create more salt/apathy.

Yeah Marth looks a little too bishounen from what I imagine him to be. Mayo seems to specialize in female characters, but he can do a good job with dudes. Examples: I do like Akira Fujikawa's work as well; I wouldn't mind if they became an official artist either. Although their characters sometimes seem too "shiny", I do like their art style a whole lot. I'm not sure if I like Akira over Mayo though. As for other possible contenders for the next FE artist, I'm surprised I don't see much talk about Maeshima Shigeki, who designed all of the original Book 2 characters in Heroes and then some. Doesn't it seem weird that they had such a huge role in Heroes?

Thank you. So it doesn't seem like they have a track record of promising a certain year and not falling through. Delayments, yes, but before the announcement. Interesting... Thanks for the info. If there isn't anything at E3. Then it looks like they'll have a blight on their record.

Are you saying that instead of the headshots, it shows their character models in motion? If so, cutscenes could last longer, but could work well if they use it effectively. I could see it really working well for the following scenes: I initially didn't plan to make the list that long. Whoops.

I get the feeling that Mayo will be the artist for the next FE game. Recently, I've noticed how active Mayo has been as an artist for FE, toting many cipher cards and Heroes characters (and he didn't repeat a character. He may have created an alt, but hasn't had the same character IIRC). He has had 7 Heroes characters, 36 cards. and 58 printings. Quite a lot for a non-game artist. Granted, there's other artists with a lot of contributions, but Mayo really sticks out to me. Plus, he's had characters from all over the series, so he's probably fairly comfortable with the majority of the games. He's also drawn the original characters Randel, the mask girl (Nieve or something), Alice, and I think Valjean but don't quote me on Valjean. His style may be too pastel/youthful for FE though.

If the game isn't at E3, then yes, it was delayed to 2019. Does FE have a history of delaying games?

@Cowboy Karimov Did you expect this thread to blow up like it did? We're 100 pages in.

Yep pretty much. The only real benefit I get from cold showers is that I'm a lot quicker to get out, which is helpful since I'm in a limited water area.

I've checked FF Tactics out but never got into it. I don't believe my idea is original though- I've read about somewhere (probably a different thread on here) and liked the sound of it. Or maybe I've read about it while I was checking out FF tactics.

Probably to make him more menacing. He would look like a KPOP boy band member without it imo. However, it seems to be a crown that Rigelian Royalty wear. It reminds me of the laurel wreaths the Greeks used to wear. Not surprising if that's the inspiration, since the game follows a Greco-Roman motif.

Bring back the elevation mechanic RD had. A support/promotion system where characters can gain a new promotion branch by talking to a certain character i.e. a mage will become a sage, but can gain access to the mage knight class if they have befriended someone who rides a horse. Or Dark Flier with a Pegasus friend, or Mage Fighter with a sword wielding infantry friend. These are just examples. Since Dancers/Refreshers don't promote, it would be cool for them to get different songs/dances to learn and perform as they level up (or learned through a support). It would be similar to how Ninian and Nils had different rings. OR they could just get new outfits that grant different bonuses to nearby allies. Deploy Squads- give your bench warmers some use! Send them on sidequest missions to obtain items and resources and such. They can level up from the exchange as a result. However, I'm unsure of whether I want missions to be dependent on IRL time or by chapter completions.