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Is there an option to turn VA off?

dat piano at 11:35 music SO GOOD

Wait, so is Levin a part of the game, or Spotpass? Because his artwork looks... pretty normal!

Yeah, AO games are like X-rated movies: nothing illegal about selling them, but most major chains have policies against selling them in order to promote a particular image. I can't see this game getting higher than a T, but I'd suspect E10+.

Anyone uploading the music yet? Would like to hear what the game has to offer in the auditory department.

So is the Mark = Mark the tactician from FE7 talk just speculation? I mean, it'd be great if true, but evidence would be super. And I'm surprised we haven't received more word on potential crossover characters. I certainly hope it's more than just Masked Marth + Tiki!

Wow, these relationship comments are... strange. Really out of place in a Fire Emblem game.

The entire argument here boils down to "iron mail led to technology in our human history, so it must lead to technology in all histories!" Which is just silly circular hindsight. As a history major, I'm sure you know that one of the big reasons we even have "advanced technology" today was a series of very fortunate developments in the world of science, specifically with Baconian inductivism (i.e. the cornerstone of modern science) taking the reigns over the Scholastic "science" that was dominant at the time. Those developments don't inevitably follow from LOL DEY HAV IRON SWORS

I... what? I'm not sure if you're aware, but mankind went for longer periods than 2000 years without becoming "super technologically advanced." Technological progress isn't exactly inevitable with time, especially if you've got magic and shit.

:newyears: :newyears: :newyears: so goddamn pumped

Kinda. Normal rescue-drop strategies will still apply, and they'll be much better and safer (no more having to worry so much about frail PKs), but I was just suggesting that it won't be completely game-breaking. This wouldn't make your Nino or Ewan move up much on the tier list, in other words.

Good point. I can imagine that, for efficiency runs, this won't be a particularly effective tactic, although it will certainly be a great boon when it comes to raising weak units and taking on bosses. Any word on a potential Ranking system? I'd imagine it's not included given the Gaiden/SS nature of the game, but you never know!

The government

The style of the game's artwork is growing on me. I mean, it's not my favorite, but the sheer uniqueness of it gives it an interesting appeal, at the very least.

It's honestly a little odd how little info's come out, especially for a big release like this one. I'd be expecting streams at this point, let alone basic info about length/character recruitment/etc. But I guess I should be patient, since I don't have near enough money to import

Seems to be that way! And I certainly hope that's the case; Masked Marth has an awesome character design. Those chibi characters on the cartridge are incredible

Just as a heads-up, VGChartz is notoriously unreliable. They basically just make up the numbers.

It's no secret that Famitsu's credibility has been thrown out the window in recent years, but a 36 certainly isn't a bad sign. No difficulty above Lunatic is pretty upsetting though!

I know nothing of Japanese VA customs, so since you're obviously very knowledgeable about this sort of thing, can you comment on the claim that Marth's VA is somehow "intentionally" hiding his/her gender? I've heard from others that there are ways to tell that the VA is someone intentionally "suppressing" the true gender, going over the top to make it sound like a boy while retaining feminine qualities... probably not describing this too well, but you get the idea. Since there has to be a reason for wearing the mask, I still buy into the Marth = zombie theory, but I wouldn't be surprised if (s)he was an impostor.

You buy into the Marth II = girl theory, eh? Care to explain why?

...I don't know what to make of this. Other than the fact that I'm frustrated. Masked Marth's design is really great, and I was looking forward to playing as him. While the feminine style for Marth I does help dispel the Marth II-is-a-girl talk, it also indicates that Marth II may not actually be playable. Moreover, the Marth II-is-zombie theory probably just got thrown out the window. At this point, I'm just sort of hoping that Marth I is simply a cash-in and that Marth II remains playable (and somehow related to the original).

Didn't you just hype up Nino for contributing to the experience rank? Using Athos for anything other than chip damage could potentially cost you hundreds of experience. He's useful, especially against the Dragon, but how much token contributions for one chapter matter is questionable. As for Oswin, he's invaluable during the earlygame, which is universally considered the most difficult part of an S-Rank HHM run. The pace of HHM is also slowed down comparatively, making his lower move less of an issue.

I don't know, I'm still not convinced

Omae wa mo shindeiru

I'm a bit out of the loop. Is Thursday some designated site-update day?