Giga Man

Amazing list. Absolutely fantastic. XD

Any word on pre-ordering from best buy in-store? I talked to my Best Buy the day after online pre-orders went up and they had nothing to offer. I'm wondering if anybody had any luck in stores.

Hehe. To be honest, I don't like Eliwood that much as a character, but when the game showed me that image after I beat it, I smiled the biggest smile I ever smiled. Such a fulfilling experience that game was.

I'm 100% with you, dude. I've been saying this for a while. I started with Awakening, and while I love it to death, I started seeing its flaws in supports when I played Blazing Sword. To be honest, supports are what I live for in a Fire Emblem game. I ADORE character interaction, which is why... Eh, if you're interested, just read this big post I made last month that basically covers this topic: http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=57900&page=15#entry4074677 Also, I dunno how old the characters are, but Lissa is Donnel's best marriable option to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TISl21xena8&index=192&list=PLn3Wm-3X3v7BeGE9LRc0h6qvyGUXz-DJL Nowi is actually the only female Tharja supports, which is surprising to me, but all that is beside the point. I do think that her support with Gregor was meaningful for the sake of Gregor's backstory, but they didn't need an S rank. Just because they're the opposite sex doesn't mean they should get married, which is a point I brought up in the big post I referenced above. In fact, for Tharja, she shouldn't be marrying anybody but the avatar. Awakening kinda already does this, but not the extent you're probably thinking of. If two units are paired together on a sparkly tile, they exchange their recycled lines with each other whether they make sense or not. Imagine if that feature was taken further and every character had something unique to say to every character they were paired with.

I've already pre-ordered at gamestop to secure a copy, but I missed out on best buy. I just bought into the Gamers Club Unlocked service and I really wanted to use it on this and Twilight Princess HD (which is also sold-out at Best Buy). I hope they open pre-orders again for both.

Okay, this is hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRcPtqMOqUQ http://i.imgur.com/Lx6tpgv.png ^ My reaction.

So, I just remembered that there are these weapons named "Brigand" for each weapon type, "Robber" as the Tome. Apparently, they literally strip the clothes off of a target with a successful strike if the user has the weapon triangle advantage, right? I've never seen footage of this (I'm very curious), but I have a feeling those weapons will be removed entirely. In other news, Xenoblade Chronicles X's localization removed the breast slider for the character customization, so every player's female avatar will have "medium"-sized breasts. ... I don't want this to get off-topic on Xenoblade discussion. Just pointing this out for reference to further discussion on Fire Emblem Fates' localization.

All I have planned is... Marry Setsuna in Birthright. Marry "whoever the F, I still don't know" in Conquest. Marry Oboro in Revelation. Unlock all or most of the costumes/attachments. Buy any Scramble DLC that comes out, the Awakening DLC, and any DLC that furthers the story and characters. Just have a good time. That's pretty much it. Those are the important things to me right now. If I end up not loving Setsuna, I'll just marry Oboro in Birthright and maybe again in Revelation. I have no idea who I want to marry in Conquest because half the women are crazy or not that interesting either by design or personality. I'm not marrying the siblings or the kids either. These are impressions from the Japanese version of their supports. Things could change about these characters in the American version that might change my views on them. I'm definitely doing this. The scenario is just too good. Definitely doing this too. Ryoma & Camilla, Xander & Hinoka, Takumi & Elise, and Leo & Sakura.

The localizers should just rewrite the supports and embrace the incest. I know people won't like it, and I'm personally not a fan, but just outright admitting it's incest instead of covering it up with a lame backstory is better in my opinion. Who's the biggest "pimp" in Fire Emblem? Robin or Kamui?

Sooo... let me get this straight.

Thank you. That interview in particular was very enlightening. Sakurai got real for a moment. XD

Do you have any examples of this? I'm not doubting you. I've just never noticed any. The only time I remember Nintendo removing something for the sake of censorship is Tharja's trophy in Smash Bros. 3DS, but nothing to compensate for it unless I missed it.

What does "LTC" stand for?

Such a travesty. -_- Anyway, any pictures of Herb Merchants? I at least know what a Great Merchant looks like now.

Good news, but also old news. http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=58254

I feel like, depending on their body type, the game reuses models for most characters' bodies. A character like Rinka, who has well-defined muscles in her art, just looks like every other woman when "naked". It seems like that's still being done with class changing like Awakening. Just swapping heads on the same body models.

Genderlocked classes should depend on the lore. In FEIF, it's normal for women and men to be pegasus knights and fighter, but in some other continent or time period (or universe), only women could be pegasus knights and only men could be fighters. There are still genderlocked classes even now, though, as few as they are. Mountain Priest (lance and staff), War Priestess (bow and staff), Ballistician, and Witch. Amiibo classes don't count.

Huh? I'm pretty darn sure those who complain about Camilla also complain about skinship on a near equal level. Camilla is just easier to target because everybody wants to complain about the clothes women wear in video games.

Sorry to double post, but I just wanted to add that having a break between battles is a nice feeling. It's like having a proper stopping point after a long, hard battle instead of having the story move on whether you're ready to or not. If they remade Blazing Sword (or any Fire Emblem), I would welcome a barracks or My Castle with open arms. It gives you a chance to interact with your units, listen to their conversations, get to know them. Fire Emblem is extremely character driven, so giving us multiple means of fleshing out the characters should be a given. It doesn't have to be as grandiose as My Castle either (although I'd appreciate it). There doesn't need to be a break between every battle either. In fact, Sacred Stones handled it best in that regard. The game only returned to the map if the story permitted. If the story claims that it's still in the middle of a conflict, it moves on to the next chapter and skips the map. I thought that was genius. It reminded me of how I hated the transition from chapter 9 to chapter 10 in Awakening, spawning a completely unrelated and comical paralogue in between after such a traumatic event. As for skirmishes, I don't think they're necessary. They're only there to influence grinding which can be saved for the post game if provided with enough extra content to warrant the effort. I'm referencing Sacred Stones again, but it actually had a post game. After you clear the game, you can click a new menu item in the Extras menu simply titled "Map". You select your completed save file, and you're back in the game's map, able to move freely wherever you wish with all story maps cleared, including the Final. Give us that again, and you can throw in as many skirmishes as you want, and we can train our heroes to our heart's content! Am I going off-topic? I know this thread started with the subject of Gaiden, but I'm just sitting here fantasizing about a Blazing Sword remake. I enjoyed the game much more than I expected to, and would love to play it with a modern makeover. I might as well ask for a Sacred Stones remake after this post...

That's worrisome. Does it block anything? Does it cause any kind of problems for anything else?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kixm1CHLUac

Yeah, I understand why they're limited, I'm just really obsessed with supports and want everything to be like Awakening so I can read all the character interactions I possibly can in one playthrough without grinding. (In FE7's case, grinding out turns before completing a mission...) About the menus, it's not just the two screens that make them better. When you view the map, you can view the range of your units by highlighting them with your cursor and change their formation when you click on them, instead of switching between two different menus to do these things. When in the Inventory menu, instead of having options to give or take before you can even view the convoy, you can just scroll through the character's inventory and convoy at will, click on an item, and click "give," "take," or "trade." Oh, and I've never truly appreciated the majesty that is the "restock" button until I played FE7. You never truly realize how good you have it until it's gone... All of this can be accessed from one menu screen too, not having to switch between a main menu screen and a map screen and just have the main menu on the map screen. The bottom screen is only needed for easy unit viewing and the mini-map, and that's all you need.

I honestly want this after playing through Blazing Sword for the first time recently. I really enjoyed some of the characters, and I don't mind marrying a couple ladies I fancy as a playable avatar. If there's a timeskip after Blazing Sword's story ends that moves straight into Binding Blade, I hope your avatar ages and returns from his or her travels to reclaim his or her role as the master tactician. Also, no. You can't marry in second gen. If you didn't marry in first gen, you're outta luck, pal. These are my thoughts as well. It's also the first localized Fire Emblem, so it could be very nostalgic for western players, and it would finally introduce us to Roy formally if they bundle Binding Blade with it. The only thing dated about it are the menus. They're kind of a pain to click through. The weight system and limited supports might put people off. The weight system is kinda annoying if you're used to Awakening like me, but it's a well-balanced system, so I'd live with it staying. Limited supports have gotta go, though. Not a fan of how supports work at all in that game.

How do reinforcements work? In Awakening, reinforcements appeared after the enemy turn on Normal, but on Hard, they appeared before the enemy turn and moved during that same turn. However, in FE7 on normal (it's always normal on the first playthrough, right?), reinforcements moving during their turn of appearance or during the turn after was dependent on the map, I think. I thought that was interesting to say the least.

Want FEF release date. Need FEF release date. FEF.