Seifus

Takumi/Oboro, Xander/Charlotte, Lazward/Pieri, and Nyx/Suzukaze are some of my favorites.

That was hilarious! It almost felt like he was channelling the Dark Id at times. So the feeling I'm getting is that the stories for Hoshido and the Invisible Kingdom are competent but bland standard JRPG plots with some with some deaths that don't really advance the plot and are just there, while Nohr's story had a lot of potential but was more being dark for the sake of being dark and mistooked nuanced with convoluted. Or to put it another way, Fates is the Dragon Age 2 (enjoyable gamelay and numerous enjoyable characters but with a controversial story) to Awakening's Dragon Age: Origins (an enjoyable overall experience but can be cliched at times).

YEEEAAAAAAAAHHH!

Well this is good news. At least now Nohr has a legit grinding option (says the person who likes to abuse EXPonential Growth). Though I am curious about the supposed story DLCs and what they entail.

I'm there with you, Charlotte has become one of my favorite characters of this game when I read her supports with the other characters (and I am so going to pair her with Marx when it comes out next year.)

Eh, I suspect many of the supports will be changed in the localization, so that we all will end up saying "I didn't like Japanese X, but I did like English X." So far I haven't found a character that I hate. The most negative reaction that some characters have elicited from me is "meh," well except one character but I do not hate the character so much as I am disappointed with the way she was portrayed and handled.

Other than Takumi/Oboro, Lazward/Pieri, and Marx(Xander)/Charlotte, I got nothing.

"I fight for the men I've held in my arms, dying on foreign soil. I fight for their wives and children, whose names I heard whispered in their last breaths. I fight for we few who did come home, only to find a country full of strangers wearing familiar faces! I fight for my people, impoverished to pay the debts of an Empire too weak to rule them, yet brands them criminals for wanting to rule themselves! I fight so that all the fighting I've already done hasn't been for nothing! I fight... because I must." All hail the Stormcloaks, the true sons and daughters of Skyrim! Wait... sorry, wrong game. I fight for Nohr!

When I see Lazward standing on top of that tank I keep thinking, "Drive me closer! I want to hit them with my sword!"

...Now I want an Ace Attorney directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Don't forget to add Sir Terry Pratchett to that list.

Rest in Peace Iwata, the world is a poorer place without you.

Here's what I think the reasons are for some of the name changes so far. With Suzukaze, I think they shortened it because there's a chance that players may decide to call him 'Suzie' instead of his full name or just 'Kaze.' As for Kazahana, I think it's because that her full name sounds masculine to American English speakers, kind of like how Sasha sounds feminine to us even though it's unisex name like Alex. Harold being changed to Arthur perhaps calls to mind the Arthurian legends lend more to the fact that he perceives himself as a medieval hero of justice. Elfie to Effie may be because Elfie brings to mind elves who tend to be portrayed as thin and wispy people whereas she is strong as hell, or it may be to avoid confusion between her and Elise. Joker to Jakob... I don't think I need to say anymore, and I know the Joker would appreciate that name change. Of course I could be wrong on all of these but ....meh.

Besides the translation and the voicework, localization must also make sure the text must fit in the boxes and that the right voices and text are fired off where appropriate. Which means a lot of debugging and testing goes on.

Welp, time to locate a DeLorean.

Firing a .50 cal machine gun with no ear protection would be but a tender massage compared that unholy abomination. As for Felicia herself, I'm going to reserve judgement on her until I play the English release and am able to compare her Japanese and English voices. As for my initial impressions of her: she feels like she's the same worn anime maid cliche that we have watched and read a million times by now played straight without any real changes to the formula. I wonder how she would be perceived if she had Harold/Arthur's personality.

I think either Grey DeLisle or Victoria Kruger would be perfect for Camilla. I can easily see Erin doing Hinoka. Even though they probably already cast someone else for this role, but I really want Crispin Freeman to do Marx/Xander.

For me he is both Gaston AND the Tick of FE.

Wow, I was not prepared for that. This makes Gunther the Alfred to Kamui's Batman.

If there's something that I have learned in my travels on the internet is take everything with a grain of salt until its veracity is verified.

D'aaww, I am so going to pair these two when I get the game.

Now that I have time to think about it, I'm going to do what Iron Griffin is doing and reserve judgement until I play the route. No doubt that I will enjoy both the Nohr and Hoshido routes no matter their flaws. After all I did enjoy Dragon Age 2 despite its flaws, and I have friends who don't enjoy Lord of the Rings whereas I love it to death. I also do not want to speculate and interpret what happens in the Nohr route because I feel like that I'll be parrotting what others are saying.

Dagnabbit, I was so looking forward to playing this route. I know I shouldn't expect the Witcher and Total War levels of ambiguity and complexity, but dang it IS could have tried. What I was expecting, however, was we kill Garon and then have to deal with rebelling duchies and baronies on top of a seriously pissed off Hoshido on top of it all. I'll still play it, despite my dislike of naive protagonists. I hope IS learns a lesson from this and if they decide to do another idealistic protagonist, they will make them in the style of Captain America from the Winter Soldier movie or Giorno Giovanna from JJBA.

Yes it is, thank you. And, wow I thought she was strong but not that strong.