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Unfortunately not. There's a special flag set so they must be in Alm's party for the conversations to unlock. The developers were well prepared : P

Aha, I didn't even realise Destreza is a fencing technique. Love how Duma is a Fell God.

On social media, forums and Miiverse? : P

I personally wouldn't want to see too many gameplay changes to the game, but I would welcome quality of life stuff like a proper battle preparations screen. Maybe base conversations to give you hints about how to progress and additional background. Also maybe add more paired endings outside of Roy's harem. Oh, actually, I would totally love the Hasha characters to be in there somewhere. Maybe there could be an Al's story after you beat the game? That's probably wishing too much though XD At the least, I would want them as DLC characters. C'mon IS, you know you want our money! One more thing, I would love some more throwbacks to Blazing Blade. Shadows of Valentia did a pretty good job with throwbacks to Marth's games and Awakening.

There isn't, strangely. Multiplayer and communication functions really took a backseat in this game.

Some are timed, yeah, but I'm afraid I dunno the specific timelines. I remember the Alessio quests being timed; I think they expire after Chapter 2, 3 and 4 (give or take). A few of the later quests give you stat-boosters and the Dragon Shield. I think you can get Exotic Spices to exchange for Golden Marks as well. I haven't mentioned it on the page, but some quests can be repeated. EDIT: Added which quests can be repeated.

Not with the current data available to us. Maybe after I get my game, I can try and hack in the animations. Shade is probably getting Restore, Barrier and/or Invoke Revenant though. Or maybe one of those belongs to Yuzu since she's a Priestess.

Thanks, didn't even think to check : P Yar, you get new base conversations with all 4 characters too. The new items are the Trainee Knight's Lance, Whimsical Lance and Warrior's Blade. Also, judging by the stars, they are battle maps.

Nah. Nothing major, but some things I thought were important and easy to miss.

Holy crap, I just realised what the Steel Lance quest is for. Apparently the enemies at the Fortress (Chapter 4) get outfitted with the Steel Lances you gave to Alessio. So presumably the quest expires when you reach that battle. Man, if only more quests had far-reaching (albeit slightly pointless) consequences.

Certain points in the story. The first one is easy to remember, since he mentions the month (before Chapter 3 begins IIRC). I dunno when the other two end or begin, except the Steel Lance quest expired when I returned during Chapter 6 (when I finally had them...).

1. I don't think you can change difficulty mid-way through. Certainly didn't see any options. 2. Yes, but not for the reason you're suggesting. After a certain point, all monsters will spawn again, so those quests can be done at any time. The quests that you can miss are timed ones. I think they're the ones involving Alessio the Merchant. I know I missed the Steel Lance quest : /

It really depends on your perspective. Mechanically, Shadow Dragon has a lot more stuff that is different when you look on the surface. For example, Reclass, forging, sidequests to help players will massive losses, Loan Units, multiplayer, etc. I personally think Echoes has a similar number of changes, but the Shadow Dragon changes are probably more, I dunno, memorable for some?

Thanks for the share! Hopefully they do keep full voice acting in future games. That's probably the biggest (new) thing that I enjoyed in the game.

Yar, I know. I should've made it clear that I meant a Japanese 7-Eleven I guess. Actually, I don't think we even have 7-Eleven over here in the UK...

Just be careful of the rare yellow-glowing monsters when you keep revisiting dungeons. I don't think they're that much stronger than your party, but it's something to keep in mind. I will say I got freaked out when I saw a Dracul behind the boxes in the Thieves' Shrine. And I was at max level, not even at the beginning of the game XD

I can sympathise with preserving originality, but Fates's Japanese text was pretty lackluster so there really wasn't much to lose. Turning Saizo x Beruka C into a joke conversation was the only thing that went too far IMO.

You know what else is ridiculous? Est is captured in every game she appears in, even Awakening where she's a DLC character. I guess Heroes is the one exception, but you could say she's being held hostage behind a paywall XD Anyway, um, I guess I'll keep quiet until more Echoes names are dropped. Not sure what else there could be though. The Angel Ring mentioned in one of Minerva's base conversations maybe? Oh yeah, also the name of the star shards in the Astral Temple DLC.

Yeah, pretty much. At least you get around 2 months. I think 7-Eleven is very big over in Japan. They've had numerous collaborations before, such as Pokemon, Animal Crossing and I'm tempted to say Monster Hunter. I bet that's not even half the list!

I haven't heard of a successful spoof. Apparently the 3DS has to connect to a private network. If it was possible, it would've be done much earlier since 7-Spot has been used to distribute rare event Pokemon before.

Thanks for the heads up! Finally they announced it. Too bad I'm nowhere near a 7-11. Guess I'll have to sneakily insert them in...

Do you know when it usually happens? I remember my game crashing all the time on my older phone when I was idling in my friend list. I *think* it got my stable after newer versions came out.

Yup, it's a major plot point. I am not 100% sure, but I think even Mila is starting to lose her sanity. The main reason Rudolf instigated the war is because the people of Valentia have been too reliant on the dragons who are on the brink of going bonkers.

I'm sorry to hear. I was so tempted to spend for the mage girl banner, but I can't seem to access the orb purchase screen. I guess I may have dodged a bullet? Anyway, results seem... expected. I just hope there are enough multipliers for Robin so I unload all my spare flags.