[Does anyone else get irritated by the Nohr story? *possible spoilers*]

For me, despite its flaws from a narrative perspective (magical crystal ball anyone?), Conquest will remain superior to Birthright for a reason that Mr. Absolute brought up; how the two royal families treat Kamui. As previously mentioned, Xander (at least in Conquest) always rushes to support Kamui, who he views to be his younger sibling despite different blood and is more than willing to sacrifice himself to save Kamui. Its not just in chapter 6 when Xander stops Ryouma after one attack, but after they return to Krakenburg, Xander pretty much tells Garon to go screw himself after Garon orders him to kill Kamui. It's not just Xander, every single Nohrian sibling is more than willing to jump in front of each other to take the bullet aimed at one of their own. This sort of loyalty to one's family, even if they are not bound by blood, is what makes the Nohrian family far and above better than the Hoshidoans in my view. Again, Xander jumped in to save Kamui after one attack, Ryouma takes his sweet time, almost if he couldn't be arsed.

Actually, let me mention something that has been bothering me about Birthright that makes Conquest look very good in comparison. For the sake of me not getting banned, the following rant is behind a spoiler tag.

Really, the feeling I get after analyzing the story (or at least the translated, non-localized version) is that the Hoshidoan siblings are using Kamui in Birthright. Think about it. They are aware that kamui isn't truly their brother, yet they treat them like they are, only revealing the true nature of their relationship after falling in love withe them (I haven't read the transcript recently so I do not know if it is revealed anywhere else). Not only does this ruin the entire premise of calling the route "Birthright" but it also forces the question "What were you truly fighting for?" In the end, the only answer I could come up with was that Kamui was harboring anger against Garon for trying to kill them (rightfully so) but was being goaded on by his supposed "family" to the point where Kamui has no problem killing and letting others kill in the name of a cause which Kamui has only been on-board with for a few weeks TOPS. Kamui in Birthright has no problem A) killing large numbers of hostile troops as opposed to Conquest where they labored to avoid killing. B) Kamui also doesn't seem to be negatively affected when people he was close to (like Elise, Xander and Flora) die, as if they are letting their rage blind them or they have been seduced by their "family's" side of the story. Finally C) Kamui should be at least partially aware of the condition of Nohr (I don't care how sheltered you are, you got to be somewhat aware of the outside world) and yet has no problem trampling all over it goaded on by his Hoshidoan "siblings" who placate any questions with halfhearted offers of support for later after Nohr has been pounded into dust. You would think that being forced to fight a land that you regarded as your home for so long and fighting people who you thought were your family would cause you to hesitate even just a bit, but nope! Not Birthright!Kamui. Again, I just get the feeling that he is being used as a pawn by Hoshido to deal with Nohr.

That's just my opinion though. Feel free to point out any flaws in my arguments.

EDIT: One of these days I will learn to spoiler tag things properly...

I have to respond some of your "points" you put forward. Of course, it's my point of view. Let's see...

You're absolutely right about the devoted part of Nohr's siblings. But just one thing : we can see it since Garon would like to kill Kamui. We don't have this confrontation in Hoshido, but I think the Hoshido's siblings will do the same. And I'll talk about themselves since, in the start, Takumi don't trust Kamui, so i'll doubt he'll take a hit to cover him. His distrust against Kamui is understandable.

About the A), I didn't remember one thing about Nohr's soldiers to be killed. Except Xander and his retainers. (But Ryouma and his retainers dies too in Conquest). I confess I didn't read all the Birthright story since I don't want to be fully spoiled for when I'll have the game, but...

B) But I remember his sadness when Xander was dying. And for Elise, Xander didn't let him the time to cry...

C) I'm not really sure. And it's Silas who tell Ryouma about that. So I think Kamui didn't know that. For your last sentence about the no-hesitation of Kamui, I have mixed feelings... You can be right, but... can someone who spend just a little time outside the castle can feels he's home as soon he's entering Nohr ? I'm not so sure. I remember Luke of Tales of the Abyss who doesn't feel at home in his hometown !

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Oh du français ! *.* Merci Ycine x)

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What the... XD

If you say so ! x)

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I hope I didn't offend you! I just meant that those who learn English as a primary seem especially terrible at it, whereas those who have it as a secondary or even as a tertiary language seem to be much more focused on perfecting it.

No, of course not ! And what you're saying is really possible.

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and AW is easily one of the best strategy series ever lol.

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Ow, er... Advance Wars in the first place. It was my first strategic game. And I played a little strategic in Pokemon, if that count x) (I mean my pokemons are usable in competitions).

Unfortunaly, I'm not rich enough to buy a lot of games, so I favor FE and AW. And in the other hand, other RPG games like the Tales Of series or Golden Sun.

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Yeah, weel, I'm not THAT bad, but I can do stupid errors which you, english people, can notice easily.

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I think I'll go with a battle team, composed of my avatar, his wife, two of my prefered characters of Fates and my prefered character of Awakening.

Of course, my team will be strategic, I'll give my all in it !

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Since I registered here, let's begin my prez' ! x)

So, I'm Ledrert, a strategic/RPG games fan. I'm 24, and I know FE since... Shadow Dragon, I think ? I've played all the games from FE7, except Radiant Dawn/Path of Radiance. (Hit me, I only finished Shadow Dragon and Awakening x) )

Ah, and I'm a french player, my english can be a little bad, but I'll do my best. x)

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