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    No Demotions on Beast Banner

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Othin said:

    Looking at the Binding Blade banner, Thea is striking for being by far the least popular unit from any of the three banners. She has her fans, but she hasn't scored well in CYL and she seems kinda redundant next to Shanna. It's a big surprise that she showed up at all - perhaps she was only picked at all because they wanted someone low-profile for a demote. They don't burn much "summon equity" that way.

    The Kitsune and Wolfskin banner doesn't have anyone like that. In fact, it was basically another Brave Redux banner: the four banner units and Panne constituted the five highest-scoring units on CYL who hadn't yet been added at the time. So I can understand why they might not have wanted to demote anyone out of such a high-profile selection, more of one than would arise under normal circumstances.

    Reyson got more CYL votes than Thea (and any other character on the FE6 banner, for that matter) but he also scored lower than his (non-GHB) counterparts, including the similar Leanne. So perhaps their plan, now, is to try to include a character specifically chosen as demote bait on each banner if they can, and to only skip demotes in circumstances like the Kitsune/Wolfskin banner if there's no viable way to do that? That'd be good if true, since it'd mean this situation would probably not happen often on "normal" banners, and also means more long-term thinking on IS's part: holding onto characters with more summon equity to be 5* exclusive summons later on. (I'm hoping that's why they skipped over Melady as an alternative lance flier, personally.)

    If I could "like" this post, I would. All three of the New Heroes banners we've seen this year so far satisfy fan demands, but in different ways.

    "Rulers of the Laguz" was to add beast units to the game. "Beyond Darkness" is to finally add more Binding Blade content.

    ...."Kitsune and Wolfskin" was to add the fan favorite beast units.

     

    There's a distinction here. If we'd had beast units all along, we probably would've gotten them split up in some way and all would've stayed 4*.

     

    What I'm most interested in is seeing how Nintendo supposedly saying they don't want to make a ton of money off mobile games will impact Heroes. 

    Choose Your Legends 3

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Sunwoo said:

    Ephraim actually wasn't a lock. I think Marth had a realistic shot at beating him if his votes weren't split then.

    Well, they were though. I'd say that predictably kept Marth out of the top 2 for males, even though ultimately he was only ~2K shy of Ephraim's votes. He'll probably win now, though, if not purely for this reason.

    Choose Your Legends 3

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

    Posted · Edited by dmurr

    Thinking about this more...

    CYL1 was always going to be Ike, Lyn, and Lucina. Marth might've beaten Roy if he hadn't been split.

    For CYL2, Hector, Ephraim and Celica were locks. Hector and Ephraim were the most popular male characters in the fanbase, and Celica was new(ish) with Echoes recently coming out, plus being well received for multiple reasons. Veronica probably was a good guess too since original Heroes characters weren't available otherwise yet besides the core three.

    CYL3 will be much more difficult to guess at. They've made alts for most of the popular characters by now: 3 Marth, 4 Chrom, 4 Eirika, 3 each M/F Corrin, 3 each M/F Robin, fuggin' 6 Camilla, 4 Azura. 

    I'd guess that Marth, Reinhardt, Chrom and maybe Bruno will compete for males. Also probably Alm since he doesn't have an alt.

    I'm less sure of females but probably Eirika, Loki, and Fjorm will probably do pretty well. Maybe Micaiah. Maaaaybe Azura and fCorrin, if everyone doesn't hate Fates by now.

    Who do you want to see as Echo characters?

    in Super Smash Bros.

    Posted · Edited by dmurr

    I'm pretty confident we'll get at least a couple of the following:

    Dark Samus echo of Samus

    Chrom echo of Ike

    Impa echo of Sheik

    Dixie Kong echo of Diddy Kong

    Isabelle echo of Villager

     

    Less confident on, but I think are possible are:

    Black Shadow echo of C. Falcon

    Ninten echo of Ness

    Funky Kong echo of Donkey Kong

     

    Won't get, but I would love:

    Claus (Masked Man) echo of Lucas

    Jody Summer (F-Zero) echo of Zero Suit Samus

     

    I do not think that we'll get an echo character of a third party character. Negotiating the rights to a character and not representing them to the fullest doesn't seem like Sakurai.  A Fire Emblem character isn't really likely in general, but Chrom is a special case. Sakurai would be throwing the fans he'd teased in the previous game a bone, not to mention it's an easy add of a character (Ike) he generally seems fairly fond of. While Shadows of Valentia started development the same year as Smash Ultimate's plan was finalized, I don't think we'll see a character from it or another from Fates given the backlash Sakurai got for adding so many in Sm4sh, despite it being "strategic." 

    What Nintendo Warriors do you want next (Not counting sequels)

    in Fire Emblem Warriors

    Posted · Edited by dmurr

    There's not too many options honestly, and not a ton that make sense at that.

    The most likely options are, what? Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Kid Icarus, Xenoblade, Star Fox, Kirby...

    To date, as far as I'm aware, all Warriors games have been done with human or humanoid characters, so while it's not impossible, I feel like a Pokemon or Kirby Warriors game is fairly unlikely. Star Fox characters (alongside games like F-Zero) are all more or less interchangeable with each other and the characters don't have a ton to work with individually. Nintendo is really picky with Mario, and I don't know if they'd want the characters in a Warriors crossover. I personally don't feel like it's a super natural fit like Zelda and Fire Emblem. Metroid has some characters it could use, but most of them are from the Prime side of the series, which Nintendo is iffy with sometimes, and Koei Tecmo already worked on a Metroid game at one point with the much maligned Other M. Kid Icarus or Xenoblade are probably the likeliest options, I'd think. Xenoblade has a lot to pull from, and is a newer series that Nintendo has been happy to push forward recently with XBX and XB2 coming out relatively close to each other. 

    I'd say it's much more likely to get a FE Warriors sequel or Hyrule Warriors sequel before a different series getting one, especially since Fire Emblem has so many more games to tap into.

    FE:W has achieved over one million sales worldwide

    in Fire Emblem Warriors

    Posted

    Do we know what this number includes? I'm assuming it's overall including physical and digital sales of the game, as well as the downloadable content. 

    Hopefully this means they've greenlit the sequel. I wouldn't mind new DLC, but only if it's just one more pack or so. The game's current interface isn't designed for it, they'd need a UI refresh and I doubt they'd do that outside a new game.

    What do you think happened in Lucina's future?

    in Fire Emblem: Awakening

    Posted · Edited by dmurr

    25 minutes ago, Lau said:

    What exactly happened to Morgan? Did they disappear once Robin succumbed to Grima, or were they kidnapped by the Grimleal on Grima's orders?

    I'm pretty sure Morgan is meant to be from a different future, especially since she/he doesn't have memories either. 

    http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Morgan_(Awakening)

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    Scholars would speculate that they came from a different timeline from the other children.

    It doesn't really make sense for Morgan to exist in the current Awakening timeline either, honestly. Especially if she's the child of one of the other children.

    How do you think the FE Three Houses protagonist will be handled in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster?

    in Super Smash Bros.

    Posted

    On 4/6/2018 at 9:07 PM, Book Bro said:

    I've seen people saying she could be a Robin clone with a self harming mechanic instead of weapons breaking. It could work with a "light" variant of Nosferatu and maybe switching her neutral special to Fire and Ragnarok and the side special to Aura instead of Robin's Thunder/Thoron and Elfire. Of course if Celica is in I'd rather she not be a clone but hey this could be fun too.

    I'd only be okay with this if she was much better. I've always found Robin to be such a drag to play in Smash, not the most fun moveset.

    How do you think the FE Three Houses protagonist will be handled in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster?

    in Super Smash Bros.

    Posted · Edited by dmurr

    We won't get a character from FE Switch on the base roster. The roster was likely decided in 2016, shortly after the completion of the DLC for Smash 4. Shadows of Valentia would be the current in-development title during this Smash's development, NOT the FE Switch protagonist. The token "most recent FE lord" in Smash would have to be Alm and/or Celica. We know, though, that Sakurai doesn't really like cuts and has mentioned already that there's too many Fire Emblem characters on the roster. I expect to see Corrin staying as the most recent FE main character in Smash (hopefully defaulting this time to female). I wouldn't be surprised to see Celica as what Lucina was originally intended to be, a Marth costume, though I'll admit Celica being a Marth clone in Warriors gives me that bias. There will likely be cuts, but who is totally up in the air.

    That said... Nintendo is really on the DLC train right now though, and anything that's current is a great cross promotion for DLC. I fully expect a more extended post-release content season (with or without a season pass, idk) than we got for the previous game, given how successful the last set was, especially for a Wii U game, when the Switch is doing so much better. The FE Switch protagonist as DLC is by far the likeliest option for that game.

    Saizo and Kaze's official art sneaks into new merchandise

    in Fire Emblem Fates

    Posted

    21 minutes ago, VincentASM said:

    I am not 100% sure, but I think it's from a magazine.

    Either way, reverse image searching the image tells me it was uploaded around October 2016, so it's definitely not new.

    For reference, we already know that Niles, Odin, Hinata and Oboro have artwork from the Drama CDs. Jakob also has artwork from the OST, I think.

    Ohh, neat. I didn't know that. Thank you! Got excited thinking that there was news on the book I didn't know about yet.

    General Character Usefulness Discussion

    in Fire Emblem Warriors

    Posted

    20 hours ago, Ertrick36 said:

    Funnily enough, the other lance user from the Fates DLC is my go-to for mop-up jobs.

    Anyway, it's a matter of playstyle that will dictate if you do well with a character or not.  If you aren't doing well with Azura, it isn't because you picked a bad character; it's because she isn't suited to your way of playing.

    I myself don't work well with any of the lance users besides Oboro.  I'm just not all that adjusted to Azura's moveset, and the pegasus knights are really floaty, so it's hard to go for precision with them.  Truth be told, I have a difficult time dueling with any mounted units; I always am just zipping past the opponents.  I prefer the infantry characters for this reason.

    I totally agree with you. Seems like everyone's always talking about how bad Corrin is, but I've always thought she was super fun to play. 

    Opus?

    in Fire Emblem Warriors

    Posted

    17 hours ago, himeki said:

    (not quoting everyone becayse it would be too much to quote haha)

    Ahh, I get it now! Thank you :D 

    And @dmurr I have used crests before, I just never really read what they do....and I only really found out what they were last week haha. I'm also incredibly stubborn.

    Still impressed, haha. 

    If the DLC Characters in the Game at Launch Weren't DLC Who Would Want in Their Place?

    in Fire Emblem Warriors

    Posted

    If both Oboro and Niles had made it into the base game, I don't know if I would've wanted a Fates-centered DLC pack. Azura is one of my favorites though..

    If we're sticking to the same rules of 3 clones and one character who's partially in the game already..

    Fates: Azura, Siegbert (Xander clone), Shiro (Oboro clone)

    Shadow Dragon: Linde, Minerva, Draug (~unique moveset, off Knights)

    Awakening: Olivia, Tharja, Lon'qu (Ryoma clone)

    A Lon'qu + Camilla support would be spectacular. 

     

    If we don't play by the rules:

    Fates: Azura, Kaze

    Shadow Dragon: Linde, Minerva, Draug (~unique moveset, off Knights), Camus (new moveset)

    Awakening: Olivia, Tharja

    Echoes: Alm

    Season 2 DLC Wishlist (If It Happens)

    in Fire Emblem Warriors

    Posted

    35 minutes ago, Arthur97 said:

    Or worse, Awakening characters supporting with Fates characters. Though we do at least have proof that Owain supports with Navarre.

    To be honest, I really wanted Azura to support with Olivia, so I'm stoked about that one. I'd also find it odd if Owain didn't support Leo and/or Niles. Camilla supporting with Tharja would also be really interesting.

    Soooo I don't really have opposition to the new characters supporting Fates characters. That said, I also hope Owain supports Chrom and Lucina. Really any of the new characters supporting Lucina would make me happy. I'm still bummed she didn't get a support with Oboro, seemed so obvious.

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