That’ll be interesting to see. It’s possible any that even the top Engage characters might still have a chance next years, as much as they’ll lose star power by then, and that assuming no FE remake is release as some rumors claim. It can go either way, as the lukewarm at best reception of Engage may go for the latter, but it’s also possible at least one of the top characters’ star power makes it through next year
I’m not sure if the Japanese idealization is the overall cause of it’s lower reception, as it was more like a part of Fates’ overall poor writing problem. In fact, until Engage was released, Fates was the record holder for being the worst FE of all things Engage is being criticized about: poor writing and way too weeb