[Brave Weapons: how should they be handled]

Make them un-purchasable, and/or make their base might so much weaker than higher tier weapons that you'd likely do more damage from one hit of the Ragnell (just using it as an example) than two hits from a Brave Sword against high level foes.

[Ryouma is Not Avatar's Real Brother]

Who knows... Perhaps in this particular case, Kamui's ability is tied to a holy blood of some sort, and his siblings just ended up on the short end of the stick in this regard. (EX: Major and Minor holy blood, Lissa's mark of Naga never showing up, etc.)

[What do you consider good and bad DLC?]

Good DLC: Adds onto the game, and doesn't feel like it should have been there from the get go. EX: Awakening's DLC.

Bad DLC: Stuff that's already on disc, or should have been there from launch. EX: Anything from Capcom.

It is entirely unnecessary to buy both versions of pokemon to fully experience the game advertised. That is not true of the current japanese release of FE:if. It's a cashgrab.

True, but if each of FE:if's campaigns have as much unique content as awakening in the end it'll be 3 games for the price of 2. While it may be a cash grab, file size may also be an issue at hand here as 3ds carts can only hold so much data, and DLC goes into the SD card.

[Nerfs and Buffs you feel should be in the next Patch]

Buffs

Shulk: Make N-air and jab come out slightly faster (Also fix jab 2-3 not consistently connecting on floaty characters), and slightly increase grab range. (His grab range is shorter than Pikachu's or pretty close to it)

Ganondorf: Lower landing lag on F-air and B-air. Also make U-tilt an instant kill. Anyone who gets hit by it is clearly doing something wrong.

Ike: Make F-tilt and N-air slightly faster.

Marth and Lucina: Increase range, and lower ending lag/landing lag on all moves.

Little Mac: Bring aerial Side-B's range back to what it used to be.

Greninja: Lower ending lag on Neutral-B.

Wii-Fit Trainer: Make hitboxes more consistent.

Palutena: Lower ending lag on tilts.

Falco: Make D-air come out faster, and decrease end lag on lasers.

Dr. Mario: Make F-air spike, decrease end lag on down-B, and increase up-B's distance.

Zelda: Let her act after using Din's Fire in the air.

Nerfs:

Diddy Kong: Make him so bad that he's unusable Nerf U-air and F-air's speed, range, and kill power. Make D-throw's trajectory and distance be unable to be followed up on.

Sheik: Increase F-air's knockback so it's harder to chain, but can be used to kill. Also increase Bouncing Fish's end lag should the attack be blocked.

Sonic: No kill throws.

Ness: Lower back-throw's killing power.

Yoshi: Lower D-air's damage, and reduced armor on aerials.

That's all I can really think of right now... (Also yes, I do hate Diddy Kong and every Kong except for Donkey Kong quite strongly, outside of Smash and in Smash.)

[There has to be something Morally Wrong/Odd about siding with Hoshido]

also Ylisse isn't really all-goody(see Chrom's father).

I more meant Ylisee with Emmeryn and Chrom as the leaders. Emmeryn more specifically as her completely pacifistic ways are praised (while Elincia's initial indecisiveness in the face of conflict was called out as a weakness in FE10), and she's generally an idiot but gets praised for it as a paragon of all things goods.

[Do you like where FE is heading...? /:]

Fanservice has been in far more than just Awakening and If. Aside from the really fanservicey things (oh hey Camilla), I actually (for the most part) like the art direction for in Awakening and If for the most part. Same thing goes for characterization. Awakening's cast is rather average compared to other casts in the series. (by average I mean middle of the road quality wise) While tons of the complaints about Awakening and If's direction are quite valid, a lot of the problems in Awakening are found in other entries in the series.

Gameplay wise, I still have a lot of fun with every game in series, Awakening included. I do like that the Nohr path in If seems to want to cater to the more old school fans, gameplay wise while the Hoshido path seems to want to cater to the fans Awakening brought in.

[Is the blue = you, red = enemy system outdated?]

I think the traditional color scheme should be used for the map health bars and such, but not for the sprites themselves. Sort of like how Radiant Dawn handles it.

[FE: if sold as two (three) separate versions in Japan]

1. From what I understand, this only applies if you've purchased both versions. If you just pick up White or Black digitally, you're still locked to a particular path.

2. That's more expensive than I realized, thanks for the correction. Though this furthers the suspicion of cash-grabbery.

3. Which is why I said "early on."

You misunderstood my point. I was encouraging people not to make too many assumptions and dismiss FE14 as a cash-grab, even if some signs point in that direction.

I'm quite interested in finding out the file size of each FE14 cart. I remember seeing somewhere that 3ds carts can only have 8gb of data (please do correct me if I'm wrong), and the DLC would be downloaded to the SD card rather than the cart itself. So while I am suspecting it being a cash grab of sorts, it may also be file size limitations. (I do remember reading that each campaign will have about as much content as Awakening)

[There has to be something Morally Wrong/Odd about siding with Hoshido]

Personally I like the idea that the Hoshido are living in the past. Like, it was obvious that the peace treaties were crumbling for a long time, but the Hoshido have their heads stuck so far up their *** that they couldn't see it. This would explain why the Nohr "suddenly" invaded. Hoshidons (is that the term?) were simply so delusional that they thought everything was perfect, and now they delusionally think that the whole situation is very black and white.

I kind of like that as well. While Hoshido is very likely to be just a simple good nation without much depth to it (Like Ylisse), it'd be cool if they were somewhat delusional to the world around them (like refusing to admit that their relationship with Nohr is stagnating before war breaks out), and even rude to other nations. If they were handled in a similar fashion to FE10 Crimea (their ruler being criticized for their pacifism, or some other issues going on), I'd really like that.

Now one thing I've been thinking about in regards to the Nohr path. In the direct they mention the focus will be on reforming Nohr from within. Does that mean the conflict with Hoshido will be over relatively quickly in the Nohr path? It seems like they have the advantage in the conflict, so I'm wondering if it will just be a shorter story arc rather than something that lasts most of the game. Or it could just share the focus with reforming Nohr.

[Some cool Screenshots I took from the new FE: IF trailer]

What? I thought the Direct said Hoshido was going to be more like traditional FE games?

Hoshido's story is going to be like a more traditional FE game. The gameplay is going to be more like Awakening/Gaiden/Sacred Stones with a world map and such. Nohr's story is going to be more ambitious apparently, and appears to be more like older FE games where you go from chapter to chapter. (At the very least they said Nohr is going to be lacking in the ability to grind and freely gain gold.)

[Some cool Screenshots I took from the new FE: IF trailer]

Hey, that screenshot shows that characters can have six skills now instead of five. That's pretty neat. :o

Also, I hate Camilla already. That design is even worse than Tharja's. Just, ugh. She might as well only be in her underwear if she's going to go around with her panties and bra showing like that. The heavy cleavage is stupid too. As are her transplant-looking round big boobs. I bet if my stepdad happened to glance over at my screen and see her, he'd be like "What the fuck are you playing?!" -_-

I'm completely indifferent to her design. Whether or not I like her in the end completely depends on her character, and I'm definitely going to side with Nohr on my first playthrough as I'm very interested in the supposedly more complex plot, and being more like the older FEs gameplay wise that the Nohr route promises, than the traditional story the Hoshido route promises. (I'm still going to do a second run through on the Hoshido side, and then any other runs completely depend on which side I enjoyed more) That being said, I really like Marx and Ryo's designs.

[MU as a main character]

Since the Avatar is the main character this time around, instead of co-starring with a lord, I feel like it might work out better than Awakening and New Mystery of the Emblem. I mean there's no "Main Lord" for them to completely overshadow this time around (Chrom in Awakening), and they won't have their every line be them kissing the the Lord's ass (Marth in New Mystery). How they are handled as the lead character though, that remains to be seen.

This'll be an interesting experiment.

[Kamui's stats and returning of skills (now can hold 6 skills)]

Nah. I think it indicates the weapon's color for a potential color triangle (red > green > blue > red)

Maybe weapons don't break in casual mode? It seems weird to get rid of durability entirely, but they have removed weight before, so I dunno.

I'm thinking that the Avatar's personal Sword has infinite uses, and same goes with their dragon stone should it be a personal one.

[Coming to NA 2016? :( (disappointed…)]

Cry me a river.

So what, we gotta wait a little longer, where's the problem?

It's not a big problem, but waiting half a year for something that's already out and very likely is being spoiled on these forums and other places is kind of a pain in the ass.

[FE: if sold as two (three) separate versions in Japan]

While I'm wary about the whole multiple versions thing, if each game has enough unique content to warrant being it's own game, then we're essentially getting two different Fire Emblem games, just in the same world, which is completely fine by me.

From what has been said, this is seeming to be the case specifically coming from this:

Fire Emblem if Hoshido

A story focusing on protecting your Hoshidan birthland and royal relatives from the Nohrian invasion. Outside the main story, you can earn experience and funds and freely develop your characters; perfect for those who enjoy freedom.



Fire Emblem if Nohr



In this story, you work with the Nohrian royal family to battle the internal conflicts within Nohr itself. Compared to Hoshido, the difficulty is higher, with limited chances to earn experience and funds.

Granted, if they are lying and it's just the same battles but with swapped positions, I'm going to be quite irritated.

[April 2015 Nintendo Direct hype thread]

Oh, yeah. Huh, that totally is him. Well, mystery solved. I wonder what he's doing there...

Judging from the trailer, this battle seems to be the turning point in which your Avatar chooses their side. So it'd make sense if he was there.

[Official Website launched]

Fire Emblem if Hoshido

A story focusing on protecting your Hoshidan birthland and royal relatives from the Nohrian invasion. Outside the main story, you can earn experience and funds and freely develop your characters; perfect for those who enjoy freedom.

Fire Emblem if Nohr

In this story, you work with the Nohrian royal family to battle the internal conflicts within Nohr itself. Compared to Hoshido, the difficulty is higher, with limited chances to earn experience and funds.

Huh... I'm getting the feeling that the Hoshido path is more meant to cater to the newer fans brought in by Awakening, and the Nohr path is trying to cater more to fans of the older FE games. Just a feeling, I could be completely off the mark here.

[What I hope won't happen in if's narrative.]

I'm all for breaking cliches, but really, what would you do instead?

Have it end with one side crushed. After all, you did choose which side to play over the other.

[Team Hoshidan or Team Nohr?]

Imma assume that people are more attracted to Nohr's side due to it being edgy and having Kamira/Camila's tits high difficulty according to the direct.

That, plus it seems that fixing Nohr from the inside will be a thing, and that interests me more than the standard repel the invaders that Hoshido's side seems to be.

I'm hoping they'll be defeated but not actually die in battle. Otherwise, I'm just going to hope they don't appear in any "route the enemy" chapters.

I dunno, I think it would make the multiple versions thing have more of an impact. I'm down for being forced to kill the other game's playable cast.

[FE: if sold as two (three) separate versions in Japan]

I am quite pleased that enemies can use the Pair-up ability this time around. Even generic soldiers can be buddies with each other. Although, it might make early game Lunatic utter hell if they can do it right away...

[SMT x FE lives; Nintendo Direct trailer]

Ummm... What? Were those supposed to be Fire Emblem characters or something? I'm really confused right now...

[Coming to NA 2016? :( (disappointed…)]

It's disappointing for sure. I hope it's an early 2016 release here...

[Team Hoshidan or Team Nohr?]

Nohr sounds more intriguing to me, so that's the one I'll do first. Of course, I will do a run of Hoshidan as well, and then any later playthroughs I'll choose the side I enjoyed more.

[FE: if sold as two (three) separate versions in Japan]

Huh... Never expected an FE game to do something like that. It's like Fire Emblem: Pokemon edition sort of.

[Objectives]

Varied objectives are great for helping keep the game feeling varied. When there are a few route missions in a row in any game (Awakening, RD Part 4, etc) the game begins to drag down a bit. I'd be more than pleased if there was more objectives than just route the boss.