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    Character opinions that have changed

    in Fire Emblem Fates

    Posted · Edited by rexcalibur

    I didn't like Camilla at first because I really didn't like her fanservicey design but after seeing what an awesome unit she is and reading her supports, I ended up liking her. Just wish she wasn't so obsessed with Kamui. XD

    I didn't have much of an opinion on Suzukaze at first but after reading his supports and My Room lines, he ended up becoming my favorite Fates character. Also being voiced by Ono Daisuke is pretty nice since I loved his voice for Sebastian from Black Butler. I just hate what the Conquest plot did to Suzukaze.

    Do you buy Kaze's reason for joining Corrin in Conquest?

    in Fire Emblem Fates

    Posted

    I don't even know where to begin with the problems, and I don't understand how people can give him the benefit of the doubt in the first place.

    Let's start with the obvious: the guy never expresses any dislike for Hoshido, its people, his fellow soldiers, his family or the royals, or at least not in any way that would make any player assume that his loyalties were in question. In fact, he's very polite and seems to enjoy their company in most supports, and in Birthright he takes his main story duties very seriously. So why is it, then, that a guy trained in warfare and espionage, who was at the plaza that got blown up by the sword Corrin brought, who was there to see Corrin choosing to go back to a nation that attacked Hoshido unprovoked. decides to trust the same person on a whim because they say they don't want to fight? He's got no proof that Corrin is speaking the truth, he's got no way of knowing how they'd go about solving the conflict peacefully, and he's fine with dropping everything he has ever known to join someone who has already made a highly questionable decision, and who doesn't know anything of the world because, you know, until recently they had been locked up, and one of their most striking character traits is that they're naïve.

    Secondly, we have the issue that I mentioned earlier, that the writers simply forgot that he was supposed to have been dead. Not only that, but Suzukaze was forced to fight to the death in front of the entire Nohrian royal family, yet he's fine with joining forces with them. Sure, Corrin and Leo saved him, but the big cheese Xander was about to chop his head off without question; how does a person willingly go back to that?

    I think Kaze might harbor some doubt over his role as a Hoshidan ninja despite caring for Hoshido and its people and this could have played into his defection. In Kaze's support with Peri, it implies that ninjas go through harsh training from an early age. Kaze was impressed by Peri's cooking skill so he asked her if she had been through harsh training from an early age to obtain it. Saizo's supports with Beruka and Ryoma show that life as a ninja deals with horrible situations and stealthy assassinations and when Saizo sneak attacked Corrin in Conquest, Kaze found it cowardly. I wonder if all this implies that Kaze holds resentment towards how he was raised as a ninja. Saizo was able to tolerate all this because he choosed and served a master that he respected and that is a ninja's greatest calling in life but Kaze was never able to do that and that fact always worried him. Along with this, Kaze shows new resolve from fighting for his friends instead of just working stealthily for the sake of Hoshido in his support with Xander. He's the kind of person who enjoys connecting with others so the stealthy, more private life of a ninja might not really suit him. Unfortunately, Kaze's feelings towards his life as a ninja are never clearly explained or expanded on so this is really just speculation but I think it is a pretty reasonable assumption to make that he holds resentment and doubt over being a ninja. I also found a really good post on tumblr that explains how ninja life and its strict code of honor affected the ninja twins if you want to take a look at that: http://agoddamn.tumblr.com/post/142901364760/oh-i-read-the-ashura-thing-you-wrote-about-his-age

    Kaze's supports with Selena show that he is very perceptive and can pick up details about a person by reading their expressions and fighting style. Even though at first he thought Corrin had betrayed Hoshido, I think he was able to detect that they really wanted peace and weren't truly against Hoshido by reading their expressions and seeing how they spared the lives of the Hoshidan soldiers. It definitely was a foolish action for him to join Corrin for the reasons you said but I think he was pretty desperate at that point because of the all the guilt he's been carrying for so long and rationalized it in his head by thinking that he wasn't truly turning against Hoshido by joining Corrin. The way I see it, his motivation works but wasn't really written well because he never really shows guilt over Sumeragi's death, he doesn't actually see Corrin reforming Nohr, and we don't get a clear explanation of his feelings towards life as a Hoshidan ninja. Also we don't really get an explanation for why Sumeragi would even bring him and Corrin to Cheve in the first place.

    The funny thing is that Kaze is actually grateful to Xander for helping Corrin let him escape. I think he would understand why Xander would obey his father and be prepared to kill them and he was grateful to any kind of help at that point even coming from him. Sorry it took me a while to respond, I'm pretty new to these kinds of discussions and I'm not too good at this kind of thing. I hope my points are clear. Please don't tear me apart. XD

    Do you buy Kaze's reason for joining Corrin in Conquest?

    in Fire Emblem Fates

    Posted

    It's one of the worst pieces of writing in the entire game. A guy who's been trained to be loyal all his life - and genuinely is loyal, liked, respected and has no trouble with his country, its people or his fellow soldiers - abandons everything because the guy who went back to the nation that attacked Hoshido unprovoked makes a vague promise on stopping the war efficiently. He then doesn't raise any objections when Corrin goes on his murder spree and invades Hoshido - Suzukaze wasn't privy to the plan, so he just went along with killing people.

    Then there's the issue that we're supposed to believe Corrin and Azura are acting sneaky and only pretend to be loyal to Garon, yet they walk around with the same ninja who Garon thought was dead. This is never brought up, and I can only assume the writers forgot about that part.

    I can't take Suzukaze seriously as a character because of this, and it shows just how much mental gymnastics you have to do to accept this game's (lack of) logic.

    Do you think the main problem is that the story is supposed to be about revolutionizing Nohr from within and Kaze's reason to join was supposed to help them with that goal (along with his guilt complex and obsession with repaying debts brought up in supports) but the story doesn't really show Corrin trying to make Nohr a better place? Or do you think the main problem is that Kaze doesn't explain his real reason for joining unless you A support him? I don't there's much to really discuss about Kaze not raising any objections to invading Hoshido, that's just dumb and OOC for him.

    Do you buy Kaze's reason for joining Corrin in Conquest?

    in Fire Emblem Fates

    Posted

    No, I don't buy Suzukaze's reason for joining Kamui in Conquest. He seems to have a massive guilt complex over whatever had happened to Kamui, even if it weren't really his fault. So … clearly the logical choice is to betray the country that everyone else important to him is in. Wonder if he ever gets a guilt-boner at the end of Conquest over everything he's helped to do, including what happens to his brother. Or if it's really all just about Kamui.

    Conquest and Birthright had a lot of forced parallels in its structure; the one thing that they chose NOT to parallel was what would have made a lot of sense! (Kaze leaving the party.)

    Even though he was a kid, he was trained since an early age to be a ninja so he should have been able to realize the threat. I don't think he believed Kamui truly wanted to harm Hoshido since he spared Hinoka and the others but yeah, it really makes no sense for him to continue staying with Kamui when they invade Hoshido and stuff. Oh well, it's not like he's the only character who is messed up by Conquest's plot.

    Do you buy Kaze's reason for joining Corrin in Conquest?

    in Fire Emblem Fates

    Posted

    I agree with this.

    I just wish there was some scene of him and Saizou talking about it before he essentially defected to their enemies' forces.

    Yeah, he doesn't even tell Saizo his motivations for joining Corrin. I think he must have hidden his guilt from his brother and it's probably one of those things they mutually don't speak to each other about so he realized it would have been pointless in trying to explain it to him.

    Character comparisons! who do you like more?

    in Fire Emblem Fates

    Posted · Edited by rexcalibur

    I'm just going to explain my reasons on my favorite characters.

    Corrin (F)

    Kana (M)

    Jakob

    I love his rude and passionate attitude and his backstory is pretty neat. He has a lot of great supports that show different sides to him (my favorites are all the platonic ones, Corrin, Azura, Nyx, Sakura, Charlotte, Oboro, and Mozu) and he's actually quite logical and self-aware. His looks and voice are quite nice too.

    Xander

    I tend to love Camus type characters and Xander is no exception! Unfortunately his character in the plot is a mess (I actually read through those discussion threads) but I love how his supports show his love for his family, his struggle with his father, his hidden shy side, and other aspects to him. He's such a great character with so much potential.

    Shigure

    Takumi

    Niles

    Elise

    Sakura

    Kaze

    I really love Kaze. At first I didn't really have much of an opinion on him but after reading through his supports and my room lines, I find him a fascinating and personally relatable character. I love his supports and my favorites are with Xander, Azura, Nyx, Saizo, and Corrin. He's such a friendly and kind person but he struggles with so much guilt over what he did in the past to the point that he didn't find meaning in his life until joining Corrin as atonement. He was a ninja without a master, overshadowed by his twin, raised in a system that focused on loyalty to the

    country instead of attachments to others (he's the kind of person who's devoted to comrades instead of a nation), and most of all, failed as a ninja in the worst way possible, so despite being happy in peaceful Hoshido, he must have felt pretty empty on the inside. I relate to that a lot (the emptiness part) and I love how he finds new determination and resolve through supporting Corrin and his comrades and helping others. It's inspiring in a way. I also love how there's two sides to his personality. At first he's all formal and polite but when he opens to other characters more, he has this playful teasing attitude and is dang seductive when it comes to romance. My only real problem with him is that while I can understand why he would join Corrin in Conquest, I don't get why he helps them invade Hoshido without even questioning them about it. I guess he just suffers the same problem as Xander and Azura. XD

    Azura

    I still remember when I saw her for the first time in an early trailer for Fates. She was so mysterious and beautiful and I couldn't help but be a little awed. Her design and voice (I much prefer Japanese but English is good too) are gorgeous and she has great supports. One of my favorites is her one with Keaton because he's trying to get her to show emotions on her face but it's not easy for him and I know how it feels to have difficulty showing emotion.

    Ryoma

    Orochi

    Nyx

    Arthur

    Camilla

    Oboro

    Effie

    Laslow

    Keaton

    Lucina

    This is what I think(theory involving branded kids, spoilers)

    in GameCube and Wii Era

    Posted

    Soren's tactical intellect is also a result of his Brand. Dragon laguz blood grants more intelligence from what I read. I'm also willing to bet that Petrine is a heron Branded because of her magic stat. Herons grant magic since Micaiah has a lot of magic.

    I don't think Soren got his tactical intelligence from his dragon blood because the black dragons don't really seem to be that smart....

    Screen Says No WGL Extensions

    in Saga Series

    Posted

    I'm trying to play tear ring saga on the playstation emulator psx but it keeps saying no wgl extensions and there is a black screen. Does anyone here know how to fix this problem? I'm pretty new to all this stuff and I've been looking for help but I can't understand all the complicated stuff.

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