NotYourKindOfPeople

I love Three Houses but Byleth should not have existed, and instead the three lords could have been the protagonists of their respective routes.

Expectations: Either a FE4 remake or a Binding Blade localization. Reality: Probably nothing FE related. (Hope I am wrong though...)

Even Engage made me feel that something was going on between Ike & Soren.

I've been hearing around the internet that a FE4 remake was also revealed alongside Engage's leak. Since Engage leak turned out to be true, I just want to know if there is some truth to the FE4 news or it is just usual internet rumors. Was there ever even a leak to begin with?

I know Fire Emblem Engage gave us the summoning mechanic. But I would like to see a proper SMT style Fire Emblem game where you can summon over 100+ old FE characters in battle. Basically Pokémon but all the Pokémons are FE characters.

But these days the avatar is the protagonist of the story. Wouldn't that just be locking the romance option to the character the story revolves around?

I guess I got my answer?

Engage had the right idea by making romances avatar-exclusive, it wasn't executed the best way but the idea was great. That leaves room for other characters to be their own people instead of just standing & waiting to wed the person standing right next to them.

The problem with Chrom x Sumia was that if that is supposed to be the canon pairing, then why bother even giving Chrom more romance options? Chrom should have been locked to Sumia & fRobin only. I know many fans who support Chrom X Olivia, but even that gets thrown out the window by Fates when Laslow doesn't acknowledge Lucina as his sibling and starts flirting with her. My guess is that Chrom was always designed to be with Sumia (as a nod to Marth x Caeda), but someone in the staff was worried about players who would want to ship themselves with Sumia or Chrom. Thus, it was removed late into the game and even the FMV was left unchanged.

I agree with this. Kaga was instrumental not just for the creation of Fire Emblem but the SRPG genre as a whole. However, he was never capable of writing strong female characters and would reduce them to be mind-controlled, kidnapped or even implied to be victim of abuse.

Fire Emblem should have ended as a franchise with Awakening, and everything after (Fates/Three Houses/Engage) should have been completely separate SRPGs.

I'll buy 10.

Azura from Fates. That design is begging for a plush.

To be honest, I am a fan of Awakening and even I have to agree how expansive yet wasted 3/4th of the cast is. Even fan favorites like Tharja ultimately have nothing to do with the story in the long run. If it were up to me, I'd rather see a Tellius series adaptation.

I think Engage had the right idea by making romance Avatar-exclusive but it was flawed in execution. Persona does a better job at handling romance in general, and I wish FE would take a few lessons from that series.