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Yeah. It's hard to believe that they let some people see the supports and not others. Part of me wonders if Superkyon did see the supports or if they mistook something else for supports. Maybe Daan is under the false assumption of there being other kind of supports? Hard to say.

RNG is RNG...And by that, I mean no matter how the RNG is, I'll get screwed over by it like usual.

It was via a tweet to someone on twitter.

I guess all we can do is wait and see since NintenDaan said that they weren't allowed to view supports.

Hard to say. Depends on whether the entire game is fully voiced or if it's just cinematics and story dialogue like unique said. I could've sworn I heard some voiced dialogue between Mae and Boey. Not sure if that's from an opening of a chapter/map or not, though.

Same. It'll make for interesting strategies and it also encourages/forces players to consider using more than just a select number of characters. I always felt that I was one of very few people that tried to use each character as equally as possible.

I wonder if Rinean (or whatever Berkut's girlfriend's name is) will be recruitable since Fernand defects from the Deliverance. Having someone leave Berkut's side for the other might be interesting. I would need to find out more information on the "GBA style supports" before I form a solid opinion about it. This probably won't happen until I play the game. That being said, supports were never a major factor for me enjoying a Fire Emblem game, but they did help flesh out characters.

I'd have to see more on Mila's Turnwheel to fully form an opinion, but it seems like something that would be nice in a time of desperation and being able to rewind a particularly terrible move choice.

It is a shame that the character portraits don't change when the unit promotes. Though, that might also be due to the villagers being able to promote to a few classes, so it would be a hassle to redesign the portraits based on that.

To my knowledge, Hidari is female not male. Edit: Aside from Wikipedia, which has been edited back and forth about Hidari's gender, everywhere else I look, it says Hidari is female. Second Edit: Well, it seems that I (and apparently a lot of other people) am wrong. There are a lot of conflicting sites regarding this. My bad if that's the case.

I wouldn't necessarily say Leon's portrait doesn't match his artwork. It could be that since we only see Leon in a side angle that the armor part on his left shoulder just isn't visible in his artwork. Unless there are other parts of his portrait that are different. (I only glanced quickly)

You know what, I'm actually curious as to what these videos are about, so I'm gonna check them out. (Been too busy to actually be able to check them out till today)

Another thing I'd like to add onto my response from earlier. Just because you're able to make slight changes while being able to keep the characters looking close to their original Gaiden designs, you don't have to work in tangent with other people involved in working on the game like Hidari does. She has to submit sketches and ideas to the game developers and others in charged and she has to get their approval before she can even finalize anything. Hidari's designs were almost certainly approved by those in charge of Echoes and its development.

I think it's unfair to place all the "blame" for the character redesigns on Hidari. She doesn't make the final decision on what the characters ultimately look like. That role goes to the people in charge of the game. She only draws what they tell her to draw.

Ahh. That does make you pity Deen a bit, though.

Sonya does get palette swaps as her own sisters in Gaiden, doesn't she?

If it ends up being as long as Awakening or longer, then there's a chance I'll be putting 100+ hours into it like I did Awakening. Though, also depends on how the map works (I'm relatively unfamiliar with Gaiden's gameplay. I just know the basic premise and the plot)

If Deen and Sonya are indeed locked to being "one or the other" characters for Echoes like they were in Gaiden, I'll probably choose Sonya first playthrough and Deen during the second playthrough.

Gaiden is known for having fewer chapters than other Fire Emblem games (correct me if this is incorrect), but it features dungeon exploration and other stuff during those chapters/parts. So how long do you think Echoes will end up being especially since they're adding new content to Echoes (i.e. a prologue and possibly more)?

Agreed. One can't really say they had an original design in the first place when Gaiden featured very inconsistent artwork for almost every character (if they were lucky to get artwork), so Hidari (and IS) have been doing a great job reinventing these characters. Yes, they might not be recognizable compared to their Gaiden appearances, but they also weren't very recognizable to begin with. At least now we have a solid idea of what they'll look like.

I don't mean to add to the negative feedback, but it's rather annoying that there are people complaining about the way you explore the villages in Echoes. Could it has been done similarly to the dungeons? Yes. Is the visual novel-style exploration a bit of a buzz kill? Perhaps. Are there reasons for them choosing to to village exploration like they are? Most likely. Personally, I wasn't a huge fan of being able to go into third person mode for Fates' My Castle because it didn't add much to the game aside from being able to see the layout of My Castle in another angle. That being said, I honestly plan to reserve any final judgement for this game for when it comes out. Judging a game based on trailers and screen shots honestly doesn't do the game justice. Yes, those are what entice people to buy the game, but they're not the only way to judge a game.

Wasn't aware that there were people that didn't realize that you could control Alm and Celica at the same time in some parts of the game.