CrimeanRoyalKnight

Well I voted for Hector the first day, but now I'll vote from Kieran until the 30th.

However, if that were the case, why isn't it just Fire Emblem Echoes with no subtitle (much like Kakusei, If, Heroes, Cipher, etc), or something more related to Gaiden like Fire Emblem Mirror or Fire Emblem Parallel? (shitty title examples but you get the idea) Consider the following: with the growing popularity of the series, a lot of overseas players want to play the older, Japan only games, but can't for various reasons, be it the desire to only play and buy official releases or the outdated gameplay and graphics. Intelligent Systems is trying to cultivate a bigger core fanbase and trying to give the West what it did not have for a long time. It only makes sense to me if "Echoes" is the beginning of a sub-series of remakes especially made for newer fans shunned by older games and the Western public. Now the West is not just a second thought to Intelligent Systems, we are important to their money making and fan trust as much as Japan. Awakening and Fates' numbers are proof, and so are the Smash fans who like the playable FE characters.

Good Lord I do not want another Avatar, but the Switch needs to sell, so I expect one and I expect a properly implemented second generation, since the most common opinion on Fates' second gen was that it was forced and shoved in. You know how Pokèmon is pretty much always the same thing over and over? You don't fix what's not broken and FEs like Awakening are the highest selling ones, so of course a story important Avatar will be back. I expect the game to be darker and more serious(but not too much) since the Switch wants a wider audience, and I expect to have romance and supports back. It will be Awakening 3.0 and it will fix Fates' problems like Fates did with Awakening. Maybe this time we will actually have story and route changing decisions more than once, like Tactics Ogre. And Kozaki is already designing Heroes, I would not be surprised if he designed Switch Emblem too. I know a lot of people are rightfully bored by him by now, but remember the masses associate his style with Fire Emblem instead of No More Heroes like they should do!!111.

Be careful of dual attacks and always consider shuriken debuffs before attacking ninjas. When you complete the starting part with the dual guarding archer/lancer duo (or was it archer/ninja?) that don't move, you should be fine. Takumi is very useful, he should always do the most damage he can, so make sure you position him in ways he can attack AND dual strike on the same turn. When the ninjas rush in, use a tanky character like Oboro or even Hinata in dual guard to alleviate the pain, and try to kill the most of them during player phase. Bring two healers. Always use Azura (possibly on Takumi). With enough patience you should do it.

You've got it all wrong, here is a 100% canon marriage list: Corrin/Azama Masamune/Yukimura The rest is everything goes. Also chance is you probably are a /feg/ memer.

No thank you. If there was one but they were just a villager you can customize, Avatar fans would complain they are not important at all. This would be the option I would not mind the least, but I'd prefer it if it was optional. If there was one but was like Kris or even worse, like Corrin, a lot of people would probably find it stale and older fans like me would not be pleased Let this be Alm and Cellica' story!

What would that be? The blood pact? Micaiah being a Sue? Cat girls?

Well, FE1 has "so ugly they are beautiful" portraits, while FE11's portaits look like potato faces. Don't take this post too seriously.

I have come to a point in my life where I can't see Hector x Eliwood as anything but canon.

No thanks, it ruins world building more than it should. Plus the new children aren't nearly as popular as Inigo, Severa and Owain were.

I don't want to be a sourpuss but I don't think anybody mentioned real-life religion, and also the Grimleal is a major point in Awakening' story and the cause of many of its events. I can't think criticizing its story without criticizing the Grimleal. But if it's a problem then I will stop this discussion on it. I have yet to play Rev but I know how it works, and it still doesn't convince me. It takes cues from "Dragons go mad" from Archanea, and that's interesting, but it baffles me I have to buy more DLC to understand the story better!

If this is an unpopular opinion, then... I love FE6's story, it's simple and bland but it works.

Well, when I played the game (I've read the story fully two times at least), I saw the Grimleal before the rise as a really small clique. They can be forgotten easily... it's not a bad thing but I still think they should've had a bit more impact on the player. Of course it's not a "just himself" (there is Aversa and some bosses), but it wouldn't have hurt to have more robed priests with more plot relevance, like one or two more. And even after the rise of the Grimleal, it just felt like he was alone and only used brainwashing to control people... like, I would've liked to see some actual show of love and faith for Grima from both him and the followers, I would've liked to see a Plegian explain why the Grimleal is right. Because on one side we are told brainwashing is used, but on another we hear Validar won the hearts of the Plegians. Whaaat? Sure one does not deny the other, but I would've preferred if they sticked to winning people over. His faith for Grima seems ridicously evil, born from nowhere, it's hard to take him seriously. Even if he is part of a devoted family, more than just his blood should define his faith. It makes sense for him to be a strict believer of destiny... but then, why not let him explain more of the Grimleal's philosophy? Why do they want the world to die? Even a "You wouldn't understand." would've been better than nothing. Even if his motivation is faith, faith needs reasons, faith is grounded in moral beliefs. What are his beliefs?

But I only used Nergal as a way to state my point, regardless of how well written or not he is. You already stated before and multiple times that Nergal is an ass villain, even in this thread. However his quality as a badguy is secondary in this case. Also sorry I am annoyed, I personally felt you were annoyed at my post too, but that was not the case. I just want to point out that my point is not how well written a villain should be, but that they need motivations and charisma to work and entertain. The problem here is that we see too few of Grima's followers, he feels alone in what he does and he gets nothing in return for doing it, making his existance feel like he is there only to revive Grima for the plot. We have too few information on Grima's cult to make Validar feel more important and relevant. If the cult of Grima and Validar were better explored, then it would have worked and it would have been a good reference to the Lopt sect, but as it is, it just feels hollow and "lol I love Grima". Why does the Grimleal love Grima? Why do they want the world to end? Why is Validar Grima's number 1 fan? The Lopt sect should have been explored more too, but at least it was explored enough! We see they do child hunts in honor of their god, that children indoctrinated to it live for Loptyr, that Loptyr grants his followers power and fame, we see a lot of Loptyr followers as bosses, we se that their ideal world is one were only the strongest live. With Grima, we only see most of its followers are brainwashed, that they are rich, and that for some reason they want Grima to succeed.

And so? Having a reason as flimsy as dark magic is better than reviving Grima just because. The villains in the new FE games lack motivations, that's what I meant. I'd rather have a well detailed explanation on the corruption of something pitiful such as dark magic than "lol I love Grima" or the embarassment that is Garon. Heck, I'd rather have a Walhart with a longer arc. Nergal is probably among my least favorite villains but then he still worked better than having badguys who feel like they have no presence at all. Sometimes I even forget about Validar's existence cuz of Grima, and when I went against Garon in Birthright it felt like I battled something almost non-existant. With Nergal, at least it felt like I was battling a madman and his empire of weird empty beings. I never ever said FE has stellar writing or anything, just that once FOR ME it has always been good enough (FE7 has its moments even if it's shit), and now it's not anymore. Simply accept that Nergal for some people is a better villain than what new FE offered and move on. I'm not even biased or nostalgic, because, as I said, I think FE7 has a bad plot.

No, I agree, and I am a huge appreciator of Sephiran. But at least Nergal is not the only one corrupted by dark magic, so I think it gives better grounds as to why he is like this. Others corrupted by dark magic are Bramimond, who even loses his own self to master it, and Canas' brothers, who end up in a coma-like state. I think it's a cool idea... not very well executed but good enough, especially considering it's not there just to make Nergal go crazy, but to explain part of the magic system in Elibe. I see... I have never seen that. It's a bummer these bad guys get explored only in these conversations. Supports should have world building and such, but such important points shuld be detailed in the main story, IMO.

I want to understand why "Sothe" is "Soth" and not "So-thee". WHY?!?!?

I'm glad Finn placed so high. I wonder how much Fates will influece future polls... On the matter of Ike: being a commoner instead of a star-chosen, blue blooded lord, I think that is part of his appeal. When PoR came out, it was very refreshing for me to see a focus on a team of non-noble people.

I say this as somebody who thinks FE7's plot is ass for the most part: Nergal has a reason for being insane and devoted to darkness: dark magic in Elibe corrupts people in various way, and in his case it made him power-hungry. Why did he study dark magic? To get back with his lost/dead wife. What's the reason for Validar to be a crazy Grima worshipper? ... ... ... So? And that's the problem with all the new FE villains: no motivations. My favorite is Walhart because he had more plausible reasons. But the others? Gangrel's revenge is brought down by his pathethic bad cartoon villain attitude. Sad, because he has potential. Aversa and Validar love Grima because. Iago wants to be powerful or some reason like that. He seems to exist only to be an hindrance. Hans is the early game bandit boss, except now he is a major endgame boss. Garon is just a pawn slime monster who hates and wants to destroy everyone. Anankos is mad because people don't love him anymore... really? And not only they lack good motivations, but also good speeches, writing, et cetera. These games really need some entertaining villains! They all have the basis to be fun, but the execution is too poor. I really don't ask much (I enjoy a lot of things in old FE plots, my standards for this series are not high... but neither too low), only baddies that are fun to read, fun to get angry at (Sonia, Julius, Alvis), fun to sympathize with (Lyon, Zephiel, heck even Sephiran)... badguys that feel relevant, that feel important, and give weight to the plot.

On the top of my head: L'Arachel - Luruh-shell Deghinsea - Day-gheen-say-uh Navarre - Nuh-vuh-rray Tharja - Turr-Juh Rajaion - Ruh-juh-eon Ena - Ay-nuh Eirika - Ay-ree-kuh Pieri - Pee-ay-ree Lucina - Loo-tchee-nuh etc If there is a name whose pronunciation is unknown to me I will read it with the Italian alphabet. I guess this would change if I spoke in english about FE with someone. Anyway, when I heard the english dub in RD pronounce Deghinsea's name, my world fell apart.

I voted for Azama, Setsuna, Orochi, Saizo and Takumi. Takumi is there to not send you in total hell lol. Disappointed at the low votes on Azama... he is very fun and has the growths to pull his default promotion.

No dude I should've specified that I am not ok with children in this game either... just that my IRL friends like them and have said that they wouldn't have bought the game if there weren't kids. This I heard from other casuals (IRL) too, and even in this forum a lot of people wanted S supports and children back (they were quite about it). There is still a lot of people, casual, newcomer, veteran, pro, etc, who are not very happy with the inclusion of kids too. I wonder if it's a vocal minority though. A lot of kids scored low in the popularity polls, though (aside from the kids of the popular guys bar Kiragi). Let's hope it sends a message to IS, because to me making these units children was a waste of maps, gaiden chapters, and other fun things they could've brought back.

I too agree it should be more like SoulCalibur, but not the trashy SoulCalibur from 3 onwards pls.