What crazy Fire Emblem spin offs would you like to see?

[Jotari]

What crazy ideas do you have for spin offs using the Fire Emblem ip that won't happen but could actually be awesome. We're talking you Fire Emblem Karts or Fire Emblem Sports or Fire Emblem dating sim etc. Personally I'd be pretty partial to a Zelda style action adventure focusing on Anri or Crusader Kings style game set in Jugdral.

[Acacia Sgt]

Beyond my obligatory "FE but with mechas ala SRW" mention...

The Pokémon crossover we could've gotten. Why have they not thought on revisiting the idea again...?

[Jotari]

53 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

Beyond my obligatory "FE but with mechas ala SRW" mention...

The Pokémon crossover we could've gotten. Why have they not thought on revisiting the idea again...?

Well since you've mentioned that I guess the obligatory Actual Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem has to be mentioned.

[Etrurian emperor]

Fire Emblem kart with ponies and wagons. 

[lenticular]

Most of the spin-offs that I'd actually want to see are super basic. "Fire Emblem but it's a strategy game", "Fire Emblem but it's a roguelike". That sort of thing. But we're in a fandom where the bar for crazy spinoff ideas is set really high, given that "the hologram-ghosts of Fire Emblem characters come to modern-day Tokyo and help a bunch of teen idols save the world through the power of song" is an actual thing that exists, somehow. So let's see how deranged we can actually get.

1. Lego Fire Emblem. Just Lego Fire Emblem.
2. Fire Emblem x XCOM. Just have an alien invasion of Archanea or Fódlan or something, and the Fire Emblem characters have to fight off sectoids and mutons just using bows and magic.
3. A farming sim in the style of Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley, starring Brom and Meg.
4. Fire Emblem Katamari. You are a sleeping dragon in the middle of dragon degeneracy, and in your dreams, you have to roll up the world.
5. An actual literal Fire Emblem dating sim. People joke about this, so let's have a game that just completely removes all the TRPG elements and is 100% dating simulator. For bonus points, advertise it as a Fire Emblem/Legend of Zelda crossover, but it turns out that just means that you can have Dorothea kiss Link. Sometimes, I just want to watch the world burn.
6. A Fire Emblem reality TV show. Get a bunch of ren-faire/HEMA/historical reenactment people, have them do reenactments of Fire Emblem maps, but every week the public votes which character gets permadead that week.

[Jotari]

3 hours ago, Etrurian emperor said:

Fire Emblem kart with ponies and wagons. 

Only if the playable cast is limited to actual mounted units from the series (I want Sigurd to get his due).

4 minutes ago, lenticular said:

 

1. A farming sim in the style of Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley, starring Brom and Meg.

Need to fullfill the destined Meg Zihark marriage  (Harvest Moon games have a plot, right?). Coming to think of it Brom has a whole load of other children we'd get to see, and probably a wife too.

4 minutes ago, lenticular said:

1. An actual literal Fire Emblem dating sim. People joke about this, so let's have a game that just completely removes all the TRPG elements and is 100% dating simulator. For bonus points, advertise it as a Fire Emblem/Legend of Zelda crossover, but it turns out that just means that you can have Dorothea kiss Link. Sometimes, I just want to watch the world burn.

We coordinate that part of the fandom into their own series and then eliminate supports and all shipping from the main series.

4 minutes ago, lenticular said:

1. A Fire Emblem reality TV show. Get a bunch of ren-faire/HEMA/historical reenactment people, have them do reenactments of Fire Emblem maps, but every week the public votes which character gets permadead that week.

I can't decide wether this would be better with Fire Emblem fans getting into hot take arguments about the franchise or complete randomers who just want to win money and have no idea what a Fire Emblem is and are so confused as to why they're wearing a blue wig.

[ciphertul]

It’s not crazy but a Warriors Empire game. Build sorta like DW8E, where you could be a ruler, officer or even a wanderer. It would be fun using say Elinicia to conquer Norh or unleashing Arvis on Valm.

[Shanty Pete's 1st Mate]

7 hours ago, Acacia Sgt said:

The Pokémon crossover we could've gotten. Why have they not thought on revisiting the idea again...?

Kid named Pokémon Conquest:

My joke answer is a "Fire Emblem cooking game", perhaps in the style of Cooking Mama or Overcooked. What goes into a Saghert and Cream? How will my recipe with Hoshidan Fish and Nohrian Cabbage be received? We've already gotten weapons like the "Ladle" and "Chopsticks", so those will be extra-useful here.

My real answer is "Paper Emblem", which would do a mix of FE's grid system and Paper Mario's action commands to deliver a totally new experience.

2 hours ago, lenticular said:

Just have an alien invasion of Archanea or Fódlan or something

Wait, isn't that just the backstory of Three Houses?

2 hours ago, Jotari said:

Need to fullfill the destined Meg Zihark marriage  (Harvest Moon games have a plot, right?). Coming to think of it Brom has a whole load of other children we'd get to see, and probably a wife too.

If I'm not mistaken, the player character can romance NPCs as well. In that case, obvious options would be Brom's children and Nephenee. Maybe throw Mordecai and Lethe in there as well. And I'm sure there'd be some OCs, too.

[Jotari]

10 minutes ago, Shanty Pete's 1st Mate said:

If I'm not mistaken, the player character can romance NPCs as well. In that case, obvious options would be Brom's children and Nephenee. Maybe throw Mordecai and Lethe in there as well. And I'm sure there'd be some OCs, too.

Fire Emblem fans like shipping? Well let's give them a whole game devoted spcifically to shipping everyone's fanfavourite character, Meg. Brom's married, Meg obviously have to be the protagonist.

[Acacia Sgt]

Farming sim idea does sound neat. HM/SoS's spin-off series, Rune Factory, would be a much better comparison to make, then. Since Rune Factory goes more full-fledged RPG than HM/SoS does. Just make the gameplay tactical/strategy based, and you'd be golden.

[Imuabicus der Fertige]

Fire Emblem but Doom... give Gordin the Double Barrel Bow (?) and Let Him Cook.

[Acacia Sgt]

Oh, can't believe I forgot:

Fire Emblem combined with Ace Combat.

Furballs of pegasi and wyverns and perhaps even actual dragons thrown in too. Javelins, tomahawks, arrows, and magic thrown like missiles. Ballista acting like AA batteries and SAM launchers.

Picture Grima like your typical airborne Ace Combat superweapon, such as the Arkbird, Aigaion, or Hraesvelgr. Instead of fighting on its back, it's instead squadrons of fliers from Ylisse, Ferox, and other allied nations swarming over it while the Grimleal send out their own fliers to intercept, and have ballista, siege tome sorcerers, and long-range staff sages stationed across Grima's back to try to repel the assault.

Or the assault on Shambala, where the launcher of the Javelins of Light is not unlike stationary superweapons like Stonehenge, Excalibur, or Avalon Dam. The clash of two armies on both ground and air, and you must weave through enemy attacks, defeat what you can, and must destroy the superweapon in however way it's protected and built.

Heck, Shambala can go full blown Ace Combat Zero. Assault happens, in his dying breath Thales manages to launch a single Javelin like the V2, then you end up in a one-on-one aerial duel against... uhh... maybe a Nemesis that is using a flying mount? And the mount is naturally a souped up beast making you feel you're fighting the Nosferatu, Morgan, or Night Raven. All this while Spanish guitar plays in the background.

... yeah, that would be so awesome...

[Hrothgar777]

A CGDCT anime where all the (male) final villains of Fire Emblem dress and act like middle school girls. Cue the usual tropes like the rooftop confession scene, the all-powerful student council, cultural festival, etc. Maybe have Garon do the Chika dance.

 

Seriously though, a Fire Emblem themed RPG maker with a simplified interface that'd let even a 6th grader design a 20 chapter long FE campaign with its own original story.

Edited September 8 by Hrothgar777

[Dayni]

FE with Sims gameplay sounds like something people would get well into.

So that if we want hell to break loose.

[Eltosian Kadath]

Time for another silly answer, lets get a Tell Tale style Fire Emblem Adventure Game.

"I put poison in his mutton" Dorcas will remember this...

[Shanty Pete's 1st Mate]

12 hours ago, Jotari said:

Fire Emblem fans like shipping? Well let's give them a whole game devoted spcifically to shipping everyone's fanfavourite character, Meg. Brom's married, Meg obviously have to be the protagonist.

I mean, I'm assuming that protagonist-kun is their own original character, who gets introduced to a cozy farming village and the colorful cast of characters who live there. Grow your own crops, score deals at the market, and bond over a cup of tea with your neighbors! Will you date Meg, the resourceful farmer's daughter? Nephenee, the spunky country bumpkin? Or Mordecai, the grizzled gentle giant? Welcome to Ohma: A Fire Emblem Story drops early 2025, only on Nintendo Switch!

(Sorry, I can't talk about a farming simulator without going full "Nintendo Direct" mode.)

[Jotari]

1 hour ago, Shanty Pete's 1st Mate said:

I mean, I'm assuming that protagonist-kun is their own original character, who gets introduced to a cozy farming village and the colorful cast of characters who live there. Grow your own crops, score deals at the market, and bond over a cup of tea with your neighbors! Will you date Meg, the resourceful farmer's daughter? Nephenee, the spunky country bumpkin? Or Mordecai, the grizzled gentle giant? Welcome to Ohma: A Fire Emblem Story drops early 2025, only on Nintendo Switch!

(Sorry, I can't talk about a farming simulator without going full "Nintendo Direct" mode.)

No. Protagonist Meg. Let her date Zihark, Nephenee and Mordecai. The liberals will love that. And the conservatives will love it for its good rural lifestyle. The game couldn't possibly fail*

 

(*It's very likely were this to exist nobody would, in fact, love it)

Edited September 9 by Jotari

[Zapp Branniglenn]

I want a Path of Radiance Prequel that follows the Greil Mercenaries. Seems like they average about half a dozen members outside of war time so a proper Fire Emblem game with this premise wouldn't have the roster size we'd grown accustomed too. And the ocean of new characters they'd have to introduce would get us asking "Where was THIS person in FE9/10? Yune didn't think THEY should be Chosen???"

I'm envisioning a modern hacking, slashing, dodge rolling, parrying action rpg where each character has their own moveset. Our cast is of course Greil, Volke, Crimean knight with something to prove Titania, some new Tiger Laguz we've never seen before that can sacrifice themselves in a climactic moment. And uh whoever makes sense to answer the question of where Boyd, Oscar, and Rolf came from in this weird surrogate family.

Greil is working hard to adapt his fighting style to the Axe - hence why he hasn't unlocked all these awesome battle skills yet and is Level 1. Occasional PTSD flashbacks show us the day he lost control and is forever doubtful that his battle prowess can actually make the world a better place. There can be a mission where Baby Ike gets kidnapped. There can be Zelgius rival stuff. And inbetween missions there's Mercenary Management mode where you select which mission to do next. Maybe even hire characters that are never playable but you assemble into teams to tackle passive missions offscreen or shore up the defenses of towns who need protecting. Divying up who does what so that you can clear several missions at a time, but also managing the risk against a Success Rate meter.

Edited September 9 by Zapp Branniglenn

[Yexin]

a couple of really basic ones:

first, a traditional turn-based jrpg with sidequests, dungeons etc. (maybe obtaining spells would work similarly to Final Fantasy VIII?);
second, a 2D fighting game (Street Fighter, Guilty Gear and the likes)

[Pengaius]

Just Dance: Fire Emblem. 

Not just because it'd be cool to have a bunch of the series' music remastered and preserved in one place but also I want to see Hierophant, Validar and a Risen Chief busting it down to Id Purpose.

[Shanty Pete's 1st Mate]

17 hours ago, Zapp Branniglenn said:

And uh whoever makes sense to answer the question of where Boyd, Oscar, and Rolf came from in this weird surrogate family.

Rolf shares a father with Oscar and Boyd, right? It's just the mother who's different? We meet Rolf's mom in III-2, at the cost of a Seraph Robe, and it's apparent she's not Boyd or Oscar's mother.

So, uh, maybe their shared, presumably green-haired father is playable? Possibly alongside his first wife? The sky's the limit.

18 hours ago, Jotari said:

No. Protagonist Meg. Let her date Zihark, Nephenee and Mordecai. The liberals will love that. And the conservatives will love it for its good rural lifestyle. The game couldn't possibly fail*

 

(*It's very likely were this to exist nobody would, in fact, love it)

I mean, I think Meg is peak in every way that's not gameplay. Which is why a game that doesn't permit my self-insert protagonist the chance to ask her out, would be a sorely-missed opportunity.

[Eltosian Kadath]

Time for Fire Emblem Q Persona, where they bait everyone into a there being a real Fire Emblem x Persona game, but like the Persona Qs the gameplay is all just Etrian Odyssey style first person dungeon crawl RPG.

[Florete]

The dungeon parts of Echoes, as the whole game.

[vanguard333]

A Fire Emblem spinoff that features a small party of characters, a fully explorable world, and uses the real-time/turn-based hybrid combat of the FF7R games. I think it would be the best way to make a Fire Emblem action RPG that still has a tactical "guide your units carefully" angle to it.

 

On 9/8/2024 at 1:54 AM, Jotari said:

Personally I'd be pretty partial to a Zelda style action adventure focusing on Anri

That would be interesting. I always figured that Anri should get a proper prequel game, since we know there were other important characters in the first war against Dohlr besides Anri, but I could see Anri getting a Zelda-like.

[Shanty Pete's 1st Mate]

12 hours ago, vanguard333 said:

That would be interesting. I always figured that Anri should get a proper prequel game, since we know there were other important characters in the first war against Dohlr besides Anri, but I could see Anri getting a Zelda-like.

My usual hesitance toward the "we need a game that follows the heroes of yore!" is... they can always go back further in yore. Like, suppose we get a game where we follow Anri going against Medeus. There's no way that IS isn't going to have him following in the footsteps of a previous hero. So after the game is finished, everyone's gonna be clamoring for a game set another hundred years earlier, where Shmanri fought and defeated Shmedeus.

...That said, if they're making such a game, I hope the "Cain & Abel" duo is named "Adam & Eve". Bring it back to the source.

12 hours ago, Florete said:

The dungeon parts of Echoes, as the whole game.

That would be really cool! We could get more styles of dungeon, too - an ice cavern, a moss-covered fort, maybe even some pyramidal ruins. Instead of a "war campaign", maybe the theme of the game will be "treasure hunting"? And in addition to Zombie Terrors, we could have to fight (and occasionally team up with) rival treasure-seekers.