VincentASM Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I may have worded it slightly wrong, I'll fix it later, but AFAIK it's unclear which future this is. They just call it "another future". It could be the future seen in the main story or a different altogether. I believe Mark's future is called another future as well, so it could even be that future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofchaos Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 (edited) Freaking timeline splits. I hate them so much. It just wrecks at your heart (at least mine) to think about the fact that you see the kids that had their parents ripped away from them while you have your own versions of those children in your team. Edited September 27, 2012 by shadowofchaos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammy white Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 so umm wheres selena ?? :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturnal YL Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 Another episode, I suppose. I get the feeling that you rescue 4 children in each episode... The movie and the episode desciption call the future another future where Naga failed to help them. The wording also differs a bit. The DLC video/description call it "zetsubo no mirai" (hopeless future), which is differently worded than the "horobi no mirai" (future of destruciton?) Lucina described in the end of Chapter 13. I take is that IS meant to make the DLCs feature the future the children are from, even though that would create even more questions. Some children don't even know about their parents, so going to rescue them would make the whole thing on not knowing their parents invalid. Avoiding the whole time travel thing makes writing the story a much easier task - something IS probably realised by now, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I get the feeling that you rescue 4 children in each episode... Yeah, it looks that way. Looks like we'll be rescuing Chambray and three other guys in FoD2, then Lucina and the three other remaining characters in FoD3. With this in mind, it seems like another 4-star map set like LvD, with the third map being 5-star, which is really odd at this point. I really hope there are more maps beyond these three, to have maps that put up more of a fight and involve doing more than just rescuing the kids. But I think that's a safe bet. After all, we're still waiting on two Resort maps, and that would leave only three maps to pair them with, two being series finales where they wouldn't likely show up. And if UT4 was the hardest DLC, they'd have to save it for last, which seems highly unlikely. So I don't think we have to worry about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah7071 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I think they announced FoD was 5 maps (but I'm too lazy to check the trailer to confirm). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I think they announced FoD was 5 maps (but I'm too lazy to check the trailer to confirm). Nope. They explicitly mention numbers for OWR and UT, but nothing for FoD. I was guessing 5 or 8 maps, and now I'm really leaning towards 8, or something close. I do still think FoD will have the one 6-star set concluding in the only 7-star map, but as they appear to be taking a diversion, that leaves that set for later. If they're going for exactly 8 to make the numbers even with Series 1, they could very well do it like UT and make a pair of four-map sets rather than the classic three-map sets. Of course, it might just be more staggered. The current trio could be all 4-star, two 4-star and one 5-star, or one 4-star, one 5-star, and one 6-star. Whatever turns out to be the case, I'm mainly curious about who or what we'll get as a reward for saving the NPC children in the current set. With it making such a big deal about rescuing them, we surely stand to gain something. What seems odd, though, is recalling this on the context of UT A. Rescue was blocked there even though it wouldn't help much with saving the NPCs, and it looks like it would do even more here. But things might also not be quite the same in the other maps. Looking at the trailer, it shows conversations with Cynthia and Wood. Cynthia's map definitely looks like this one, but Wood's is outdoors, making conditions likely different. Wood will probably show up in the second map in the series, along with Azure, as Lucina and Selena are being left for the third, and all four of them have similar fighting styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strunk Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I've been thinking about the future timeline, and the children characters, and a thought occurred to me. What if there are more children than just the ones that traveled back in time? For instance, what if, at least in the new future timeline, Sairi had a child, or Tiki? It's possible that we could end up running into new second generation characters, and maybe even recruit them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonZ Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Whatever turns out to be the case, I'm mainly curious about who or what we'll get as a reward for saving the NPC children in the current set. With it making such a big deal about rescuing them, we surely stand to gain something. What seems odd, though, is recalling this on the context of UT A. Rescue was blocked there even though it wouldn't help much with saving the NPCs, and it looks like it would do even more here. Maybe just more guest characters + something extra occasionally? The set up seems similar to Ultimate Training, and if they included guests there even though they don't participate in the story at all, it seems like they could easily include guests here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esaka Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 That does sound like fun. But can the FoD come in a pack? It seems like it'd be better as a coherent story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 No, Nintendo wants your money. Maybe if you're lucky, they'll do it for the English release. It would probably be more viable, since the content has already been made, instead of right now where IS is clearly making the DLC as they go along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Server is fixed and the DLC is out! Cynthia's face is on the map. Hopefully that doesn't preclude a reward character... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Well this is... weird. The map's boss appears to be male Mark - at least, if you have male MU. Not sure whether it'd be male or female Mark with female MU. He's a Sorcerer with Goetia and Counter, and has his own battle theme. He has no battle conversation with female Mark, unfortunately. No apparent reward for this, even when saving all four children. This is really odd... In any case, after saving them and routing the map, there was a series of conversations: the four girls, then Krom and Naga, then Lucina and Tiki. The last ends with Tiki being attacked by someone that looks like cloaked Gimle/MU. It looks like they're going for an overarching story here, so the numbers are to be like ST and require purchasing the previous maps first. This better mean they'll have rewards eventually... I didn't actually go for any of the parent conversations. There was some notification when beginning the map, sounding like it's trying to get you to do something for a character like the UT maps, but I can't tell what. Hmm... Also, no new SpotPass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Wasn't Paris supposed to be the last SpotPass character? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardin Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 He was, but they were still distributing weapons and spotpass teams after Paris became available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofchaos Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Wasn't Paris supposed to be the last SpotPass character? As in the previous Fire Emblem spotpass characters that have blue auras around them and CANNOT support. Not "actual FE13 characters that are unlocked via spotpass chapters". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Oh, I see. That makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remnant Sage Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) Have you by any chance noted the children's stats? Looks like the same rules of inheritance work here. The map's probably a lot easier if the children actually existed in that file (or at least their parents already determined). I haven't settled on Noire, Degel and Nn's parents yet, so their stats are extremely low, leading to them dying very early on (yay Turn 1 deaths). Haven't really paid too much attention, but the doors open on Turn 8. Reinforcements start on beginning of Turn 2, end on Turn 7. Everything starts moving on Turn 8's EP. Well, that's what I've observed so far... 2: 2 Sages 3: 4 Sages, Sorcerer, Trickster 4: 2 Sages 5: Sorcerer, Trickster 6: 2 Sages, Sorcerer, Trickster 7: 2 Warriors, Swordmaster, Trickster Boss looks like male Mark even with a female MU. Also can't tell what the notice was. Ever weirder, Mark seems to welcome his death... Edited October 4, 2012 by Remnant Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardin Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Well, the official site updated and it looks like there's no character after all. On the bright side, they did announce Future of Despair 2, which will be available next week for 250 yen. Also, I can't read Japanese, but it looks like there's a note on the top saying that to buy this episode, you also have to purchase episode 1. http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/afej/dlc/dlc_1011.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remnant Sage Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 It's definitely the same kind of note from the ST series. Next week, huh. Looking forward to it. I think I put down the wrong turn numbers... Edited previous post with, hopefully, the right ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) Have you by any chance noted the children's stats? Looks like the same rules of inheritance work here. The map's probably a lot easier if the children actually existed in that file (or at least their parents already determined). I haven't settled on Noire, Degel and Nn's parents yet, so their stats are extremely low, leading to them dying very early on (yay Turn 1 deaths). Haven't really paid too much attention, but the doors open on Turn 8. Reinforcements start on beginning of Turn 2, end on Turn 7. Everything starts moving on Turn 8's EP. Well, that's what I've observed so far... Yeah, I noticed the same thing. Although I only actually played my NM file where the children were all doing just fine; Degel in particular wasn't even damaged by the Mercenaries. And hmm, well, good to see they're not delaying longer than they need to. I'm surprised they still aren't giving us more OWR maps yet, though. Looks like we can assume they'll be paired with even later FoDs. Edited October 4, 2012 by Othin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturnal YL Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) The note at the game's page says the exact opposite thing. "Even if you didn't buy FoD1, you can make this purchase." Edited October 4, 2012 by nocturnal YL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remnant Sage Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 *looks at time of post* ... Maybe I shouldn't stay up that late. Cynthia didn't even use any of her Elixirs because of inheriting Renewal for the map. I thought it was a little odd that she started with 2 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Cool, nice to see another DLC announced within a week. It's kind of odd there's no reward apparently, but the story setup seems pretty interesting. Full description for anyone interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdok Dracul Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I suppose the story itself must count as the reward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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