Most wanted character from each game, 2023

[Fire Emblem Fan]

For the last couple of years, we've had a "20 Most wanted characters for X year." But, now that so many characters have been added to the game, that might be a little more difficult. So, instead, for 2023, what's the one character from each game you hope gets added to Heroes this upcoming year? For me:

• (New) Mystery of the Emblem: Castor
• Shadows of Valentia: Mycen
• Genealogy of the Holy War: Edain
• Thracia 776: Linoan
• Binding Blade: Elffin
• Blazing Blade: Isadora
• Sacred Stones: Dozla
• Path of Radiance: Brom, unless they use him in Radiant Dawn, in which case Zihark
• Radiant Dawn: Brom, unless they use him in Path of Radiance, in which case Skrimir
• Awakening: Noire
• Fates: Mozu
• Three Houses: Ashe

[Tybrosion]

Heroes: Fafnir [Regular or Fallen]
Shadow Dragon / (New) Mystery: Lorenz
Shadows of Valentia: Jesse
Genealogy of the Holy War: Patty
Thracia 776: Linoan
Binding Blade: Zeiss
Blazing Blade: Wallace
Sacred Stones: Syrene
Path of Radiance: Lucia
Radiant Dawn: Jarod
Awakening: Severa [preferably Base, but I won't say no to another Seasonal]
Fates: Mozu
Three Houses / Three Hopes: Alois
Engage: Chloe

[Morgan--Grandmaster]

• Shadow Dragon: Xane*
• Shadows of Valentia: Jesse
• (New) Mystery of the Emblem: Samuel
• Genealogy of the Holy War: Edain
• Thracia 776: Selphina
• Binding Blade: Elen
• Blazing Blade: Isadora
• Sacred Stones: Ismaire
• Path of Radiance: Janaff
• Radiant Dawn: Leonardo
• Awakening: Noire*
• Fates: Percy
• Three Houses: Ashe*
• Engage: Alcryst

Edited November 20, 2023 by Morgan--Grandmaster

[NyamuMujica]

Hmm...

Heroes: A normal version of Elm, probably. I adore his design and don't want him stuck in alt-only hell forever 😞
Shadow Dragon / (New) Mystery: Etzel
Shadows of Valentia: ....Jedah? My favorites from SoV are already in the game and I want more antagonists in FEH.
Genealogy of the Holy War: Ishtore, Blume, Ethnia, or Reptor. I want more Frieges.
Thracia 776: Uh..... Linoan or Raydrik.
Binding Blade: Old Eliwood. I remember like 4 characters from this game that aren't Roy or Zephiel and all of them are already in the game.
Blazing Blade: Elbert
Sacred Stones: Vigarde 
Path of Radiance: base Greil
Radiant Dawn: Any of the Dawn Brigade not in the game, really...
Awakening: Laurent. Or a base Noire.
Fates: Mitama
Three Houses / Three Hopes: base Rhea
Engage: Alcryst

[Othin]

• Mystery: Cecil
• Shadows of Valentia: Mycen
• Genealogy: Arion
• Thracia: Raydrik
• Binding Blade: Murdock
• Blazing Blade: Nergal
• Sacred Stones: Franz
• Path of Radiance: Kieran
• Radiant Dawn: Tormod
• Awakening: Vaike
• Fates: Sophie
• Three Houses: Leonie

[Humanoid]

I fully admit this is a little memey because I don't really know most of the remaining missing characters, and in such cases have little choice but to choose based on their name, portrait, or general meme status.

• Cord
• Massena
• Hannibal
• Fred
• Murdock
• Fargus
• Moulder
• Leonardo
• Excellus
• Candace
• Hanneman
• Barry

[Mercakete]

On 12/31/2022 at 6:52 PM, Fire Emblem Fan said:

For the last couple of years, we've had a "20 Most wanted characters for X year." But, now that so many characters have been added to the game, that might be a little more difficult.

Not at all, for me, anyway. I still have well over 20, I'm sure. XD; Oh well. I enjoyed that thread theme while it lasted.

This one might be difficult... Hmm... From each game, huh... Hrmm... That's kind of difficult, yeah. Maybe I'll edit this with a list, but right now, all the different worlds and games (like how FE1, 3, 11, and 12 are all in the same world but have somewhat different casts) are being a bit dizzying right now and I'm not sure how I should organize it...

Edit:

Okay, I'll just go off of memory here and go more by world than by game, like several others seem to be doing.

FEH: They're really good about making everyone at least somewhat available, so the only ones I can think of who isn't available at all are the ones from the newest book. So, it's pretty much pointless for me to list anyone here just yet. Snake lady is cool, but not enough has been revealed enough yet for me to make my decision here. Okay, so I'm going to go with Njordr. I have a feeling that he's going to be a sea serpent (also, at the time of this writing, I have a theory that he's secretly Book 7's actual big bad) and I really like his humanoid design. Very dignified.

FE1/3/11/12 (Archanea): Etzel. He has a cool design and I'd like to learn more about him, and FEH is good about that. Specifically, he's from FE11.

Also, any Jake, whether from one of these games or some other one. Though, honestly, a FEH Jake for FEH Anna would be awesome.

FE2/15 (Valentia): Just about everyone from this game is in Heroes. Uhhh hmmm... I guess Jesse isn't in yet? He seems like he'd get along well with people here.

FE4 (Grandvale, I think?) (Gen 1): Dew

FE4 (See above) (Gen 2): Corpul, I suppose. Sweet guy. Balances his sister and mom out okay.

FE5 (See above): Is Travant's son in this one? It would be cool to see him talk with his adopted sister in this world where her actual parents and brother exist, as well as her adopted dad. Maybe they can all find a way to get along? He's in!

FE6 (Elibe 1): I don't know enough about this one to actually say anything.

FE7 (Elibe 2): Ephidel. Vaida, Uther, Elbert, Eleanora, and Fargus would also be neat, and Nergal feels rather overdue. (Fargus is in now!)

FE8 (Magvel): Franz, but Forde and Kyle are in this boat, too.

FE9 (Tellius 1): Elena. I guess that's obvious, though. XD There are several others, too. Kieran, Rajaion, Nasir, Tormod...

FE10 (Tellius 2): I generally prefer the FE9 version of characters found in both FE9 and 10, so let's see about FE10 exclusive characters... Almedha, for sure!

FE13 (Awakening) (Gen 1): Validar has been missing from his family for too long, especially with all the focus on Plegia's dark magic. Vaike and Kellam are runner-ups. (Halloween Kellam exists somewhere among the pumpkins.) (He's finally in!)

FE13 (Awakening) (Gen 2): Laurent, I guess? (He got in at the same time as Validar!)

FE14 (Fates) (Gen 1): Shura, but Anakos, Yukimura, and Izana are runner-ups. (Anakos got in at least!)

FE14 (Fates) (Gen 2): Percy, but I would also like to see Mitama.

FE16 (3 Houses): Alois would be fun, but I can't really decide between him and Hanneman. I have to pick just one, though, so... Oh, and the big turtle is also a runner-up!

FE17 (Engage): (Not counting anyone already added to Heroes. Writing this after the Brodian banner was released.) Hmm there are a lot I like here, even though not a lot of them are very deep characters. Clanne, perhaps. What a responsible, sweet little guy. Honorable mentions to Jade, Mauvier, Jean, and Griss. Eclectic bunch, sure, but I like them all for different reasons. (Griss in particular just has such an offbeat mindset that I find it fascinating to try to wrap my brain around. Also, his voice actor did such a great job portraying him. I mean, a LOT of the voicing was really good, but it takes some abandon to accurately portray someone like Griss, so huge kudos, you know?)

#FE: Haven't played it.

FE Warriors: Rowan. I feel like he'd get along really well with Ephraim (and I feel like his sister has a lot in common with Eirika, too.) It would be interesting to see what the Askrans have to say about heroes appearing in other worlds like that, too.

3 Hopes: Haven't played it yet.

 

All this is just for characters without any representation in FEH at all, and not wishing for specific forms. I do have others that I'd like to see specific forms of (such as child Freyr and Freyja, or Fallen Miklan as a beast unit) but that doesn't quite feel on topic, so I just left those alone. I'll come back and fill things in as I become more familiar with them, but here's the list for now!

Edit: Added an Engage unit since I'm familiar enough with the base game to do this now.

Edited December 5, 2023 by Mercakete

[Othin]

I still have more than 20 characters I'd like, as well. That in mind, adding runner-ups for each game and making some revisions:

• Mystery: Wendell
  • Gotoh, Cecil
• Shadows of Valentia: Mycen
  • Rudolf, Jedah
• Genealogy: Brigid
  • Chulainn, Lombard
• Thracia: Raydrik
  • Safy, Linoan
• Binding Blade: Murdock
  • Dorothy, Elffin
• Blazing Blade: Nergal
  • Wil, Athos
• Sacred Stones: Franz
  • Vanessa, Glen
• Path of Radiance: Kieran
  • Tormod, Lucia
• Radiant Dawn: Volug
  • Edward, Skrimir
• Awakening: Vaike
  • Kellam, Validar
• Fates: Scarlet
  • Reina, Sophie
• Three Houses: Leonie
  • Dorothea, Cyril

[Yexin]

Shadow Dragon: Xane
Shadows of Valentia: Mycen
Genealogy of the Holy War: Forseti, Edain or Febail
Thracia 776: Linoan
Binding Blade: Zeiss
Blazing Blade: Wil
Sacred Stones: Syrene
Path of Radiance: The Makalov
Radiant Dawn: The Older Makalov
Awakening: Vaike
Three Houses / Three Hopes: Rhea
Engage: Chloe (for her looks) or Framme (for her monk class)

[Ghostface233]

New Mystery: Midia
Shadows of Valentia: Nuibaba
Genealogy of the Holy War:  Edain and/or Dew
Thracia 776: Deen
Binding Blade: Murdock
Blazing Blade: Vadia
Sacred Stones: Morva
Path of Radiance: Tauroneo
Radiant Dawn:  Renning
Awakening: Vaike
Three Houses: Judith
Engage: Citrinne

Edited January 1, 2023 by Ghostface233

[Sunwoo]

Shadow Dragon / (New) Mystery: Ellerean
Shadows of Valentia: regular Deen
Genealogy of the Holy War: Claud
Thracia 776: Amalda
Binding Blade: Dayan
Blazing Blade: Wil
Sacred Stones: regular Saleh
Path of Radiance: Tormod
Radiant Dawn: Tormod (base Muarim if I have to pick someone else)
Awakening: Laurent
Fates: Scarlet
Three Houses / Three Hopes: regular Ignatz

[Baron the Shining Blade]

Shadow Dragon / (New) Mystery: no preference
Shadows of Valentia: Emma (we need the Cipher OC's)
Genealogy of the Holy War: no preference
Thracia 776: no preference
Binding Blade: Jahn (or Yahn or whatever he's called now)
Blazing Blade: Nergal (seriously, HOW is he not in the game yet!?)
Sacred Stones: no preference, but if I had to go with one......I'd say good ol' Moulder the Boulder
Path of Radiance: base Sephiran
Radiant Dawn: putting aside a certain...ahem... "interesting maneuver" they could pull, Edward and Levail (also Meg just to see who voices her)
Awakening: no preference
Fates: Mozu
Three Houses / Three Hopes: no preference
Engage: Diamant

[Ashunera]

Here are my thoughts!
Heroes: Freyr (base form, to complete the goats)
Shadow Dragon / (New) Mystery: Gotoh OR a duo Jake/Anna unit would be fun
Shadows of Valentia: Jesse
Genealogy of the Holy War: I have no opinion 
Thracia 776: I have no opinion
Binding Blade: Elffin, Old Eliwood, Old Hector (a base version)
Blazing Blade: Dart, Lowen, or Nergal
Sacred Stones: Artur, Garcia, or Franz
Path of Radiance: Kieran, Boyd, Geoffrey, Largo, or Nasir (I love this cast, so all of them really)
Radiant Dawn: Skrimir, Volug, Dawn Brigade, Ashunera
Awakening: Vaike, base Sevara, base Inigo
Fates: Scarlet, Mitama, Ignatius
Three Houses / Three Hopes: as a whole, I want Sylvain base form. BUT in a perfect world, I would get all the post time-skip characters because I like most of those designs better. Or really just them NOT in their monastery uniform. 
Tokyo Mirage Sessions: Touma and Yashiro (they could put in a Tiki, Ayaha or Maiko to make it a banner, with Yatsufusa as a GHB)
Engage: I'm gonna wait to play through it before figuring out who I like. 

ALSO I would LOVE summer Ike (but specifically radiant dawn ike)

[Medeus]

• Heroes: Fafnir (regular or dragon), Elm (regular)
• Shadow Dragon/(New) Mystery of the Emblem: Gotoh
• Shadows of Valentia: Jesse
• Genealogy of the Holy War: Arion
• Thracia 776: Deen
• Binding Blade: Murdock
• Blazing Blade: Nergal
• Sacred Stones: Formortiis, Glen
• Path of Radiance: Dheginsea (regular), Nasir
• Radiant Dawn: Skrimir, Volug
• Awakening: Laurent
• Fates: Scarlet
• Three Houses: Dorothea (regular), Cyril
• Engage: Anyone who brings Wolf Knight

Edited January 2, 2023 by Medeus

[Jave]

Shadow Dragon: Midia
Shadows of Valentia: Mycen
Mystery: Ellerean
Genealogy of the Holy War: Edain
Thracia 776: Linoan
Binding Blade: Dorothy
Blazing Blade: Marcus
Sacred Stones: Syrene
Path of Radiance: Lucia
Radiant Dawn: Geoffrey
Awakening: Kellam (Just add him to the game with no fanfare. One day the game resets and he's there)
Fates: Reina
Three Houses / Three Hopes: Hanneman
Engage: Will wait until I play it.

Edited January 2, 2023 by Jave

[GrandeRampel]

Archanea: Yuliya

Valentia: Nuibaba

Genealogy (gen 1): Pamela

Genealogy (gen 2): Jeanne

Thracia: Tina

Binding Blade: Dorothy

Blazing Blade: Ephidel

Sacred Stones: Gilliam

Path of Radiance: Giffca

Radiant Dawn: Fiona

Awakening: Kellam

Fates: Mozu

Three Houses/Hopes: Ladislava

TMS: Ayaha

Heroes: Gullveig?

Engage: Rosado

But as always what would make me happier than any of them (except Dorothy and Jeanne) is a character from Cipher, Warriors or Hasha no Tsurugi.

[Sayyyaka]

Archanea: Arran

Valentia: Mycen

Genealogy Gen 1: Chulainn

Genealogy Gen 2: Muirne (special mention to Iuchar)

Thracia: Hicks

Binding Blade: Dayan

Blazing Blade: Athos

Sacred Stones: Franz

Path of Radiance: Kieran

Three Houses: Miklan

[Safy]

Archanea: Yuliya

Valentia: Rinea

Genealogy: Jeanne

Thracia: Safy

Binding Blade: Elen

Blazing Blade: Renault

Sacred Stones: Moulder

Path of Radiance: Tauroneo

Radiant Dawn: Geoffrey

Three Houses: Rhea

[Troykv]

Shadow Dragon: Uhh... It used to be Elice for years, so I guess is now Midia?... Yeah, Midia.
Shadows of Valentia: Nuibaba?
Mystery: It's Yuliya
Genealogy of the Holy War: Patty
Thracia 776: Linoan
Binding Blade: Dorothy
Blazing Blade: Isadora
Sacred Stones: Syrene (not a lot to choice from, but she looks pretty)
Path of Radiance: Lucia, I guess is Lucia, I don't know else xD
Radiant Dawn: Heather
Awakening: Severa base (otherwise... Ummm... Pheros?)
Fates: Mitama
Three Houses / Three Hopes: Dorothea base (otherwise... Hanneman, I'm curious how he could be introduced).
Engage: Ivy

Edited January 11, 2023 by Troykv

[Magenta Fantasies]

I have more than 20 as well. I’ll list some in the runners-up.

I also posted a whole list in bingo card form to Tumblr.

 

Shadow Dragon: Rickard

—Runners Up: Castor, Etzel

Shadows of Valentia: Mycen

 

Path of Radiance: Kieran (we’ve had Oscar for years, but no Kieran ☹️)

—Runners Up: Nasir, Calill, Zihark, Brom, Kurthnaga

Radiant Dawn: Lyre

—Runners Up: Meg, Vika, Heather

Awakening: Kellam (I like Jave’s idea. This would be especially funny on April Fool’s Day.)

—Runners Up: Vaike, Inigo, Laurent, Validar (I’m mostly indifferent to him, but he’s one of the main Awakening villains and overdue)

Fates: Shura

—Runners up: Izana, Scarlet, Percy, Reina, Sophie, Hayato, Yukimura, Mozu, Kotaro, Candace (I love the Fates cast)

Three Houses: Dorothea

—Runners up: Ashe, Felix, Cyril

[WaterKirby1964]

• (New) Mystery of the Emblem: Dolph
• Shadows of Valentia: Lawson
• Genealogy of the Holy War: Tristan
• Thracia 776: Raydrik
• Binding Blade: Wade
• Blazing Blade: Oswin
• Sacred Stones: Kyle
• Path of Radiance: Stefan
• Radiant Dawn: Dheginsea
• Awakening: Kellam
• Fates: Shura
• Three Houses: Sylvain
• Engage: Ivy

[Fire Emblem Fan]

Everyone who had Gotoh as their most-wanted or as an honorable mention, congrats! If I'd put any honorable mentions, he and Lorenz would have been my two for (New) Mystery of the Emblem. Maybe I should go back and add some honorable mentions, huh.

[Tempest Trials]

I've got some pretty odd choices now that I look at the full list, lmao.

• (New) Mystery of the Emblem: Darros
• Shadows of Valentia: Already have Kamui and Python, so I'm happy
• Genealogy of the Holy War:  Never played, so idk
• Thracia 776: Never played, so idk
• Binding Blade: Duo Bearded Hector and Old Eliwood
• Blazing Blade: Uther, for Bector 2.0, or Adult Mark
• Sacred Stones:  Got Fomortiis and Myrrh already, so I'm happy
• Path of Radiance: Greil
• Radiant Dawn: Lyre and Lethe Duo
• Awakening: Inigo, Laurent, Severa, and Noire, WHY DON'T THEY HAVE NON-ALT FORMS ALREADY!?
• Fates: Shura, Mozu, ASUGI, Mitama
• Three Houses:  Caspar, Raph, Abysskeeper, Macuil, Indech
• Engage: Griss, Pandreo, Nil, Gregory
• Heroes: Bruno
• Tokyo Mirage: Duo Riku and Chikaomi (+ Abel and Cain), or Yashiro and Navarre

Edited April 25, 2023 by Akira Akitoya VA

[genesis]

• New Mystery of the Emblem: Marisha, Yuliya and Jake
• Shadows of Valentia: Emma or Randal. Ascended Mathilda
• Genealogy of the Holy War:  Daisy. Patty. Laylea. Edain. Hannibal (for another armor). 
• Thracia 776: Robert. Ilios. Selfina. Xavier (armor again)
• Binding Blade: Bors or Elffin. Ascended Sue
• Blazing Blade: Isadora. Natalie. 
• Sacred Stones:  Moulder.                        Normal Saleh and Dozla
• Path of Radiance: Aimee. Brom. 
• Radiant Dawn: Meg. Fiona. 
• Awakening: Normal Noire. Validar. 
• Fates: Mozu                                          Ascended Felicia (general)
• Three Houses:  Normal Manuela. 
• Engage: Timerra. Ivy. Diamond. 
• Heroes: Normal Elm and Freyr (impossible now I guess) 

[Fire Emblem Fan]

Almost everyone who listed an Engage character has gotten exactly who they wanted.