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Actually fighting from horseback was a clumsy and inefficient way to do things. Usually with Warriors games I’ll use my horses or mounts to get across the battlefield quickly, only to dismount the moment I needed to fight something. I suspect if I was to go back to the actual Fire Emblem games now I’ll find myself more partial to a number of the characters this time around because of the positive associations that this game has given them to me.Īmazingly enough Koei’s also managed to make mounted combat actually work in a Warriors game, which is a first, and this further enhances the combat styles I refer to above. Each character has their own distinct fighting style, and I quickly found myself enjoying a lot of these heroes for their dynamic fighting styles in a way that I never connected to them in their original games. More on that in a moment, but it’s important to recognise that the roster of characters does do right by the gameplay itself.Īnd so, satisfied that at least my favourite character was in the game, I started playing Fire Emblem Warriors… and quickly came to realise that I’m enjoying many of the characters a lot more here than I did in their original games. Irrespective of what happens with DLC, though, what Koei has done well with the roster is pick a range of characters that reflect a good variety in combat styles. It’s quite obvious that she’s only in the game because she is so ridiculously popular, and that gives me hope that Koei will indeed be using the DLC to throw in a broader range of fan favourites, as further fanservice for the Fire Emblem veterans. So, while there’s the potential that DLC might balance these things out a little, nonetheless I understand where people’s initial disappointment might stem from.īut the game does have Lyn, so, let’s face it, at least Koei Tecmo recognised that they couldn’t leave the most popular Fire Emblem character of all out. Meanwhile, even looking at the three 3DS games that Koei Tecmo did focus on, the developers basically ignored Echoes, and Echoes has a great roster. I’m disappointed that there the largest ‘block’ of character are ten characters from Fire Emblem Fates, when of the entire series, that is the one I would have identified as the weakest cast (and they didn’t even pick my favourites from that roster). So on the one hand I am disappointed that we haven’t got characters like Eirika from Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones, or Nephanee from Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn. It’s almost like Nintendo and Koei are telling us “hey these characters were good enough to be in a spinoff game, so they must be good characters!” Don’t get me wrong, those 3DS Fire Emblems are solid five-star games, one and all, but they’re not quite the same as the two GBA titles, and Gamecube Fire Emblem, which are genuine classics that will live on forever. On the one hand it is disappointing that this game isn’t a greater celebration of Fire Emblem, the franchise, and seems to be more geared towards establishing a legacy for the 3DS titles and characters that they don’t necessarily deserve. We who have played Fire Emblem far too much for far too long all know are the better games in the overall franchise. As such, it won’t resonate to anyone beyond the Fire Emblem faithful, but it is the best licensed Warriors game of all, and it does easily eclipse Koei’s last Warriors collaboration with Nintendo – the also excellent Hyrule Warriors.īut first, let’s talk about the character roster, because in the lead-up to the game’s release, Fire Emblem diehards were more than a little miffed that the game focuses on the more recent 3DS Fire Emblem titles, rather than the earlier Game Boy Advance and Gamecube titles.
Fire emblem warriors switch eshop series#
Not in the “bikini and boobs” sense of the word, but the literal meaning – as a service to series and genre fans.
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It is so razor-focused on giving players the ability to take control of some of their favourite heroes from the Fire Emblem universe that it’s almost pure fanservice.
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Review: Brad reviews the previous Nintendo + Warriors collaboration: Hyrule Warriors, on the Nintendo Wii U.Īnd so Fire Emblem Warriors, as a game that’s all about the characters, is a near on perfect realisation of both franchises. I’m sure some might find the mix odd after all, the Fire Emblem games are careful tactics titles while the Warriors games are pure action, but what both franchises have always been about, underneath their mechanics, has been the characters. It’s just taken too long for the marriage to actually be consummated. Fire Emblem and Koei Tecmo’s Musou (Warriors) franchise have always been a perfect marriage.