Fire Emblem Warriors devs on hardcore mode, permadeath, choosing characters, more
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Kotaku caught up with Intelligent Systems’ Masahiro Higuchi and Koei Tecmo’s Yosuke Hayashi for a chat about Fire Emblem Warriors at E3. The developers spoke about the hardcore mode, permadeath, how they went about choosing characters, and more. Higuchi also showed some interest in wanting to remake Famicom Wars.
Head past the break for notable comments from Higuchi and Hayashi. The full interview is on Kotaku here.
Fire Emblem Warriors early technical analysis
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Yesterday, Digital Foundry offered an early technical analysis for Super Mario Odyssey based on the game’s E3 appearance. They’ve now done the same for Fire Emblem Warriors.
Comparing things to Hyrule Warriors, Fire Emblem Warriors sees an increase in resolution. The Wii U game ran at 720p while the new Switch title runs between 900p and 1080p. Digital Foundry adds that Fire Emblem Warriors features more detailed character models and more enemies on screen at once.
Fire Emblem Warriors, round 2 – Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3 2017
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Fire Emblem Warriors producer – characters, permadeath teased, New 3DS version
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This information comes from Fire Emblem Warriosr producer Yosuke Hayashi…
– Game will have more than the typical eight to fourteen playable characters that are usually in Warriors games
– Chose characters that there would be a good representation of different weapon types
On permadeath…
“There’s definitely that element included in a way that makes sense for a Warriors game.”
– Content on Switch and New 3DS will be the same
“Of course, we’re talking about two different hardware, so how the game is rendered on the two different kinds of hardware – the specs might be different. In terms of the graphics, for example, the number of enemies of enemies that can appear on the screen [varies], but the gameplay is definitely the same.”
Fire Emblem Warriors – Treasure Box and Premium Box coming to Japan
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Two special versions of Fire Emblem Warriors have been announced for Japan. Like Hyrule Warriors and some other Koei Tecmo releases, the game will be receiving a Treasure Box and Premium Box.
Both versions copy with a copy of the game, 80-page art book, 3-disc soundtrack, and character postcards. The Treasure Box also features a Dragon Stone Crystal clock with voice included.
On Switch, the Premium Box is 10,800 yen and 9,800 yen on New 3DS. The Treasure Box is 15,800 yen and 14,800 yen respectively.
Fire Emblem Warriors out this fall, E3 2017 trailer
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Fire Emblem Warriors is on track to launch this fall. We also have a new trailer for the game, posted below.
More Fire Emblem Warriors news coming this week
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With E3 2017 taking place this week, many are counting on more Fire Emblem Warriors news to be unveiled within the next few days. The game’s Japanese Twitter account confirms as much.
A brief message posted today notes that there’s more to share on Fire Emblem Warriors this week. That includes new information about the included heroes.
Fire Emblem Warriors should be appearing in the Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017 video presentation. Famitsu may have early coverage as well.
Fire Emblem Warriors devs on how the game came to be, appearing characters, more
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After several months of silence, Fire Emblem Warriors resurfaced this week. The news cycle started out with Famitsu with plenty of new details and an interview with the developers.
That interview has now been translated. It featured producer Yosuke Hayashi from Koei Tecmo, Nintendo’s Genki Yokota (Fire Emblem director since Awakening), and Masahiro Higuchi from Intelligent Systems. We’re now able to see their direct comments on the game’s origins, talk about the appearing characters, and more.
Read on below for some excerpts from the interview. Read up on the full discussion here.
Fire Emblem Warriors: official website and Twitter account launched
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Nintendo and developer Koei Tecmo have started releasing new information on Fire Emblem Warriors this week, and it doesn’t look like they will be stopping anytime soon. They launched an official website for the game here and have started up a dedicated Twitter account for the game here.
Neither of them contain any new info or screenshots at the moment; it’s mostly a recap of the Famitsu article we covered here. You can listen to some voice clips of the characters on the website though – the main characters, brother and sister Shion and Lian, are actually voiced by real life-siblings as well, Yuma and Maya Uchida.
Both the website and the Twitter account are in Japanese, but we will of course provide you with all the latest info from them in English.
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New round of Fire Emblem Warriors details
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More Fire Emblem Warriors details are in from the latest issue of Famitsu. Serenes Forest went to the trouble of translating the extra information, which primarily covers the new characters and story plus some additional tidbits.
Here’s a summary:
