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Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have detailed an upcoming 4.8.0 update for Fire Emblem Heroes. The mobile game is introducing new weapon skills and weapons to refine, modifications to Aether Raids and Aether Resort, and more.

Here’s the full rundown:

The voting gauntlet Swimsuit Dispute is live in Fire Emblem Heroes, pitting the different swimsuit heroes against each other. Win battles to earn points for your side and collect rewards.

Also a content refresh is coming to the Aether Resort  and Aether Raids. New items will be available from the field and players will be able to grow tomatoes and collect spices as provisions.

Finally, more weapons are being added to the Weapon Refinery. These additions included: Sneering Axe (Legion: Masked Maniac), Tome of Order (Cecilia: Etrurian General), Setsuna’s Yumi (Setsuna: Absent Archer), and Bright Naginata (Shiro: Raw Talent). 

Fire Emblem Heroes is currently hosting a new Mythical Hero Summoning Event celebrating the release of Hel: Death Sovereign. This event features the Mythic Heroes Hel: Death Sovereign, Ike: Vanguard Legend, Roy: Blazing Lion, Altina: Dawn’s Trueblade, Fjorm: Princess of Ice, Tiki: Legenday Dragon,  Edelgard: Flame Emperor, Thrasir: Omnicidal Witch, Eir: Merciful Death, Fiora: Airborne Warrior, Corrin: Wailing Soul, and Leila: Rose amid Fangs. As part of this event, 5-star focus Heroes will have an initial appearance rate of 8%, and appearance rates for regular 5-star Heroes will be 0%.

Additionally, two Special Maps will be available until August 6. First, the Legendary/Mythic Hero Battles feat. Edelgard: Flame Emperor, Altina: Dawn’s Trueblade, Thrasir: Omnicidal Witch, Roy: Blazing Lion, and Tiki: Legendary Dragon. Second, the Mythic Hero Battle feat. Hel: Death Sovereign.

Lastly, a new Tactics Drills map, Death Is Absolute (Skill Studies, Hard), is now available.

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Paper Mario: The Origami King players recently reported a game-breaking glitch. After entering a certain area, a quick series of steps can essentially halt any progress completely. If you come across the situation, you can’t do much other than start up a new save file.

Thankfully, Nintendo is aware of the glitch, and says it will be addressed. A future update is expected to correct the issue.

Nintendo’s statement reads:

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Around the release of Paper Mario: The Origami King, we heard from producer Kensuke Tanabe that the team is no longer able to modify Mario characters or make original characters that extend to the Mario universe. Tanabe has now commented on the situation further as part of an interview with GamesRadar.

Tanabe mentioned that the developers can’t “graphically represent individual characteristics” like age and gender when it comes to the Toad NPCs. He added that writer Taro Kudo “has been grappling with this difficult challenge since Paper Mario: Sticker Star”.

Tanabe’s full words:

Summoning Focus: Nohrian Summer has returned to Fire Emblem Heroes. With it, some Special Heroes also return, those being Leo: Seashore’s Prince, Corrin: Novice Vacationer, Xander: Student Swimmer, and Elise: Tropical Flower. The first summon in this event will cost no orbs.

This summoning event will be available until August 12.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Hel: Death Sovereign has been announced as the latest Mythic Hero in Fire Emblem Heroes. Other characters will also be appearing during this event.

Players can get their hands on Hel: Death Sovereign starting July 30. View a trailer for the event below.

Intelligent Systems has revealed that the next Voting Gauntlet for Fire Emblem Heroes will be Voting Gauntlet: Swimsuit Dispute, starting on July 31. This voting gauntlet pits Fire Emblem characters each with their own idea of superior swimwear against each other. Ahead of this Voting Gauntlet, Fire Emblem Heroes will be hosting a log-in bonus from today to August 9 rewarding orbs.

Two Summoning Focus events are also being hosted right now. Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 20 is once again available until August 2. This event features Leo: Sorcerous Prince, Azura: Lady of the Lake, and Elise: Budding Flower.

Summoning Focus: Heroes with Rouse Skills is live until August 10. This 5-star summoning event features three Heroes with the Rouse skill: Perceval: Knightly Ideal, Corrin: Bloodbound Beast, and Lyon: Demon King. In addition, Heroes with a Rouse skill are granted up to +6 to certain stats for 1 turn if they are not adjacent to an ally.

Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have announced that Fire Emblem Heroes will be hosting Hall of Forms on July 28. Players will be tasked with devising a strategy to guide special units made in the image of Heroes called Forma through Hall of Forms.

The event features the following Forma:

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Paper Mario: The Origami King released in Japan last week, and Famitsu reported that the game sold 109,000 copies in its first few days. We now have a chart comparing the debut for every Paper Mario game in Japan (including Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam since it features that character).

Here’s the full chart ranked by first week sales:


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