Multiple Fire Emblem Warriors character reveals planned for TGS 2017
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch | 33 Comments
A few days ago, Koei Tecmo announced its lineup for this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Fire Emblem Warriors will be featured in a big way. Not only will the game be playable, but Koei Tecmo is planning multiple events for the game.
Amazingly, Fire Emblem Warriors will have four different stage shows on consecutive days starting September 21. Each one should be streamed live on Niconico at least, and seemingly YouTube and Fresh as well.
Fire Emblem Warriors devs on Female Robin / Cordelia, Pegasus Knights gameplay, including Fire Emblem elements, more
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Nintendo Dream kept up with its monthly interviews with the Fire Emblem Warriors developers in its latest issue. Following the reveals of Female Robin and Cordelia, the Japanese magazine spoke with producer Yosuke Hayashi and director Hiroya Usuda.
Naturally the discussion had plenty of discussion about those two characters (including why Male Robin was chosen over Female Robin for the story). Hayashi and Usuda also discussed things like implementing the Pegasus Knights for gameplay and the difficulties there, incorporating strategic elements from the Fire Emblem franchise, and more.
Read our full translation with Hayashi and Usuda below. Previous Nintendo Dream interviews can be found here and here.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Awakening characters trailer
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in New Nintendo 3DS, Switch, Videos | 8 Comments
Koei Tecmo has published a new trailer (in Japanese) for Fire Emblem Warriors. The video show off all of the characters from Fire Emblem Awakening that have been revealed so far: Chrom, both male and female Robin, Lucina, Cordelia, Lissa and Frederick. Check it out:
Fire Emblem Warriors: New details and screenshots showing off Male Corrin, Sakura, and Elise
Posted on 7 years ago by Andrew in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Screenshots, Switch | 2 Comments
The official Japanese website for Fire Emblem Warriors has been updated again with some new information and screenshots showing off the game’s reinforcement systems and the the recently new announced characters Male Corrin, Sakura, and Elise.
Below is the new information for Fire Emblem Warriors translated, courtesy of Gematsu.
■ Characters
Corrin (Male) (voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki)
A young man who was brought up in Nohr while being of Hoshido blood. He has the power of a dragon hidden within him and fights using a sword called “Yato,” as well as possesses the special trait of turning into a dragon to attack. His attack motions and abilities are the same as Corrin (Female) (voiced by Satomi Sato).
Sakura (voiced by Hikiko Kanemoto)
The kind-hearted princess of Hoshido. She was separated from Fire Emblem Fates protagonist Corrin when she was a child. She attacks using a bow and has the ability to recover HP like Elise.
Elise (voiced by Ayaka Suwa)
The youngest of the four Nohrian royal siblings. She has a cheerful and innocent personality that shines brightly upon the gloomy kingdom. She is a Troubadour who fights riding a horse, can heal allies, and uses attack magic.
■ System
Use the materials and items you obtained to strengthen your heroes and weapons.
—Emblems
Use materials to strengthen your heroes. There are various effects depending on the emblems you acquire, including enhanced ability, increased combo count, skill acquisition, and more.
—Forging
Transfer the special characteristics of one weapon to another weapon. Special effects, including specific effects and physical magic reversals, can also be transferred.
Finally, there were also more new images for Male Corrin, Sakura, and Elise posted on the Fire Emblem Warriors website. You can view them below in our gallery.
8 minutes of Fire Emblem Warriors footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Fire Emblem Warriors was shown off during a Japanese live stream earlier today. Take a look at eight minutes of footage from the recording below.
Fire Emblem Warriors details – class changes, skills system, Emblem Shop, new History Mode
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch | 104 Comments
Fresh details about Fire Emblem Warriors have leaked out of Famitsu. We’re able to learn about certain features and modes like being able to change classes, a new skill system and Emblem Shop, plus a new History Mode.
Here’s the full roundup:
– Class change confirmed
– This can be done by using Master Seal item
– Shion/Rowan (and Lianna) can promote from Lord to Master Lord
– Game will have a skills system
– Can equip up to three skills
– Skills are unlocked by bonding with other characters
– Emblem Shop system in the game
– This apparently involves using materials and permanent stat boosts
– History Mode is separate from Story Mode
– It retells the original story of each Fire Emblem game featured
– In History Mode, move characters on a 2D grid like the original SRPG
– When ally adjacent to enemy, battle will trigger
– Famitsu shows that Validar will appear as an enemy NPC
– Scenes in History Mode will also be fully voiced
– One History Mode map shown in Famitsu is from Shadow Dragon
Famitsu revealed earlier today that Male Corrin and Sakura are in Fire Emblem Warriors. We should have new scans tomorrow.
Update: Male Corrin revealed as well – Sakura revealed as next playable character in Fire Emblem Warriors
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch | 43 Comments
Update: As some of you on Twitter have pointed out, you can also see Male Corrin in the bottom right. Thanks for the heads-up!
Original: The next playable character in Fire Emblem Warriors has been revealed via Famitsu, and it’s the final one of the royal siblings from Fire Emblem Fates, Sakura. Her main weapon is a bow, which she could use in Fates if she promoted into a Priestess.
We only have a small preview image of the Famitsu article at the moment, so there aren’t a whole lot of details. Stay tuned for tomorrow, which is when we’ll get our hands on the full issue of Famitsu.
Nights of Azure 2 file size
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 14 Comments
Nights of Azure 2’s Japanese eShop listing reveals the game’s file size. For those who plan on picking it up digitally, 7.0GB of space is required.
Nights of Azure 2 is out now in Japan. Koei Tecmo will publish the game physically and digitally overseas in late October.
Off-screen Fire Emblem Warriors footage from PAX West 2017
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Fire Emblem Warriors is one of many games Nintendo has featured at PAX West this weekend. Get a look at some off-screen footage from the playable demo below.
Koei Tecmo’s TGS 2017 lineup
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch | 3 Comments
Koei Tecmo has revealed the lineup of games it’ll be bringing to TGS this year – and there are quite a few Switch games on the list, including two of the publisher’s biggest upcoming games, Fire Emblem Warriors and Atelier Lydie & Suelle. Here’s the full range of titles of Koei Tecmo’s website (thanks to Siliconera for the translation).
