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did awakening and fates poison the franchise

by Torey Lueilwitz Published 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago
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Did Awakening saved the franchise?

Awakening Redefined Fire Emblem For a Modern Audience What ultimately saved Fire Emblem was accessibility, allowing more players to test the series, and even the strategy genre, without the punishment of brutal difficulty.

Is Fire Emblem Fates and Awakening connected?

This is mostly due to the fact that the land of Fates has absolutely no connection to any other, and it's lore does not reference any other game in the series. tl;dr So is it a sequel to due to Owain, Severa and Inigo going to the Fates world after the ending of Awakening.

Was Awakening supposed to be the last Fire Emblem?

Due to declining sales of the series, the developers were told by Nintendo that Awakening would be the last Fire Emblem game if it failed to sell above 250,000 units. This caused panic for the team, with them considering including a high number of elements new to the game.

Is Fire Emblem Awakening or Fates better?

Fire Emblem awakening is best for series newcomers. fates birthright is best for people who like awakening but who don't want a great challenge. fates conquest is best for series veterans who love a big challenge. If you want to play the older fire emblem games (before 3ds), i recommend playing with permadeath on.

Who is the best unit in all of Fire Emblem?

One unit who is considered the game's most powerful is the Dracoknight Haar. With excellent bases, impressive stats, the game's best weapons, flight, and very few enemies making use of his weaknesses, Haar is considered the game's best unit.

Do all Fire Emblem games take place in the same universe?

There are currently 7 known worlds that are featured in Fire Emblem Heroes and serve as settings for their respective games. Several of these worlds connect different Fire Emblem games together, with timelines stated or hinted at by various characters.

Does Fates have a turn limit?

With the exception of some multplayer modes, a turn has no limit on the real time it takes to accomplish; on their phase, the player can take as much or as little time as they want in planning their strategy and choosing their actions.

Is there a fire emblem fates 2 game?

Fire Emblem Fates comes in three versions, two of which are purchaseable as standalone games: Birthright and Conquest. This guide will give an overview of the differences between each version, as well as a recommended order if you plan to play all three.

Can I still buy Fire Emblem fates revelation?

This item is no longer available in new condition.

Are they making another Fire Emblem game?

A new mainline Fire Emblem game was announced at today's Nintendo Direct. Titled Fire Emblem Engage, it will be a brand-new story and is currently set for a Jan. 20, 2023 release.

Is Fire Emblem Awakening a sequel?

'Fire Emblem Awakening' was an instant classic. Its sequel -- 'Fire Emblem Fates' -- looks confusing and controversial. Fire Emblem Awakening is probably the best game on Nintendo's 3DS system.

What is the next Fire Emblem game?

Fire Emblem: EngageNintendo kicked off the Nintendo Direct with a brand new Fire Emblem game called Fire Emblem: Engage. It features classic characters such as Marth and Roy and as far as gameplay goes it looks better than it ever has before. The game will release on January 20th, 2023.

Is Fire Emblem Awakening a remake?

Remake for the Nintendo Platform Systems Originally, Nintendo of America's Japanese counterpart released the game in Japan in 2021. It wasn't until the following year that Nintendo of America released Fire Emblem Awakening internationally, exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS.

Decerd

I don't understand why some people act like Awakening and Fates are the devil's products and they ruined everything about Fire Emblem.

Decerd

Uh oh. Looks like this topic got posted two times somehow. Uh, could a mod please be kind enough to delete one of them? Thanks.

Zapp Branniglenn

I'm not about to speak for "some people" since I don't know who or what you're referring to. But do you think these games are somehow above criticism? And if so, why?

Ottservia

I'm not about to speak for "some people" since I don't know who or what you're referring to. But do you think these games are somehow above criticism? And if so, why?

Erick

Because games like Fates and Awakening have fanservice to a point which previous entries did not have. However, you are right: it was exactly this aspect which made the games sell.

BrightBow

The series is dead, unless you think a brand name is the only thing that matters about a series.

Ottservia

And here we go with the fan service arguments. I honestly do not see the problem with a little fanservice here or there. I mean in fates I get it.

What does Awakening do?

Awakening's systems let players learn more about character throughout the entire experience, and become attached to them in a way that Fire Emblem simply didn't have before .

What saved Fire Emblem?

What ultimately saved Fire Emblem was accessibility, allowing more players to test the series, and even the strategy genre, without the punishment of brutal difficulty. This was especially important since Radiant Dawn was the previous game released in the West, renowned for its high difficulty. Interestingly, a translation flub contributed to Radiant Dawn's difficulty, since the English versions changed the Normal difficulty to Easy, Hard to Normal, and Maniac to Hard. Because of this, anyone that went into Radiant Dawn without knowledge of the series would actually be playing the Hard difficulty when selecting Normal.

Is Fire Emblem based on Awakening?

Every Fire Emblem experience since has been based on the core ideals that Awakening set up, and it's already gone down as one of the greatest tactical-RPGs ever made.

Is Awakening a good game?

Clearly, no one expected Awakening to be the runaway success that it was, selling over two million copies and becoming one of the biggest critical darlings of the 3DS. Years later Awakening is considered one of the very best games on the 3DS, and for good reason. The title nearly perfected the core mechanics of Fire Emblem, even while updating the experience for a modern audience, and making it more accessible than ever.

Does Awakening have a story?

Awakening featured more story than ever before, not in the main narrative necessarily , but through support conversations that added fantastic characterization to the game's cast. Support conversation existed before but they were a bit hard to uncover, as it required particular units to fight next to each other regularly.

Is Awakening the last Fire Emblem game?

A 2015 Iwata Asks interview released by Nintendo states it plainly, Awakening was supposed to be the last Fire Emblem game. Sales of Fire Emblem games in Japan had been on the decline, and the franchise had simply never caught on in the West outside of a niche following.

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