Its not surprising that I love this game, as a Fire Emblem fan, I'm always tickled pink when a title comes to North America. But I think this title has a little of everything for everyone, as long as they're willing to try a strategy RPG (SRPG). But for those who are not convinced, here is some information on the game.
Gameplay: First you can choose the difficulty setting, normal, hard, lunatic. While FE is famous for perma death, in this game you may opt out of it by picking casual mode, instead of classic. Battle are turned based and happen on a grid, with your units pitted against the enemies, in standard FE fare, but in this game, there is an infinite possiblity for grinding between chapters (ie main game battles). In this installement, you may not rescue your units, but you can be pairing up for statistical bonuses, you can place your units on contiguous positions on the grids for the chance of an assist, either in the form of an extra attack or in helping a unit dodge the incoming attack. These may also happen with higher probability during a pairing, especially with high support rank. The Streetpass lets you also pit your best team against friends or strangers.
Story: The story is alright, it's not a great departure from the classic plots of RPG, but it is adequate to pull the player through the different stages of the game. It is the characters that lend the story the appeal it has.
Cast of characters: This is one of the strong points of the series, interactions, better than usual because support conversations are not a fixed number by character. This game does not disappoint, as the assortument of oddball characters is there, but you have a good main in the person of earnest Chrom, and it is interesting to join the group as the character you design. The cast is fun, and the number of interactions is higher than ever, especially considering you will want to have your units woo one another. Most of the support conversations are interesting at least, and it is great that they're not as difficult to pursue as in previous installments. Which lets you enjoy them all the more, because they're not limited as in Sacred Stones and a few others, if memory serves.
Graphics and visuals: Not only do the fighting character models appear in 3D during battles as in RD and PoR, but the story scenes use 3D models, rendered in the 3DS 3D, and it is rather well done. The game is still very beautiful to watch without 3D, and because that mode is clearer, it is easier to play in places where the light might not otherwise allow you to see the darker 3D display. The sprites for the overhead view of the maps are small, and the zoom only has three modes, so for me they're only easily distinguishable from one another on the biggest zoom, but that view is useless during your turn. So that's a point they could improve on. Also the critical hits are no longer animated, they are replaced with a static close-up image of the character who then proceeds to hit the opposing unit. The art is different than previous FE installments, it's still anime style, but a little more modern, with considerable details.
Chapters and Maps: With the more than 15 paralogues and the DLC xenologues, and the main quest 25 or so chapters the game is probably the longest FE campaign to come to be localised to North America. The game lets you pit your forces There are already a good dozen of DLC Xenologues ranging from easy to very difficult
Classes, promotions, and Class change: Units come with a type of job, it is called their class. But as soon as that unit reaches level 10 it can be promoted to a higher class, or it can change its class to learn another skill set. The skills are back too, and they are gained once a unit reaches level 10 of a base class or level 5 and 15 of a promoted class. This system, though rather simple, is a lot of fun especially when your offspring units gain skills inherited from their parents' skillset, which you can influence by marrying this or that unit together, and assigning which skills get passed on to the offspring.
All in all, this is an excellent FE title, as it tweaks the formula, takes advantage of the 3DS capabilities in the esthetic department but also in terms of connectivity, by adding the possiblity for quite a bit of extra content (for an additional fee, but each map comes at 2,50$ or 3$ at time of writing, and they're all completely optional,). Mostly, I think this game introduces modifications that are meant to appeal to a wider fan base, and some that change the mechanic to challenge the old fans, which is not unwelcome.
An excellent game.
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Good Game but Beware of ASIAN/CHINA/UAE Copies sold
The game in fairness is good, one of the most popular and highly rated ones in the series. However, as pointed out by many reviewers, most of the copies sold by 鶹 sellers are the Singapore/Asia/UAE version instead of the North American version. The North American version is the one pictured by 鶹 (with an "E" on the lower left of the cover), the Asia/UAE version doesn't have the "E" and instead has a blue/green circle on the lower right side just like the picture I uploaded. The Asia/UAE are way cheaper in Asia than the North American version, plus, most resellers DON'T accept the Asian copies and will have a Zero Re-Sale value in the second-hand market here, in fact, they are not supposed to be sold here in North America. It happened to me on my first order which turned up to be the Singapore/China/UAE version, I'm glad I was able to return the item and get a refund. I then got the real North American one from a second-hand seller which I contacted first and confirmed that it was the North American copy. If you don't mind getting the Asia/China/UAE version or have no plans of selling it later then it's fine, but remember that the Asian version is much cheaper than the North American version (this is why they are regionalized, the standard of living & salaries are different, $80 is like the whole month salary of some Asian person and it will not be affordable to people in that region). But for me, my unit (New Nintendo 3DS XL) only plays North American cartridges so I have to be very careful when buying.
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FredoReviewed in Mexico on February 4, 2019
Excelente juego!!
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Acabo de recibir el juego totalmente nuevo y en excelente estado (algo raro tomando en cuenta la antigüedad del título) y por poco me saco un susto cuando veo que en la caja se menciona que el cartucho del juego solo se puede jugar en sistemas provenientes de Singapur, Malasia y Emiratos Árabes (como se muestra en las fotos), pero después de investigar un poco y probarlo en mi consola, el juego funciona de forma perfecta. El juego lo compré a START GAMES y fue enviado por 鶹.FredoExcelente juego!!
Reviewed in Mexico on February 4, 2019
En cuanto al juego como tal, se ve que es una joya de la consola, con solo jugar el demo de la eshop me fue suficiente para convencerme a comprar el juego completo. Si tienes oportunidad de comprarlo y te gustan los RPGs tácticos, hazlo, no te vas arrepentir!
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Bianca BrockmannReviewed in Germany on June 22, 2018
Sehr geiles Spiel
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Collection-worthy
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Purchased to shore up my 3DS collection. Confirmed working for a US-region unit. Excellent game.ArnoldCollection-worthy
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AllieasReviewed in Japan on October 3, 2017
Awesome game!
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