So on the one hand I am disappointed that we haven’t got characters like Eirika from Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones, or Nephanee from Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn. It’s almost like Nintendo and Koei are telling us “hey these characters were good enough to be in a spinoff game, so they must be good characters!” Don’t get me wrong, those 3DS Fire Emblems are solid five-star games, one and all, but they’re not quite the same as the two GBA titles, and Gamecube Fire Emblem, which are genuine classics that will live on forever. On the one hand it is disappointing that this game isn’t a greater celebration of Fire Emblem, the franchise, and seems to be more geared towards establishing a legacy for the 3DS titles and characters that they don’t necessarily deserve. We who have played Fire Emblem far too much for far too long all know are the better games in the overall franchise. As such, it won’t resonate to anyone beyond the Fire Emblem faithful, but it is the best licensed Warriors game of all, and it does easily eclipse Koei’s last Warriors collaboration with Nintendo – the also excellent Hyrule Warriors.īut first, let’s talk about the character roster, because in the lead-up to the game’s release, Fire Emblem diehards were more than a little miffed that the game focuses on the more recent 3DS Fire Emblem titles, rather than the earlier Game Boy Advance and Gamecube titles.
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Not in the “bikini and boobs” sense of the word, but the literal meaning – as a service to series and genre fans.
It is so razor-focused on giving players the ability to take control of some of their favourite heroes from the Fire Emblem universe that it’s almost pure fanservice. Review: Brad reviews the previous Nintendo + Warriors collaboration: Hyrule Warriors, on the Nintendo Wii U.Īnd so Fire Emblem Warriors, as a game that’s all about the characters, is a near on perfect realisation of both franchises.
I’m sure some might find the mix odd after all, the Fire Emblem games are careful tactics titles while the Warriors games are pure action, but what both franchises have always been about, underneath their mechanics, has been the characters. It’s just taken too long for the marriage to actually be consummated.
Fire Emblem and Koei Tecmo’s Musou (Warriors) franchise have always been a perfect marriage.