Fire Emblem's new anime direction (RANT)

[ToraTiger]

NoirSon said:
Don't get it, why is it that guys that played previous games couldn't see (especially in Fire Emblem of all the games) that the characters were almost ALWAYS anime/manga tropes and stereotypes?

They better presented then the actual Japanese fanservice games like what has become of Sega's Shining RPG Franchise, your typical visual novel/harem simulator and some other games but the games despite being able to present their characters in styles closer more high quality anime designs in game are basically no to different from what came before.

I mean there is like ONE Fire Emblem game in the whole series that had a deeply dramatic plot twist and that one was never released outside of Japan. Most games are fairly similar fantasy war stories about invasions, magic and sometimes fake geopolitical strife that mirrors real world issues. You can say you are playing it for the characters which are sometimes memorable but if you are looking for dramatic story with twists and turns comparable to the best literature then you are playing the wrong franchise. Heck probably the wrong genre given outside of a few exceptions how often SRPGs go back to a similar well.

As far as the talk of dual strikes and the pair up, it could use some work but it presented a good reason to have multiple characters around one another in strategic placements as well as allowed two characters to get experience for one kill which is welcome given how limited supplies and battles can be in certain Fire Emblem games. Not so much in Awakening due to DLC and the world map with roaming encounters but it helps with leveling and I am for better or worst a grinder at heart.

In any case, my rant to your rant, neither matter in the long run, the franchise is making money and money trumps rants every time.

No they weren't, and they definietly didn't look like anime stereotypes, like in Awakening where lacked creative and memorablity, also the characters in POR were all well deisned and written, some of which come to mind is Lethe, Ranulf, Mordecai and Mia.  Now all the characters just seem like something you can find on any anime/anime inspired game out there.  There is literally like 2 characters in awakening that stood out for me

Also of course money trumps all with a company, and that is partially why Awakening was more successful than other games in the series, but Nintendo sales are at an all time low considering how many core gamerrs there are, and I doubt they will be getting any better any time soon with the way they change some franchise completely, milk others, and neglect the ones that have the most room for experimentation.