outlawauron on 19 June 2018
People can downplay "waifus" or whatever all they want, but Awakening was a much more character driven game with the ability to romance the cast together. That was huge factor in broadening the appeal of the series in addition to the much easier difficulty. I'm also kinda surprised that no one has mentioned Fire Emblem Heroes because that is far and away the most successful Fire Emblem game. It runs on playing with cute characters in different outfits. It wouldn't do so well if it wasn't a big factor.
