Also, a new spotpass map is out, the first of many possibly. It's a gaiden chapter, where you recruit a boss character from the main story. Only activates after you've finished Chapter 25 of the main story I believe. The Spotpass can now also give you characters from Shadow Dragon, as well as the previously released ones.

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Fire Emblem now the 9th best selling game in the series worldwide and the 4th in Japan!

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How is Sothe more of a main character than Elincia? How is Sanaki, for that sake?

True, but my main issue is that they've thrown Elincia out without giving hr her own class, I believe. So she won't be a Queen in the game, instead a Pegasus Knight would be my guess (hence the 'exciting' armour Rol. That's standard issue). At least Sanaki (Sage) and Sothe (Rogue) could fit into pre-establshed catergories fairly easily. And Sothe was definitely a main character. And Sanaki was the 'Lord' of Part IV for me. Elincia's Part II was too short for me. Sanaki was far more developed.

@Rol- You think that's bad? How is Miciahah's dress acceptable for a goddess???

I agree that it's better than Micaiah's (but so's anything really), but this isn't a new addition to the series. 

I mean, Lyn, Mist, Slyvia and Tethys, to name a few, have all had equally suspicious art design as Elincia's, and Sonia is probably worse. You ignore the fact she's a Queen (which she isn't in this game), and you'll see her armour is not too far away from that of your standard pegasus knight.

But yeah. It does seem to be a worrying trend that the lades are showing more flesh in these games. Probably to appeal more to the Japanese, after all...

Fantastic artwork!!!!!! I need this game NOW! Seriously Intelligent Systems has done some wonderful job with this iteration.

I must admit, even if it isn't royal attire, I do like the Artwork. Makes her seem much more outgoing than her Radiant Dawn iteration, and much less forgiving...

Sadly, that's a spear in her hand. So the sword-staff class is off, and the traditonal pegasus knight class is back on :/

I APPROVE!!! Honestly this artwork just thunderstruck me, she's just soooooooooo cute. But it can't be an official artwork, it's a Doshoujin right?

Come on the spear is way cooler! And the pegasus knight class is one of my favourites. PARTY!

But, the fact is, there's no other design for Micaiah, and the DLC (apparantly) has that...horrid face in. It's the nceck and legs that get me. The chest area looks fake, but that's fine. People like that. The artist just looks incapable.

And your defencs of the other characters are correct. That's my point. There's been character wearing less-than-fully protective armour, but there's been reasons. I'd imagine there's a reason for Elincia. We just don't know what.

Remember, this looks almost standard fare for pegasus knights in this game, and past FE's. If she is just a pegasus knight, then I see no huge issue with the design. It's not like she's revealing much, anyway. The armour protects what needs to be protected IMO. The more I look at it, the more I think it looks elegant.