Baby steps before they let in gay options. Clearly Radiant Dawn was toying with the concept between Heather and Ike/Soren.

So a bit of news today. First the EU release is 19th April, with an exclusive 3DS XL bundle. Nice!

Second, here's the DLC for this week, of which there are two packs:

	Xenologue: Champions of Yore 3 Old Hubba blunders and somehow lets his cards fall into enemy hands. Twenty heroes have been summoned from ten worlds. If Chrom can win this battle, maybe he can obtain the Outrealm's ultimate treasure...?
Reward: Micaiah card (allows players to recruit Micaiah), All Stats +2 (teaches the "All Stats +2" Skill) Difficulty: 2 star, Price: $2.50 Artist: Rco Wada
After triumphing against the heroes and heroines from previous titles, Chrom must face all 20 heroes and heroines again, this time simultaneously. The enemies range from Level 10~15. After completion of the mission, Micaiah will join as a Level 12 Dark Mage.
Enemy data (Lunatic) Battle map: Chapter 1 (Dark Dragon and Sword of Light) Map theme: Echoes of Daybreak (Radiant Dawn) Battle theme: Dawn Brigade (Radiant Dawn)
	Xenologue: The Golden Gaffe Gold--a fiendish brilliance that tempts people. A theft occurs in the military base and Lissa's secret savings have been snatched by risen soldiers. Although reluctant, Chrom marches into the enemy base to recover Lissa's cash...
Reward: Funds Difficulty: 1 star, Price: $2.50
Chrom faces his scariest foe yet--a legion of gold-carrying risen soldiers who are only interested in escaping the map from the south. The amount of gold flying around totals about 72,000G on average. That's enough to buy well over 25 Master Seals or Second Seals. Nice!
Enemy data Battle map: New Map theme: Winds across the Plains (Blazing Sword) Battle theme: Strike (Blazing Sword)

Here's that Micaiah picture again if you missed it:

Whether or not you agree with the Gold DLC is relatively meaningless, but there's two more like it on the way:

That's all I've got for you for now. No news on SpotPass thus far.

Actually, just one more thing. If you want some Valentine's Day sweetness, check this out. Yeah.

Also, keep an eye out for a Fire Emblem related Swapnote message!

Was about to beat Chapter 21 on my Hard/Classic save but dam those 10+ Sorcerers spamming thier 10 range attacks.  Chrom got unlucky and 3 hit him with a 19% chance to hit each.........

Now to play another hour to get back where I was.....

O and no progress on chapter 5 Lunatic......

A question from a rookie; Do you need Chrom to talk to people during battle in order to recruit them? More specifically, during paralogue 2 Anna survived the battle but she went her merry way after the battle and didn't think to have Chrom approach her during the battle. I hope I didn't lose my chance although it alluded to seeing her again and she had good speed and a steel sword. Also, how many people reset the game if a comrade dies or do you let live and let die.

So, this game has got me craving Fire Emblem again. I dug up my old GBA SP and bought a charger at a local game store. Put in Sacred Stones and I was in the middle of chapter 18 (out of 21) and beat it last night. Great games.

It's true that we only have Shadow Dragon, FE, FE:Sacred Stones, Radiant Dawn, Path of Radiance and then Awakening, right?

A yep.  We never got the Mystery of the Emblem remake.  And 2 plus 4-6 haven't been remade.

If anything I'm surprised we never got Sword of Seals (FE6) with Roy, since we got Blazing Sword and all.

Slightly unrelated, but anyone wanna give me a quick synopsis of the FE and FE Sacred Stone's story? I know SS has a brother and sister that get separated at one point. Need SS to defeat the demon possesing Lyon's body. But I'm not sure exactly who Lyon is.....

Edit: I found that FE has a wikia and reading up. I'm starting to remember a lot from games I haven't played in so long.

Most characters are recruited by talking to them with Chrom, yes, although a handful have other requirements. Regarding Anna in particular, you do not recurit her during that battle, so don't sweat it.

And I always reset. Never leave a man behind!

Lyon is the Prince of Grado. He's Ephraim's and Erikia's friend, but he becomes possessed by the Demon King, and obsessed with ressurrection. So he brings the dead king of Grado back to life, who in turn declares war across the entire continent. So you go on to try and quell the war as Erikia at the beginning of the game, but then you locate your brother Chrom, who then goes on to fight with you. But you know there's two places you should go; Grado to defeat the king and some other country (Jerall or something) to gain allies. I imagine you're just at the point where they've re-grouped, so I won't reveal more plot points