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Forums - Nintendo - Fire Emblem Direct 18th Jan (2PM PT, 5PM ET, 10PM GMT)

Stellar_Fungk on 18 January 2017

I give the direct a 7/10.

A Fire Emblem 2 remake is cool but Switch will have my full attention from March onwards. I may buy it if I have nothing to play on the Switch. As for Fire Emblem Warriors, not interested in that game because Dynasty Warriors games are not to my liking. Fire Emblem Heroes seems to be a nice Fire Emblem game for mobiles, but as the same reasons I stated for Fire Emblem 2 Remake: I won't be buying it as I'm probably occupied playing games on the Switch.

Lastly, I am very excited for the Fire Emblem Switch. I have never played a Fire Emblem game on the TV.



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Volterra_90 on 18 January 2017
RolStoppable said:
Volterra_90 said:
So Nintendo is planning to go slow with the Switch then? I understand that they're banking on their fans this year, and I'll expect a holidays price cut. That's what I get about the continued 3DS support.

A late Fire Emblem game by Intelligent Systems is nothing new. The series started in 1990 on the NES, the same year that the SNES launched. Fire Emblem Gaiden (which the 3DS game is based on) was also released on the NES at an even later date. Fire Emblem 5 (Thracia 776) was released on the SNES in 1998 or even 1999. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones for GBA was released in 2004 in Japan, didn't make it to America and Europe until late 2005, almost a full year after the DS launch.

Intelligent Systems also made the late Wii U game Paper Mario: Color Splash. They are one of Nintendo's studios who are more dominant towards the back end of a system's lifecycle. Don't pull a curl-6.

I actually said that as a nice and believable marketing strategy, not as a criticism, but I guess it was poorly worded. But you're right about the trend you've just mentioned, so that should be it. I thought it had to do with a slow transiction between eras. Using the first year to slowly increase the Switch userbase with fan support (and selling all the Switch they can with profit), and waiting for holidays for a price cut. So undecided 3DS owners will jump eventually. And with all this year's catalogue to back up the console on holidays.



Valdath on 18 January 2017
Nuvendil said:
RolStoppable said:

It's also worth thinking about which development teams are handling the late 3DS support. Intelligent Systems has always had late games for Nintendo hardware, including Fire Emblem titles. A third party notorious for milking its Warriors games putting a version on the New 3DS is also nothing out of the ordinary or going to kill Switch's chances.

Nintendo's most important teams are all exclusively working on Switch games already.

And let's not pretend the 3DS version of Hyrule Warriors even sold that well since it's just plain inferior.  I fully expect the Switch version to destroy the 3DS version's sales due the the 3DS version suffering from the exact same problems but quite possibly worse. 

I think the N3DS version will outsell the Switch version in Japan.

 

Switch will win WW though.



Pavolink on 18 January 2017

omg! Echoes looks amazing. Day one.



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Volterra_90 on 18 January 2017

Did FE2 had free roaming i found that odd for a FE game.



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celador on 18 January 2017

well that was boring

no proper Fire Emblem until 2018, allegedly, and thirty seconds of Warriors footage



Pavolink on 18 January 2017
celador said:
well that was boring

no proper Fire Emblem until 2018, allegedly, and thirty seconds of Warriors footage

What about Echoes?



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Volterra_90 on 18 January 2017
RolStoppable said:
Volterra_90 said:

I actually said that as a nice and believable marketing strategy, not as a criticism, but guess it was poorly worded. But you're right about the trend you've just mentioned, so that should be it. I thought it had to do with a slow transiction between eras. Using the first year to slowly increase the Switch userbase with fan support (and selling all the Switch they can with profit), and waiting for holidays for a price cut. So undecided 3DS owners will jump eventually. And with all this year's catalogue to back up the console on holidays.

Nothing about the Switch looks like taking it slowly to me. Zelda is effectively a Switch game because it doesn't release on Wii U first. Mario Kart will be on the system by the end of the second month. Splatoon will get a sequel in summer. A new 3D Mario for the holidays. Inbetween there are titles like Arms, 1-2-Switch, Fire Emblem Warriors and Xenoblade 2. Plus there can be unannounced smaller games for 2017; we've just seen a Direct with an unknown 3DS game that launches in four months. Perhaps we are going to see Super Smash Bros. 4 Deluxe for the holidays.

When you compare quantity and pedigree of the lineup to what the 3DS and Wii U got in their respective first ~10 months, Switch is the clear winner. It looks like Nintendo wants to have their biggest IPs on the system faster than ever. A couple of holes are going to be filled with remasters, but it's still impressive.

Yay, it totally blows away the first year of WiiU/3DS. But I expect 2018 to be a constant flush of games. Maybe the word is "slower" then, not just "slow". I think that 2017 will be the worst Switch year. Once Nintendo gives all the focus to the Switch, and their usual third party supporters too... Well, if everything goes right I think we could be talking about the best catalogue since... decades. That's why I'm way more excited about the next year. Just make a list with the franchises that are missing from the Switch. It's insane. I did it today for fun. I kind of got dizzy once I saw my "possible" catalogue.



VGPolyglot on 18 January 2017

So, is Echoes eShop only?



Pavolink on 18 January 2017
VGPolyglot said:
So, is Echoes eShop only?

No. There's already a boxart, but can't post it due to being on mobile 🙁



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