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- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Nintendo Switch
- 26th Jul 2019, $59.99
- 26th Jul 2019, £49.99
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Review Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Switch) - The Zenith Of A Legendary SRPG Series
House party
Fire Emblem has been through quite a rollercoaster journey on its path to success. After an initial debut on the Famicom in 1990 with Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, the series remained a niche exclusive of the Land of the Rising Sun for thirteen years until it made its way westward, spurred on by the appearance of...
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Fire Emblem: Three Houses Guides
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Playing the long game
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Nintendo released its first major Switch iteration in over two years back in October 2021 with the Switch OLED model. It has a few benefits, like an improved kickstand, a bump in portable audio quality, double the internal storage and a LAN connector on the dock, but the main feature is in the name. Yep, it's...
Guide Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Get Started With These Heroic Tips
"Oh my, what could've brought you here?"
It could certainly be argued that Fire Emblem: Three Houses is the most complex release yet in the long-running strategy series, which is no mean feat considering the intimidating barrier to entry many previous games have had. It’s extremely rewarding, of course, but juggling time in the Monastery, building...
Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For July And August 2019
It's another big month!
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Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For June And July 2019
It's Mario Maker time, finally!
Can you believe it's June already? Where is the time going? It's only gonna be flippin' E3 soon! Anyway, another month means more lovely stuff to buy, which is presumably why you clicked this link. May saw the release of the lovely Team Sonic Racing, the fiendish Resident Evil Origins Collection and the slightly...
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The hype is real for this year's E3. We've got a resurgent Nintendo, riding on the crest of Switch's enormous success. As a result, every publisher and their mum is trying to squeeze games onto the hybrid console faster than you can say Call of Duty (apart from, it would seem, Activision)...
Fire Emblem: Three Houses News
News New Fire Emblem: Three Houses Figures Announced, Pre-Orders For Dimitri Live
Update: Here's a first look at Byleth
Update [Sat 3rd Aug, 2024 13:00 BST]: Following the announcement of 'Pop Up Parade' versions of the male and female versions of Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Good Smile Company has now shared a first look. When we find out more about a release date and price, we'll let you know. Original story...
Poll Do You Prefer Fire Emblem: Three Houses Or Engage?
Fight fire with fire
Believe it or not, today marks five years since Fire Emblem: Three Houses launched on Switch. We'd imagine that most of you SRPG fans out there have polished it off by this point — we'd go even further to wager that you have likely done the same for its successor, Fire Emblem Engage, which is now a little over a year old...
Talking Point Could Another Nintendo Series Take Over The 'Traditional' Zelda Template?
The next Link in the chain
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Nathan considers the two-forks Zelda conundrum and wonders if another Nintendo series might take on the old-school Zelda mantle... Perhaps the most surprising...
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Fire Emblem’s fates
How would you feel if the next mainline Fire Emblem game was exclusively a social sim? While a change this drastic is almost certainly not in the cards, the identity crisis currently faced by Fire Emblem means that change must come. While Engage’s 1.61 million sales as of March 2023 is respectable for the franchise, it marks...
News Three Kirby amiibo Appear To Be Getting Reprints (North America)
Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede and Byleth, too
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News Good Smile Company Releasing Fire Emblem: Three Houses Byleth Figure, Pre-Orders Are Now Live
Launching Feb 2023
The Good Smile Company has released some stunning Nintendo figures in the past, and the latest one now available to pre-order is the female form of Byleth from the latest Fire Emblem game, Fire Emblem: Three Houses. This is a 1/7th scale figure (approx 195mm in height) that has a dynamic pose and is armed with a trusty sword. The...
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Support systems have never meant more
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Rumour Updated Art In New Fire Emblem Trailer Sparks Hope For Three Houses News
Edelgard SMILING?! Must be a mistake
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News Fire Emblem's Gatekeeper Wins Popularity Poll Ahead Of Marth, Chrom, And Byleth
Poor Chrom's lost five years in a row
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Random Dedicated Fan Creates Instruction Booklet For Fire Emblem: Three Houses
One for each house
We've said it before and we'll say it again: it's a damn shame that physical copies of games rarely come with instruction booklets these days. Unless you're buying from smaller-print releases from publishers like Limited Run Games or Super Rare Games, mass-produced releases infrequently offer more than a disc and box now...
Previews
Video We've Been Playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses And Now We're Excited For More
Going hands-on with this mighty RPG
Fire Emblem: Three Houses is just around the corner and being the lucky so-and-sos that we are, we've been playing through the game's opening stages to bring you our initial impressions. Well, when we say 'we', we actually mean our lovely video producer, Zion, who has shared his thoughts in the video above. We'd...
About The Game
Become the hero the world needs in Fire Emblem: Three Houses for Nintendo Switch!
Fire Emblem: Three Houses takes place on Fódlan, where the Church of Seiros exercises great power over the land and its people. As the main character, you must not only fight on the battlefield, but also can move your character freely and interact with other characters to build relationships and gather information at some parts.
This turn-based tactical RPG will put new strategic twists on battling, with formations of troops supporting individual units on the battlefield. Do you have what it takes to survive and conquer in this brand new Fire Emblem game?
Features:
- A traditional turn-based tactical RPG that puts new twists on strategic battling. Now when the player manoeuvres a unit, formations of troops move with them and support them in battle
- In some parts, the player can move the main character freely, and interact with other characters and gather information
- The game is set in a new world – Fódlan, where the Church of Seiros exercises great power over the land and people
- Your protagonist meets three main characters – Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude – who play important roles in the story
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When and how was this announced?
@BornInNorway81 this was announced during the Fire Emblem Direct in January.
@antdickens
Thanks!
You're going to want to update this E3 presentation said it's not coming until 2019
Bought it and love it.
One of the best games on the switch. Definitely try it out if you're a fan of RPGs
I believe that this game already did a better job than Pokemon Sword and Shield will do in the future. Both are traditionally on handhelds, and both are RPG's (albeit different RPG genres), however, Three Houses successfully displays classic Fire Emblem elements while upgrading some details from past Fire Emblem games. It keeps the best aspects of the past ones and introduces some unique and cool new features, with a MIND BLOWING story.
@Metal_Gear_Mark agreed. Not to say that Pokémon can’t be great on the switch, but based on what I’ve seen from The Pokémon Company and GameFreak, sword and shield seems pretty much the same as always. A little of something new, but nothing to make it really stand out or change anything.
@Metal_Gear_Mark You're bang on there, as much as I'm a huge fan of both series, Intelligent Systems have done a much better job of updating Fire Emblem in order to bring in new fans to the series and just generally improve the experience. Pokémon will always shift units because it's Pokémon, but Three Houses at the moment is much more worthy of people's money and attention, it feels like a culmination of all their 3DS efforts into a much bigger and better game. I want to be proved wrong about Sword and Shield, but I'm anticipating a very similar experience to X/Y and Sun/Moon.
Should i get this game? It seems cool
really good RPG with a good story and amazing gameplay.
Great game with some caveats
-Weapon durability is annoying. There are ways to live with it if you’re smart, but still an irritation
-Some side quests unlock certain important game shops/mechanics. It would be less of a chore if they automatically unlocked with progression, instead of in a missable side quest
-Part 1 of the game is mostly the same through all routes. This is understandable and not a huge complaint by any means, but it may become a bit of a chore working through it several times to explore all the routes
Some mechanics such as the Retreat function are not explained at all-you have to discover them yourself
-Speaking of which, managing your battle skills in the inventory is a tad bothersome.
These don’t detract much from a great game however
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