@IceClimbers That would be cool. I think it's either that, or sometime in February. Since they seem to be planning to have MP3 after GoldenEye comes out, and they've still got the other games to add.
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@Grumblevolcano@JaxonH Sounds good. I think I'll just wait for the title updates to quit dropping and then go nuts with a third push. The sheer density of content in Rise + Sunbreak is impressive and slightly intimidating.
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@JaxonH Now we know why Fire Emblem Engage looks like a bag of skittles perpetually exploding inside your eyeballs. It sapped all of the color from that Redemption Reapers game!
But seriously, the title sucks massively. A generic title generator couldn't have done a better job of crafting a more forgettable title.
It does seem to have a good pedigree behind it, though.
@Giancarlothomaz I mean... it's close to February, and we almost always get new Directs in February. I'm not sure people need to go to so much effort to predict a Direct will be happening soon.
Advance Wars finally resurfacing would be dope, though.
@Ralizah not always we have the first Nintendo Direct of the year, in one year, we have the first Nintendo Direct of the year in march(but this is very rare, most of the Nintendo Direct in the begining as you say, is show in february, sometimes in march, game focused Direct also count)
@Giancarlothomaz We've reliably enjoyed Nintendo Directs in February every year since 2019. That's not a guarantee that the pattern won't eventually change, but a Nintendo Direct happening in February 2023 is a fairly safe assessment.
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February is common though the 3 February general Directs were not at a specific point in February, the only trend was not being on Pokemon Day week.
The biggest hint of a general Direct in early February however is the absence of Splatoon 3 Season 3 news (launches March 1st), compared to this length of time prior to previous seasons (e.g. in October about Season 2's December 1st launch) we know virtually nothing about Season 3. All we know about Splatoon 3's future is:
A new catalog every 3 months until September 2024
League Battle is appearing sometime in the future
Paid DLC is appearing sometime in the future
So the only thing confirmed for Season 3 so far is a new catalog. That's why for awhile I've been thinking February 1st/2nd.
Now we know why Fire Emblem Engage looks like a bag of skittles perpetually exploding inside your eyeballs. It sapped all of the color from that Redemption Reapers game!
Too right. That game looks decent but I find perpetually dark games, like that one seems to be, a bit of a turn-off.
You guys had me at blood and semen.
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Yes, it's definitely bleak. And I agree the title is horrible and worse still is the ridiculous font for the title.
All that said, I'm a diehard Fire Emblem fan, so I'll be checking this out. The gameplay does look good, and the characters seem interesting.
Btw, IGN just posted a hands on gameplay video and mentioned 2 of the 5 characters are voiced by Dorothea and Jeralt from Three Houses. Furthermore, the soundtrack is from Rei Kondoh, the 3rd guy who helped make Fire Emblem Fates and Three Houses OST. And of course, the Fire Emblem Path of Radiance director is involved. That's quite a bit of FE influence.
They've even adopted the excellent FE battle forecast window
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Speaking of Rei Kondoh, they did the soundtrack for Redemption Reapers. Just FYI
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They will look on Me whom they pierced
@JaxonH Holy crud, the gameplay looks a LOT like Fire Emblem.
They chose a terrible time to launch this. I'm still gonna be neck deep in Engage when this comes out.
If it reviews well, maybe I'll grab the physical in April, though. Hmm.
@gcunit Too often, I feel like people think Dark Fantasy needs to be literally dark and devoid of color. This would look so much better with a less muted aesthetic.
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Right! That's what caught my attention initially- the fact it looks so similar to Fire Emblem. Even if it doesn't review great, as long as it doesn't review terrible I'm on. Judging by the criticisms in the hands on preview, it's a lot of stuff that's true for Fire Emblem (chapters being "taking care of smaller problems from village to village" and "characters being more anime-like", etc). Just give me quality FE-like gameplay with a simple, decent story to string it together with some cool characters I like. That's literally Fire Emblem in a nutshell.
The few concerns I have are this: 1) There's no classic mode, only casual. Maybe this won't be a problem on the right difficulty, especially with just 5 units- lose one and 20% of your defense, aggro-draw and offense are eliminated. So it could quickly escalate out of control from there. 2) No support conversations, which is a crucial aspect of what makes FE so addictive. This may come down to the fact there's only 5 permanent characters though, and could be rectified with quality dialog among them in between chapters. 3) Weapon triangle substitute. I haven't seen one. That's not to say it needs something like that. After all, Three Houses and Shadows of Valentia didn't have one. But I would like some other form of strategic depth in its place. The follow-up attacks seem similar to how backup units work in Engage, so that's encouraging. 4) Class promotion. We don't know if there is a class system. Probably not, as each character seems tailored to a playstyle and upgrades skills to expand that role. We'll have to see if this approach can work as a proper substitute for a class promotion system.
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