During its Fire Emblem Direct last week Nintendo lifted the lid on Fire Emblem Heroes, its mobile spin on a series that's enjoyed a significant revival on the 3DS. On the one hand it looks rather promising, while on the other the microtransactions and how they tie to building up your group could either be fair or, well, pretty darn awful.
For now, let's hope for the best, but we thought we'd give a little reminder that you can still vote for the game's 'legendary Heroes', and earn 200 Platinum Points for My Nintendo while you're at it; they get distributed after voting closes. The winning characters will appear in the game with special outfits.
It's pretty simple, you have until the end of 31st January (or early hours 1st February in Europe) to pick your favourites right here, and you can vote once per day; there are still quite a few chances, then. The top choices in each gender will go into the game - in terms of the leaders, Nintendo of America posted this earlier in the week, showing Ike and Lynn on top.
It's a neat idea to involve players ahead of the game's release, and with its arrival so close we're curious to see how well this terrific franchise makes its transition to mobile.
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This is far different to how I imagined.
Tho. I like to fight with an all female team.
Why is Marth on the list twice?
Edit: and apparently so is Ike.
Voted for Camilla the first time, liked her hair, then forgot all about it until I saw this article. Voted for Maribelle today b/c I thought she was holding a giant blunt or a Senran Kagura scroll, either one works for me.
What, it's a parasol? Oh well, too late now.
DONNEL FTW!
Just kidding!
@Captain_Gonru Funny, I just checked back over there for the first time in weeks and I wasn't sure ow to get the 200 coins either. Guess they are waiting until the voting is over so they can do it all at once?
I'm down to 2,900 coins. I think more have expired then I've actually spent.
Well some quick math says I've had about 2,500 points expire but I can't for the life of me figure out how many I've spent or what I've spent them on, they don't seem to track that anywhere. That can't be right, can it? I'm pretty sure I've purchased some code things, like themes, that I haven't redeemed yet, and I'm not even sure where to find the codes.
Well if you look through all of the awards it says "Got it" on the ones I "got" but I still can't find a list for when the ones I "got" aren't available any more.
Guess I shouldn't be surprised. They better improve things when Switch launches, MyNintnedo is a mess.
None of my waifus is in the Top 20 heroines, that's not fair ;w;
I'm surprised the article doesn't point out that Ike and Lyn are at the top of the Japanese polls too.
Voted Kaden!
@Zanark Yeah, it seems a bit silly, but you vote on characters per game, so that's how it's happened.
@rjejr You get the My Nintendo Points when it closes, I'll clarify that in the article.
I'm glad hector is getting some love 😀 No point in me voting cause my favourite- guy will never get in
Why isn't everyone just voting for Kellam over and over everyday like I am?
I mean, it's your opinion I guess, but you're doing it wrong.
I voted for Erk every single day like the dutiful citizen I am
@Desrever I know people think Kellam is funny but his gimmick becomes really repetitive and he started to annoy me a bit by the time I started my second FE:A playthrough. At least he's memorable though, unlike some other characters who possess less personality than a wet dishcloth (see: Cherche).
It's nice that Joshua has cracked the top 20, it's just too bad he hasn't ascended to the heights!
Fire Emblem (The Burning Blade, I think?) is the only game I've played extensively so far, so I've spent these votes rotating between Lyn, Florina and Serra. XD Not holding my breath, but at least that'll put these characters on the ballot field. Akaneia folks will get their truckload of votes anyway.
Go, Azura, go!
@ThomasBW84 OK, thanks, I figured that's what it was. I wouldn't have said anything but Gonru brought it up.
Saw your name at the top of my inbox - now 358 unread emails strong - and all I could think was "What did I do wrong now?".
So, what are you waiting to spend your 200 coins on?
@rjejr I just redeemed all the Zelda orchestra vids and the HOME Theme, so recouping that!
Whatever you do, don't vote like Kotaku:
http://kotaku.com/the-fire-emblem-heroes-fan-vote-could-be-going-better-1791666142
@thehoppypoppy DONNEL IS SO F*****G STRONG
I'm voting for characters such as Barth and Ogier; the cast of Binding Blade for the most part. It's a shame that the localized games and especially the newer installments have an advantage over the older games characters because they've had more exposure to new players.
I don't know, never really played a FE game before and the few I played for a few hours, there were too many names to remember. Still looking forward to this nonetheless.
I was hoping that a protagonist or very important character wouldn't win.
Well, if they want random picks from someone who doesn't know the series at all, then I can do that...
Seriously, I tried one of the games once, returned it to the library, then just forgot about it. The game just didn't click with me.
Why is Eirika not on the Top 10? She's the main character from one of the best games in the series! Ugh.
I'm surprised Roy is so high, i thought the Japanese fanbase hated him. though Lyn being at the top in terms of Heroines is interesting, i would've thought some of the new-age characters like Tharja would have been one of those topslotters.
I could honestly see Marth being higher if it wasn't split between 2 or so games. Anna seems like she should be a MyNintendo freebie, just to encourage linking. like how Toad is obtained in Mario Run, that and she's appeared in 5 or so games. (assuming they're not the same one) makes a bit of sense as a mascot, but also for the Red color/coins/merchant aesthetic.
I'll vote for Anankos
I wonder if people chose Lon'qu because of Yuri Lowenthal
So far I have voted for:
1. Mordecai
2. Volke
3. Vaike
4. Nowi
5. Cainghis
@CrazedCavalier That's his opinion.
Day 1 choice for me honor goes to the character I began my FE life with: Lyn.
When I click the link I can only see the heroes. how do I view the heroines? I don't know how to use Twitter
I chose Ephraim.
I guess I'm lame because I've only voted for Ike and Lyn.
I voted for unpopular choices that I thought would be funny to have. I voted Meg from FE10, Gonzales and Merlinus from FE6.
I also voted for Jagen because of how infamous his archetype is.
The more I see of this game the more excited I feel. I know it will be a microtransaction hellscape but I think having a team of your favourite heroes will be the motivation fans will need to keep playing.
Personally I hope Sacred Stones gets decent representation, so many good characters in that game!
Come on Lyn fans, let's do this. Vote for her every day you can and maybe she'll actually take this after all~
Until what position characters will get special outfits? Top 10 or only top 3?
Is it the top 3 of each gender that gets in the game or just the 2 in first place?
@Gridatttack The number one from each sex, no one else.
Although, if you ask me, most outfits for popular characters are likely already done and will be released eventually anyway. I mean, the voting ends two days before the game is out.
WHERES ARTHUR!!! I can't be the only one who thinks Arthur from Fire Emblem Fates is the best character in the entire series?
We need us some good villains. Valter chooses violence!
Thraja and Rhajat for me.
Will be pushing to keep Ike and Lyn in their first place positions. I was rooting for Ike since he's the emblem of my favorite games. Lyn is denying a Fates/Awakening character from winning, so while I haven't played FE7, I'm completely down with a classic-series character taking the win.
@Captain_Gonru "Points History"
Yup, you sir are a genius. So I've redeemed 300 points and have had 2,500 points expire. MyNintnedo is SO MUCH BETTER than Club Nintendo.
Have I ever told you how much cool stuff we've gotten from CN? Not just a bunch of games, but stuff. 2 decks of playing cards, 3 year long calendars, a messenger bag, a HUGE Mario poster for the 3D camera in 3D. A shirt or 2, can't recall, might have put them away for when the boys gets older.
I get MN ca't be as good, stuff costs too much - free shipping on everything too - but man it's just so bad.
I voted for Ephraim first and Titania second. Ephraim deserves so much more love. Plus, he's one of the few non-sword Lords of the series.
AWESOME! I voted the first day, but totally forgot to come back. My not e was for Hector though, so I'm very happy to see him so high up in the ranks! I didn't bother with Ike or Roy, because they had official artwork for them already, so i assumed that they were going to be in the game automatically.
@Desrever
Damn, I didn't see Kellam
Titania and Nephenee is my waifus. At least Nephenee is in the top 20 for the females.. (barely)
My pick
@Captain_Gonru Thanks. I was going to check later to see how many coins expired yesterday, I think it's between 300-800 a month. I just so don't want anything they offer. My kids don't. My wife doesnt. It's all just so pointless. It really just should have been a mobile portal for mobile games "MyNintnedoMobile" - SMR, FEH, Mitomo - and they shouldn't even tell us gamers about it. Add gamers after Switch releases.
@Captain_Gonru "NES Classic"
The new Mini? We have one, don't recall seeing anything about coins though.
Still haven't checked mine, busy Thurssday, just having a coffee break now.
@Captain_Gonru hmm, have o ask my kid about the slip, Christmas was a very busy 3 days for us, I may have just overlooked it.
FEH up yet?
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