Fire Emblem Warriors' Second DLC Pack Will Be Released Next Week

Hyrule Warriors is more than enough for me.

I haven't tried any of these Warrior games yet. Should I get this one or wait for Hyrule Warriors? I value gameplay and replayability over nostalgia and story.

The lack of any coverage for the Tellius saga makes the season-pass more than just a wasted opportunity imho. I get how they focused on other more recent FE games for the main game, but that's what we have DLC for right? Covering content that could not be covered in the main game, making it an optional purchase for fans of this or that particular game/character/map whatever.

@Reignmaker - Out of all the ones I played (6 and 8 along with licensed ones), Fire Emblem feels the most deep. Hyrule is more or less light nostalgia and geekery being able to play characters you don't normally get to, but Hyrule beats out FE in terms of the type of content offered outside basic campaign.

@Reignmaker Well, I only got into musou games with HW, thus FE:W is effectively the second one I really played (a tried my hands a few others like the Arslan game for instance). Anyways, I'd say both have their strengths and weakness, hence I highly recommend going for the 'universe' you like better.

If you are generally more into Zelda, go for HW, if you are generally more into FE, go for FE:W. I can elaborate a bit more of what I liked and disliked about each game, but I doubt it is going to help you very much, as they are at their core very similar, plus some of those preferences are just that, personal preferences that do not translate for you 1:1.

@Reignmaker They both have pros and cons. Hyrule Warriors definitely has much more unique fighters. With Fire Emblem Warriors each character with the same weapon feels generally the same, unless they're mounted. Hyrule Warriors also has a lot more content packed into it. I do find the battles in Fire Emblem Warriors much more engaging though. It's more strategy dependent. You have to pay attention to weapon advantages and disadvantages and order your units accordingly. Hyrule Warriors is a lot more mindless entertainment.

@Paraka I dunno, in general I agree, but I think there was definitely and added layer of "depth," if you will, to HW in terms of how the bosses were designed to use the most iconic Zelda gadgets. I liked that about the game, even though many hated it since the bosses repeated over and over again. It was a respite from the endless button smashing.

HW had more content, for sure, and this definitiv edition will have a bonkers amount of content, but it's also important to note that the HW version of the history maps, was a bit of pain in the a** to play, because you had to grind for the necessary 'ressources' to be able to progress to the next stage. So yes, there is more of it, and you will take longer to play through it, but it also features artificial barriers not found in FE:W.

@Xaldin I agree, while the diversity of move sets felt like a real disappointment, the 'tactical' elements lifted from the mother franchise, FE, made the game the most engaging to play yet. Still, I think if you do not care for FE in general, or if you really love Zelda, you are almost certainly better of with HW all in all.

Yay, now I can pay extra for stuff held back at launch!

I have got to pick up the season pass. I keep forgetting....ok note to self this friday. BUY IT.

One thing we’ve liked about FEW over HW (around 60 hours into FEW. Put a ton into HW before) is that we haven’t had as many times that it just feels unnecessarily difficult. We could barely even play some Adventure maps in HW because it wanted you to have every character at level 255 or whatever it was. We just don’t have time for that sort of mundane grinding. Otherwise we love both games.

@Ralek85 - Bosses to a degree, but overall FE felt more fluid with everything that was offered. Gundam is fundamentally similar to HW about how content is offered. And just the sheer amount of quantity seems to overshadow FE from what I can tell.

Yay! This is actually a great Valentine's treat for my partner and I as we have been playing the whole thing together!
Fingers crossed each character has a unique moveset.

After Zelda, Splatoon and ARMS, this is my most played Switch game. There’s a ridiculous amount of content in the base game and the DLC is almost unnecessary, but I bought it anyway.

I'll wait for the Deluxe / GOTY edition. I like these kind of games, they are fairly easy but still fun and not thát tactical, but I always feel like the DLC is way too expensive and that it could've been into the base game, although I'm sure the base game offers enough content.

Will definitely be playing this with my other half also! Still got most the history maps to beat before we get round to these though

@Saego @RainbowGazelle I won't defend Navarre, Niles, Oboro and Owain being DLC when they're NPCs in the main game, that's shoddy practice. But even excluding them, the remaining 5 DLC characters, 9 history mode maps and everything else in the pass is a pretty good deal for £17.99, especially when you look at how much Pokken DX is charging for 2 characters + support or even the price of the Smash DLC

Definitely the first and most likely the second DLC packs for this game are an example of Day 1 DLC. What a shame...

I love this title so much more than I anticipated I would, such a really great game.

@DrJoson I think €25 is not the worse price, but still, I'll wait for the deluxe edition. I'm scared that Tecmo Koei does the same with Fire Emblem Warriors as they did with Hyrule Warriors; bring out a season pass and then bring out a DLC pack which is not included in the Season pass.

nintendo says it's available now: https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/the-second-dlc-pack-for-fire-emblem-warriors-is-now-available

I want to get this, but I think I'll wait until I've completed Hyrule Warriors Legends Definitive Edition. I came so close with Legends, but it's always been a game I could easily go back to, so I won't mind starting over.

@KayFiOS C-completing Hyrule Warriors?
...See you in a year or two, hah

@CapricornDavid Took me a year for Legends. Only reason I stopped was because I completed the Adventure Maps, but didn't want to trade Fairy Skills 50 times, or beat Legend Mode on each difficulty or get the Hard Mode Skulltulas... mostly that first one. Now I also get to deal with Challenge Mode, and I need a way to balance out each mode so I don't complete all the maps before doing anything else.

Content locked onto the disc itself was a total deal-breaker for me. I'm waiting for Hyrule Warriors.

The base game itself is more than enough for me. Too many great games to play

you know what would be awesome? Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon itself on Switch.

Considering I bought the season pass, I really need to get back to this game... But this weekend we also have Mercenaries Chronicles, and the Civilization 6 DLC coming out. I am also still enjoying Night in the Woods and the Pokemon Rom hack Storm Silver. XD

@reignmaker, I would get both games, because they are both unique in itself.

@Reignmaker I haven't played Hyrule Warriors, but Fire Emblem Warriors has rather strategic gameplay along with hack and slash and lots of leveling up and unlockables if that's your thing. The story is bad, but I enjoyed the game quite a lot.

I decided to wait until the Awakening pack is near release to buy the Season Pass.

@Reignmaker depends what kind of gameplay you’re going for. Neither of them have a story worth writing home about (I’m a fan of Zelda and Fire Emblem) though honestly FEW’s story is very much a cookie cutter Fire Emblem story (with less character depth and no real surprising plot twists if you’ve played Fire Emblem games), while Zelda’s was a bit better? Both sorta butcher the source material in terms of story though and while it’s alright fan service, I don’t recommend turning to either for story.

As for gameplay... well, FEW is probably deeper. They’re different in a lot of ways. I’m not super familiar with musou games but HW doesn’t seem to implement much from Zelda - in terms of gameplay mechanics, the only big ones are bosses, items (mainly used for said bosses but also some obstacles), and heart containers to increase health (which also increases with level ups). Meanwhile, FEW draws a lot from FE such as classes, weapon triangles, weaknesses (such as bows being strong against flying units), skills (mainly applicable to more recent FE games), pairing up (also more recent games), character bonding, and even grid maps that you can give orders to various units through.

On the other hand, HW has more content I’d say, especially after two seasons of DLC (and I wouldn’t be surprised if this “definitive version” gets another season). Granted, the content can get grindy, so more isn’t always better. Still, if you’re looking for the best “gameplay” that doesn’t play on nostalgia, I think the main games would provide that better, these crossovers are meant to play on nostalgia and fan service. And in the end, these work best if you’re a fan of the series being represented. However, as a fan of both... well, I like HW for a more casual mindless experience while FEW for a bit more strategy. Though you can always over level to mitigate the need for strategy too.

I liked Hyrule Warriors, and still do (am buying when it releases) but I think Fire Emblem Warriors is actually better.

Aside from the fact it needs a central villain like HW had. That's the only thing it's missing. But I love controlling all the units and directing them where to go

@manu0 Got excited for a moment but doesn't seem to be on the UK eShop yet at least. Maybe Nintendo jumped the gun? Or specific region preffered treatment.

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@Reignmaker Hyrule Warriors has more characters to play as (although a lot of them are horrible) and more content, as in the adventure maps(each tile a mission) is way bigger than what you get in FEW. But on the other that means Hyrule Warriors has a TON of grinding, because each weapon you want to get in "Good" you will have to grind separately for every character, and you can't trade abilities between any, not even to the same character if he has multiple weapontypes. And while the maps are a lot bigger, they become repetitive and just a grind too.

Fire Emblems has less content, less characters(but almost all of them are good) and a few characters are clones, but you can trade abilities between every weapon of the same type, so every sworduser can trade these things with every other sworduser. Maps are smaller, but that also means a lot less grind, of course it IS still a Warriors Game so you will still have to grind a lot, but not nearly as much as in Hyrule Warriors. Gameplay wise, Fire Emblem wins easily, it added a ton of much needed features and simplified a few things that were cumbersome to do in Hyrule Warriors.

So it really depends, if you want to have more to do, get Hyrule Warriors. If you want a bit less to do (still a lot) and want to have more fun while doing it, get Fire Emblem.

There is a lot to a Warriors game either way, and you will have to grind a lot either way, that's just the nature of Warriors Type games. Personally, while i like Zelda much better than Fire Emblem usually, Fire Emblem Warriors is by far the best Warriors game i played so far, and i played Hyrule Warriors on Wii U and on 3DS.

@Reignmaker I’d recommend FE Warriors over Hyrule. I love Zelda and played many games and I only played two FE games but FE universe fits int Warriors games much better. FE is all about strategy and they pulled a bunch of the strategy elements out of that game, character relationships, commanding your squads and how they work together, upgrading heroes and their abilities/skills, upgrading heroes to advanced classes (like Pokémon evolution), the weapon triangle. I just had more fun with that game and actually enjoyed beating unlike Hyrule which felt long and way more like a mindless hack and slash. Also the story was more interesting, HW’s is rubbish story. There are events you can do post-game that recreate scenes from the FE games, it’s a has a nice end-game and you could say the ending of the campaign is where the game actually starts. In HW, the end-game is filled with random maps.