Board games have been back in vogue for a while now, and most licenses worth their salt have their own dice-rolling, turn-taking equivalent the in the tabletop scene, but not Fire Emblem Heroes. It's proved a super hit on mobile, but with no board game equivalent on offer, one talented fan has filled the gap in the market with their own faithful yet unofficial offering.
Designed to be as fast and deep as the game that inspired it, the new game - designed by one Brother Ming - starts with ten cards dealt to each player. Each one plays their chosen heroes at the same time, and you move around the board until you defeat another hero and eventually score 20 points. Most games are meant to last around 15 minutes, making it brief yet exciting.
The talented designer has also made the game available for download, so you too can have a quick game of Fire Emblem Heroes (even if it's not officially endorsed by Nintendo). You can also buy a physical version, too!
Let us know what you make of it below, and if you've played it already, what do you make of it?
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Looks awesome !
As Mr. Ming doesn’t own the IP and is charging money for a physical version of this, I expect it’ll be shut down shortly by Nintendo.
Start the clock!
Now the guy needs to rebrand this all to his own IP and, if the rules are solid, capitalize on the idea.
And then make a digital version of it for the Switch
@Julien oh totally will. Its a shame we see so much good fanmade content, comics, games and now cards. I LOVE Nintendo but they sure don't like giving people what they want.
Then release Mario odyssey and we forget all about our grievances and love them again.
They're like the best and worst girlfriend in one.
@Abes3 I understand people like these fan-made projects and I certainly admire the work and dedication put into them, but it’s kind of silly to demonize Nintendo for shutting down projects that profit from their IPs (like this) or are simply unauthorized freeware versions of software that Nintendo sells (like AM2R). If this guy’s concept is solid he should rebrand it with something he created instead of attempting to profit from an intellectual property he doesn’t own.
I don't get it why there are d6 dices shown. When it's simply Attack minus Defense, what are the dices for?
Watch this get taken down by Nintendo because this guy is making money off of a property he doesn't own, and then watch people demonize Nintendo for that. But if the gameplay is good, he should totally make this again just with original characters.
Nintendo ninja lawyers, go go go! For great Justice!
Seriously, why is he charging for something he doesn't own? No time spent material cost isn't an excuse. Make your own stuff people.
Looking at the price, it appears you’re just paying for the materials (card stock, full color ink), it’s quite cheap for what it is. Can we really say he’s profiting and that’s not just reimbursement, or should he be willing to give them away and eat the costs.
He’s using the IP without permission yes, and so he can still receive a cease & desist, but I wouldn’t say he’s profiting off it.
@Tisteg80 it appears the dice are simply used to represent units on the board. You can probably use anything to represent them.
If you can BUY it, then Nintendo is within its rights to shut it down. Sorry to say but you can't sell someone else's intellectual property without permission. He should take the idea directly to Nintendo and get it licensed.
Sounds like a fun game. I wish I had friends who would take the time to play board games with me but most of my friends don't have the patience.
Creator of the game here!
I didn't even realize this article existed until just now.
Admittedly, I was originally just hoping to print a dozen or two copies just for myself and some friends. Other than the cards, the box would have been printed and hand assembled by me and the dice and other materials would've been hand packed, and the whole thing wasn't really being done for profit.
I'd been working on the project for months and was happy with what it was, but I should have had the foresight to know that the moment my game got blown up because of a Kotaku article, I should've shut down and taken down any mention of me trying to sell the game.
It was never my intention to profit from any of this, it just got alot more attention than I anticipated literally while I was grocery shopping so things kind of just got out of hand haha.
Hope you guys understand, but you can follow my page on facebook to see updates as I am still going to be making free print and play games for fun
https://www.facebook.com/BrotherMingGames/
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