Fire Emblem: Three Houses has been out in the wild now for exactly one week, and the early consensus suggests that Edelgard and her house The Black Eagles are the most popular of the game's three options.
As you probably already know, the game tasks you with choosing one of three houses - The Black Eagles, the Blue Lions, or the Golden Deer - each of which come with their own leader. When the game launched, we hosted our own little poll to see how the Nintendo Life community were thinking of voting; after more than 5,000 votes at the time of writing, The Black Eagles are still in the lead.
The house isn't only the most popular here on this very site, though; an online feature within the game itself lets us see which in-game characters have been deployed the most in battle and the whole list is made up of characters from the Black Eagle house. Edelgard tops it - which is to be expected considering Black Eagle players sometimes have no option but to use her - but it clearly shows which house is dominating player votes.
Interestingly, the Golden Deer house isn't that far behind The Black Eagles in our poll - if you want to help out your particular house and haven't voted yet, feel free to go and do just that!
[source polygon.com]
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This is Pokemon Go all over again
Poor Blue Lions. Interestingly, the highest gift recipient is Bernadetta. The world has chosen its alpha waifu.
@iLikeUrAttitude OMG You're right! I need fan art of the FE class leaders as the PoGo team leaders now!
I've just bought it but yet to start it. Not sure if I want to follow the trend or go with one of the other two houses. i guess it would expect three playthroughs to use for the full story to play out. Not even considered the DLC yet either 😬. Too many games not enough time!😉,especially with September being packed
I went into the game with no idea which I'd be choosing but after reading about and talking to all the characters, Black Eagles seemed like the most interesting by far so this is no real surprise.
I found her a bit too arrogant, liked the yellow leader but they were a bit too left wing for my tastes! Went with the blue lot but I just have to recruit the guy with the ill-fitting shirt!
Heh. Read the headline as "Edgelord and..."
As someone who’s over halfway through the Blue Lions route, I despise her.
Makes sense that the voice of Mega Man would be #8. Just like 8 robot masters!
I'm hoping that loading screen changes soon enough, the "Thank you, thank you so much!" etc is a little annoying when it takes a while to load
Golden Deer represent
I went Blue Lions myself and yeah I find her a bit overrated, but chances are that my opinion of her will change when I try her route. But for now, go Blue Lions! Felix is a certified bad-@$$. Oh, and Dedue.
She's not just dominating the game as most popular choice either, she also has the most fan art. Almost half the Three Houses fan art is Edelgard last time I checked. Her popularity is off the charts.
EDIT: Okay after playing through the night and stopping this morning, I reached a point in the story where I have a legit reason to dislike Edelgard now. She always gave me the impression of being an arrogant B**** and now that I've gotten pretty far into the Blue Lions story, yeah. I doubt my 2nd play (where I intend to pick the Eagles) will change my opinion of her at this point.
I have been playing with the online turned off, so I have not actually seen most of these stats, but I can't say I am too surprised. The Black Eagles just seemed to be the most interesting. I am a little surprised that the Golden Deer is doing better than the Blue Lions, as the Blue Lions was going to be my second choice, but eh.
Glad that people like them. But Blue Lions for life! Lions had the largest number of characters that caught my initial attention. Ashe, Mercedes, Dedue,Anette, and Sylvain to be exact, then Dimitri's trailer showed his eyepatch and I made my choice. Golden Deer comes in second place with Ignatz, Raphael, Lysithea, and Hilda looking decent. Claude is okay but doesn't stand out much. Black Eagles meanwhile has the lowest number of people I'm interested in, being Bernadetta and sort of Petra. I'm actually surprised they're so popular as I plan to finish my Lions route, then Deer route second with Eagles last. But hey, more power to the rest of you!
Pretty lady is picked before two guys? Le gasp!
I'm shocked. Shocked! Well, not that shocked....
Of course, the game is courting straight males the most, makes sense they pick leader waifu. I'm team Golden Deer.
Edelguard is all we need
I initially wanted to go with edelgard, but when I started playing I decided ded I liked blue lions better! I still will go Black Eagles for 2nd playthrough though.
@JR150 I totally agree, I picked Blue Lions on the strength of the supporting team members.
I'm Blue Lions. I love my tough guys Dimitri and Dedue but my heart belongs to Mercedes - whose spells have got me out of quite a few sticky moments. I find myself getting so involved! Last night I played for about four hours and in one battle I found myself saying out loud "Yes Merci, i frickin love you!".
I really wanted to pick the Golden Deer but I just found that the Black Eagles had the most interesting mix of characters. You've got your foreign princess (Petra), your creepy guy (Hubert), your aloof genius (Linhardt), your arrogant elite (Ferdinand), your shy girl (Bernadetta), your enthusiastic kid (Caspar), and your hippie (Dorothea). They're all really different and it's fun to watch that play out.
I got seduced into the Blue House by Mercedes, I will pick other houses if they have Ferrari.
Most advertised + only lord datable by both genders + 2 paths within her one route + ONLY gay romance option on her route and most lesbian options available on her route = obvious popularity
I went with the golden deer and I'm pretty happy with them so far. Hilda's a beast with an axe.
Went with Black Eagles as well. Almost went with Blue Lions though.
@NintendoFan4Lyf I really kind of feel the same way. I want it, but I don't think I'll sit through all 200 hours of it.
Team Golden Deer. Although I was close to pulling the trigger on Edelgard. Her route will be my second choice, I'm guessing.
For now, though, I'm happy with Claude. He's cute, mysterious, and cunning. All qualities I find attractive in men.
Interesting. I chose the Blue Lions.
@Sakuraichu I'm Black Eagles and I'm legit terrified of Edelgard. I feel like I'm mentoring a psychopath. So far she has not done anything overtly evil, but there are a lot of scary signs that she will do whatever it takes to see her dreams come true. And she quite obviously thinks she is superior to everyone else. I keep wondering if the game will ever give me the option to assassinate her before she sets the world on fire.
Golden Deer for me. Claude is best girl
Not surprised at all... I went Blue Lions and Slyvain is an absolute beast! For future playthroughs, I'm more interested to see how the Golden Deer story plays out rather than the Black Eagles since they seem so out of the loop in my current run.
the power of the Waifu is greater than the Golden Deer and the Blue Lions
Golden Deer for life. I can't seem to understand the love for Edelgard.. she's so bland.
Vague spoiler:
I'm playing the Blue Lions route, but knowing what happens with Edelgard in the story, it's pretty wild that Black Eagles is most people's first route. That really seems like something New Game Plus should explore.
I love this game way more than I thought I would. It'll probably be my GOTY.
I’m pretty early days, but I went Blue Lions and I’m really digging it so far. They seemed like the moderate bunch, despite the religiosity in the name. Not an empire, not a utopia. I dig Dimitri’s “but I’m a normal guy too!” approach so far.
The word Waifu gives me the heebiejeebies.
Blue Lions here. Let's just say that Edelgard eventually gives us reasons to dislike her a tiny bit.
Not surprised in the slightest. A cute girl will always be more popular than the rest of the cast in any type of media
Everyone keeps saying "everyone picks Edelgard because she's the waifu pick"
Of course....it has nothing to do with the fact that the opening cut-scene makes it pretty clear she's the main canon story character, at all.... I was surprised by that, I expected kind of an open "pick one" and all 3 are equally "right" candidates...and then you get the opening premonition cinematic that pretty much shows her as the focus of the whole story arc.
So, since she seems to be the "main" story character, I had to choose her for my first playthrough. I actually WANTED to pick the Blue Lions....the chivalrous knights and blue flags are more my style than black and red (I actually assumed Empire was the story villain during the pre-launch hype....) But between the Edelgard story focus, and the fact that I can't stand Dimitri at all, it was an easy call. I wanted to like the Kingdom. But not without a friendly fire mod so I can beat the arrogant out of Dimitri's mug.
Claude....Claude's fun...he's a party guy...he's laid back and casual...and he's a grubby little opportunistic weasel. He almost makes me like Dimitri. Almost.
I chose the Black Eagles for my playthrough as well and enjoyed most of the class members, even ones that annoyed me at first, like Linhardt finally grew on me. On my second playthough now and chose Blue Lions, but every opportunity I get I'm trying to coax timid little Bernadette back into my class. She became this badass mass murdering assassin on my first playthrough who was MVP most battles, I'd be a fool not to want her back on the team.
Why did I read Edelgard as "Edgelord"? Too much internet perhaps....
Blsck Eagles were my least favourite. While I do not dislike them, i find the golden deer and the black lions way more interesting.
I’m not that far yet, but I picked them because she seemed the most interesting as a woman lord with an axe. Glad I did. Hubert is cool too and I like their dynamic.
I haven’t recruited anyone yet either, and don’t think I will.
After a ton of deliberation between the Golden Deer and Black Eagles (literally turned the game off for 2 hours to think) I chose the Golden Deer and have been very happy with my choice.
I only chose Eagles because Edelgard reminded me of Micaiah from Radiant Dawn.....in general there is a lot of familiarity within this game though
Blue Lions all the way!
Why does everyone go for Blue Lions or Black Eagles? Everyone knows Golden Deer has the weirdest (but most interesting) characters.
@NinjaAceTrainer I love giving gifts to Bernadetta and raising her support level if not for the fact that her cut scenes are usually hilarious. Her screaming in fear from people simply approaching her to say hi and her jumping to the conclusion that she's about to die when people simply want to invite her to hang out are some of the most hilarious moments in the game for me so far.
i like turtles
@FlashmanHarry good to hear it! I chose Golden Deer as well with some reluctance. I love their carefree nature, just hope their story is as deep!
One small contributing factor could be people who wanna romance a dude. Apparently the only way to have an M/M romance is with that house.
@Octarian that’s why I chose them! They seemed the coolest by far.
@DavidMac I saw that Alois have an S-rank while playing as male, guess that makes him available for male/male too?
I chose Black Eagles because of the other students, they were the most interesting to me.
@Chimaj apparently the other S tank make on male characters are just bromances. You can be really good friends/roommates but romance is limited to out of frame blow jobs.
@DavidMac Sad to hear that.
I listened to each houses pitch and talked to everyone in each house and for me it was a tough call between the Black Eagles and the Blue Lions. But I chose the Black Eagles for my first play through. I may get around to playing the Golden Deer house, but their petition just wasn't that interesting to me.
Not surprised... the pretty lady is the most popular...
So the beautiful girl that leads the Black Eagles turned out to be the most popular among a fanbase consisting of mostly but boys in heat. How could this be?
I picked Blue Lions. No regrets.
figures people are now going to hate the Black Eagles just because they are the more popular ones that's how people are juts hate on the more popular thing
I am loving the blue lions route. But I can see this as they were advertised/pushed a lot more than the rest. I will try this house on next play and then Deer.
"Everyone loves Edelgard"
Not me. I hated her.
Black eagles are the best!
More like FE fans are thirsty af
This isn't really news to me, since the game tells you who is the most popular.
@Lizuka Thanks for the spoiler reveal of which one had the two paths.....sigh
BLUE LIONS!! One day, that is..
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