Nintendo Direct For Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Announced

Ah yes. It IS about that time for more Fire Emblem bloodshed, drama, and socialization, isn't it? Can't wait!

Here's to hoping Fortune's Weave has a killer OST like Three Houses!

It’ll be interesting to see how Weave relates to Three Houses.
Lots of big games to squeeze in this year-end!

Good! Quite a lot we still don't know about this one, so I'm looking forward to it.

Here we GO lads and lasses, it's finally time for this game to take centre stage in Nintendo's marketing!
This is my most anticipated 1st party Switch 2 game so far!

Finally marketing this game. Cant wait!

@ajwolftill same here!! Today needs to FLY BY

I screamed a little bit. LET'S GO.

@JohnnyMind Urghhh, I wish I pre-ordered the collector edition sooner, cannot find it anywhere now

You can still find Engage's collector edition, but not this one 🤣

Kind of hoping they sneak in an announcement for some Amiibos or maybe a Fire Emblem-Themed Pro Controller.

Take my money, Nintendo!

I told myself I wouldn’t bother with this game. I’m starting to crack lol

@Oldstalk Gamestop and Nintendo's own store still have it in-stock. (If you're in the U.S. If you're not, I dunno.)

Would like to know to what extent how selecting and recruiting characters works. If it's exactly how it was in Three Houses or there's new twist to it.
This is the game I bought my Switch 2 for, September can't come soon enough.

@Pak-Man Yeah in Europe I cannot find it, but I hope Nintendo or Amazon will restock it soon enough 🫠

A direct just for meeee? Why Nintendo, thank you very much!

Super stoked! Love Fire Emblem!

@Oldstalk as a Canadian doing a quick search online, Argos doesn't explicitly say Sold Out on the main page, but I'm not an expert on stores across the pond, sorry!

Finally something for me Nintendo. Haven't touched my Switch 2 since MP4... I don't regret buying it but so far but... just hope this end of year makes it finally worth it with this and ocarina remake.

Not interested in Fire Emblem so I'm skipping this one

HERE WE GO! My #1 favourite franchise from Nintendo. This one's gonna be great, I can just tell!

Do I still need to watch the Direct? I’ve already pre-ordered it. Nintendo doesn’t need to convince me any further.

Most anticipated game of the year for me. I am gutted that Amazon UK cancelled my pre order for the Dagdan edition, hoping I might be able to get one on launch day.

oh boy!!! can't wait!!!!

@repsahj
Same but have you decided which protagonist you are picking, because I haven't!

Definitely will be watching cause a lot of what they've shown hasn't sold me yet sadly but even then there's only so much you can do with a strategy rpg lol

@Tyranexx stupid question of the day: what fire emblem game is this from?

Hoping I can get back into the FE series! I haven’t touched it since Fates on 3DS. I actually bought Echoes too but never even booted it up once. The side stuff always seems intimidating having to sit through dialogue and all that. I usually just want to do the battles, not all the padded stuff in between.
I’ll be checking this out! A proper switch 2 exclusive FE sounds really nice!

Was already a day 1 buy but still will check out the direct. A lot of games coming out in September and October but FE is my main game here.

Sadly, this game is launching right around the same time as Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, and that game will take priority for me personally. Not sure when I'll ever get to Fire Emblem, which is not something I ever thought I'd say. But Trails is just that good.

I can’t wait to play! Won’t be watching the direct though, I want to go in knowing as little as possible

Now, will it be a Three Houses, or Engage in gameplay? Also will it be overpriced?

@ChromaticDracula That's Takumi from Fire Emblem: Fates. Some like to dump on those three games - and some of it isn't unwarranted - but there's a lot to like about them too. Depending on the title, there's some excellent gameplay, some great characters, a great OST that goes much further than "Lost In Thoughts All Alone", and some fun unique classes on the Hoshidan side IMO.

Funny you mention Echoes; that's actually my favorite 3DS entry due to how casting tomes are handled and the dungeon exploration. Alm and Celica's story is fun to follow too, though it's fairly predictable.

Can't wait for Fire Emblem Four Houses.

I thought the leaks said we were getting an OoT Remake Direct on August 4th. Not Fire Emblem.

I can’t keep up with the release cadence…!

Heck to the freaking yah! Preordering!

I'll watch the Direct since I'm not sold on Fortune's Weave yet. Character designs just don't click with me.

that's tomorrow!

So excited for this game but I will be skipping this direct, want to go into the game blind as possible.

I didn't vibe with 3 Houses so my chances of getting this game are low, but for the sake of those who enjoy the series I hope thos direct has what you're looking for! <3

I've been saying since it came out that I wish I could graft 3H's story onto Engage's gameplay and map design. Hoping this is it.

I wouldn't wanna ruin my experience by seeing any more of the game so I won't be watching the direct, but for anyone still undecided, enjoy (:

The Art of the Weave.

@TrueBlueYoshi I kinda interested in it, but I also respect your opinion. 👍

I already ordered the special edition of the game, not sure if I'll watch the Direct or not. Basically didn't at all pay attention to the hype cycle for Three Houses and went into it mostly blind and not really opposed to doing the same on this one.

I suppose this is good for Fire Emblem fans. I was really hoping for a Zelda/OOT direct, though.

Normally, I'd make sure to watch a fire emblem direct, but I'm a bit weary of too much being shown. I'm already sold on it - I pre-ordered it yesterday, and I'm almost certain it'll be more to my liking than Engage before it.

For that reason, I muted the fire emblem subreddit, because I really want to discover the characters for myself.

I'd say September can't come soon enough, but with my work pattern at the moment, September will come soon enough.

@Zonned

To be fair, I think the Zelda game is more deserving of a direct, with so little we know about it, but with it coming out later (November?), maybe we'll see a direct for that soon.

the only game coming to Switch 2 that im interested in, Nintendos output for Switch 2 has been truly terrible

Definitely a day-one buy for me - not bluffing this time, I have a switch 2 now and have this game preordered so for real ya'll.

(I'm picking Theodora first)

@KBuckley27 Well that's your opinion.

I think their output is pretty incredible, with multiple really interesting and diverse games released in just over a year.

I'm probably going to skip out on this direct. Already pre-ordered the game so there's no use in spoiling myself more than I already have.

I'm not sure about watching the direct, I'm really curious about the game but I also don't want to see too much.

@Tyranexx Judging by the clips so far? Yep. And the normal boss theme seems to be even better this time (I personally found Wrath Strike good the first few times, but after like Chapter 4 I found it to be quite repetitive)

The three houses is the first part of the franchise i ever played and it blew me away!

Engage on the other hand i stopped to play.

So lets hope it will be like three houses, that one was a stunning game i couldnt put away.

Also special thanks to Nintendo life for giving us the European times! Great service

Bah. Not the direct I was waiting for

But Nintendo hasn't marketed this game, according to random internet commentors.

OMG, can't wait, my most anticipated game of the year by far.

@AJWolfTill Maybe you're right. Ok, I will watch it then.

@AerosTactician I guarantee someone rips the OST straight to YouTube at or shortly after Fortune's Weave launches. It'll be a bit before I play the game, but I'll definitely take in the sweet, sweet music ASAP.

@Zonned I don’t think we’ll get one until after this game releases. I’m beyond hyped for Ocarina though!

@KBuckley27 they have more output than Sony and Xbox 🤷🏼‍♂️

@RickStar I won’t be watching either! The game is a month and half away from release, it’s best going in knowing as little as possible. I didn’t know about the time jump in Three Houses until I played it

@Tyranexx

Do you mean the game, or the fanbase? ducks

Hopefully they explain why they think this game is for some reason worth $80, because I sure as hell don't see it.

@pichuscute0

Because the game it is a sequel to was a 200+ hour behemoth that sold the highest the series has ever done by a sizable margin? cough

@metaphysician
(Seriously, good point. XD)

Please don’t be a dating sim! Please don’t be a dating sim! Please don’t be a dating sim!

Great, we’ll finally get to see why Nintendo thinks it can charge eighty dollaridoos for a B-tier franchise after they only charged seventy for their biggest release ever a few short years ago. (Something tells me they’re still going to cut out a few side quests and outfits and charge us another forty for an expansion pass…)

@metaphysician Engage already happened and wasn't $80, so that doesn't exactly check out. Also, sequels usually sell like ***** and substantially increasing the price isn't going to help that, especially when you can just play the original instead and get hundreds of hours for a fraction of the cost.

Also, this game doesn't look good, visually or otherwise. So there's that too.

The Direct was fire!!! My hype for the game has grown tenfold!

@Tyranexx Well, we've got a few up on Nintendo Music now! It's so fire

@AerosTactician I haven't managed to listen to the new tracks yet, but that's something I'll fit in shortly! Busy day lol. I'll take your word for it in the meantime.

Edit: Listening now, about four tracks in. Great stuff!

@Tyranexx I'm especially happy at the use of the main theme as a leitmotif

@AerosTactician Same here! Definitely got a kick out of that when I recognized the tune.

@Tyranexx There's actually a surprising number of leitmotifs. Also Cai's battle theme is literally Fodlan Winds 2 which is a very good thing imo

@AerosTactician I am completely on board with Fódlan Winds 2!

It's a great, GREAT strategy game.