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[Othin]

I liked the flags in FE9 and FE10. I think they look a lot cooler than portraits. If anything, it would be weird to be fighting enemies that have faces...

Weird to be reminded that the human enemies you fight are all people? Sounds weirder to distance yourself from that and turn them into faceless robots, as if your characters and the bosses are the only "real" people" in the battle. This seems like a way of taking the bloodshed of the battles a bit more seriously, and I like it.

[Agro]

*snip*

And I see the Blond Hair Man with the Sword in his portrait looks like an enemy unit (possibly more like Boss or Recruitable Enemy)

The blond man is a generic, his name is "Narazumono" which pretty much means "Bandit" in Japanese.

It shows HP going from 7 -> 0 on the generic. Perhaps it is what shows up when Animations are off? (Does not know Japanese, and claims no responsibility for this being disproven by said Japanese)

It's probably just a pre-battle screen so show you the outcome of the battle (assuming that you hit). The game is doing even more math for you.

I'll see if I can't have a go at translating some of this.

Edited by Agromono, 15 February 2012 - 04:56 PM.

[ISRMMBV]

While I am ticked that Jase is gone, from what we see, Mu has some speech bubbles, meaning he has a defined personality (unless there are personality types chosen at the NEW GAME screen like in 12 that effect stat growths) so I am happy that he won't just be yet another Heroic Mime for Self-Insertion purposes. Defined personality > fandom personae any day. And YAY! The fact that Mu can use weapons and magic means a split stat for Str and Mag:lol: . So I really have nothing to bitch about.

[grandjackal]

Weird to be reminded that the human enemies you fight are all people? Sounds weirder to distance yourself from that and turn them into faceless robots, as if your characters and the bosses are the only "real" people" in the battle. This seems like a way of taking the bloodshed of the battles a bit more seriously, and I like it.

Funny you mentioned that. Studies have actually shown that the more faceless the enemy is, the easier it is to hit them. Could call it the Stormtrooper effect, where in Star Wars the heroes hit every mark, but the Stormtroopers couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.

This can only mean one thing. The enemies will have an actual Avoid rate now. Dammit.

[King Marth 64]

And Liz is really confirmed to be Krom's sister? Is that correct?

Krom's sister and the princess of the Holy Kingdom of Iris. She is a member of Krom's vigilante force and a staff-wielding Cleric. She aids Krom in battle and has an important presence in the field. Although she appears to be naive of worldly goings-ons and sometimes acts like a spoilt princess, she is kind at heart. In the dialogue scenes, she exhibits a bright personality and, like Krom, a strong sense of justice.

Edited by King Marth 64, 15 February 2012 - 06:08 PM.

[H-Bastaki]

so what about the scene that look like an anime? looks very cool!

[shadowofchaos]

Err sorry, I don't know how to put Spoiler code in the forums.

[spoiler](image)[/spoiler]

^What he said.

And Liz is really confirmed to be Krom's sister? Is that correct?

Krom's sister and the princess of the Holy Kingdom of Iris. She is a member of Krom's vigilante force and a staff-wielding Cleric. She aids Krom in battle and has an important presence in the field. Although she appears to be naive of worldly goings-ons and sometimes acts like a spoilt princess, she is kind at heart. In the dialogue scenes, she exhibits a bright personality and, like Krom, a strong sense of justice.

Says it right there in red.

「クロムの妹」 = "Krom's Sister"

Edited by shadowofchaos, 15 February 2012 - 07:00 PM.

[Celice]

I'd like to hear some more info on the radiant world map system. It'd be really cool if you had to repel monsters/people (finally enemies that aren't undead machines have been shown) from certain areas, maybe affecting things like prices or item availabilities. An active faction system would be an interesting touch.

[Refa]

Look at it this way:
FE1/3 - Basic game, simple storyline in the first, developed more in the second
FE2 - World map, monsters, branched promotions
FE4/5 - More complicated, introduced new mechanics, skill system, had greater storyline emphasis
FE6/7 - returns to the basics but keeping a few new elements, simple storyline in the first, developed more in the second
FE8 - World map, monsters, branched promotions
FE9/10 -FE4/5 - More complicated, introduced new mechanics, skill system, had greater storyline emphasis
FE11/12 - returns to the basics but keeping a few new elements, simple storyline in the first, developed more in the second
FE13 - World map, monsters, branched promotions
In fact, after FE12 I predicted the next game would have a world map with monsters and branched promotions.

My point isn't that they're not all the exact same, it's that it's not consistent. By your standards, FE14 should be the one with the world map with monsters and branched promotions.

Weird to be reminded that the human enemies you fight are all people? Sounds weirder to distance yourself from that and turn them into faceless robots, as if your characters and the bosses are the only "real" people" in the battle. This seems like a way of taking the bloodshed of the battles a bit more seriously, and I like it.

I can't take it seriously when I'm fighting the same guy and his 50 clones over and over again. At least in other games with soldiers it made sense; they all wore similar armor. Here it's just stupid.
And if you throw another example in my face where FE did something similar like the Pegasus boss' from FE4, STOP. That was stupid too.

[Anouleth]

Weird to be reminded that the human enemies you fight are all people?

But they're not people, they're just bits of data in a computer. Duh!

Sounds weirder to distance yourself from that and turn them into faceless robots, as if your characters and the bosses are the only "real" people" in the battle.

I think that when all the enemies have the same face it's creepy.

This seems like a way of taking the bloodshed of the battles a bit more seriously, and I like it.

Fire Emblem: Serious Business

My point isn't that they're not all the exact same, it's that it's not consistent. By your standards, FE14 should be the one with the world map with monsters and branched promotions.

So basically, because FE2 and FE3 are out of order you're going to say there's no pattern whatsoever? That's dumb. I see it as going in five-game cycles... I couldn't say if that's something planned or just an accident of how IS work. Just because the pattern isn't super 100% consistent doesn't mean it's not there. After all, you might as well say that Armours don't have low speed growths, just because Armours had decent speed growths in FE10.

Edited by Anouleth, 15 February 2012 - 08:07 PM.

[Refa]

I think that when all the enemies have the same face it's creepy.

It's "Attack Of The Clones" all over again.

[Momo]

Rolling around in the grass is a lot more awkward when it's with your sister.

[Leif]

I wonder if the fact that they said MU uses Magic means that we're having magic squished into one weapon type again or if they're just not revealing what kind he uses

No I don't think so, it was mentioned that MU wielded an "Elthunder" tome in one of the videos. I think we are getting a magic system similar to FE4/5/10.

[The Awesomest]

I can't take it seriously when I'm fighting the same guy and his 50 clones over and over again. At least in other games with soldiers it made sense; they all wore similar armor. Here it's just stupid. And if you throw another example in my face where FE did something similar like the Pegasus boss' from FE4, STOP. That was stupid too.

Well, his portrait seems to match his class, so we'll probably see different portraits for all the different classes we fight. Remember the trailers? We saw that shadow dude.

Also, speaking of the trailers, I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I saw the old-style battle-predicting boxes in those, so we probably have an option to pick which one we like.

[CrashGordon94]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but people on GameFAQs have been bitching and bitching and bitching about this option. THIS OPTION.

[mjemirzian]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but people on GameFAQs have been bitching and bitching and bitching about this option. THIS OPTION.

Casual mode is good for Fire Emblem. Grinding is fine if there's a scoring system.

Btw it's mentioned in the Famitsu article that there's both support attack and support defense. Previously all we saw was a support attack in one of the trailers.

[Agro]

Well, his portrait seems to match his class, so we'll probably see different portraits for all the different classes we fight. Remember the trailers? We saw that shadow dude.

Also, speaking of the trailers, I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I saw the old-style battle-predicting boxes in those, so we probably have an option to pick which one we like.

edit: never mind

Edited by Agromono, 16 February 2012 - 04:38 AM.

[VincentASM]

For anybody worried about the FE1/2-style Level Up screen, it also shows your actual stats on the bottom screen.

[CrashGordon94]

Casual mode is good for Fire Emblem. Grinding is fine if there's a scoring system.

Indeed, I wasn't agreeing with the twats on GFAQs if that's what you thought I meant.

For anybody worried about the FE1/2-style Level Up screen, it also shows your actual stats on the bottom screen.

Well, that's definitely good to know!

[VincentASM]

The other pages at ChinaFE

I've also update the information page on the main site.