Nintendo recently visited Snell Hall in Toronto, to promote Fire Emblem Fates’ impending release with a hype event of their own.

Nintendo offered pre-release plays on numerous 3DSs and even gave out 100 T-shirts to early visitors.

Lines were long, and turnout was great. I did get to speak to reddit user /u/AerisIsDead, and got a brief synopsis of the event:

“I showed up 3 hours early and there was already a line. The staff wore Revelation shirt and gave away t-shirts for the first 100 attendees. Red tee for Birthright and purple tee for Conquest. When I went inside there were multiple charging stations and booths with N3DS XL waiting for us to try the game. 3 people per station with a time limit of approx. 20 minutes. The demo included chapter 10 and a few other battles and a paralogue. There were some amiibo and sword replicas and projectors with Fire Emblem Fates gameplay and intro playing. By the time I got outside, the line up was still present at 7pm. The event would last until 9pm.”

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There were some neat Falchion replicas on hand and other goodies to check out. It sounds like a pretty fun event, and we hope that more like this come up internationally!

Photo credit to Reddit user /u/AerisIsDead, Hao Nguyen