Archive for February 2016

Cipher Winter Livestream: Series 4, 5 and 6 samples

On 13th February, the Fire Emblem Cipher team held their seventh Nicovideo live presentation to share news about upcoming expansions and other Cipher-related news.

This time, we're joined by Ike and Midori's voice actors.

Midori and Ike’s voice actors (middle) join the stage.

I was away at the time, so special thanks to Kirie and Hardin for providing all of the images and details in this article.

The event opened with news regarding the upcoming Series 4, which very roughly translates “Shimmering Illusions” and features cards from Mystery of the Emblem, Awakening and Genei Ibun Roku #FE.

Like the previous two expansions, those who purchase a Series 4 booster box will receive a pack of exclusive sleeves, from two possible designs.

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Fire Emblem Fates Chooses Toronto to Host Pre-Release Event

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

13 - dNe1N7mNintendo offered pre-release plays on numerous 3DSs and even gave out 100 T-shirts to early visitors.

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Awakening Trio Hit NA Shelves Today Through Project X Zone 2

As I brought up a few days ago, Europe and Australia can get their hands on Chrom and Lucina in Project X Zone 2. Today, the US gets to play with two Falchions, as it hits shelves in North America today as well!

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The game is already getting generally positive reviews from gaming sources (hovering around a 7/10-8/10 from Metacritic and Famitsu). If you’d like to have a blast with some friends at a high energy spectacle, you can add this title to your shelf for $39.99.

Don’t Live in the US? Get Your Fire Emblem Fix Today Anyway

Project X Zone 2, featuring Chrom, Lucina and a matured Tiki, hits shelves today in Australia and EU regions. It debuts in NA in four days, as well as Fates in seven. Here’s your chance to get a bit of Fire Emblem action in while waiting for the rest

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Also, if you live in near Toronto, today’s Fire Emblem Fates event is going on! I’ve contacted one fan who plans to visit already, and would love to hear how the event is from other fans who get an opportunity to participate.

And with that, American fans bide their time in the week long wait until their Fire Emblem fix for the year hits stores of all kinds. News on a European release would be lovely right about now…