Archive for June 2016

Fates: European Map Pack 2 Schedule

June 23, 2016 FE Fates, News One comment

While Fire Emblem fans in Europe still await the launch of the remaining 4 DLC maps from Map Pack 1, one of which (Vanguard Dawn) is available today, Nintendo has sneakily updated their website with details of Map Pack 2.

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Unsurprisingly, Map Pack 2 will be up for purchase starting from 21st July 2016, a week after all the content of Map Pack 1 is done and dusted. However, unlike in North America, three maps will be released each week (for two weeks), similar to in Japan.

Map Pack 2 costs 7.19 GBP or 7.99 EUR, which is almost a 25% saving. If you opt to buy the maps individually, the first map I: In Endless Dreams costs 0.49 GBP/EUR, while the other five maps will set you back 1.79 GBP / 1.99 EUR each.

From 21st July, players can also download Another Gift from Anna for free, to instantly add a valuable Boots item and elusive Paragon skill scroll (which doubles experience earned) to their convoy.

With luck, we’ll find out if there’s a Map Pack 3 (containing the currently unreleased festival maps) sooner than later.

Japan Surprises eShop with Fire Emblem Mystery of the Emblem Release

June 21, 2016 News 3 comments

You heard me right folks! With Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE releasing this week worldwide, attention dropped from Japan’s eShop. Fortunately, they know how to get it back, with their announcement today of the unexpected release of the Super Famicom’s Fire Emblem Mystery of the Emblem on the new Nintendo 3DS.

Fire Emblem Mystery of the Emblem can be purchased through Japan’s eShop for 926 Yen.

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You can see more on their Twitter, and you can see their official site’s coverage on the game here.

Cipher: Series 5 Pre-Release Livestream & Promos

June 21, 2016 FE Cipher, News One comment

On June 23rd, the 5th Series of the Fire Emblem Cipher card game, Overcoming Rivalry, will finally be released. As a celebration, and to show off some of the set’s most anticipated cards, Ryota Kawade and Tsutomu Kitanishi hosted another pre-release livestream on NicoNico.

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The hosts had a number of special guests join them throughout the presentation. Hagi Michihiko, Ike’s Japanese voice actor, was there to start off the show, and they were also joined at various points by Hayato’s voice actor VALSHE as well as Koutarou Yamada, artist of the Hasha no Tsurugi manga and contributor to the upcoming set.

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The main purpose of the livestream was to show off some cards from the upcoming set, which features characters from Binding Blade and Radiant Dawn. These included previously-seen cards shown in person for the first time, plus many cards that had not yet been revealed, such as some of the most popular and elusive SR+ cards.

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Making of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of Changes

June 20, 2016 News 4 comments

Around a month ago, Genealogy of the Holy War celebrated its 20th anniversary. Recent Fire Emblem games owe a lot to Genealogy for introducing hugely popular gameplay elements such as special skills, marriage and children.

Sigurd lineart; scan provided by Kirokan.

Therefore, it’s very appropriate that our next “Making Of” article delves into the development history of this crucial entry in the series. As before, we’ve teamed up with the extremely hard-working Kirokan from Kantopia to bring you all the juicy details.

Unlike previous articles, the information we’ve gathered does not come from development documents included in the Making of Fire Emblem book, but naturally during the course of interviews with key Fire Emblem staff.

Genealogy is first brought up when Masahiro Higuchi, currently a producer at Intelligent Systems, discussed his first involvement with the Fire Emblem series. Back then, Higuchi was a graphic designer who worked on designing Genealogy’s dynamic map sprites.

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