At long last, I’ll be covering the Somniel trailer that Nintendo Japan shared last Friday.

By the way, this is Part 3 of the analysis for Friday’s Fire Emblem Engage content. If you missed them, feel free to check out Part 1, which covers the Expansion Pass, and Part 2, which covers the official website, etc.

At the time of writing, the western branches of Nintendo haven’t shared an English version of the trailer. However, I’ll point you to a fan-translated version, by SatsumaFS on Twitter.

Update: Nintendo of America and Europe have now shared their version of the trailer. However, because I don’t have much time, I’ve left some screenshots from the Japanese version.

Once again, thanks to TipperTheScales for providing assistance.

Intro

The Somniel is a floating base where you can relax between battles, similar to My Castle in FE Fates and, to an extent, the monastery in Three Houses.

On the left is artwork of the Somniel, while on the right is a zoomed out in-game shot.

We saw a tiny bit of the Somniel during the debut trailer, around the Plaza and checking out the Boutique. But this time, we’ll be getting a more in-depth look.

As you’d expect, you can find your allies chilling at the Somniel. Diamant appears to be enjoying a spot of fishing, while Amber stands nearby. Meanwhile, Goldmary is gazing at the plaza from higher up.

Unlike during battle, your allies wear more casual attire. Well, it makes sense, since you wouldn’t want to lug around heavy armour when you’re off-duty!

Prepare for Battle

At the Somniel, there are various facilities you can use to prepare for future battles.

These are all conveniently located around the Plaza. To the left of Alear, is Lapis. In the Hong Kong trailer, Framme is there instead. Meanwhile, in the English trailer, the honour goes to Fogado.

Alcryst is pondering in front of the Armory, while Hortensia seems to be eyeing the Smithy. We saw a bit of the Smithy, run by Calney, in the debut trailer.

Darthon is the owner of the Armory. From their slightly more down-to-earth appearances, I’m guessing the shopkeepers are NPCs, not playable characters.

Diamant is shopping around for weapons. Available weapons include Slim Sword, Iron Sword, Steel Sword, Armorslayer, Killing Edge, Iron Blade, Slim Lance, Iron Lance, Javelin, Ridersbane and Killer Lance. Depending on the weapon, they may have unlimited or limited stock.

The Steel Sword, Armorslayer and Killing Edge all have the same weapon rank and Might. The Steel Sword gives 5 Crt, while the Killing Edge gives 30. Compared to the Iron Sword, the Steel Sword has less Hit, while the Armorslayer and Killing Edge have even less Hit. Also, the Killing Edge is a tad heavier, while the Armorslayer is much heavier.

Next, Timerra is shopping at the Vendor. Here, you can buy staves and consumables, including: Freeze, Silence, Obstruct (Ice Lock in the Japanese version), Vulnerary, Antitoxin, Pure Water, Torch, HP Tonic, Strength Tonic, Dexterity Tonic, Speed Tonic and Luck Tonic.

Freeze likely immobilises a foe, while Obstruct/Ice Lock could create ice pillars or something to block movement. Tonics probably boost stats for a battle, like in FE Awakening; there was a very brief moment in “Engaging with Emblems” where Framme was carrying a bucketload of them. Torches will obviously be useful for Fog of War.

This is the entrance to the Ring Chamber. It’s hard to tell, but I think this is the left side of Café Terrace. However, I don’t see the notice board in the corner. Hmm, perhaps this door is upstairs?

Anyway, inside, you have access to the following:

• Inherit Skills
• Create Bond Rings
• Meld Bond Rings
• Polish Rings
• (Enhance) Engage Weapons

All of these except “Enhance Engage Weapons” (which you can probably guess) will be explained next.

Skill Inheritance works a bit like FE Heroes. From the official Twitter posts, it seems you can inherit skills from any Emblem who’s reached Bond Level 5.

The available allies include: Alear, Jade, Diamant, Chloé, Louis, Yunaka, Alcryst, Clanne, Framme, Boucheron, Céline, Vander and Alfred.

Available Emblems (and their Bond Levels) are Marth (10), Celica (10), Sigurd (10), Leif (3), Roy (5) and Micaiah (10).

Above is Marth’s inheritable skills. You may notice these include Marth’s Sync skills (Perceptive, Break Defenses and Unyielding), plus some related skills (Avoid +X and Sword Agility).

Sword Agility 1 grants Avoid +10, Critical -10.

Similar to FE Heroes, you need SP to learn skills. SP is gained by fighting while synced with Emblems.

Bond Rings appear to be accessories that you can equip in place of Emblem Rings. They feature many characters from across the series and provide stat boosts and effects, but you cannot fight/sync with them.

Above is a pair of screenshots from a Twitter post shared afterwards.

Bond Rings are tied to the Emblems you obtain. For example, Marth’s Bond Rings include Ogma, Navarre, Merric, Minerva, Linde, Tiki, Kris and Katarina (plus Legion and Caeda, not shown yet). While Celica’s Bond Rings include Lukas, Saber and Conrad (plus Delthea, not shown here).

You can obtain Bond Rings by selecting Create Bond Rings. You then choose the Emblem and spend 100 bond fragments to craft 1 ring or 1000 bond fragments to craft 10. The rings you craft appear to be random. So it works like a gacha.

Also, each individual Bond Ring has a rank: C, B, A or S. The higher the rank, the better the stat boost. S rank Bond Rings also seem to have bonus effects.

In the Japanese trailer, the stat boosts are: Kris C (HP +2), Merric B (Dex +1, Spd +1), Linde C (Lck +1), Navarre C (Dex +1), Navarre B (Dex +1, Spd +1), Kris S (HP +4, Str +1, Dex +1), Kris B (HP +2, Str +1), Legion C (Str +1) and Linde B (Lck +1, Mag +1).

The Hong Kong trailer has slightly different Bond Rings.

The stat boosts are: Tiki C (Lck +1), Minerva B (Lck +1, Def +1), Katarina C (Def +1), Caeda C (Spd +1) and Merric C (Spd +1).

The English trailer also has different results, as shown above.

If the pattern holds true, there should be 10 individual Bond Rings for each Emblem. Times 4 for each rank, for a total of 40 Bond Rings per Emblem.

Also, it’ll be interesting to see what artwork they use for Genealogy, since I’m assuming they’re recycling official art for all the Bond Rings (like in Marth and Celica’s case). I guess Genealogy does have official art, but it’s going to look so out of place, ahahaha.

Even if you’re unlucky with the gacha, you can obtain high rank Bond Rings the hard way by choosing Meld Bond Rings.

This lets you merge duplicate rings and pay Bond Shards to upgrade their rank. First example is 4x Caeda A rings and 10,000 Bond Shards to create one Caeda S ring. Second example is 2x Ogma C rings and 100 Bond Shards to create one Ogma B ring.

The stat boosts above are: Caeda A (Dex +1, Spd +1, Lck +1), Caeda S (Dex +1, Spd +2, Lck +1, Evangelist: When HP is below 50%, damage sustained -5), Ogma C (Str +1) and Ogma B (Str +1, Dex +1).

Finally, Polish Rings unexpectedly brings back FE Fates‘s face-rubbing feature, sort of! Instead, you can wipe the Emblem Rings after they get dirty in battle. Sigurd looks a bit worried there, Alfred…

Here’s the door to the Arena (Training Space in the Japanese version). It looks to be outside Café Terrace, on the right. Inside, you can participate in mock battles with allies or Emblems.

In Standard Training, you’ll fight randomly selected allies, with limited attempts (3 on screen).

On the left is Framme taking on her superior, Vander. On the right is Framme trading blows with Pandreo instead, from the Hong Kong trailer. For the record, Pandreo’s Training Body-Art prevents consecutive attacks.

At the far end of the Somniel is the Tower of Trials (Training Cottage in the Japanese version).

Here, you can participate in the Tempest Trial (named like the one in FE Heroes), which is a series of consecutive maps, to obtain rewards.

In the first map, Diamant is a Level 16 Lord with a Steel Sword. His foe is a Level 20 Fabrication Mage with Elthunder. In the English trailer, the Mage has Elsurge, a close-combat tome instead.

Allies include Timerra (lance), Ivy (tome/staff), Yunaka (dagger), Fogado (bow cavalry), Alfred (lance cavalry), Céline (tome, for once) and Alear (sword).

I think the map is new, but the aesthetics are similar to the (presumably) Prologue map.

Next map has Timerra with a Silver Lance fighting a Fabrication Warrior with a Silver Axe. The allies appear to be the same ones as before. I’m guessing this means you can’t change allies between maps.

Also, I reckon this is the first time we’ve properly seen the Warrior class. It’s a Backup class as you’d expect.

Likewise, I don’t think we’ve seen this map before. There’s a decent chance all the maps in the Tower of Trials are exclusive to it.

Update: TipperTheScales pointed out to me that the Fabrication Warrior is male in the Japanese trailer, but female in the Hong Kong trailer. This confirms that Warrior isn’t a gender-locked class. Well, I guess we have female Berserkers, shown by Panette.

After the fight, for a brief moment there’s a graphic of the 12 symbols for each Emblem. These match the positions of the Emblems on the mural. From the top and going clockwise, they correspond to Marth, Celica, Sigurd, Leif, Roy, Lyn, Eirika, Ike, Micaiah, Lucina, Corrin and Byleth.

Next is the rewards screen, where the player receives various Emblem Crystals: 1 Defence, 1 Speed, 1 Resistance, 1 Avoid, 1 Critical and 2 Dexterity crystals.

The Hong Kong trailer has slightly different rewards, including a Might Emblem Crystal. Likewise, the English trailer also has different rewards, suggesting they’re randomised.

Not sure what these crystals are used for–maybe weapon forging? Or perhaps to enhance Engage weapons?

Also in the Hong Kong trailer, where it shows the 12 symbols for each Emblem, there’s a super brief moment where you can see the experience gained by the party. The party members are the same ones on the map. At this point, they’re all Level 16 to 20.

Another feature of the Tower of Trials is the Outrealm Trial, where you can create a defence map and upload it for people to challenge, as well as challenge other peoples’ defence maps. So similar to the My Castle invasions in FE Fates or Aether Raids in FE Heroes.

There’s quite the assortment of terrain you can place! Such as recovery tiles that restore 10 HP each turn, defence tiles that grant Avoid +30, restore 10 HP each turn and negate Break, ballistae, cannons, breakable tiles, trap tiles and obstructions/decorations, like an alpaca statue or statue of Sommie, the mascot. Plus a strange Elusian-shaped tile that could be this apparatus in the background.

Each category of tile has a placement limit, like max of 10 trap tiles or 3 defence tiles.

On the map, you can have up to 12 allies.

The ones here are…

• Top row: Hortensia (tome/staff, synced with Byleth), Diamant (sword, synced with Leif), Louis (lance, synced with Sigurd), Timerra (lance, synced with Ike)
• Middle row: Alcryst (bow, synced with Roy). Alfred (lance, synced with Lyn), Clanne (unarmed, synced with Lucina), Citrinne (tome/staff, synced with Celica),
• Bottom row: Alear (sword, synced with Marth), Seadall (body arts, synced with Micaiah), Lapis (sword, synced with Corrin) and Rosado (axe, synced with Eirika).

Allies can be assigned tactics, for when they’re controlled by the AI. These include: Hold (stay in position), Defend (attack when foe is in range), Attack (actively seek out foes), Group A, Group B and Group C.

The latter 3 may be related to grouping up for Chain Attacks. These are are assist attacks that Backup type classes can perform when a unit attacks an enemy and the Backup unit(s) can attack the same enemy from their current position.

This screen shows the player uploading their defence map. Only one defence map can be uploaded; if one already exists, it’ll be overwritten. Even if you have multiple save files, you can only upload one defence map per Nintendo Account.

This screen shows a defence result. You can choose to watch the replay or jump straight to the results. The player jumps straight to the results. It was a victory this time! The player receives a Butterfly Net, a gift item. At the back, you can see the player’s Rating and I think replay ID.

In the Hong Kong trailer, the player lost, but they still received something: a Guardian God’s Gemstone, another gift item. In the English trailer, the player also won and got a Lupine Flower.

Get to know your allies

At the Somniel, you can interact with all the allies you’ve made during your journey.

The Japanese trailer begins with the player strolling near Fogado and Chloé. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong trailer has Framme and Anna instead. Anna is so smol!

The next three shots show other allies going about their business. Pandreo is relaxing by the fountain, Framme and Rosado are at the pool, while Timerra and Fogado seem to be enjoying a song and dance.

Afterwards, we’re shown some dialogue from Kagetsu, Yunaka and Céline. In the Hong Kong trailer, Jade replaces Kagetsu and Céline appears in a slightly different location.

Jade: Only an extremely small number of people will gaze upon this view… I can’t help wondering if there’s some deeper meaning behind this.

Also Céline’s dialogue is different in the Japanese/Hong Kong version, perhaps from a different point in the game?

Céline: Sometimes, I can’t help but worry about Firene… as well as Mother, back at the palace.

At Café Terrace, you can enjoy meals with allies, similar to the Dining Hall in Three Houses. Louis and Citrinne can be seen sitting down, while Ivy is manning the reception. The colour of the cloth is darker than in the debut trailer; maybe you can change the decorations somewhat?

Meanwhile, in the Hong Kong trailer, Yunaka is manning the reception. You can see the cloth has changed colours again.

Yunaka: You came, huh. Let me handle today’s cooking!

Right, there’s a lot to digest here, pun intended.

Left side shows the chef (Ivy) and the two recipients (Diamant and Etie).

Middle is the chosen dish, with a description, basic effect (which stats are increased), extra ingredients and finally whether the recipients will like the dish. Next to the dish’s name is also how proficient the chef is at making the dish.

On the right side is a list of dishes. It seems you can sort the dishes by country of origin? The current tab could be all dishes or just favourited dishes? There are sparkles next to some dishes, which look to be related to the chef’s proficiency.

The player scrolls down to select the third dish, so you can see the detailed information for three dishes in all.

The Hong Kong trailer has a slightly different list of dishes, mainly because the chef is Yunaka. It seems the dishes that the chef has an affinity for are moved towards the top, thus altering the order of dishes.

Two additional dishes appear near the end: White Sauce Meatballs and Chicken and Tomato Curry.

The player in this trailer scrolls through five different dishes. Here’s their detailed info via TipperTheScales:

• Mutton and Cabbage Stew (Skilled): Lamb and cabbage stewed together, to a consistency where the cabbage melts in the mouth. Boosts Str +1, Res +1. Requires Mutton, Cabbage.
• Bean and Veggie Consommé: Thick cut bacon, vegetables and beans are added, then slowly simmered into a consomme; the soup base varies from person to person. Boosts Str +1, Def +1, Res +1. Requires Pork, Cabbage, Beans.
• Minced-Meat Dumplings: A dish made by wrapping minced meat, vegetables, and flour in dough, then cooked with herbs. Boosts Str +1, Res +2. Requires Chicken, Tomato, Herbs.
• Potato Soup: A thick soup made from mashed potatoes. Boosts Res +2. Requires Potato.
• Salted-Meat Stew: A dish of salted pork tendon, vegetables and herbs, stewed for several hours. Boosts Str +1, Def +1, Res +2. Requires Pork, Onion, Spices, Herbs.

As it happens, Etie and Diamant are fans of all the selected dishes, in both trailers. Are they just easily pleased or is it something else? Like perhaps the dishes are automatically ordered so the favourites are near the top?

Here’s the menu where you confirm the dish. At this point, you can add in a rare/illusory ingreident, such as Rare Vegetables, Rare Fruit or Rare Fish.

We move onto Etie and Diamant enjoying their Salmon and Potato Gratin.

Dining with allies will improve Alear’s support relationship with them. The characters will also comment on their meals.

Their reactions in the Japanese/Hong Kong trailers are slightly different.

Diamant: Delicious. Nicely done. I must work on my cooking skills too.

Etie: I need to exercise, to work off the food I just ate. After I’ve rested, I shall go for a jog.

When you return to the reception, you’ll receive a grade for your dish and a confirmation of the received stat boosts. In general, they apply to all units. Like Three Houses, the stat boosts apply for the next battle.

In the Japanese/Hong Kong trailers, the player got a D grade. However the player in the English trailer got an A grade! On top of the general stat boosts, there’s an additional bonus if the unit is a/the Divine Dragon.

While exploring the Somniel, you may discover sparkling spots. From them, you may receive gift items, like a Pretty Pebble.

You can gift these items to allies to increase your support relationship with them.

Here’s another example with Jade, with a much bigger list of gifts…

At the end, the player unlocks a support conversation with Jade. In the Japanese and English trailers, she appears to be a Great Knight. Whereas she’s still an Axe Armor in the Hong Kong trailer.

Everything Else

The final segment covers all the mini-games and side stuff that you can do.

Bunet is fishing this time, while Amber is still staring off into the distance. Then we see Boucheron and Lapis doing some exercise.

The Farmyard is a place where you can befriend animals you’ve discovered during your adventures. There’s a cat, dog, ram, donkey and even a camel! Here, sparkling spots may appear. The player obtains a Rare Vegetable from one.

When Alear is moving towards the sparkling spot, the Somniel mini-map appears on the right (absent in the English trailer). We saw a glimpse of this in the debut trailer.

I’ve numbered all of the facilities.

Facilities 1~4 are pretty easy: they’re the Armory, Item Shop, Boutique and Smithy surrounding the Plaza.

5 is some kind of portal, presumably the Somniel’s entrance (and thus exit back to the world map), 6 is the Farm, 9 looks like the amiibo spot, 16 should be Sommie’s residence and 17 the Tower of Trials.

Surrounded by 10~14 is the Café Terrace. 13 is a jukebox, while 11 appears to be a notice board.

The rest I’m unsure. 10 could be the Ring Chamber, 15 perhaps the Areba, 12 maybe My Room?

There’s also the Fishing spot and Strength Training area, but none of the icons seem to match.

Say “hello” to Sommie, a mysterious creature who’s been living at the Somniel.

Their name is obviously derived from “Somniel”. In the Japanese version, their name is “Sora”, derived from “Soranel”. Although it could also be “Solennel”.

At Sora’s home, you can choose: Feed, Pet and Dress Up.

The player chooses to feed the hungry beast. You can feed it ingredients used for cooking, including rare ones.

The list includes: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Mutton, Onion, Cabbage, Herb, Tomato, Potato, Rare Vegetable, Wheat Flour, Apple and (probably) Orange.

And here’s Alear petting the cuddly thing. For their efforts, the player is rewarded with 100 bond fragments. As a reminder, you can use these for creating/melding Bond Rings.

Welcome to the Boutique, probably my favourite feature. Pandreo is playing dress up for us.

Here are the names of all the outfits seen:

• Party Jacket
• Sunlit Vest
• Plaid Vest
• Blue-Sky Vest
• Sundew Vest
• Cavern Tippet
• Wild Tippet
• Crimson Jacket
• Ebon Jacket
• Evening Stole
• Sandy Stole
• Noon Coat
• Daybreak Coat
• Spruce Coat
• Fern Coat
• Emerald Coat
• Woolen Coat
• Stark Cassock
• Frost Cassock
• Lake Cassock

Note: In the Hong Kong trailer, the outfit selection is slightly different. I’ll add the additional outfits from there whenever I have the chance.

Wow, that’s a lot more than I expected.

However, far as I can tell, accessories (including outfits) are only worn in the Somniel. In all the battle footage seen so far, nobody has worn any accessories, unless they were really holding back. I’d love to be proven wrong though!

Besides outfits, you can choose face accessories too.

Here are the names of all the accessories in the menu:

• Normal Specs
• Square Specs
• Thick Specs
• Large Shades
• Tinted Shades
• Skull Mask
• Elegant Mask
• Eye Patch

By choosing different outfits and accessories for your allies, you can see them in a totally new light.

The examples include Pandreo and Kagetsu by the fountain, Louis and Rosado by the campfire and Alear and Céline by some fruit trees, with Goldmary at the back.

Update: Totally forgot, the official Japanese Twitter shared a supplementary video for the Accessory Shop.

First, the Boutique is run by somebody called Pinay.

Pinay: We got some new products in. Come and have a look.

Alear’s default costume is called the “Divine Dragon Girl’s Casual Attire”, while Framme’s is the “Crimson Guardian’s Attire”.

When buying outfits, you get the male and female outfits in a pair.

On the left is the Sunlit Pair Set; in the debut trailer, Citrinne was wearing the Sunlit Apron from there. On the right is the Checkered Pair Set.

The ones shown in the menus are:

• Sunlit Pair Set
• Plaid Pair Set
• Blue-Sky Pair Set
• Sundew Pair Set
• Cavern Pair Set
• Wild Pair Set

Before buying the outfit set, you can preview it in 360 degrees. Nice painting of Lythos in Alear’s room.

Besides costing gold, you also need crystals, such as Iron Crystals and Steel Crystals. Plus Silver Crystals, I’m guessing. Maybe you get these from recycling weapons or something?

At the end, we get a glimpse of the Sundew Pair Set: Outfit worn by Firenese nobles. The tailors use traditional Firenese dye techniques to create the beautiful colour gradient, to recreate the feeling of morning mist. [Pair of male and female outfits.]

You may have noticed the Sunlit and Plaid outfits are recolours of each other; likewise, Blue-Sky and Sundew are recolours of each other. If the pattern holds, the next outfit should be unique and the one after that a recolour of the previous one.

However, looking at the larger outfit list, it looks more like outfit designs may have up to two recolours.

I’m not going to lie, the next part wasn’t something I’d expect to see in a FE game!

In the Strength Training area, you can play exercise-based mini-games. Boucheron and Lapis are still at it, while they’ve also been joined by Etie and Alear.

There are at least two variety of mini-games. One where you press A with the right timing, to simulate push ups, and another where you move the left and right circle pads in time with the moving arrows, like a rhythm game.

The game keeps track of your successful attempts, plus whether their timing is Perfect or Good. In the first exercise, 30 successful attempts are required, while 50 are needed for the second exercise. It seems missing three times will cause you to fail.

Here’s the results for the squats exercise. Wow, the player got all Perfects for a SSS grade. The current score and best score is 5,000 points.

After the exercise, the player gains a Dexterity +3 buff for the next fight. Not sure if it only applies to Alear nor whether it stacks with food buffs.

Ah, good old Fishing, making a return from Three Houses. When they showed your allies fishing near the start, it pretty much confirmed that the fishing mini-game would return.

Like you’d expect, you have to press the A button when a fish bites onto your lure to begin reeling it in. Perfect! The fish Alear’s fighting with is a small fish, judging by its shadow.

This time, there doesn’t seem to be a QTE mini-game to reel in the fish. Instead, it looks like you need to move the left circle pad in the right direction, kind of like in Ocarina of Time.

The prize is a Charwhal, measuring 12 cm. Rewards include 20 Bond Fragment and some Minched Fish.

Seadall was described as being good at reading fortunes, but I didn’t think there’d be a Fortune Teller mini-game with him! It appears to be a simplified version of Tarot cards.

A card featuring Sigurd is drawn.

Seadall: The “Honor” card. Doing the right thing will bring good fortune. Perhaps the person you admire will praise you.

Merrin is the one receiving the fortune.

On the left…

• Current Worry: almost getting tongue-tied whenever they say “Emblem Engage!”
• Thinking Of: somebody called “Jan”

Although I had a feeling they revealed most of the playable cast, I reckon Jan could be another playable character that we don’t know about.

I’m also wondering if they could be related to Clanne and Framme, since their names can be translated as “Clan” and “Fran”. Hmm, triplets might be a bit too much though!

In the Hong Kong trailer, Marth is drawn instead.

Seadall: The “glory” card; it represents you’ll be heaped with praise. Perhaps the person you admire will praise you.

On the left…

• Current Worry: giggling in an uncool way every time they discover an animal.
• Thinking Of: Céline

Ta-da, the English trailer gets Lyn’s card instead.

Wyvern Ride is another thing I didn’t expect to see. Alear rides a wyvern above the skies of the Somniel to shoot down flying targets. Not too sure what they’re shooting with… I don’t think wyverns can shoot lasers, can they?

For posterity, here’s the same bit from the Hong Kong trailer, which takes place during the day instead. Sort of getting Skyward Sword vibes here.

The amiibo Gazebo gives you an excuse to drag out your amiibo collection, especially the FE series ones. I’m still sad I missed Corrin’s amiibo though.

Options are: Scan (amiibo), (exchange) Outfits and (exchange) Songs.

In the Japanese trailer, the player receives a Rare Fish from their amiibo. In the Hong Kong trailer, they get some Milk instead. In the English trailer, I think it skipped that part.

When scanning FE amiibo, you can receive outfits and music related to the Emblems.

I think how it works is that you receive Exchange Tickets, perhaps 3 per amiibo. Then you can use the tickets to claim whichever outfits or music you want.

There are outfits for each of the 12 Emblems. Gender-restrictions will apply, so sadly you can’t have female Alear wearing Ike’s outfit! Micaiah and Lucina are fair game though.

Oh, you have separate tickets for music.

All the trailers are missing a few tracks, but funnily enough, the Korean Topics article has the whole list. Thanks to Aggro Incarnate, we know the missing song is The Final Battle [Sacred Stones].

If you’ve been following the overview videos for each Emblem, you may recognise these tracks as the remixed songs used there.

Oh sugar, is it that late already? I really need some sleep…

When you need a rest, you can head to My Room, essentially the Private Quarters from FE Fates. I think the entrance might be on the floor above Café Terrace.

Hey, this is the room where Alear awakens! This makes a lot of sense and also doesn’t.

We know from Lythos’s backstory that Alear was sleeping on a floating island at Lythos. Which must be the Somniel.

I’m guessing Vander, Clanne and Framme were residents of the Somniel and would explain why Vander seemed to have familiarity with it in the debut trailer.

That makes sense, but what happens to the Somniel after Alear leaves it? It seems like some trouble occurs at Lythos after they awaken. I can’t imagine Alear returning to Lythos so easily. Or is it as simple as the Somniel moving away from Lythos? Well, it is flying.

At your private quarters, you can interact with the bed and a desk. At the bed, you can select Rest, Reminisce (view cutscenes perhaps?) and Difficulty Setting.

Resting will advance the time at the Somniel a little. Also, one of your allies may come to wake you up, like Amber here. Haha, it’s a reverse of the “wake the slugabed!” from FE Fates.

Here are Amber’s lines from the Japanese/Hong Kong trailer, for reference:

Amber: Come now, rise and shine, the hero himself has come to wake you!

Amber: Good morning, Divine One!

Amber: How does it feel, gazing upon my majesty first thing in the morning?

Yes, yes, we’re awake now.

The trailer closes with a few shots of your allies again. There’s Alfred at the Plaza, Louis still waiting for his meal perhaps, Amber and Bunet relaxing by the pool side, and Timerra and Zelkov by the campfire, while a very smart-looking Vander stands guard.

In case you needed reminding, Fire Emblem Engage launches on 20th January 2023, worldwide.

Right, that’s everything from last week covered. Now to catch up with everything from this week… Oh and I’ll be away at work again this Friday to Sunday. Help.