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I think Hapi counts as relatively minor. While she does have a support with Dimitri they're not quite so tight with each other as Constance is to Edelgard, or Balthus to Hilda. Among the wolves she's a bit isolated. What is to be appreciated about Hapi is that she does things well that could have gone very wrong. On the whole Hapi is an example of a bad idea done well. Her gimmick of summoning monsters when she sighs makes her come across as someone's bad OC but despite this she works as a character. What helps is that more time is devoted on how her gimmick shapes Hapi and how the world sees her rather than there being too much time devoted on her dumb OC gimmick. That Hapi's so dour because she's been betrayed several times over her stupid gimmick is more important than the stupid gimmick itself. As a character Hapi is very much a cynic, and things brings the risk of coming across as a boring, unlikable killjoy but Hapi avoided this trap. While distrustful Hapi herself is pretty friendly and can make strong friendships with her polar opposites like Constance or Ash, and rather than roll her eyes at everything Hapi seems plenty able to enjoy herself in different things such as food, stories or painting.

I always thought that what they were localising was more of the issue. Every child character being a tehnical adult or Soleil's...everything might have been dumb but its not like Fates gave them much of a choice.

Ah yes Loki. Anyone else remember she was a presence in the story? Loki kept plotting stuff the writers then forgot about. Scheming in the background for some reason in the early books, being behind the tempest or assembling the avengers.

For me Radiant Dawn is better for the same reason as its worse. Its more interesting and it takes more risks. POR can be summed up as ''FE7 and FE8 but more''. Its a very familiar formula executed very well. In terms of story telling, gameplay and tone it has few flaws but also very few surprises. Radiant Dawn stand apart as its own beast. The swapping between factions, the more ambitious story and its overall expansiveness are never very graceful but they are present and thus give a unique flavor to the game.

Echoes takes place between the games which might mean that King Alm had to deal with having Emperor Hardin as a neighbor before Marth became emperor. If the continents had to have a stupid war then the origins would most logically be found there. Have the story begin with emperor Hardin being hostile to Alm, blockading trade, having his ambassadors stir up trouble and engage in hybrid warfare. Maybe even fund bandits to attack Ram and Novis to personally vex Alm and Celica. At one point Alm has enough and sets out with a fleet to defend Valentia from Hardin. By the time he lands in Archenea Hardin has already been overthrown, but Alm doesn't know that yet, so instead he faces Marth. They have one big battle after which they talk it out and join forces against a new threat. Maybe that be Grima or the barbarians up north uniting. The topic never specified the war between Marth and Alm had to be especially long after all. Unless a stupid plot device like a blood pact or Celica being held hostage I don't see any quarrel between the two rulers lasting very well. They're both good boys so they'd probably be able to talk it out at the first meeting.

I've always had a strong dislike towards the argument that Engage is different from Three Houses because Engage toned down the 'social sim elements''. I think its an argument that sets people on the wrong expectation and that its not even true to begin with. The difference between the game is one of narrative tone and gameplay styles(the later of which in Engage's favor even), but all the social sim features that Engage supposedly doesn't have are found in both games. Okay, you can't decide the romantic ending of your entire army but that's about the only limit on the social sim I can think of. Running around the Somniel isn't unlike the monastery. You can still have supports and your avatar can still marry who he wants, you can still take characters out to dinner, dress them how you want and do weird minigames with them. If the monastery drew you in then the Somniel should be enough. Putting emphasis on this supposed lack of social sim mechanic to differentiate the two sets wrong expectations. It implies Engage is the more hardcore title that can get down to business now that its unburdened by husbandos and waifus. It invites the conclusion that Engage is the hardcore Shin Megani Tensei equivalent to Three Houses Persona, but that's not the game Engage wants to be. Its proudly lighthearted and beginner friendly. Uh...well in theory at least. Its what the game wants to be but the stages are quite a bit too hard for the game to be as welcoming as it thinks it is.

I'd say a game set in Almyra or Dagda is at least decently likely.

Oh...hehe...oh nooo no no. She did a social media ''oopsie'' and got fired. I'm on two minds on the matter. On one hand I think gigantic or otherwise very rough woman like Vaida or Unicorn's Amalia to be hilarious and I do love seeing them. On the other hand I do agree with the sentiment that a woman being ''strong'' meaning she has to have masculine traits is lazy and not entirely sending the right message. I think Titania has the right idea. Very capable and still clearly a woman without having much masculine traits.

Two years after the reveal we have our first gameplay footage! After the stream early access is opened to the public. I don't know how long the first game's early access took but I sure hope we'll get Hades II sooner rather than later. Some notes Instead of Achilles we now have Odysseus. He always struck me the more interesting Trojan war hero. Hypnos is the only one of the original household that available at the start. For a certain definition of available anyway. Old gods return with Demether, Poseidon and Aprodite having a new design and new boons. And Aphrodite remains naked. Of the old gods Artemis seems to have an acceded role and its implied Hermes has too. First region is Erebus which is a region that wasn't in the first game Zagreus sis is driven but is implied to secretly be a bit timid. She noticeable has to brace herself when answering a boon. Rather than just Hades Persephone and Zagreus are gone too. One shudders to think about what happened to Cerberus. While poor Cerbykins is missing the new character has her own pet in the form of a frog who's significantly less cool and less cute then Cerberus.

Asugi is a big one for me and he brings down Gaius by association. The big reason I hold Asugi in contempt is because I don't think Gaius deserved his own clone. Tharja and Cordelia were at least a phenomenon during Awakening so them being cloned made sense. But who ever talked about Gaius? I know he ranked high in one poll where the western fans weren't even consulted but more should be required.

Now that I think about it that seems to be a running theme for female flirts. Dorothea and Charlotte both have reasons and goals attached to their hunt for a man, while the boys are just allowed to be horny for horny's sake. The exception being Sylvain who's a flirt because he's the worst.

I've been pretty tired of multiverse stories for a while now with Bayonetta 3 being the point I got most annoyed with it. FF7 gets kind of a pass since it doesn't really adhere to the multiverse style. Its just the same story told a bit different rather than ''Wutai Sephirot and Shinra executive Barret''

The reverse side of that other topic. What minor character do you have a noteworthy negative reaction towards despite their lack of importance. I suppose what character is minor or not is subjective so feel free to name anyone you think fits, whether it be playable characters without much presence in cutscenes or minor bosses and minor or relatively major villains. For me the most noteworthy candidate for such unappreciation is Kotaro because I think he's about the worst written character in fates. If you betray everyone without rhyme or reason then you're not a schemer nor an opportunist, you're just a buffoon instead. Kotaro had no reason to go pick a fight over a single prisoner, and trying to exterminate the royal family of the country he was trying to ally with over such a squabble is just dumb. Even Iago has more logic to his actions. Speaking of poorly written we have Yukimura who is very chill about you trying to take over his kingdom but turns around and deems you an unforgivable monster if you just want to stay neutral. For the Leicester Alliance its Acheron and Judith. There were many good ways of showing us an example of an opportunistic small fry noble of the alliance but making him a gigantic loser who only ever picks the losing side surely isn't one of them. Judith meanwhile seems to be there solely to give us an NPC Alliance ally who's not Holst which seems a waste. Radiant Dawn's Levail exist solely to highlight an aspect of the Black Knight that drags down his character and which I think is a failure. As such I think Levail fails as well. No levail, a man who murders someone just to see if he can is not the last true knight on Tellius. It might have worked if we see the Zelgius fanboy slowly get corrupted into someone who behaves as the Black Knight, but they missed that chance by pretending there isn't any difference between Zelgius and the Black Knight.

I'd say Lang scores a lot of points. He's an overly evil douchebag, but in a role and position where he's exactly what he's supposed to be. Lang's meant to be so evil that it shows how far Hardin has fallen, and be powerful enough to be an early game antagonist. In both aspects he succeeds. I think the key aspect to his success is that unlike many villains who hold this role Lang is never depicted as incompetent, allowing him to be a serious threat.

I'm actually really surprised Yukimura got to be in the game. He's old, he's an afterthought narratively, he's as unpopular as he should be and he's poorly written. Nice to see Mozu, Hayato and best girl Candace though. For the forging bond its probably inevitable Hayto, Ricken and Lysithea will all scream ''NO YOU'RE THE KID!'' at each other.