Additionally, Nintendo Japan revealed via a new Topics article that Wave 3 of the Fire Emblem Engage Expansion Pass will be arriving on 8th March 2023.
As a reminder, Wave 3 adds two new Emblems: Chrom/Robin from Awakening and Veronica from Heroes.
Intelligent Systems was quite smart and didn’t include the actual content for Waves 2~4 of the Fire Emblem EngageExpansion Pass in the currently available data. However, they weren’t quite thorough enough, because various files in the base game and Version 1.1.0 reference unreleased DLC.
This has happened in the past on numerous occasions, such as for Three Houses. I don’t have any experience of the development process, but I imagine DLC is developed in tandem with the main game, so it’s probably incredibly hard to fully separate the base game and DLC.
Of course, there will probably be spoilers, so be mindful if you wish to continue! This includes story spoilers.
Because there was so much information and I was working from Friday to Sunday, this analysis comes later than usual.
Also, like the previous mega-analysis, I’ll be splitting it into multiple parts. This first part will cover the Expansion Pass contents.
Big thanks to TipperTheScales for helping with the analysis!
Intro
I didn’t think it would actually happen, but I had my suspicions with the way the official Fire Emblem Twitter was blazing through the social media content, only to potentially run out of content on Friday.
At The Game Awards, an Expansion Pass was announced for FE Engage.
Since FE Awakening, every FE game has featured an expansion pass or DLC (RIP Three Hopes), so an Expansion Pass was inevitable.
The announcement trailer opens with a few shots of characters fighting alongside revealed Emblems.
First, we see Alear & Marth fighting a Corrupted lance wielder. This occurs on the snowfield map seen in Diamant’s spotlight, etc. Right screen is from the spotlight.
Of note, near the top-right corner, there’s Jade as a green unit. Also, there’s a Talk bubble when the player selects Alear. So it’s possible you can recruit Jade by speaking with Alear. We know that you can recruit characters by talking to them, similar to FE games before Three Houses.
The allies on the map include Alfred and Amber (both lance cavalry).
Next shot is Fogado Engaged with Corrin using the Engage Attack, Torrential Roar to unleash Dragon Fang. Previously, he was labelled as “Fogato” via the official subtitles for the “The Divine Dragon Awakens!” trailer. That seems to be have been a mistake.
