Ah yes, Nintendo, why not just drop a new mobile Fire Emblem game out of nowhere?
Fire Emblem Shadows introduces “a new style of battles featuring role-playing and social deduction”.
The game is available to download now for Android and iOS, in over 70 countries.
Press release can be found here.
Update: Now that I’ve played the game and had some sleep. Here’s a bit more info.
Official Twitter account is here.
The story begins with Prince Kurt from the Kingdom of Ast fleeing from his homeland after an invasion from the empire. It’s very similar to the beginning of Shadow Dragon, which is definitely on purpose.
Kurt himself has design elements inspired by Marth, there’s a Jagen character and even an Abel and Cain who are literally a panther and bull.
Oh, that’s interesting… Every character seems to have animal-like features, akin to the Laguz. Although they don’t transform…normally. Another example, the Navarre who joins later is a raven. Even guest characters from other games have animal traits (more on that later).
