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[quote=Maoden]not to come off rude but can i upload some of your pictures to my tumblr, reddit and 4ch@n /v/? it would help me get some publicity and id be very appreciated of you[/quote]

Not sure how much attention it'll get you, considering I've been posting most of these in the Fire Emblem General on /vg/ anyways. I've already noticed people cropping my Paradise Competition images and reuploading them onto other places. You can take some of those third route images, since I haven't posted some of them yet. Also have a few other stuff I didn't show because they're really just minor things (generic unit stats/growths, Nohr/Hoshido route, kerning translation fixes.) Didn't bother uploading the Nohr/Hoshido route stuff because there's already people streaming both, but maybe the Nohr stuff will help considering nobody has finished it yet on stream (to my knowledge, at the very least.) If you want those then send me a PM and I'll pass them onto you.

not to come off rude but can i upload some of your pictures to my tumblr, reddit and 4ch@n /v/? it would help me get some publicity and id be very appreciated of you

[quote=Maoden]that makes things a lot better then. how's the streetpass for this one? better or worse then FEA? i wish they would implement actual online multiplayer or something because streetpass was bad for FEA [/quote]

[quote=Maoden]that makes things a lot better then. how's the streetpass for this one? better or worse then FEA? i wish they would implement actual online multiplayer or something because streetpass was bad for FEA [/quote]

FEif has online multiplayer, and it's actually quite excellent. The only aspects I dislike about it is that you're limited to 5v5 battles and that there's no maps with fog of war. If they would just bump it up to 10v10, it would bring about so much more variety in terms of team and skill set-ups .. But it's better than nothing!

I didn't even notice the feature was in the game until I was halfway through my Nohr save because it's placed under the extra's menu. Though, even after finding out about it, I didn't play very much of it because I was encountering a lot of Hoshido players under random normal battles that had already capped some units by utilizing Eternal Seals (those seals are damn expensive, it's 12,000 each) I'll get around to preparing my team(s) after playing through my current run with mostly generic units.

It's formatted like this under the extra's menu.

/ Extra

// Link battle

/// Local battle
//// Host
//// Join

/// Online battle
//// Random normal battle
///// (Team select)
//// Random limited battle
///// (Team select)

//// Friend battle
///// (3DS friend list)

/// Edit team
//// Team A
//// Team B
//// Team C
//// Team D
//// Team E

/// Erase blacklist

EDIT:
After @Dorks brought up the topic of DLC earlier, I decided to check the Nintendo CDN to see if there was any DLC available for the game (think about what happened to Smash 4 and the Lucas/Roy/Ryu leak. Nintendo sometimes uploads their data to the server way earlier in advance. Using certain methods, you can procure these downloads before the release date) just to make sure I wasn't feeding misinformation to her. To my surprise, there was a ton of stuff that was uploaded, and I managed to get my hands on all of them (most are unplayable, because actual data hasn't been implemented.)

I'll list everything I was able to get my hands on. Most will be labeled with a *, which means that only the title is uploaded, with no actual data being implemented.
- Third Route (fully playable, already on chapter 8 at the moment.)
- * Special Pack
- * Ruins of Treasure (gold farming/recruiting Anna, perhaps?)
- * Mountain of Fear (exp farming, probably. It seems that I was wrong. I should have been more thorough with my investigation before answering your question earlier. Sorry! @Dorks)
- * Duel Museum
- Paradise Competition (comparable to Summer Scramble in Awakening.)
- * Royalty's Strongest Battle
- * Cipher Marth
- Cipher Lucina
- * Encounter with Awakening

A few pictures I took so far. Don't mind the English translations, I'm trying to fix the kerning so my friend can actually understand what's going on when I lend the game over to her. Got basic menu/unit info translations down, but it crashes and corrupts my save when I try to translate reclass/skill options (happened to me on the third route, and I had to start all over. Ultimately decided to put it off until I actually finish the third route.)

http://oi62.tinypic.com/90splg.jpg (Defeat both enemy generals in 5 turns. You fight both Ryouma and Marx in the third route.)
http://oi58.tinypic.com/dcer13.jpg (Fog of war, and new mechanics that weren't in the Nohr/Hoshido routes.)
http://oi58.tinypic.com/2ir11mw.jpg (Kamui can promote into both Light Blood and Dark Blood)
http://oi61.tinypic.com/243j96q.jpg (Minerva DLC)
http://oi61.tinypic.com/2kq6tf.jpg (Cipher Lucina)
http://oi57.tinypic.com/2ahuz28.jpg (That delicious Camilla)

EDIT 2:
Nearing the end of the third route, and it is full of plot twists.

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2yy5vmh.jpg (King Sumeragi)
http://oi58.tinypic.com/sn1auu.jpg (Gunter, is that you? No, perhaps you're someone else .. Oh, you share the same voice actor as Hydra .. Wait, what?)

I finished the chapter, and Gunter was actually being possessed by Hydra. Aqua sings and brings him back to his senses, and then he stabs himself for going against Kamui. What's funny is that he seemingly died during the cutscene, but he's under my unit list in the next chapter. Maybe I accidentally skipped a portion of the cutscene or something?

http://oi62.tinypic.com/2lc0gg9.jpg
http://oi58.tinypic.com/2mcykw5.jpg (Blessed weapons? Am I playing Radiant Dawn?)
http://oi58.tinypic.com/28c24qd.jpg (Garon's back.)
http://oi61.tinypic.com/2n8a4cl.jpg (Man, does Hydra look like one massive dragon.)
http://oi58.tinypic.com/2ngarg7.jpg (This creature design is outstanding.)
http://oi58.tinypic.com/bdsknn.jpg
http://oi62.tinypic.com/2urqm9z.jpg (Astra to finish him, feels great.)

http://oi62.tinypic.com/33jjvc8.jpg
That concludes the third route on hard. Now I'm going to replay it on lunatic!

EDIT 3:
I'll just update with DLC related stuff for now.

http://oi58.tinypic.com/erhrnq.jpg (Sakura is cute.)
http://oi62.tinypic.com/2vcf2a0.jpg (Elise is cute.)
http://oi62.tinypic.com/2nkntjr.jpg (Nice figure, Hinoka.)

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2h6bu5i.jpg
http://oi61.tinypic.com/2mo2n0k.jpg
http://oi61.tinypic.com/iw4pqg.jpg
http://oi60.tinypic.com/b4x5b4.jpg

that makes things a lot better then. how's the streetpass for this one? better or worse then FEA? i wish they would implement actual online multiplayer or something because streetpass was bad for FEA

[quote=Maoden]am I the only one disappointed with this lackluster roster?
http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Fire_Emblem:_Fates
id rather play as some of the bosses that i've seen from the twitch streams. some seem way more interesting like Iago and kumabara i think were there names?[/quote]

A lot of the bosses have blushing assets which go unused throughout the entire game (Iago included, none for Kumagara however.) I assume they'll be added in as Spotpass/DLC sometime in the near future.

am I the only one disappointed with this lackluster roster?
http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Fire_Emblem:_Fates
id rather play as some of the bosses that i've seen from the twitch streams. some seem way more interesting like Iago and kumabara i think were there names?

[quote=Dorks]@Applause: oh my lorddd how did you finish so fast on those difficulties? o.o
do you know if there is dlc for grinding or no? like it'd be more traditional fe games i guess

as for children, is it similar to awakening's reason or something else?[/quote]

There's no DLC for grinding yet.

They don't go into detail, but it loosely mentions that they're from a separate realm where time goes by quicker in some support conversations.

@Applause: oh my lorddd how did you finish so fast on those difficulties? o.o
do you know if there is dlc for grinding or no? like it'd be more traditional fe games i guess

as for children, is it similar to awakening's reason or something else?

[quote=Dorks]thanks!

i hope the english version keeps this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRmJktmuLJQ[/quote]

Incoming spoilers.
Seems that I was wrong. I just finished both routes and you aren't blood related to any of the characters.
1. Mikoto had you with Hydra.
2. Hinoka, Takumi, Sakura, and Ryouma are the children of King Sumeragi and some unknown individual, probably dead.
3. No blood relation to anyone of Nohr, just really close.
You're just Mikoto's child as it stands right now, the other siblings aren't blood related to you at all. No half-inc3st, no half-siblings whatsoever. Technically, the loyalty vs. blood ordeal isn't a lie: Mikoto is still your blood relative, you're still Hoshidan.

Hopefully the third route will help clear things up further, since it's titled "Fire Emblem if : Invisible Kingdom" (Hydra is The Invisible Dragon.)

Playing through it again, just to see if I missed anything (especially to see if there's any hidden objective to saving Gunter from death.)

I hope everyone will enjoy the difficulty, because it's definitely a lot harder than Awakening. I played both routes on Lunatic, and Nohr is noticeably more difficult (most of the bosses have the splash damage skill, and many enemy units carry counter, magic counter, and snake venom post chapter 6. It gets worse after chapter 11, which is already brutal with all the snipers on that map) but Hoshido is no slouch itself. In any case, both routes are much more of a challenge when compared to Awakening.

[quote=Applause]Yes.

On another note, some of Camilla's lines are awesome.

Camilla:
Don't be so rough.
Please, be gentle with me ..
As long as it's you, do whatever you please.
Ufufu... Are you limp, I wonder?
Ahn ..
Do it more ..
You're really good at using your hands .. Very skilled.[/quote]
thanks!

i hope the english version keeps this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRmJktmuLJQ

[quote=Dorks]Leon's confession AND Ryoma's confession so you can marry your siblings?[/quote]

Yes.

On another note, some of Camilla's lines are awesome.

Camilla:
Don't be so rough.
Please, be gentle with me ..
As long as it's you, do whatever you please.
Ufufu... Are you limp, I wonder?
Ahn ..
Do it more ..
You're really good at using your hands .. Very skilled.

[quote=gGreg]well this is nintendo so the fanboys will support it 100%

if it was EA or activision doing this then people would flame them[/quote]
may i ask why those companies in question would be flamed? i don't like EA bc of origin but i do like sims 3 which is not very restrictive imo

ot: i am actually very confused about the marriage system. on tumblr there is Leon's confession AND Ryoma's confession so you can marry your siblings? i mean ik in the past there were some i-word relationships but is that what can happen in fates?

@gGreg: What does random COD have to do with making complete games and charging DLC. And what Double Standard are you claiming I am making based on my post because I hope what you just posted isn't it.

[quote=bluebomber24]gGreg: Not at all.[/quote]

its like how people criticize activision for making new cods every year but they dont criticize nintendo for making mario and mario related spinoff games multiple times a year

@gGreg: Not at all.

[quote=bluebomber24]Yup. Because its [b]Nintendo[/b]. At least you know when you by a game you get your moneys worth no matter when the DLC is given.[/quote]

double standards af

[quote=SoulBlade]You're importing the game?[/quote]

I'm so happy that it arrived today. Though, at the same time, I'm a little pissed off that the tracker gave me misinformation, which ended up in me buying the digital copy as well since I had it pre-loaded last night ..
Played a little bit, then decided to extract the .nus3bank files so I can upload the sound files. Now looking into pointers in the event files, to see if any secret characters are available (so far, I've found event text pertaining to Ninian, Canas, and Kishuna from FE7 in X011.cmb.)

[quote=gGreg]well this is nintendo so the fanboys will support it 100%

if it was EA or activision doing this then people would flame them[/quote]

Yup. Because its [b]Nintendo[/b]. At least you know when you by a game you get your moneys worth no matter when the DLC is given.

[quote=SaneleeBoring]@UAPaladin: Meh I'm just worried about the fact that they're already announcing a DLC(The "extra" path you mentioned) way before the game comes out.[/quote]
well this is nintendo so the fanboys will support it 100%

if it was EA or activision doing this then people would flame them

Same Sex Marriage in FE....huh. Didn't see that coming.

[quote=Applause]My special edition bundle got pushed back from June 24th to the 25th ..
Thinking about buying the digital copy of the game as well, just so I don't miss out on the first day ..[/quote]

You're importing the game?

My special edition bundle got pushed back from June 24th to the 25th ..
Thinking about buying the digital copy of the game as well, just so I don't miss out on the first day ..

@bluebomber24:
I didn't like it the first time, and I'm probably not going to like it again.
And I thought I was rid of it.

@soulblade

Marriage and children is coming back!

new trailers, this one is a more in-depth intro and it shows a lot more gameplay like [url=https://i.imgur.com/04mSt0u.jpg]hot archer v hot npc pegasus knight[/url]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45cSvpxNYeA

tv trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNL2tUsucB8

@SoulBlade: I basically will be playing Hoshido first to get my feet wet to the new stuff and be better prepared and then Nohr for the challenge....and then play third route for completionism

[quote=Dorks]oh yes love you
I haven't kept up with the same so what the heck pheonix mode? so is it casual but easier? I'm prob gonna do classic regardless tho
maybe they put it in because PoR/RD was way too hard for new players and Shadow Dragon didn't sell well and FE:A was supposed to be the last game if it didn't sell well either

[b]no more weapon durability[/b]

yay for considering replay from chapter 5
[/quote]

In Phoenix mode, the characters will revive the next turn (in the middle of battle), making the game much easier. Personally, I like the challenge in Fire Emblem.
[quote=bluebomber24]Nohr's Classic difficulty sounds like a nerfed version of an FE Nightmare mode. If there is no Coliseium...I don't know how I would feel about the lack of training in that mode...other than negatively. But its highly probaly there will be a training map dlc so w/e.[/quote]

I imagine Nohr to be very difficult since they're making Phoenix mode.

Nohr's Classic difficulty sounds like a nerfed version of an FE Nightmare mode. If there is no Coliseium...I don't know how I would feel about the lack of training in that mode...other than negatively. But its highly probaly there will be a training map dlc so w/e.

oh yes love you
I haven't kept up with the same so what the heck pheonix mode? so is it casual but easier? I'm prob gonna do classic regardless tho
maybe they put it in because PoR/RD was way too hard for new players and Shadow Dragon didn't sell well and FE:A was supposed to be the last game if it didn't sell well either

[b]no more weapon durability[/b]

yay for considering replay from chapter 5

edit: https://i.imgur.com/NABgDv0.png
F!Kamui hair?
sry im blind
http://serenesforest.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fami1205-2.jpg

More Info was released
http://serenesforest.net/2015/05/12/...de/#more-26411
http://serenesforest.net/2015/05/13/...ls/#more-26446

This makes me wonder, how hard is this game for them to feel the need to add a "Phoenix Mode?" I imagine it implies that it is possible for all my characters to die in a single turn. I thought Awakening (in Classic ode anyways) was difficult on its own. I can't say I will miss the weapon durability though, that always annoyed me a bit.

It appears like the pairing up system is getting reamped and the Dragon Vein ability seems pretty cool too. They mentioned Earthquakes, which sounds like a massive attack.

More customization options are also a plus. Hopefully they have a good shade of blue.

Also, I doubt the breeding system from Awakening is coming back, meaning I won't have to think about who I pair up with who.

im planning on preordering FE14 as soon as its available. before that, im considering on going to websites like serenesforest and yotsuba-chan to get info about the game when its released on japan.
also, about the debate regarding the game's international release, from what i know, serenesforest hasnt said anything alarming about this. so its safe for me to assume that so far, there should be nothing to worry about.
in case people are wondering, serenesforest is a FE database, a goldmine of FE info.

[quote=SaneleeBoring]@UAPaladin: LOL you really think they wouldn't lie to you about the size of the game they're selling before anything comes out?[/quote]
the game has already been developed and is ready for release...
it's extra. even without the DLC it'll still be a very good game (you really can't say unless the game comes out)

[quote=DragonBandit]Its been announced that in America they will release both versions in 1 game.[/quote]

Source? I haven't seen them state anything either way, but my assumption was that they would do the same thing as Japan and release them separately in the US

[quote=DragonBandit]Its been announced that in America they will release both versions in 1 game.[/quote]

That doesn't make sense. Nintendo specifically said the reason for the split is because they didn't want to force buyers to pay more for the total contents of the games.

[quote=SoulBlade]Are you serious? Where did you hear that? I really wanted the Nohr copy.[/quote]

Its been announced that in America they will release both versions in 1 game.

@SoulBlade: like long time ago when they announced all this stuff. This stuff in the thread is actually a vit old. Irrc, one of the ppl on the FE team via twitter said they had no plans to release both copies to other regions and their would be dlc. An article also citing the twitter post, specifically said that it was Hoshido for which I do not know the article's source.

Edit: here is the thread of when I found out http://www.basilmarket.com/forum/2873468

Keep in mind that was their plans AS OF THAT DATE in april. They could change thier minds...but given Nintendo's cost reduction habits....

[quote=bluebomber24]Pretty sure Hosihdo is the only physical copy to be released outside Japan. All others are as dlc. No word on limited edition physical set for Americas.[/quote]

Are you serious? Where did you hear that? I really wanted the Nohr copy.

Trailer is really good!
Can't wait until this comes out, and I plan to get Nohr.
I'll be buying the DLC as well for the second part

[quote=SaneleeBoring]@UAPaladin: Meh I'm just worried about the fact that they're already announcing a DLC(The "extra" path you mentioned) way before the game comes out.[/quote]

The third path is going to be released at a later date than the other two versions. It's announced, but it doesn't say exactly what it's going to be like. I can see how this one could be construed as a cash grab, but due to the fact that I know next to nothing about it, I can't really say much.

@UAPaladin: Meh I'm just worried about the fact that they're already announcing a DLC(The "extra" path you mentioned) way before the game comes out.

[quote=SaneleeBoring]@UAPaladin: LOL you really think they wouldn't lie to you about the size of the game they're selling before anything comes out?[/quote]

I obviously have no way of validating the size of it, but size of fire emblem games is very hard to lie about due to the way that it's split into chapters, and 1 major battle comprises 1 chapter. So I believe that what they're saying is that it's about the same amount of chapters long as awakening. The only way that the games could be vastly different lengths even if they have relatively similar chapter numbers is if battles were much quicker, which in FE terms, would mean easier. Due to them emphasizing the difficulty of one side (making the each chapter take longer), and the other side having an overworld map like awakening, providing other things to do between chapters, I doubt that either side's playtime will be much shorter than awakening's if there are similar amounts of chapters (again, which I believe to be the case from what I said above).

Anyways, it's pointless to argue anymore about this. I believe the $70 for 2-3 games to be a better deal than $40 for one, and you believe that it's a worse deal. Everybody's entitled to their own opinion and we'll just have to see for ourselves when the game comes out to see if the lengths of each side are actually around awakening's size.

Pretty sure Hosihdo is the only physical copy to be released outside Japan. All others are as dlc. No word on limited edition physical set for Americas.

@saneleeboring its fine america isn't releasing it as 2 separate games anyway! There is no reason to argue about this. We aren't in Japan.

@UAPaladin: LOL you really think they wouldn't lie to you about the size of the game they're selling before anything comes out?

@SaneleeBoring: I literally just said each version is a full game. So yes, each is big enough. It's been stated that each half of the story is the same size as fire emblem awakening roughly.

@UAPaladin: That's... even worse. So unless you pay more, you basically won't experience half of the story? I mean if each game is big enough, I guess it's worth it. But if the route difference is like in sacred stones then people are gonna be pissed.

[quote=SaneleeBoring]@SoulBlade: How was I being sarcastic? If they're already working on it, why can't they just put it in the main game?That's just a blatant cash grab.[/quote]

I don't think you understand what this "DLC" is. They're releasing 2 different versions of the game (each is an entire game with a separate story, unlike pokemon where some things are just slightly changed). If you buy one version, you can then buy the other as DLC, which is much better and cheaper than paying a full $40 for a physical copy of the other story. There is also a third path that's available as DLC, but I'm not sure if that's going to be another full game within itself or not.

In other words, you can get 2 (+1 extra path which may or may not be a full game like the other 2) full games for $70. This seems less of a price grab than if they weren't DLC, because you'd have to pay the full $40 per game.

[quote=SaneleeBoring]@SoulBlade: How was I being sarcastic? If they're already working on it, why can't they just put it in the main game?That's just a blatant cash grab.[/quote]
Japan is doing the cash grab America is not. (not a big enough fan base here is my guess as to why not)

I still want to know if they're carrying over marriage/children from Awakening. Doubt it since it doesn't fit the whole timey-wimey plot but eh, I love me breeding.

@SoulBlade: How was I being sarcastic? If they're already working on it, why can't they just put it in the main game?That's just a blatant cash grab.