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".... ...You got something to say about having one shoulder guard, jackass?"

AAAGGGHHH!!!! I WANT IT I WANT IT I WANT IT!!!

Oh wait... I don't have a 3ds and it wouldn't surprise me if it doesnt get released in US. If it does... I forsee a 3ds in my future....

And from the screenshots it looks like it has replayable maps/battles one of my favorite things! Hooray for replayability!!!

It also affects speed and flexibility while fighting. Swing the sword freely with the arm that has no shoulder guard and guard with the shoulder that does have it. As for the 'sword in ground' thing, we don't actually ever see him put it in the ground, we see him pull it out- now, obviously, this means he had to have first put it there, but he's not just sticking it there randomly during his fight. The animation is purely for dramatic affect, the same with every other FE animation out there- or have actions like the GBA hero animation suddenly started making sense with that shield thing? wink

And them assassins and swordmasters vanishing to depict tremendous inhuman speed!

They didn't dull them in FE9. o_o Supports dulled in 10 and vanished in 11.

But yes, I think we all hope this game will have supports; if IS knows their FE fans at all, then they'll know that there should be supports.

My initial reaction of course was to squee that IS is coming out with a brand new FE, and not a remake that might not even get localized (I would have still liked to play FE12 plzthx.)

The typical anime art though is kind of a letdown, now that I look back and... the Lord's name (from what Rath said in the IM conversations) is KROM? Really? That's kind of... well, it doesn't sound as heroic as Ike or Hector or Eliwood to me. It sounds kind of... lame.


-Edit from Serenes info.-

Oh, that girl Liz is his sister? But they look less alike than Ike and Mist! Dx

(That double-attacking animation looks cool though, I wonder if that's what happens when you get supports. O: )

This is definitely very exciting especially if they manage to link supports with the cross-unit attacking. I've always wanted two of my supported units to team up and bash the enemy in a dual strike, though I suppose the experience gained would be shared between units, which makes me wonder how that would work between a prepromote and an unpromoted unit. In that case Intelligent Systems should be smart enough to use that to their advantage to make the game even more exciting with units that both support with added bonuses and team up to deal devasting blows to a very powerful boss who, perhaps, remains insurmountable without the team-up. It would make for an interesting ending instead of just having one person do the finishing blow it could be the lord and their -coughloveinterestcough- or closely supported companion do the job. Lyn, Eliwood, Hector triangle attack anyone? So that is something that I am looking forward to and there better be characterization in this game! Fire Emblem 1 was a remake, which is somewhat understandable, but no killing off units for Gaiden chapters. That just kills the connection between character and played in my opinion. No lazy support system like Radiant Dawn's convo system. Sure anyone can support with anyone, but that makes it more of a "war buddy" system as in everyone just teams up with anyone and all they do is fight and say random asides with increasing feeling to another. Barely any character depth whatsoever. >.>

In regard to the art...Yes, I agree that so far it is far from the typical Fire Emblem style and that it looks way too Final Fantasy for my tastes. What made Fire Emblem unique was its art style and the way the characters looked and felt. The knew game animations and battle scenes just feel like two Final Fantasy characters fighting an enemy, which just seems very wrong to me. I'm still going to withhold judgement and assumptions until the finishing touches are made to the game since a lot can change from development to release especially United States release, but what I've seen so far is a bit perturbing in regard to how the characters look. Anyway, I'm interested in what kind of story, plot, and other unique elements Intelligent Systems will add this time. Hopefully we won't get a repeat of the ending to Radiant Dawn...Pretty epic battle, but it made everything else before it seem rather pointless. Reminds me of the ending of Huckleberry Finn...Poor Jim... XD At least Huck learned something from his journey so I suppose that's all that really matters. Just the same thing can really kill people...(Oh, and I pray to the Fire Emblem Gods above that there will be NO MARY SUES OR GARY STUS in this game!!! Micaiah....It's her fault that Sothe became so one-dimensional and only cared about protecting her. Oh, and his reverence of General Ike otherwise awfully bland in Radiant Dawn....sigh)

Im worried about the double teaming myself, because i dont want enemies doing that. I hope it's support initiated, otherwise, the squishy classes are screwed lol.