Fire Emblem Three Housesis now available on Nintendo Switch, so Nintendo is giving the game’s promotion a final push, with a bunch of new launch trailers, and a new key visual illustration, all included below.
Back when the Switch released in March 2017, Nintendo had already announced the next installment of theFire Emblemseries would come to the platform. We’re finally there now, 2 years or so later. Hopefully,Three Houseswon’t disappoint. While I personally consider the Switch to be a portable console (and the actual best current console overall), marketing-wise,Fire Emblem Three Housesis the first home consoleFire EmblemsinceFire Emblem Radiant Dawnon Wii on 2006.
Fire Emblem Three Housesalso brings in plenty of new additions to the series, most notably the school and calendar system. The school system lets you train pretty much any character into learning any weapon and class. The calendar element givesFire Emblema slightPersona(orTokimemoif you wanna showoff) feel as well.
Fire Emblem Three Housesalso breaks with the children system, which is a fan-favorite thing. Most of nowadays’Fire Emblemfans discovered the series withAwakening, the 3DS game which saved the series financially. Not bringing back the children system is a bold move by Intelligent Systems. It’s a bit ironic many consider the children system an iconic apart ofFire Emblem, whileFire Emblemgames never particularly did it prior toAwakening, except inFire Emblem 4, Genealogy of the Holy War. It’s my favoriteFire Emblemgame, and similar toThree Houses, it’s an oddball and pretty different than the rest of the series.
Lastly, it’s important to noteFire Emblem Three Houses’has a new character designer, Chinatsu Kurahana. She’s a talented artist and popular worldwide as the character designer of theUta no Prince Samamultimedia idol franchise. The very firstUtaprigame released in 2010, and it quickly managed to become one of the biggest idol franchises.Utapri is still massive now as it nears its tenth anniversary.
While I like the works of Yusuke Kozaki, I particularly disliked his character designs inAwakeningandFatesas I found them too similar, all so taciturn and pale-looking. So I’m quite happy with the change. Kurahana did a splendid job withFire Emblem Three Houses. The game has a really cool-looking cast, which you can admire in the brand new illustration she drew for the game’s launch.
Anyway, I personally won’t be getting a copy until Monday, at earliest. Even if I preordered it quite early. Public services like postal service are particularly bad when you live in most of Paris' suburbs. Be sure to enjoy your weekend with the game. Watch the trailers if you’re still undecided on getting it.And get it on Amazon if you’ve made up your mind.
Fire Emblem Three Housesalso has anExpansion PassandAmiibo and online features. The game will receive a free update later on whichwill add Lunatic Mode.
