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She is certainly one of the more stand out members in design. The other standout I have noticed among the community is Bernadetta, who would be my choice.
Maybe there's a hidden elemental preference in each of the three major lands: the Blue Lion's is ice (particularly as we know their land is frigid), Golden Deer's is lightning and Black Eagle's is fire; being farthest to the south probably means they have a warmer climate. Using black in the name could be part cooler sounding and black often juxtaposing with red to represent fire and smoke. I know this because of the reasoning behind this guy:
That would make sense, but I wonder if the name difference is a subtle hint at something more when it comes to the Adrestian Empire. The fact that Nintendo has put the most focus on Edelgard and the Black Eagles so far also makes me wonder as well.Maybe there's a hidden elemental preference in each of the three major lands: the Blue Lion's is ice (particularly as we know their land is frigid), Golden Deer's is lightning and Black Eagle's is fire; being farthest to the south probably means they have a warmer climate. Using black in the name could be part cooler sounding and black often juxtaposing with red to represent fire and smoke. I know this because of the reasoning behind this guy:
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Not to mention, fire/ice/lighting trios are exceedingly common in JRPGS.
Frankly, I'd be disappointed if there's favoritism in any way to one of the kingdoms in-game. Perhaps the houses also function as a kind of difficulty select, with Black Eagles offering easier and more straightforward missions like Birthright did.
It's just an idea, is all. I love transforming characters and would be stoked to see more. You're right about the height difference thing though, that will make the transforming thing the better idea.
They may "move differently" when mounted (and flying ones would get a couple extra jumps at least), but at the end of the day they're still just swinging blades on sticks like all the other lords, and unlike Jr. with his myriad gadgets and tricks. And now that I think about it, how are they supposed to grab people?
Why do the names given to magic skills refer to the traits mentioned in the GBA games as being necessary to wield them? Faith for light (healing in this game) magic, knowledge for the rest (who knows if dark tomes are options). Probably just cute references. Also adding onto my theory of Black Eagles specializing in fire, Edelgard is seen manifesting some red kind of magic circle in the trailer.
''Edelgard, I appreciate you bringing so many war heroes from across the ages and continents in our church to inspire our students, but could you tell them to stop launching people everywhere and breaking stuff outside the sparring chambers? We have to teach these youths the basics before they can even begin to think about doing stuff like that and it goes for you too.''
I think it's more that switching is integral to the trainer. Even if Sakurai were willing to put Squirtle and Ivysaur in alone, the trainer can only really exist as we have them, and "Everyone is here" includes the trainer.
First, I had to lol at Byleth chiding Edelgard for bringing Smash to Carreg Mach. Second, I agree that there isn’t likely to be a full-scale war between the three major nations — the antagonistic forces are likely to be either corrupt elements of the government(s)/Church (the trailer mentioned suppressing rebellions, which are probably happening for a reason) and/or some combination of those four small nations at the edges of the map. Seriously, Morfic looks like an Expy of Dread Isle to me...
Yeah, they certainly are more prominent than the player character in this art.The official Japanese boxart for Three Houses just got revealed:
They are really trying to emphasize the significance of the house leaders.
Man, they are seriously commited to axe Edelgard, aren't they? The other two have different weapons at times but never her. How many of you are actually planning to follow through with this in the game proper?The official Japanese boxart for Three Houses just got revealed:
They are really trying to emphasize the significance of the house leaders.
The official Japanese boxart for Three Houses just got revealed:
They are really trying to emphasize the significance of the house leaders.
Now that's interesting. Suddenly the box art has revitalized my hope for Edelgard being a possible newcomer
And once again, the house leaders are the one's with the most prominence. Byleth isn't even on this box.
Special Edition box art is better.
Well looki that, she's the closest character in the picture.
Special Edition box art is better.
Because there'd be less incentive to buy the special edition then.
Here's the Japanese special edition steelbook. The artist for both the steelbook and Special Edition box? NieR: Automata's concept artist Kazuma Koda. Why couldn't he draw the regular box art?
Probably another manakete not as fortunate as Sothis (though it could easily apply to her. Who knows how long she had to sit on that throne alone in what is apparent darkness). Recall there was a girl near the end of the trailer with similar eyes to Sothis but red and markedly different hair.
I don't think using an axe alone is going to dissuade those affected by the Fire Emblem stigma; she'd mostly just be a tweaked Ike if anything. But by playing with the idea of characters being even more customizable than before, we could have something very unique on our hands.
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On the one hand you're right about Edelgard just being a heavy-hitting weapon-wielder like Ike.....but also, people mostly just want to play as their favorite characters. I didn't play Peach much because I'm not a Peach fan. But now that Daisy is in Smash? Heck yes I love playing as Daisy! See what I mean? And a lot of characters are like that. At the end of the day it's just hit/hurt boxes that are dressed up real pretty.
So black/dark magic is part of the Knowledge skillset after all. And with the Black Eagles having an affinity for it... well, it certainly explains their name now. At first I thought the three colors might represent three elements, but instead it looks like we have a different traditional trio: the classic Fighter-Mage-Thief. Black Eagles are the Mage, Blue Lions are the Fighter (knights are the tanky, hard-hitting physical class of Fire Emblem) and Golden Deers are the Thief (archers are known for high skill and ideally, speed). You can defy this with customization of course, but it won't change the preferences of the members within. To go with this, classes in this game are used not so much for their weapon types, but just skills and stats.Official artwork!
Breakdown of the Famitsu article.
We should now be getting more updates regularly.
Almost certainly, albeit probably in a smaller, more compact form like Olimar only using three Pikmin max. It's a brand-new feature for Fire Emblem, which I'm fairly certain the devs are going to be much more discerning of for Smash Fire Emblem characters going forward. I still stand by my master-of-arms with weapon leveling idea, though now knowing Edelgard's preferences, I think we can leave out bows (magic handles ranged combat well enough), light magic and maybe lances since that's Blue Lion specialty. Something like gauntlets for jabs, sword for tilts, axe for smashes and magic/authority on specials.
