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Fortuna Entertainment Pop Stars: Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE Character for Smash Switch

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Tokyo Mirage Session Stars Makes a Grand Appearance!



What's this J-Pop Pandering Mess All About?
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE (幻影異聞録シャープエフイー Gen'ei Ibunroku Shāpu Efuī, lit. "Revelation of the Illusion ♯FE") is a crossover role playing video game in development by Atlus and Intelligent Systems for the Wii U, based on the two companies' Megaten and Fire Emblem franchises, respectively. It is a new Wii U RPG title that was release on December 26 2015 in Japan and June 2016 in the West.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE
is a role-playing game which combines elements of both the Shin Megami Tensei RPG series and the Fire Emblem tactics series. This largely lends itself to the main characters, who merge themselves with Mirages based on Fire Emblem characters during battle. For example, the main protagonist, Itsuki, merges with Chrom from Awakening. Outside of battle, players can interact with characters, visit shops, and access a texting system. When exploring dungeons, players can attack on-field enemies to stun them, allowing them to have an advantage in battle or avoid them altogether. Battles in the game incorporates systems from both games, including Fire Emblem rock-paper-scissors mechanic of melee weapons and Shin Megami Tensei elemental properties. In additions to the various skills each party member possesses, some skills trigger Session Attacks where all party members attack in a combination. During these sessions, sub-characters can be called in to attack, and pairs of characters can activate combined techniques.
The game takes place in Shibuya in Tokyo, following the lives of the young members of the Fault Entertainment talent agency. These youths become "Mirage Masters", who have the power to merge with Mirages, souls of warriors from another world. While some Mirages are kind-hearted and help out the Mirage Masters, others seek to cause chaos and draw power from the emotions of innocent people, and it is up to the Mirage Masters to stop them. There's also the appearance of other Fire Emblem antagonists as bosses with radically different designs like the main Mirages themselves.



It already has a special edition known as the Fortissimo Edition (known as the Special Edition in the US) that was avaaible to preorder on GameStop, GAME, and Amazon. This special set comes with a special illustrated box by toil, a 6 song soundtrack disk, original art book, and download codes for DLC costume sets. A special 32 G Black Wii U bundle of the game on the other hand will have other content like download codes for support missions, two sticker sets, and 6 character theme lyrics in addition to content from the Fortissimo Edition. Also, a concert based on the series occurred on May 15, 2016 in the Nakano Sun Plaza with tickets being bundled with the Fortissimo Versions of the game. The concert was a financial success compared to the game, which recently got a boost of sales thanks to the success of the concert, with plenty of merchandise (T-Shirts and more) sold. The creators even plan to a release a Drama CD based on the concert along with debates on how to expand the IP in the future. Lastly, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE will also be a part of the Fire Emblem Trading Card game along with other generations of Fire Emblem (which is a first for a saga that haven't been released yet) featuring the main characters.

The game launched with positive reviews in Japan and the West respectively from a variety of reviewers. Most of the praise is aimed at the game's core RPG gameplay, unique style to blend with the J-Pop theme, lighthearted story (which some reviewers have mixed options on), the characters, and great dungeon design. It was even rewarded with the Dengeki Game of the Year award in Japan several months after it was released. Though sales however weren't that profitable, being the worst selling Fire Emblem and Megaton title in years. There are currently rumors floating around that Avex is recruiting an actor that can sing in a contest that featured plenty of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE songs. So whether or not Atlus would take a risk with a TMS sequel is unknown (though some members of the team have sated their interests in it).



Who the hell are these fighting performers?

Given that no one really knows which one of the main characters will be picked as the representative for Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, this thread will focus on all of the main fighters themselves. Each character plays a different role in the story or have their own Mirage to fight with. Some these characters are bound to be more popular than others due to having more screen time or capturing the attention of the main audience. But the most obvious picks would have to be Tsubasa Oribe and Itsuki Ao.




Itsuki Aoi - An ordinary high school student who suddenly awakened as an Mirage Master. He was forced into joining his friend's entertainment office, Fortuna Entertainment and thus has no strong aspirations towards it. He is honest and has a strong sense of responsibility, but can also be quiet and unsociable. He is able to take on the guise of the Lord class and his Mirage partner is Chrom, a courageous prince from another world. (His surname "Aoi" is the Japanese word for blue, the color of hair shared by most Lords.)


Tsubasa Oribe - A high school student and Itsuki's childhood friend, who awoke with him as a Mirage Master. Foolhardy and reckless, she has a one track mind and always gives it her all. She frequently messes things up, but never gets discouraged due to her optimistic personality. She is a fan of Kiria.She is able to take on the guise of the Pegasus Knight class and her Mirage partner is Shiida, a kindhearted princess from another world. (Her given name "Tsubasa" is the Japanese word for wings.)


Toma Akagi - A hotblooded classmate of Itsuki and Tsubasa who aspires to be a Heshin hero, he's an affiliate of Fortuna Entertainment and a Mirage Master. He appears to be a slacker, but actually goes out and does things first. His dream is to take the lead role in the tokusatsu show "Masquerader". He is able to take on the guise of the Cavalier class and his Mirage partner is Cain, a dauntless knight from another world. (The characters in Toma's given name refer to horses, while his surname means "red castle".)


Kiria Kurono - A stoic singer who receives a lot of support from young people, her stage name is KIRIA. She is a Mirage Master highly skilled in battle, and serves as a upperclassman to Itsuki and the others, guiding them to their goals. She appears as a "cool beauty", but few know her true face. She is able to take on the guise of the Mage class. (The "Kuro" in her surname means black; possibly a reference to black or dark magic.)


Eleonora Yumizuru - A half-Japanese half-Scandinavian girl who aims to be a star in Hollywood. She is a young up and coming actress as well as a Mirage Master. Despite being younger than Itsuki, she serves as his upperclassman as an entertainer and acts like a big sister towards others. Her nickname is Elly. She is able to take on the guise of the Archer class. (The kanji in her surname refer to bows, bowstring and chords.)



Mamori Minamoto - A talent and Mirage Master that belongs to the same public entertainment office as the protagonists. She’s an elementary school student that likes Showa era songs and clothing.


Yashiro Tsurugi - He is considered a genius in all performances as an entertainer, be it singing or dancing. His personality is cool like ice, and rarely does he show his actual personality. He’s one to always strive for self-improvement, and he’s considered top class as both a Mirage Master and entertainer. He ends up getting in the way of the Mirage Masters of Fortuna Entertainment due to certain reasons.



Mirage Moveset Capabilities and Abilities
As previously stated, the crossover's combat is turn-based and predicated on discovering and exploiting enemy weaknesses. As in both Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem, enemies are weak to specific element or weapon types. The player can also trigger Session Attack combos where the other party members follow up the attacking character's blow with strikes of their own. As party members gain affinity, they can also learn dual attacks where pairs of characters can combine their strength to deal high damage. This could potentially used as a unique gimmick for any of the five protagonist that are chosen since it would be a great way to involve every character. So in a way, the character can work as a summoner along with the use of their own weapons (Rapier for Istuki, Lance for Tsubasa, Spear for Toma, Magic for Kiria, Axe for Mamori, and bows for Elly).



But that's not all, Mirages can also be involved in their playstayle for which they can act as sort of a stand that appears for certain attacks akin to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In the game itself, certain attacks from the characters themselves even involve summoning these Mirages for the more stronger attacks. Even a potential Final Smash could involve a double attack between the protagonists and their Mirage (depending on which character has one).

Arguments From the Performa-less Souls


These guys are too new or not old enough to be in Smash!

That may be true, but it doesn't have any effect on any character to be in Smash. A great example would be Greninja would would debut in Pokemon XY before he would be revealed in the vanilla roster in Smash. While Sakurai may have chosen this Pokemon while he was in his concept stages, it proves that he doesn't care whether a character is too new or not. Another great example is how we got a Wholly World stage in the base game before the game was even released and the fact there is DLC stage based on Super Mario Maker soon as the original game launched. That means there are chances that the company would want the team to promote the game regardless of any ballot votes, even if it's as small as a stage to promote the game's release.

Ugh, we have too many freaking Fire Emblem characters!

You are technically right and wrong since this game is more of an original IP than a legit crossover. Sure it contains the copyrighted Fire Emblem characters as the Mirage partners to the original characters, but most of everything is completely original while borrowing elements of Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem. So the characters would most likely have something original like the "#" symbol instead of the Jack Frost face or Marth's Falchion. And the SMT spells in addition to the Mirage system would be proven to be effective for a new, original fighting style that the current Fire Emblem cast lacks. Even the recent Nintendo Direct revealed it specifically as a new IP instead of a crossover. Saying these characters belong to Fire Emblem is like saying Sora is a Final Fantasy character (which isn't true).

But this game is hated by fans of both series and Sakurai would not want to add something that is hated by them!

The Other M content would like to have a word with you. We all know that the game is considered the worst in the franchise and ruined Samus's character, but that still didn't stop the team from making most of everything (stage, Samus's design, etc) inspired by it in the long run. And may I remind you that we also have an abundance of clones (who are last minute appetizers as stated by Sakurai) and the video game equivalent of Scrappy Doo in the roster (who would eventually turn the heads of his former detractors from the 80's and 90's and redeem his controversial character). So whether or not the Megaten and Fire Emblem fanbase hates the crossover should have no effect on any content from it not appearing in Smash (DLC or the future).

But we don't know which one of them is more likely to be in Smash!

Again, it depends on who the original team finds worthy enough to be their own character. Toma, Kiria, Eleonora, and Mamori aren't very likely since they are side characters of the party despite having the more unique weapons/Mirages. In terms of who should represent Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, it should be between Itsuki and Tsubasa. The former is the true main characters would would join Fortuna Entertainment with his friend despite his lack of interest in the industry while most of the story focuses on the latter who mostly appears in the trailers out of the entire cast to show off how the Fortuna Industry works. Lord Itsuki has Chrom as his partner and wields a rapier while Tsubasa is a Pegasus Knight with her lance and Sheeda as her partner. One of these two characters would be picked by Sakurai or the team that wants to promote TMS#FE in Smash while any other non-used characters can have roles on the Idolsphere stage that goes along with that character.



Moveset (Work in Progress)
Entrance Animation: Chrom appears in a flash before his master Itsuki (in his school attire) leaps above him for a pillar of light to engulf both. ld result into Ituski wearing his Carnage Form attire as a result of the two assimilating with each other and he elegantly raises his blade into the air.


Idle Animation: Itsuki would be standing in a calm manner with serious posture and a look of professionalism, as his cape flutters in between the animation. There are times when he would either twirl his blade or even flip his hair backwards with a smile.

Walk: He walks slowly while holding his blade to his side with a determined look.

Run: He makes a quick dash similar to Marth, but it's a bit less "controlled" and slightly slower.

Sleeping Animation: He falls asleep on his knees while still holding his blade and the cape drooping on his legs.

Dizzy Animation: He holds his forehead with his free hand and wobbles while struggling to hold his blade with a deep moan.

Dodge Animation: He does a quick dodge similar Marth.

Normals
Jab:
Itsuki swipes his blade once with Chrom appearing from his body to initiate another quick slice and his master deals the final stab. Continuously attacking after that last hit would result in Chrom dealing a flurry of slashes with his blade while Itsuki watches him from behind.
Forward Tilt
He does a quick backhand slice with Chrom following up with an upwards slash.
Up Tilt
Itsuki swings above himself with a serious face.
Down Tilt:
He deals a sideways slash while crouching.
Dash Attack:
Itsuki does a jumping slash while yelling with Chrom assisting with a similar gesture.
Neutral Air
Itsuki and Chrom deals a spinning slash together in a complete circle.
Forward Air
Itsuki commands Chrom to deal a powerful slash that acts as a Meteor Smash.
Back Air
Chrom does a vicious serious of slashes behind Itsuki while the later turns back cautiously. Chrom appears in a blur during this track since he's attack at a speed faster than the eye can see.
Up Air
Itsuki slashes above himself before Chrom follows up with another similar slash.
Down Air
Itsuki swings his blade downwards with his leg spread, meant to be an anti-air attack.


Forward Smash:
Itsuki raises his arm behinds him while Chrom appears with his weapon ready for an attack. He deals a blade slash attack and it can follow up with an upwards stab through Itsuki's command thanks to a second input (Think Toon Link's Double Forward Smash).


Up Smash:
Itsuki gathers electricity in his own blade while having his eyes closed in a charging stance. Then he yells while thrusting this blade into the air to initiate a powerful shock. This can function similar to Roy's Up Smash, with the lack of an explosion being the major difference.


Down Smash:
Itsuki holds his blade to the side as Chrom appears to the other side of him. Then the two would deal a powerful downwards slash to the opponent's feet for both sides.


Grab:
Itsuki summons Chrom before him to reach out his right hand while the later yells "Get over here!".
Pummel:
Itsuki commands Chrom to continuously stab him while that victim is within his hardened grip.
Forward Throw
Chrom slashes the foe at his/her chest to knock his foe away while Itsuki does an "Over there!" gesture.
Back Throw:
Chrom passes the foe to Itsuki, whole then does a powerful slash that knocks the foe behind the both of them.
Up Throw:
Chrom knocks the foe into the air for Itsuki to quickly deal an uppercut on the foe before he/she flies above them.
Down Throw
Itsuki commands Chrom to kneel the foe into the ground while the latter tries to absorb their energy with his other hand (references all Mirage's hunger for Performa). This would result in a dark energy being injected into the foes body and they would be left lying on the floor a la Snake's Down Throw.


Neutral Special: Lightning Spell: Zio/Zionga/Mazio/Mazionga
Itsuki would use this classic Shin Megami Tensei spell to charge electricity into his blade while looking intense. Depending on the charge, he would cast a spell by its name and attacks his opponents with it. Zio allows a minor flash of lightning to appear before him which is the default press or minimum charge. Zionga allows him to launch a large bolt of lighting as strong as Pikachu's Thunder before him at medium charge. Mazio allows him to launch a series of lighting flashes before him in a row (with a length of a weak Hadouken) at a much larger charge. Then Mazionga allows him to launch powerful lighting bolts around his entire body at a length of two Charizards at maximum charge. Like Robin, he would have to be completely still to charge and would only be allowed to fully move around with that charge when it's full.


Side Special: Session Attack
The first part of this attack would result in Itsuki dashing at the foe with his blade ready for an attack. If this connects, he would deal a Fatal Stab to their body to cause the foe to fly. Pressing the Special Method again would result in Chrom appearing near the foe to deal another deadly attack to the opponent to knock him/her away. Pressing it for the last time would result in Itsuki to home in towards his opponent and deal the final strong attack. This would the two to combo their opponents with a consecutive attack from far way.


Over all, there are different variations of how the move works based on the direction of the button where Itsuki or Chrom are near the opponent after they press the Side Special move. The foe can be knocked to the side, into the air, or towards the ground based on this inputs (there are no backwards attacks with this special). Though the move can be rather risky since the third strike can lead Itsuki flying off bounds with the opponent and fall towards the ground in a defenseless manner after the attack.

When used in mid air, it allows him to do an aerial dash and works very well as a great recovery move if there aren't any opponents in the way. It more or less functions the same with all three Side Special pressed when you are near an opponent or if you send Chrom after him.her during the second press.

Up Special: Performa Boost
Itsuki engulfs himself in the rainbow aura while holding his blade out in a calm manner. Based on the directional input, he would launch himself in that direction in a powerful burst of Peforma like a rocket. Pressing the attack button when an opponent is struck by this drilling move, allows Chrom to appear and knock the opponent away with a slash a la Meta Knight's Dimensional Cape.


Down Special: Rakukaja
Ituski would say "The power of Performa is within me!" while swingy his blade around with a blue light emanating from the blade. This would result in him holding it into the air and emanating a flash of blue light from his body. This would eventually allow himself to raise the defense of anyone that's near him in a Team Battle (or himself in a regular match) for a short amount of time (5-8 seconds).


The main thing with this spell is that he can now take the more heavier attacks without flinching or serious knock back while a blue light continuously glows from his body. While this may sound broken in context, it does have a few downsides like sacrificing his own speed and light weight to make himself a heavier target in battle. This would be proven dangerous if you are dealing with a fast opponent or having trouble recovering to the stage.

Final Smash: Void Blade

Based on one of his Critical Arts, Itsuki would toss his blade at the opponent while yelling "Chrom, assist me!". This is a Final Smash that depends on the number of opponents that are hit by the flying blade (which moves as far as your average Fire Emblem Critical Attack in Smash) and it triggers a cutscene where the attacked foes windup in the Idolsphere with a series of evil Mirages surrounding him. But all is lost when these supernatural baddies would be sliced away in a flash due to Chrom's blinding speed.


This would result in the shady Mirage appearing before his victims with his twin Falchions while yelling "It's time for you to die like those monsters!" in a frightening voice. Then he deals a few powerful slashes to his victims in the Idolsphere while the crowd cheers within each hit. Then he would eventually finish things off with a cross slash to send his opponents flying out the stage with the crowd cheering. Then it returns to regular gameplay with the foe flying (and possibly KO's based on their damage input) with Chrom appearing behind Itsuki while laughing. This would result in Itsuki doing a victorious pose with a smile before the latter reenters his body.

Taunt 1: Itsuki raises his blade into the air with a clam face and quickly swings it to the side as a reference to his in-game idle animation.
Taunt 2: He sakes out his cellphone and checks his messages with the familiar bottom click sounds being made during that "message". Then he hangs it up and his blade appears again when it's over.
Taunt 3: Itsuki swings his blade extravagantly with a smile and laughs while his cape flutters. Then Chrom appears to briefly scold him and his young master shrugs in an embarrassed manner.


Victory Animation 1: Itsuki slashes a few times seriously with Chrom appearing beside him for the last swing. "It's show time!" they both yell after that final slash.
Victory Animation 2: Itsuki reverts back into his Civilian Form in a flash and rubs the back of his head with a smile. His last words would be "That was a pretty hard performance, don't you think?" as Chrom appears to watch his fatigued master.
Victory Animation 3: Itsuki sings part of the lyrics for Reincarnation without his weapon while Chrom already appears next to him. This time he would place his hand on Itsuki's shoulder to stop him and the latter does a nervous laugh.
The Grand Support Hall for Fortuna Entertainment Performers

Team Itsuki
Yomi's Biggest Fan
Team Tsubasa
Aussie the Shinobi
Team Toma
Team Kiria
Team Eleonora
Team Mamori
Team Yashiro
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Well, you've asked for it.


And shame on you for now having "FIIIIIIAAAAIIII EMBUUUUUREEEEEEM!" in the title. Unless you wanted something straightforward. If that's the case, it's alright.

Put me on Team Tsubasa. She's my girl and the main idol of the team. Not to mention she would make a nice Pegasus Knight in battle.

Sure it's unlikely, but I'm still all for TMS representation in Smash.
 

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Well, you've asked for it.


And shame on you for now having "FIIIIIIAAAAIIII EMBUUUUUREEEEEEM!" in the title. Unless you wanted something straightforward. If that's the case, it's alright.

Put me on Team Tsubasa. She's my girl and the main idol of the team. Not to mention she would make a nice Pegasus Knight in battle.

Sure it's unlikely, but I'm still all for TMS representation in Smash.
Same. We would be lucky to get a character, but a stage or some songs I see as easy additions they can get from AVEX and Atlus.

Added. Now we are even until we get all the older supporters back along with new ones.

Let's face it, I want to the scene to stay as a surprise and a spoiler instead of this meme that is ****ed out into it's not funny anymore. Some like the meme, others see it as a reminder of why the game "sucks". I'd rather not do it.

Might as well tag @WeirdChillFever since Ellie is waiting for that #1 fan.

And A Distant Demon A Distant Demon this is still for the characters of the game. It's just that people have many different opinions on who would they want as opposed to going for the two main characters.

The intro is just for telling you about the game itself and who the characters are. Unless you want me to trim that aspect down.
 
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Any particular reason you decided to make a general thread instead of an individual thread?

I would rather generally have discussion tied to characters rather than games.
Fair enough. I only see Tsubasa and Itsuki as the likes of the bunch compared to the others realistically.

Though that's because the side characters are just as likable or more likable than the main characters. Better than people making a thread for each and every character in the whole game, right?

Unless that's no issue.
 
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And A Distant Demon A Distant Demon this is still for the characters of the game. It's just that people have many different opinions on who would they want as opposed to going for the two main characters.

The intro is just for telling you about the game itself and who the characters are. Unless you want me to trim that aspect down.
I meant I would rather it be a thread for each character than one thread for all of a game's characters.

This isn't really a game like ARMS where everyone has similar abilities and merits.
 

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I meant I would rather it be a thread for each character than one thread for all of a game's characters.

This isn't really a game like ARMS where everyone has similar abilities and merits.
Ok. Then feel free to lock this while I just focus on Itsuki for now.

Everyone else can feel free to do the other characters themselves.
 
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