You get no Sympathy in a "Fire Emblem Discussion"

[Robert of Normandy]

I'm pretty sure the only thing Ike is in love with is his own sword.

And you can interpret that however you like.

 

[Hong]

Beorc, laguz, woman, man, all envy Soren for having experienced the boundless expertise that is Gawain's style of swordsmanship. Even Tauroneo claims he could not bring himself to fight Ike, as not to deprive the world of his talent.

You're just jealous of Ike and Soren's deep and complicated bromance.

Ike could have been my VG crush if PoR had come out a decade sooner. I am afraid Marth will always be my bishie.

 

[FlareHabanero]

Ike could have been my VG crush if PoR had come out a decade sooner. I am afraid Marth will always be my bishie.

Well, according to the events of November, everyone wants to get into bed with Marth.

You will never smear honey on Marth's nipples and lick his body clean, listening to his moans of pleasure.

 

[Thane of Blue Flames]

My friend assures me Ike is straight ... because Soren is a trans woman.

It makes a surprising amount of sense.

 

[loganhogan]

Soren has no bewbs your friend is wrong.

 

[Hong]

Neither does Marth or Lucina!

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Aw well...

My top five.

Marth
Ike
Roy
Robin
Largo

Not even joking there.

I really like Largo.

 

[Robert of Normandy]

Aw well...

My top five.

Marth
Ike
Roy
Robin
Largo

Not even joking there.

I really like Largo.

...Definitely dubious...

 

[OcarinaOfDoom]

If Robin gets in, I would personally prefer a planning/tactics trap esque character over just a pure magic/sword fighting character. Thoughts on RObin getting a moveset like that?

 

[Hong]

If Robin gets in, I would personally prefer a planning/tactics trap esque character over just a pure magic/sword fighting character. Thoughts on RObin getting a moveset like that?

I tried to make a moveset with a trapping projectile, planning charge skills, and a timing-based stage control move. If you haven't seen it, you can find it in the Robin thread.

There is another moveset I had in mind where you can summon knights to block, myrmidons to hunt and archers to attack from afar, though it would be a technical nightmare.

 

[OcarinaOfDoom]

I tried to make a moveset with a trapping projectile, planning charge skills, and a timing-based stage control move. If you haven't seen it, you can find it in the Robin thread.

There is another moveset I had in mind where you can summon knights to block, myrmidons to hunt and archers to attack from afar, though it would be a technical nightmare.

Yeah, that seems somewhat in line with what I was thinking of.

 

[Hong]

ITT We make brash statements on Fire Emblem characters based on Google.

• "fire emblem" trended at large in February 2013, with of course most of those searches having "awakening" in the terms. Similar can be seen in Japan in April of 2012 with appropriate terms.
  
• Everyone stopped caring about Ike in 2009.
• Lyn has always had a roughly consistent popularity, with ups and downs on a tight equilibrium. Relatively popular for her series. She has two spikes in popularity: One around the time she was revealed for Brawl, and another oddly starting from Novemer 2012 and peaking in February 2013, before dying down again. Something I missed?
• For those curious, Roy is not much different, with consistently low popularity like Ike, with popularity dropping from Melee's release and leveling out in February of 2005.
• Interest in Chrom started out strong with the release of Awakening, and tapered out before long. He became popular in mid summer, until peaking around fall, holding up well to present day. Is he anticipated as a newcomer? People have asked that question since his debut, but it picked up with the reveal of Smash Bros in June, with shaky numbers to this day.
• I would like to add that Lucina was something of Chrom's after-image. She picks up in popularity about a month later than Chrom and even exceeds him for a month, but it seems she is not as expected for Smash Bros, though she picked up late in the year up until present none-the-less.

Fun tidbit #1: Fire Emblem seemed too difficult for many Americans in 2013. Canadians, on the other hand, seem to love the series, with a strong interest in proportion to their population. It would only make sense that we have Feroxi heritage, which is how we shrug off this cold.

Fun tidbit #2: xXIke-SamaXx should avoid searching "ike soren" at all costs.

Please don't ask me to post graph data for all of this. It is suppose to be silly, and you can find out for yourself.

 

[DMurr]

Lyn has always had a roughly consistent popularity, with ups and downs on a tight equilibrium. Relatively popular for her series. She has two spikes in popularity: One around the time she was revealed for Brawl, and another oddly starting from Novemer 2012 and peaking in February 2013, before dying down again. Something I missed?

Sweeet! Lyn for Smash WiiU/3DS lol.. Is that when her DLC for Awakening came out in Japan and later US? Could explain the jump in searches.

 

[Hong]

Sweeet! Lyn for Smash WiiU/3DS lol.. Is that when her DLC for Awakening came out in Japan and later US? Could explain the jump in searches.

I am afraid not, for neither NA or EU.

Maybe everyone just misses her. T~T

Edit - Also wanted to add that Robin has always been a very, very popular character in fan portals, but you can't get numbers on her because she is known by so many names.

 

[FlareHabanero]

ITT We make brash statements on Fire Emblem characters based on Google.

 

[Hong]

Well, Roy, there is only one way to find out...

I never tried using the search autofill. I used the trend function, instead. In hindsight, this is even more hilarious.

 

[Rouge]

Fire Emblem Roy Wood LOL

 

[Pazzo.]

Fire Emblem Roy Wood LOL

That's funny..... Then Is Lucina really Lucina-rom?

 

[FlareHabanero]

Well, Roy, there is only one way to find out...

Are you suggesting Roy finds out Marth's gender via the pack inspection method?

 

[Robert of Normandy]

I take this as confirmation that IkexMia is the most popular Ike ship

 

[Hong]

Are you suggesting Roy finds out Marth's gender via the pack inspection method?

AKA the "President Johnson" method, for those who have played MGS2.

 

[The Light Music Club]

The lack of Micaiah in the past couple posts makes me irritated.

 

[FlareHabanero]

The lack of Micaiah in the past couple posts makes me irritated.

 

[Hong]

The lack of Micaiah in the past couple posts makes me irritated.

I just found her to be forgettable.

Nothing against her, nothing for her, either. I did make a moveset for her back in the Brawl hype days, though even then I was more in favour of Celica. Now that Robin is out, Micaiah has competition of both the Emblem variety and magic variety, where she also butts heads with Palutena. Of course, my moveset for all three characters has been drastically different, but it's hard to say if the developer will see any merit in Micaiah or Robin.

 

[The Light Music Club]

I just found her to be forgettable.

Nothing against her, nothing for her, either. I did make a moveset for her back in the Brawl hype days, though even then I was more in favour of Celica. Now that Robin is out, Micaiah has competition of both the Emblem variety and magic variety, where she also butts heads with Palutena. Of course, my moveset for all three characters has been drastically different, but it's hard to say if the developer will see any merit in Micaiah or Robin.

I thought Brawl roster had been finalized when Radiant Dawn had come out, and that Ike was in due to Path of Radiance. I wouldn't mind Robin, as long as the female version is playable.

 

[FlareHabanero]

I thought Brawl roster had been finalized when Radiant Dawn had come out, and that Ike was in due to Path of Radiance. I wouldn't mind Robin, as long as the female version is playable.

Actually it was finalized back in 2005.

The roster is normally the first thing that is compiled during the early stages of development, so that priorities can be formed.

 

[Hong]

I thought Brawl roster had been finalized when Radiant Dawn had come out, and that Ike was in due to Path of Radiance. I wouldn't mind Robin, as long as the female version is playable.

Enough of the game was out, regardless. More substance than they had with Roy.

 

[Mirron]

I'm guessing they went with Ike because he's popular, unique (enough so at least compared to Marth), and would advertise Radiant Dawn as well, even if he was the version from Path of Radiance. I always liked Ike myself, he's really cute. Not as big a fan of him in RD though, PoR is my favorite (especially Lord Ike, costume is nice). I have to wonder what was going through the artists head with the Awakening DLC Ike though. And to wrap up Ike-related thoughts, I'm pretty sure we'll see him in Smash 4, I don't see any reason to cut him.

And I'd love to see a more tactical Robin, but as amusing as Robin summoning Fire Emblem classes would be, it's probably too much for the game to handle. Though personally I think that summoning units to fight would also be a good way for a Nintendo Wars rep to fight (a series that, though I haven't played, would like to see in Smash). Random aside aside, I'd actually kind of like to see Robin hit someone with a book too. Silly, I suppose, but would amuse me. Maybe as a taunt or something.

 

[XStarWarriorX]

ITT We make brash statements on Fire Emblem characters based on Google.

• "fire emblem" trended at large in February 2013, with of course most of those searches having "awakening" in the terms. Similar can be seen in Japan in April of 2012 with appropriate terms.
  
• Everyone stopped caring about Ike in 2009.
• Lyn has always had a roughly consistent popularity, with ups and downs on a tight equilibrium. Relatively popular for her series. She has two spikes in popularity: One around the time she was revealed for Brawl, and another oddly starting from Novemer 2012 and peaking in February 2013, before dying down again. Something I missed?
• For those curious, Roy is not much different, with consistently low popularity like Ike, with popularity dropping from Melee's release and leveling out in February of 2005.
• Interest in Chrom started out strong with the release of Awakening, and tapered out before long. He became popular in mid summer, until peaking around fall, holding up well to present day. Is he anticipated as a newcomer? People have asked that question since his debut, but it picked up with the reveal of Smash Bros in June, with shaky numbers to this day.
• I would like to add that Lucina was something of Chrom's after-image. She picks up in popularity about a month later than Chrom and even exceeds him for a month, but it seems she is not as expected for Smash Bros, though she picked up late in the year up until present none-the-less.

Fun tidbit #1: Fire Emblem seemed too difficult for many Americans in 2013. Canadians, on the other hand, seem to love the series, with a strong interest in proportion to their population. It would only make sense that we have Feroxi heritage, which is how we shrug off this cold.

Fun tidbit #2: xXIke-SamaXx should avoid searching "ike soren" at all costs.

Please don't ask me to post graph data for all of this. It is suppose to be silly, and you can find out for yourself.

Yeah sorry, I'm kinda responsible for the Lyn stuff

 

[FlareHabanero]

Yeah sorry, I'm kinda responsible for the Lyn stuff

Jesus Christ, keep your pants on for now on.

 

[XStarWarriorX]

Jesus Christ, keep your pants on for now on.

What? oh no no no, nothing like that.

I just search up lyn alot, looking for smash 4 rumors, etc. things like that. Now shhh.

Plus there actually are groups of people who support lyn still so....

 

[Hong]

What? oh no no no, nothing like that.

I just search up lyn alot, looking for smash 4 rumors, etc. things like that. Now shhh.

 

[XStarWarriorX]

Your not in my room are you? No. I'm being honest here, its not like that, don't "okay" me.

 

[FlareHabanero]

What? oh no no no, nothing like that.

I just search up lyn alot, looking for smash 4 rumors, etc. things like that. Now shhh.

Plus there actually are groups of people who support lyn still so....

Twas a joke me lad.

Just making the potshot that you were looking up pornography on a catastrophic scale.

Would explain why "Lyn is hot" is the second most popular search.

 

[Hong]

Your not in my room are you?

Spoiler

 

[XStarWarriorX]

Twas a joke me lad.

Just making the potshot that you were looking up pornography on a catastrophic scale.

Would explain why "Lyn is hot" is the second most popular search.

Well yeah there's some sexy lyn stuff.

Surprisingly there's no nude stuff, well not good ones anyway.

It's the truth though, lyn is hot, dem legs man. Google knows. plus there's a ton of stupid "oh who's the hottest FE character" threads over the years on serenes and gamefaqs, and as always lyn is one of the names thrown out there. so maybe that explains that.

 

[Hong]

There's certainly a market for it.

Tharja is rather... deliberate, in every way possible.

I want to see her as an AT just to see the ****-storm caused by overly sheltered Americans.

 

[FlareHabanero]

It's probably going to be Ashley all over again, people getting upset that a fan favorite is regulated to the sidelines.

Also my opinion on Tharja is that her only appeal is the fanservice. Wearing tight clothing does that. But I don't like here character much, not much of yandere fan.

 

[Hong]

Also my opinion on Tharja is that her only appeal is the fanservice. Wearing tight clothing does that. But I don't like here character much, not much of yandere fan.

Like most Awakening characters, feels too one-dimensional. Written on par with self-insert fan fiction characters. Not believable, yet does not take advantage of wandering out of the realms of belief like Danved or Gaius would. No substance. Like others, could have benefited from more story involvement. Maybe actually betraying Chrom would have been neat.

That said, I do like the Dark Mage design as a whole, just because it's different.

 

[FlareHabanero]

That's why I'm not exactly keen on Tharja form a character standpoint, her yandere characteristic is kind of played too much.

Generally I do admire the aspect of giving the units more quirky characteristics, but at the same time there isn't enough substance.