Fire Emblem Warriors

Fire Emblem Warriors
Original title	フ ァ イ ア ー エ ム ブ レ ム 無双
transcription	Faiā Emuburemu Musō
Studio	Omega Force Team Ninja Intelligent Systems
Publisher	Koei Tecmo Nintendo
Senior Developer	Yosuke Hayashi (Producer) Hiroya Usuda (Director)
Erstveröffent- lichung	September 28, 2017 October 20, 2017
platform	Nintendo Switch New Nintendo 3DS
genre	Hack and Slay , Action
Game mode	Single player , co-op mode (2 players)
control	Joy-Con , Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
medium	Nintendo Switch Game Card , Nintendo 3DS Memory Card , Download ( Nintendo eShop )
Current version	1.5.0
Age rating	USK PEGI
PEGI content rating

Fire Emblem Warriors is a hack-and-Slay video game, which by Omega Force and Team Ninja in collaboration with Intelligent Systems develops and Koei Tecmo in Japan and Nintendo in the remaining areas for the Nintendo switch and the New Nintendo 3DS was released . It was released in Japan on September 28, 2017, while in the rest of the regions it was released on October 20, 2017. The game is a crossover with gameplay from the Dynasty Warriors series and characters from various games from the Fire Emblem series.

Gameplay

The game is a crossover of the Dynasty Warriors series and the Fire Emblem series. Fire Emblem Warriors has the hack-and-slay gameplay of the Dynasty Warriors series and characters from games of the Fire Emblem series, but also several mechanics that occur in the Fire Emblem series. In addition to the levels of difficulty "Easy", "Normal" and "Hard", there are also the game modes "Classic" and "Beginner". In Classic Mode, as in the Fire Emblem franchise, characters are no longer available when they die. In addition, the weapons have the weapon triangle mechanics of the Fire Emblem series. You can also combine two characters together, which strengthens the other character. When two characters fight or interact together, their sympathy for each other increases. If there is a high level of sympathy, support talks are activated for some character combinations in which they speak to one another.

The game modes in Fire Emblem Warriors that are fought in are Story Mode and Historical Mode. In story mode you play through the plot in different scenarios and unlock characters. In the historical mode you play scenarios from games of the Fire Emblem series in several battles and can unlock weapons, items and other characters. Characters and weapons can be reinforced in the camp. By using amiibo you can get additional materials, weapons and money.

There is also a co-op mode for two players. In this two players can play the battles of the story mode and the historical mode. This is possible through a horizontal split screen .

action

Fire Emblem Warriors is set in the Kingdom of Aytolis. One day monsters invade the kingdom while royal twins Rowan and Lianna train with their friend Darios, prince of the neighboring kingdom of Gristonne. On the run, the twins and Darios are separated from Yelena, Queen Aytolis'. This gives them the flame seal (or "Fire Emblem") before monsters overtake them. The flame seal can give great power with five pyroxene stones. In search of the stones, the twins come into conflict with the characters from Fire Emblem: Awakening , Fire Emblem Fates and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon , whose protagonists own the stones. After the flame seal was restored, it turns out that Darios' father Oskar wants to revive the chaos dragon Velezark and wants to use Yelena's blood for it. Velezark attacks Darios, who steals the flame seal because of it. The twins save Yelena, Darios kills Oskar instead and Velezark is revived. Darios is able to free himself from Velezark's spell, gives the twins the flame seal and is killed by Velezark. The twins defeat Velezark and the heroes return to their original worlds.

development

Fire Emblem Warriors was developed by Omega Force and Team Ninja in collaboration with Intelligent Systems. The studios Omega Force and Team Ninja have previously developed Hyrule Warriors , a crossover of the Dynasty Warriors series and the The Legend of Zelda series . The producer Yosuke Hayashi and Director Hiroya Usuda were important managers in the development of the game.

During the development of Hyrule Warriors Legends and the introduction of certain strategic elements into the game, the first ideas for adding more of these elements came up. After the weapon triangle of the Fire Emblem series, Hayashi created a first concept for Fire Emblem Warriors . He presented this to Nintendo after Nintendo asked about a cooperation with Koei Tecmo for the Nintendo Switch. After Nintendo approved the concept, the first development of the game began.

Although Omega Force and Team Ninja developed the game, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems monitored the development, especially during dialogues and support discussions between the characters. It was originally planned to write a conversation for each character combination, but this could not be managed due to the large number of characters, so that only certain characters have these conversations with each other.

To allow for a wider variety of weapons and classes, Hayashi decided to only include characters from a limited number of Fire Emblem games in Fire Emblem Warriors . It was decided to focus on the three games Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Fire Emblem: Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates.

The visual style of the game is based more on the cut scenes of the Fire Emblem series than on the style of previous Warriors games like Hyrule Warriors. The cutscenes meant that the original plan to have a self-adaptable protagonist had to be discarded. Instead, the twins Rowan and Lianna were chosen. In the beginning, they had a design that consisted of gold, white and blue colors. When Hayashi and Usuda presented the designs to Intelligent Systems, it was found that the colors of Rowan and Lianna were too similar to those of the protagonists of the then-unannounced game Fire Emblem Heroes . Therefore, the design of Rowan and Lianna changed one more time.

publication

Fire Emblem Warriors was first featured in the Nintendo Switch presentation on January 13, 2017. During a Fire Emblem Direct on January 18, 2017, the first gameplay for the game was shown and it was revealed that the game would also be released for the New Nintendo 3DS. During Gamescom 2017, a limited edition for the game, which contains the soundtrack and character cards, was announced and the release date for Europe was set for October 20, 2017. Fire Emblem Warriors finally released on September 28, 2017 in Japan and on October 20 in the rest of the world. While the game was published by Koei Tecmo in Japan, it was published by Nintendo in the rest of the regions.

Downloadable content

On September 24, 2017, a paid Season Pass was announced for Fire Emblem Warriors , which consists of three DLCs . Season Pass owners will receive a costume for Lucina. The first DLC was released on December 21, 2017 and contains maps for the historical mode, characters and weapons related to Fire Emblem Fates. On February 15th, 2018 the second DLC was released, which contains maps for the historical mode, characters and weapons related to Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. On March 28, 2018, the last DLC was released, which contains maps for the historical mode, characters and weapons related to Fire Emblem: Awakening.

In addition to the paid DLC, free DLC for Fire Emblem Warriors has also been released . For the release in Europe and the USA on October 20, 2017, a DLC appeared in these regions, which makes it possible to play with Japanese voices. On November 16, 2017, the corresponding counterpart appeared in Japan, which contained English voices. On the same day, an update was released worldwide that includes a map for the historical mode and costumes for Rowan and Lianna.

reception

reviews publication Rating 3DS Nintendo Switch Famitsu 36/40 36/40 GameSpot k. A. 6/10 IGN k. A. 8/10 Nintendo Life 7/10 8/10 Polygon 7.5 / 10 7.5 / 10 ntower 8/10 9/10 Meta-ratings GameRankings 63.75% 74.68% Metacritic 69% 74%

Fire Emblem Warriors received mixed to good ratings. On Metacritic , the version of the game for the Nintendo Switch received a rating of 74% based on 72 reviews. The version for the New Nintendo 3DS received - based on 12 reviews - a rating of 69%. On GameRankings , the Nintendo Switch version received a rating of 74.68% - based on 38 reviews - and the New Nintendo 3DS version - based on four reviews - received a rating of 63.75%.

Both IGN's Meghan Sullivan and GameSpot's Jeremy Winslow praised Fire Emblem Warriors for portraying the warrior fantasy well and defeating thousands of opponents would make the player seem heroic. GameSpot's Winslow liked how the game put characters from the Fire Emblem series in a new light, but criticized the fact that many popular characters were not featured in the game.

IGN's Sullivan liked the mechanics of the Fire Emblem franchise, especially the combination of two characters and the weapon triangle, as these would make the gameplay more tactical. Polygon’s Janine Hawkins also praised the incorporation of strategic elements, such as weapon forging, into adding new capabilities. GameSpot's Winslow, on the other hand, found that the mechanics did not make the game any different to other Dynasty Warriors games, which disappointed.

Polygon's Hawkins complained that the plot was not special and that it only served as a means to an end to involve the Fire Emblem characters. Hawkins also criticized that the plot of Fire Emblem Warriors is too similar to that of other Warriors games such as Dragon Quest Heroes 2. Nevertheless, the battles give the plot a replay value.

GameSpot's Winslow criticized problems that would arise due to the many characters on the screen, so that the frame rate in particular suffered. Polygon's Hawkins also criticized the frame rate, noting that the performance mode only improved frame rate at the expense of image resolution . The frame rate in multiplayer mode is also bad, even in smaller battles. Damien McFerran from Nintendo Life, on the other hand, welcomed the option of being able to choose between frame rate and image resolution, but also criticized the image quality of the multiplayer mode.

McFerran from Nintendo Life praised the New Nintendo 3DS version for the fact that the game content was the same as the Nintendo Switch version, but criticized the lack of multiplayer mode. McFerran praised the fact that the frame rate remained stable, but criticized the fact that the poorer performance of the New Nintendo 3DS meant that many details were missing in the character models and textures.

Sales figures

In its first week of sales, the Nintendo Switch version of Fire Emblem Warriors sold 41,191 times in Japan. The New Nintendo 3DS version was sold 18,537 times in Japan during the same period.

In addition, on April 26, 2018, Koei Tecmo announced that they were very satisfied with the sales figures. The sold Nintendo Switch and New Nintendo 3DS versions combined would have reached more than 1,000,000 units.

Web links

• Official website for the game
• Fire Emblem Warriors at MobyGames (English)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The rating of Famitsu is made up of the individual ratings of four editors. In this case the individual ratings are 9/9/9/9.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Daniel Kania: Test for Fire Emblem Warriors - Nintendo Switch. In: ntower. October 18, 2017, accessed March 8, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Brian: Fire Emblem Warriors devs on how the game came to be, choosing characters / games, original characters, more. In: Nintendo Everything. July 15, 2017, accessed June 28, 2019 . 
3. ^ ^{A b c} Steve Bowling: Feature: We Quiz the Fire Emblem Warriors Developers On Characters, Game Design and More. In: Nintendo Life. June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2019 (UK English). 
4. ↑ Max Kluge: Off to Battle: Fire Emblem Warriors is coming to Nintendo Switch. In: ntower. January 13, 2017, accessed April 13, 2019 . 
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6. ↑ Marco Kropp: gamescom 2017 // New trailer for Fire Emblem Warriors published - European release date revealed. In: ntower. August 22, 2017, accessed March 13, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Daniel Kania: Short and sweet: Another Japanese commercial for Fire Emblem Warriors surfaced. In: ntower. September 25, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . 
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9. ↑ Marco Kropp: TGS 2017 // Koei Tecmo announces livestream program - Several segments for Fire Emblem Warriors. In: ntower. September 10, 2017, accessed March 13, 2020 . 
10. ^ Sal Romano: Fire Emblem Warriors DLC plans announced. In: Gematsu. September 24, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2019 (American English). 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Lite_Agent: Fire Emblem Warriors: all you need to know about DLC (contents, schedule, pricing, more). In: Perfectly Nintendo. March 29, 2018, Retrieved April 13, 2019 (American English). 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Fire Emblem Warriors for Switch. In: Metacritic. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . 
13. ↑ ^{a b} Fire Emblem Warriors for 3DS. In: Metacritic. Retrieved June 23, 2019 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b} Fire Emblem Warriors for Nintendo Switch ( Memento from December 9, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ ^{a b} Fire Emblem Warriors for 3DS ( Memento December 9, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
16. ^ ^{A b} Brian: Famitsu review scores (9/19/17) - Fire Emblem Warriors. In: Nintendo Everything. September 19, 2017, accessed July 13, 2019 . 
17. ↑ ^{a b c d} Jeremy Winslow: Fire Emblem Warriors Review. In: GameSpot. October 20, 2017, accessed April 13, 2019 . 
18. ↑ ^{a b c} Meghan Sullivan: Fire Emblem Warriors Review. In: IGN. October 24, 2017, accessed April 13, 2019 . 
19. ↑ ^{a b} Damien McFerran: Fire Emblem Warriors Review (Switch). In: Nintendo Life. October 18, 2017, accessed June 30, 2019 . 
20. ↑ ^{a b} Damien McFerran: Fire Emblem Warriors Review (New 3DS). In: Nintendo Life. October 20, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2019 . 
21. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Janine Hawkins: Fire Emblem Warriors review. In: polygon. November 20, 2017, accessed July 13, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Marco Kropp: Test for Fire Emblem Warriors - New Nintendo 3DS. In: ntower. October 19, 2017, accessed March 13, 2020 . 
23. ↑ Thomas Whitehead: Nintendo Switch Surges in Japanese Charts as Fire Emblem Warriors Makes Debut. In: Nintendo Life. October 4, 2017, accessed March 8, 2020 . 
24. ↑ rawmeatcowboy: Fire Emblem Warriors ships 1 million copies worldwide. In: gonintendo. April 26, 2018, Retrieved April 13, 2019 (American English).