During the Nintendo Direct February 2022 showcase, plenty of first-party and third-party titles were shown coming to the Switch console, with a variety that appealed to many gamers. These include remakes and localizations of cult classic games, a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC pass, and some surprise announcements. One of these surprises was Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, a Warriors franchise spinoff that takes place within an alternate timeline of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, with its house leaders Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude taking on a brand-new enemy.
Much like other Warriors games, this will take the cast of Fire Emblem: Three Houses and place them into a hack-and-slash action setting, where they can take on hordes of enemies all by themselves. Each of the characters revealed so far have their own distinct playstyle, which is dependent on the weapons they utilize. Edelgard of the Black Eagles uses an axe, Blue Lions leader Dimitri wields a lance, while Claude from the Golden Deer flies atop a mounted dragon and shoots enemies with his bow.
Second Fire Emblem Game Alongside Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Could Release This Year
The trailer for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes showed off new timeskip designs for the House Leaders in the game, as well as a brand-new unnamed purple haired character. They can be seen facing off Byleth, where they manage to even destroy Byleth's Sword of the Creator weapon near the end of the trailer. A few new screenshots have been released by Amazon JP, which imply that this purple haired sword user will be a playable character in the game.
This can be seen in part of the screenshot's UI, where in the bottom left, the purple haired sword user can be seen selected and could be commanded to
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