Fire Emblem Engage Could Share DNA with Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

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When a Nintendo Direct livestream event was announced for September 13, 2022, fans were expecting news of a new game in the tactical role-playing game series Fire Emblem. A full three years after 2019's Fire Emblem: Three Houses, a new main series game seemed like a safe bet. That announcement did come, but Fire Emblem Engage, came as a surprise to fans. While it features classic tactical gameplay and returning classes and weapons, Fire Emblem Engage seems less similar to most mainline Fire Emblem games than it does to spinoff title Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE.

Fire Emblem Engage, which was the first title announced in a Nintendo Direct that also included the long-awaited title reveal for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, will follow the standard Fire Emblem formula of an army of recruitable units in a fantasy-inspired world facing down the threat of a villainous dragon. However, rather than telling a completely new story, Fire Emblem Engage will bring in characters from previous games as «Emblems» summoned by the player. Engage is the first main series title to include this summoning mechanic,and it may have taken inspiration from Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE'stitular Mirage system.

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Released in 2015 in Japan and in 2016 worldwide, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE was the result of a collaboration between Nintendo and Persona developer Atlus. Often described as «a fusion between Persona and Fire Emblem,» the game centered around a group of teenagers who could each summon a character from a Fire Emblem game as their «Mirage» in battle. The characters themselves did not have strong combat capabilities, with most fighting done by the Mirages. Fire Emblem characters appearing in the game