Fire Emblem Engage’s Fan Service Already Looks Better than Warriors

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Fire Emblem fans got a surprise at the recent Nintendo Direct with the announcement of the franchise's next entry. Fire Emblem Engage tells the story of Alear, a dragon child who awakens from a thousand-year nap to find the world in turmoil. A cabal of evil mages are following in the footsteps of their villainous Fire Emblem predecessors by seeking the return of a dark dragon. To save the world, Alear and their companions must collect the Emblem Rings: powerful artifacts that can summon heroes of the past, called Emblems, to fight alongside them.

The idea of gathering heroes from across the Fire Emblem franchise in one place is hardly original; Fates allowed players to scan amiibo to recruit characters, and the Fire Emblem Heroes mobile game is all about summoning characters from other games. Fire Emblem Warriors also comes to mind as a game whose major selling point was featuring of characters from old games. However, based on a single trailer, Fire Emblem Engage already seems to be handling its fan service better than Warriors did.

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Fire Emblem Warriors is a musou game that married mechanics iconic to Fire Emblem with those from titles like Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. While its successor Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes doubled down on theThree Houses setting of Fodlan,Fire Emblem Warriors marketed itself as a parallel world where characters from different Fire Emblem games would battle together.

However, when the game released, players were remiss to find only a handful of Fire Emblem’s unique settings represented. Most of the playable characters were spread between three games: Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Fire Emblem Awakening, and Fire Emblem Fates.

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