Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Will Have Branching Paths At the Start

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While some expected Nintendo to announce a new title in the Fire Emblem franchise, many did not expect Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, a Warriors franchise spinoff that takes place within an alternate timeline of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Unlike 2017's Fire Emblem Warriors, which was a crossover game, this adventure will be taking place entirely within Fodlan, complete with new events that would affect the fates of the three house leaders Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude.

More surprising was the second trailer for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes shown earlier this month, which introduced plenty of returning and new characters. More specifically, the fact that Three Houses protagonist Byleth wouldn't be a playable character, choosing to remain a mercenary instead of becoming a professor. This seemingly puts Byleth in a new antagonist role, with a new player character known as «Shez» taking up the reigns as protagonist. With this new player character comes a new dynamic with the three house leaders of the game, as players will be forced to choose one of the three houses to side with.

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While this is in-line with Fire Emblem: Three Houses having the player choose between the student houses, this perspective is altered significantly with Shez. Instead of the player joining the house as its professor, they are joining the house as a fellow student, with this choice being made at the start of the game. This also affects Three Hopes' story, with each branch leading to big divides in the plot as they follow the perspectives of either the Adrestian Empire, Kingdom of Faerghus, or Leicester Alliance.

Unlike Three Houses which had the first half of the game mostly the