How Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Will Connect to Three Houses

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The Fire Emblem series has been brought back into the spotlight in the last few years, and the most recent mainline installment Fire Emblem: Three Houses played an important role in gaining back popularity. Now, a new game—Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes—is set to pick up where it left off. However, the announcement trailer also makes it clear that Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes will be returning to a war-torn Fodlan and featuring the original game's iconic cast. This may confuse some fans, as no route in Fire Emblem: Three Houses has all three characters the player can side with surviving. While some details are currently unclear, gamers already have a good idea of how Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes will connect to Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Unlike previous Fire Emblem titles, which all dwelled in the strategy RPG genre, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes takes things in a new direction with hack and slash gameplay. This draws an easy parallel to Persona 5 Strikers, another Warriors-style hack and slash game that's connected to an existing title. However, Persona 5 Strikers was designed as a fairly straightforward sequel to Persona 5. Any inconsistencies between it and Persona 5 Royal seem to come from the two games' development schedules. Meanwhile, what's happening with Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes seems to be more complicated.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Announced for Switch With Release Date

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, players are introduced to the titular three Houses: the Black Eagles, the Blue Lions, and the Golden Deer. They're led by Edelgard von Hresvelg, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, and Claude von Riegan respectively. Although these Houses start out as a simple way of organizing the students