What Triangle Strategy Can Learn from Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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Triangle Strategy has been in the works for some time now. First announced at a Nintendo Direct in February 2021, the game received a release date of March 4 at this year's Direct. The gameplay largely resembles that of the Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics series, but with a more unique «HD-2D» visual style and the unmistakable artwork of Naoki Ikushima. In the game, even more similarities to Fire Emblem: Three Houses are apparent. Most notably, a branching storyline where players choose to side with one of three political powers contending for control over a continent. There are many areas in which Triangle Strategy can lean into and learn from its similarities with Three Houses.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is arguably Nintendo's biggest Fire Emblem to date, both in its scale and its commercial success. It isn't just because of Nintendo's marketing push for the game, either. Three Houses fine-tuned the things that Fire Emblem fans love and added world building and a sense of lore. Its unique turn-by-turn gameplay saw new options for exploration, a dynamic unit class system, and in-depth romance options. Triangle Strategy, even with all the anticipation of its release, has much to learn from Three Houses' triumphs.

Triangle Strategy: All the Character Trailers So Far

Triangle Strategy should aim to develop its characters meaningfully. Arguably the backbone of the series, there are almost always darker backgrounds behind the bubbly anime appearances of characters in Fire Emblem. Given a video game where most of the player's time is spent reading the dialogue between characters, it's essential for Triangle Strategy (or any RPG, for that matter) to make sure that dialogue is worth reading. Three Houses accomplishes in part