Why Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Skipping the Academy Setting was a Good Idea

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the latest entry in the Fire Emblem tactical strategy series, took a unique approach to storytelling by offering four routes to choose from and further dividing the routes into two parts, the first taking place while the characters were enrolled at Garreg Mach Officer's Academy and the second occurring five years later. With the reveal that musou-style spinoff title Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes would feature brand-new redesigns for the student characters, fans wondered how the Academy story and time skip would be handled. A free demo for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, released on June 8, 2022, quickly addressed this question

To the surprise of fans, the Academy section of the story takes only three chapters to complete, with the two-year time skip occurring between Chapter 3 and Chapter 4. Because of the political and military issues occurring throughout the country of Fodlan, Archbishop Rhea, leader of the Church of Seiros, shuts down the Officer's Academy after the students have been enrolled for only a month or two. From there, the Scarlet Blaze, Azure Gleam, and Golden Wildfire routes take place separately in the Adrestian Empire, Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, and Leicester Alliance respectively. Although unexpected, this was ultimately a good choice for Three Hopes to make for a number of reasons.

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Although Fire Emblem: Three Houses received a number of positive reviews, fans and reviewers alike criticized the repetitive nature of the chapters set at Garreg Mach. While choosing one of the titular three houses allows players to interact and bond with a different group of characters, each of the pre-time skip chapters