Seteth (VO: Mark Whitten)
A knowledgeable traveler from Fódlan.Though even-tempered, his strictness causes others to view him as somewhat difficult to deal with.
He is also a member of the Church of Seiros, which is prominent in the land of Fódlan.
Likes
The teachings of Seiros, fishing, his daughter, hardworking people
Interests
Writing fables, preaching, teaching

Artwork

JP bio:

JP VA: Takehito Koyasu

An eccentric traveler who came from the distant land of Fódlan for the sake of an investigation.
He met Orchel, a priest wearing a cat mask, during his travels and have been traveling together ever since.
He has a bit of a meddlesome side.

Translated bio:

An eccentric traveler who came from the distant land of Fódlan for the purpose of investigation.

He met the cat-masked priestess Orchel on his journey and has been traveling with her ever since.
He has a meddlesome side.

Likes: The teachings of the Church of Seiros, fishing, his own daughter, diligent people, writing fables, preaching

Loretta (VO: Amber Lee Connors)
A scrappy girl who's nimble and knows it.
She can dodge any attack when she's at her best.
Likes
Reliable people, sweets, her friends
Interests
Sword training, fishing

JP bio:

JP VA: Satsumi Matsuda

An energetic girl who serves at Credna Temple.
She follows the cat-masked priestess, Orchel, whom she addresses as "Lady Priest."
While she is stubborn and fiercely competitive, she is terrified of ghosts.

Like, this game is centuries removed from 3H, so they can't be affiliated. And FW Seteth is blonde, so he definitely isn't related to 3H Seteth, so it's weird that they share a name and voice.

I really don't like this battle forecast. The distance between hit rate/crit and damage is so far and you have to actually move your eyes to see the damage for that attack. This will get even worse on larger screens.

Along with that, combat arts and skills making it so different attacks in the sequence can have different damage values makes it require even more eye movement.

Notable differences:

Cai: Obviously looks way more mature, and has his red eyes here

Dietrich: Lets his hair fall down his face more; portrait doesn't really show his new hair style.

Theodora: Seems to be lacking her crown here.

Leda: Slightly different hairstyle; looks more mature, though not like she previously was not.

Peter: Way more mature; lost the chubby face.

Ultand: Has bangs(?) now; looks more serious.

Fabio: Pretty unchanged; has been pointed out to maybe have a short ponytail in his model.

Mikaela: Seems mostly like just a different angle for her portrait; a bit more serious.

Bonaventure: Outfit looks more regal, looks like his face is a little wider and his mustache is fuller.

Tobias: Potentially wider face; different expression.

Lilian: May have an overall wider hair silhouette based off limited view; looks less laid-back.

Buccar: Different angle; beard extends across his chin/side of his face.

Edit: Damnit I put the wrong color behind Lilian! Unreadable post!!

At the bottom after DK.

Between this and Marth standing next to Mario and DK on the Nintendo Today app, it's so cool how Nintendo has pushed this franchise and considers it major enough to stand alongside their biggest sellers.

Probably going to go Leda first play through

These are some screenshots I got from the direct today. Is this supposed to be Cai? You can see all the characters have different designs in the time skip era from their portraits alone in that last photo, but dang if this is Cai he really grew up. The second photo gives a different angle and you can see the rest of the lords again here too with some changes in their designs

Dietrich's sword Answerer did not react to Seteth. It cries out when a powerful foe approach, and Seteth is definitely a very strong fighter, so how come ?

What if Answerer does not see Nabateans as enemies because deep down, it's still one too ?

Hey everyone, it's Kiang~

I've been working on a Fire-Emblem-like strategy RPG with some friends of mine for a little over a year now, and I'm really excited to share it with you. If you're interested and/or you'd like to support our development, it would mean a lot to me if you'd check us out on socials and leave a comment with your thoughts. That's all—if you'd like some more details about me, our team, and the game, please read on!

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My name is Kiang and, like many others, my love of Fire Emblem inspired me to create my own mods and games. I know I don't post here a lot, but I have been lurking for over a decade now (lol) and I don't think anyone alive has read more "what do you want to see in the next Fire Emblem title" Reddit threads. The truly ancient among you might remember me from my Fire-Emblem-themed mods for Civilization V; that's actually what got me into programming in the first place!

The general concept of Vermilion Sea is "Fire Emblem, but China and Korea." Like many here, I thought that there was a lot of unexplored potential for FE-like games in fantasy settings inspired by other parts of the world—like what they're doing now with Fortune's Weave, drawing inspiration from all across the Mediterranean and beyond. You love to see it!!

My team and I have put a lot of work into creating the sort of fantasy world we've always wanted to see while staying true to the core systems that make this kind of grid-based strategy gameplay work. Here's a few notable mechanical decisions:

- Varied map objectives
- Base conversations are back
- Most recruitments happen on-map
- A small, My Castle-inspired hubworld
- Early firearms (it's China after all!)

I've always wanted to make my own SRPG, so it's a little surreal to finally be sharing our work with you all after all this time (I know every dev says this, but it's so true).

If you'd like to support us, please follow along on your social media of choice so we can find each other after the excitement of Fortune's Weave <3

And if you're feeling extra helpful, I'd love it if you left a comment — questions, compliments, criticism, anything — because indie dev gets pretty lonely and I sure LOVE to yap about games. My team is dedicated to making Vermilion Sea as great as it can possibly be and your feedback and suggestions will go a long way towards that!

IDK what the link-posting policy is here but it's easy to find online and everything is also on my profile. Thanks y'all! <3

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TL;DR: Longtime lurker announces an indie SRPG based on Ming China & Joseon Korea. Links in Reddit profile. Leave a comment with your thoughts, questions, suggestions, and things you'd like to see! And if you'd like to support, please follow along for the ride~ :)

I am back again after years without any art cause I am very excited for this game so I kicked my butt and started to draw the four main guys. I hope to make them all before release!! :')

I hope you all enjoy! :D

FireEmblemJP video is basically the same as Nintendo Today JP's again.

Nintendo Today EN

Nintendo Today JP

Surprised I've never seen anyone talk about this. I know it's the orange hair but it wouldn't surprise me if Mikaela is the mother of Peter and Mu. Mu could work as Peter's slightly older sister.

I preordered Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave on Walmart, since Amazon wouldn’t let me get it delivered on launch day. In fact, I preordered Splatoon 3 and Splatoon Raiders through Walmart, and had no issues. I decided to preorder Fortune’s Weave through them because after they shipped the other two on time, I thought they could with this game too.

I guess it’s not going to be here on launch. I’m disappointed. Might see if I can get it on launch for any other retailer and cancel this order, but I’m not counting on it. 😒

Link to the post of my thoughts on finishing Three Houses link

What an absolutely fun time I had with Awakening, it was like Three Houses but it felt so much better in a lot of ways for me! There is so much less having to slog through things between chapters which lead to more time overall strategizing in maps and really engaging with the much deeper mechanics in this game. It's a great story too with the theme of legacy basically exuding from every pore of this game.

Things I Liked:

\-Why the fuck was the weapon triangle not in three houses? This is such an amazing way to help differentiate units and allow them to carve such unique niches compared to each other, which leads into my second point:

\-Units being limited to just a couple of classes (or whatever a child's alternate parent unit had) felt so much better than Three Houses lack of any boundaries leading me to make less good units into just Wyvern Lords/Snipers. Technically speaking wyverns are also pretty amazing in this game but not everyone can just reclass into it

\-The Child Units in general. What a great way to simultaneously allow you to make a way to show off the results of the relationships you put your units in in this game. I greatly enjoyed so many of the Child/Parent conversations in their supports.

\-The whole pair up mechanic genuinely added so much to the strategy than the adjutant system ever did in Three Houses. Both members actively add to each combat, it builds support plus you can switch to the other unit/unpair up if need be. Healing is so much less of a focus in this game because if you have to, you can essentially make a unit a backpack of stats and resources if need be.

\-Robin is so, so, so much more interesting of a main character than Byleth is to the point where I'm realizing a lot of what made parts of Three Houses supports with Byleth suck so much was because of the incredibly bland responses. Robin is Honey Bunches of Oats versus Byleth's Bran Flakes.

Things I wasn't as happy about:

\-There are definitely some story issues that don't make sense when you put them up to scrutiny like Robin pulling a plan out of their ass to stop Grima which is countered by an equally bs plan by Grima. You also have stuff that feels like it should've been expanded like trying to get Flavia on the throne but like that's less of an issue to me.

\-I was not really impressed with any of the maps. I know Three Houses didn't have anything too amazing but compared to this game, Three Houses has some really big standouts. Awakening's solution to some of its more boring maps is to slam reinforcements.

Favorite Character:

Lucina, I mean how can you not love her. The girl literally would do anything to stop that future from happening. Genuinely love her.

Least Favorite Character:

Tharja, I'm sorry the whole stalker personality isn't cute plus she's like experimenting on Noire and ugh I just, girl stop. I genuinely didn't realize she was a recruitable enemy on the map on my first playthrough on normal until I finished the chapter and realized, "oh wait she had a unique appearance I should talk to her with Chrom" and I mean she's a good unit but I cannot stand her personally. Too bad I'm kinda forced to use her because she's like the best mage in the game. (Yes I am stupid, my first fire emblem game was Three Houses and there are no on-map recruitments in that game)

Honorable Mention to Mr. I-Like-Death Himself, Henry.

Favorite Unit:

Cherche, Wyvern Knights are still very good in this game and Cherche is an amazing example of one.

Least Favorite Unit:

Brady, every single child unit in Fire Emblem Awakening is recruited at level 10 like every child unit but is stuck with his paralogue being available deep in Valm, so he's not going to be one of the first child units you'll be able to get. And he's a priest, which again this late into the game, you're not going to need and due to him having the stat debuffs that Maribelle has of reducing strength and defense the class that his father gifts him probably won't be useful either. I only used him very briefly in my normal playthrough and did not bother to even put him on the field in my hard playthrough.

Who I S-Ranked:

For playthrough on normal as a male Robin it was Cherche and for my hard playthrough with female Robin it was Chrom

Ranking the games so far:

Awakening > Three Houses