Fire Emblem Thread

• Lie wrote on 2013-04-03 20:20
  There's an interview with some of the developers from the Awakening team here:
  
  http://fireemblem.nintendo.com/developer-interview/index.html
  
  About the feet of the models in the game...
  
  

  8-4: Speaking of doing something difererent, we have to ask a question a lot of the fans are wondering -- what happened with the feet? (laughs)
  
  Kusakihara: (Laughs) Well, they're there...they're just...omitted a little bit.
  
  The idea was to add a unique sort of deformation to the characters. As for why it ended up like this... At the start of the project, we weren't entirely sure how many bones and joints we'd be able to use in each character model. As it is now, there's a joint at the knees, and then there's nothing below that for the ankles and the feet. This makes it a bit easier to apply animation to models as well. We found out afterward that, with the 3DS, we had more than enough CPU strength available to flesh out the models a bit, add real ankles and so on. We were like "Well, if there's a next time, maybe there'll be more ankles..." (laughs)
  
  We thought we could make it something that would work well with the characters, but now I'm not so sure. (laughs) So it's hard to give a real reason for it, but... well, I think it's kind of cute, though! (laughs) Isn't it? They look like they're wearing high heels. Aren't high heels the big fashion these days?
  
  8-4: Did you get any feedback about this from Japanese players as well?
  
  Kusakihara: Yeah, some people focused on the feet a lot. (laughs) I think if this was a game that involved people kicking and such, we would have put in real ankles. Instead, you're using handheld weapons for the most part, so we figured we could sort of omit some of the detail down there...
  
  Yokota: We did get feedback about that in the playtesting sessions, but by that point it was like "Well, we can't do much about that now." (laughs)
  
  Kusakihara: A lot of people seemed really preoccupied with the feet... Ah, well. (laughs)

• Hitaki wrote on 2013-04-03 20:36
  The feet never really bothered me that much. If anything they actually made the models look a bit more cute.
• Murasaki wrote on 2013-04-03 20:54
  The first time I saw the feet, I was like "what", but at the same time...It's really cute. Especially with the way certain armored people run.
• Froglord of DESTINY!!! wrote on 2013-04-04 01:40
  I didn't even notice anything, probably because I've played too much wind waker in my life time.
• Murasaki wrote on 2013-04-04 02:02
  I'm unlocking support conversations for every single character. My unit does not take kindly to being lied to, tricked, insulted, or challenged. It is very, very amusing.
• Lan wrote on 2013-04-04 02:13

  Quote from Murasaki;1062389:

  I'm unlocking support conversations for every single character. My unit does not take kindly to being lied to, tricked, insulted, or challenged. It is very, very amusing.

  
  
  What about being stalked? Or drugged? :D
• Aubog007 wrote on 2013-04-04 02:22

  Quote from Murasaki;1062389:

  I'm unlocking support conversations for every single character. My unit does not take kindly to being lied to, tricked, insulted, or challenged. It is very, very amusing.

  
  
  I love the database of supports it keeps, i have no intention of unlocking the children supports, that is faaaar too many.
• Froglord of DESTINY!!! wrote on 2013-04-04 03:06
  I'm glad you can unlock all the supports, in sacred stones you're limited to like 5 per play-through.
• Murasaki wrote on 2013-04-04 03:12

  Quote from Lan;1062392:

  What about being stalked? Or drugged? :D

  
  Drugged?!
  It turns out being stalked is somewhat beneficial to me, though...I'm not sure I like Tharja's intentions once I fall asleep.
  
  

  Quote from Aubog007;1062396:

  I love the database of supports it keeps, i have no intention of unlocking the children supports, that is faaaar too many.

  
  I am unlocking all the things! Because some of these are just...fun. I already know what happens in the story anyway, and it gives me something to do.
• makoto wrote on 2013-04-04 05:15
  I'm stuck with awakening. I'm gotten to the point where you can get the children but I can't ever seem to finish the grind of getting good skills so that the children can inherit them.
• Froglord of DESTINY!!! wrote on 2013-04-04 06:02
  My game's bonus box option suddenly decided to kick in as soon as I finished a random Risen spawn. (is at chapter 9)
  
  So much... bonus shit.... SO MUCH BONUS SHIT EVERYWHERE!!!!
  
  
  also looking at renown shop and what the fuck, Orsin's hatchet was 3 times more powerfull in 776.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2013-04-04 06:03

  Quote from Murasaki;1062433:

  Drugged?!
  It turns out being stalked is somewhat beneficial to me, though...I'm not sure I like Tharja's intentions once I fall asleep.
  
  
  I am unlocking all the things! Because some of these are just...fun. I already know what happens in the story anyway, and it gives me something to do.

  
  
  I meant like different fathers, i dont have enough save files for that, it would require a lot of save scumming and backtracking otherwise.
  
  Once those beach DLC missions come out though, then i will.
• Froglord of DESTINY!!! wrote on 2013-04-05 00:39
  Geneology G2 character pack released as well as Lief's team from Thracia 776
  
  Also Thor's Hammer tome aka Mjolnir is available.
• Lan wrote on 2013-04-05 01:13
  The next DLC brings Limit break eh? Ohohoho the carnage will be marvelous.
• Hitaki wrote on 2013-04-05 01:44

  Quote from Lan;1063051:

  The next DLC brings Limit break eh? Ohohoho the carnage will be marvelous.

  
  
  We also get sword arm Ike. His arm is literally his sword.