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Wii News by Tom Bramwell
Following a low-key debut at E3 this May, the Nintendo Wii version of Fire Emblem is starting to take greater shape - with news from the Nintendo World event in Japan suggesting that it will use the Classic Controller.
That would suggest that it's going to be very consistent with the previous games in the series, which generally revolve around a small band of adventurers plotting their way through turn-based strategy missions. The set-up is similar to Advance Wars, but with persistent character death and less complicated unit relationships.
According to a report on IGN, the game not only uses the Classic Controller, but also plays out in 4:3 rather than widescreen - something that could just be down to the demo conditions. We're also told that the demo version consists of dungeon attack and castle siege levels - which sounds very Fire Emblem.
Although there's still very little else to say, expect more information to emerge ahead of the game's February 2007 release in Japan. And if you're a fan of Fire Emblem, be sure to be vocal about it - the two Game Boy Advance titles and the GameCube outing all sank without a trace over here, so Nintendo could probably do with some encouragement if it's to persist.
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CitizenGeek
06/11/06 @ 08:13
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Hmmm, I'm not convinced that Fire Emblem is a worthy opponent to Nippon Ichi's Makai Wars on PS3 just yet...
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KiLlerKnight
06/11/06 @ 08:42
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Where the hell is the DS version??
And where is the new Advance Wars??? Instead we get all these kiddy shit games (look at the release list in November and you know what I mean). Look Nintendo I know you and other publishers really want kiddies and grandmas buying a DS, but think about us, your longtime hardcore fans. Arggg, whatever, before Nintendo listen to us I will be a grandpa too. Never mind. At least we get Age of Empires this month, wait... I am still not sure about that. And about that Makai Wars. Do we have those shit graphics again or what? Surely this time they don't have any excuse for their shit graphics. Oh no, they and the fanboys still have one: we have gameplay. Why don't these people play Pong instead and STFU with their nonsense argument. |
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JetSetWilly
06/11/06 @ 08:43
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Looks like we're in for a long wait. I do hope we get it, I loved Fire Emblem: PoR on the Cube so much I played it back to back racking up 90 hours gameplay.
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JetSetWilly
06/11/06 @ 09:22
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I was wondering whether the PS2 had any games similar to Fire Emblem. Are these Nippon Ichi/Disgaea thingys in the Fire Emblem mold?
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I thought classic controller and GC controller are the same thing for Wii games.
4:3 is hopefully an artifact of the demo, like the article suggests. The Nippon Ichi games are nothing like Fire Emblem to anyone who actually likes / knows the genre. Nippon Ichi makes games for the number crunchers / munchkin type complete with all out over the top nonsensical comic fun. Fire Emblem usually takes itself way more seriously and focuses on stories with complex interactions between factions in a war. It has the infamous weapons-get-used-up mechanic paired with permanent-no-second-chance character death. I usually find Fire Emblem much more challenging than the Nippon Ichi's, and I love them both.
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I bought both Fire Emblem GBA titles, but I don't think I'll bother with it any more. I'm just not able to complete a level with any dead characters. If they even let you save your game every three turns so that you wouldn't have to replay every 30-minute level in it's entirety to undo one mistake then I'd probably take a look, but I don't think they'll let up on that design decision any time soon.
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I thought classic controller and GC controller are the same thing for Wii games.
Not quite. They confirmed this weekend that you can only play Cube games with a Cube controller, not the classic controller - so there is at least some difference between the two. You can play Virtual Console games with the classic or the Cube controller though, so maybe the same holds true for non-Wand Wii titles. |
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The_Aardvark
06/11/06 @ 10:17
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I'd much rather play a new handheld Fire Emblem than one that requires me to hog the TV for hours at a time.
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"the game not only uses the Classic Controller, but also plays out in 4:3 rather than widescreen."
What the hell is up with all these underachieving Gamecube ports for the Wii. All the latest software announcements have been very very disappointing. Sticking so rigidly to conventions and refusing even to bother making any use of the controller? |
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I think FE on the cube was great and I can't wait for the Wii version. Personally I also think it's wise that they're not using the Wii controller. I just can't see how it would benefit from it.
It would be pretty pointless moving your units on the grid using the wand in the same way using the stylus on the DS Advance Wars was pointless, after a bit I just used the d-pad as it was more precise and intuitive. Part of the reason I prefer the FE series over the Nippon Ichi stuff is down to accesibility of the FE games. While I'm not knocking the Nippon stuff, it's just that learning how to play their games feels like a chore, FE is quicker and easier to get to grips with while remaining deep and strategic. Still I agree the production values on both Cube and Wii version wouldn't make a SNES blush. |
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