Gerücht: Nintendo Leaker teilt Details zu einem neuen “Fertig” Feueremblem auf Schalter

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Fire Embelm Three Houses
Bild: Intelligente Systeme

Fire Emblem fans are feasting right now. We’re just a little under two weeks away from the release of Fire-Emblem-Krieger: WENIGE, a Musou game set in the Fire Emblem: Drei Häuser world. Three Houses itself has been hugely successful for Intelligent Systems on Switch. Und Fire Emblem-Helden continues to be extremely popular with fans.

Yet there’s more to come for those that love this strategy RPG series. Known Nintendo leaker and Nintendo-Weltbericht contributor Emily Rogers has revealed that Intelligent Systems has been working on a new Fire Emblem game for the Switch — and it’s a brand new game, not a remake or a rerelease.

Rogers shared the details of this over on Famiboards, where she states that the game is a collaborative effort between Intelligent Systems, Krieger developer Koei Tecmo, and Gust — a division of Koei Tecmo and creators of the Atelier Serie. Rogers also has some tidbits about the potential new entry:

Here is what I can share about the new Fire Emblem game.

– Upcoming Fire Emblem is a new game, not a remake. Brand new story.
– Collaboration between Intelligente Systeme, Koei Tecmo und Böe (division of Koei Tecmo Holdings).
– Gust heavily assisted with the visuals / graphics. Graphics are an improvement over “Drei Häuser”.
– Originally intended as an anniversary game to celebrate FE’s 30th anniversary. The game has been finished for over a year.
– Main character (main lord) has strange red and blue hair. His mother is a dragon.
– New “Emblems” gimmick allows players to summon “FE characters from the past” for your squad.

There are some really interesting things we can pick out here — the fact that Emblems will be used to summon fan-favourite Fire Emblem characters sounds really fun. Auch, we think Gust’s lovely cel-shaded visual style would work perfectly in the Fire Emblem universe; just look at Das Intro von Portal 2 wurde anscheinend von der Eröffnung von Super Metroid inspiriert 2: Der Alchemist des geheimnisvollen Traums! Und, lastly, the game is already finished — and has been for a year.

That last one is particularly interesting, because if the game is ready, and has been for more than a year, when will we be getting it. We’re already getting a new Fire Emblem game this year with Three Hopes — albeit it isn’t a traditional strategy game — so would Nintendo release a second in 2022? It wouldn’t be the first time as Fire Emblem: Die Heiligen Steine und Fire Emblem: Pfad der Ausstrahlung both launched in 2005 in Nordamerika und Europa, but perhaps Nintendo will hold out until next year.

We’ll have to wait and see if this turns out to be true!