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Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore announced for Nintendo Switch!
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Personally, for me TMS#FE ended just as I was about to lose it with that game - is that the perfect length to have? You decide.
FE games aren't actually RNG heavy on lower difficulties, but some of the harder games and the higher difficulty levels definitely force you to take uncomfortable risks at times (and therefore sometimes lose), which some seem to greatly enjoy.
Newer games in the series definitely lessen the reliance on risk taking by:
- Giving you better insight into expected battle outcome and probability before you commit a move
- Giving you a bigger variety of difficulty options (i.e. making permadeath optional)
- Giving you much better "undo" and rewind options to revise your strategy during battle, without having to start all over from the very beginning
"Three Houses" especially is on the easier side, you won't have a hard time making your units good enough to withstand any unexpected critical hit or hidden re-inforcements. It's also not very highly regarded for its strategic gameplay therefore, so it's not my best recommendation to get into the series (which would be "Awakening").
However, I think it's a very good game to play if you enjoyed TMS already, and want to dip your toes into Fire Emblem.
(Also, Blue Lions rule.)
Units feeling interchangeable comes from the series' tradition of permadeath. If you didn't baby the bad wind mage they give you at the start into a good unit, the game usually lets you recruit alternatives mid- and late-game to bolster up your army's weaknesses. Since a lot of our units may fall along the way, the games can tend to offer lots of "replacements", which may make the units feel same-y.
The 3DS games really shot themselves in the foot with the kid units, which come with a lot of pros (STAT EUGENICS ARE AWESOME) and lots of cons (THEY ARE STUPID). I think most people will tell you that kid units, while fun in parts, tend to ruin any story immersion you might have left, and especially the ones in Fates are all annoying and dumb as hell character-wise.
I think Three Houses does a good job of offering you a tighter roster with less late additions and overall good variety. However, if you get into a Pokemon mentality, where you recruit them all, you will end up with 3 cinnamon bun archers and 4 psychotic mages and will not really care about most of them.
Kind of interesting to give Maiko what looks like a Mirage fusion is she's not actually joining the cast.
Well yeah, of course, but this is about sales and the potential for something like TMS is likely way bigger in France than anywhere else in Europe.
France is huge on anything Japanese, really ! :D
Yup, this is a Nintendo game after all !
It's 720p in both cases.
Maiko, Barry, and Tiki can take part in Sessions during battles in Encore. Also, there were plans during vanilla TMS development to make her a full party member with a Dancer Mirage, so it looks like they took the original idea at least part-way.
Tms#fee featuring Joker from Super Smash bro's ultimate featuring Joker from Persona 5 Scramble featuring Joker from Persona Q2 Featuring Joker from Persona 5 Royal Featuring Joker from Persona 5
there is no voucher program anymore in NA, but if you still have one, it should work on this
I don't know offhand but you can check the eShop page to see supported languages. I guess you want the physical version and I'm assuming it would be the same as the digital version in that regard.
I just realized it says "Save Data Cloud Backup Not Supported" on the eShop page and I'm wondering if there's a chance that's not accurate or not because that's a huge pain for me being a person that swaps between his Switch and Switch Lite all the time.
I think it's just a new collab costume for each character. We had already seen a Three Houses costume for Mamori.
I almost bought a Wii-U twice just to play this game. I don't have time to start it but I will get a copy Friday.
Thank god, that almost killed the purchase for me. I play on Lite on the go and on my docked switch when at home, so that would have destroyed any interest in getting this.
I'm alright with that. I remember using the collab costumes on the Wii U version, so to see more is neat.
Actually, if they went the extra mile like with P5 & made it so the BGM changes based on the costume, that'd be super cool. It won't happen, but still.
At this point I just sigh and consider them fools if they think the lewdness is what make great an Atlus game.
I know they're in it for the V bones, but part of me wants to believe they're doing whatever they're doing for the greater good.
Same, a stripped down, more combat focused version of Persona, built around anime pop music sounds so weird, I'd be in.
But I just don't enjoy reading everything, or listening to audio I can't understand. It's my loss of course.
They only do anything for their anime titties. No tiddy no care
Yeah, the subject matter sounds compelling....I'm still going to get it, but the lack of a dub means I probably won't play it for a while.
While I have no interest in playing a game like this dubbed personally, I'm legitimately surprised and disappointed that they aren't putting the work in to address what I recall was also a major complaint back when it released on Wii U.
Edit to add: I don't mean this to complain about "lazy" anything, rather I'm complaining about what I assume is a budget issue
It's less about budget, more logistics. The Japanese actors sing their own songs. To get an equivalent performance, the entire English cast would need to have professional singing ability and the song lyrics would need to be translated to be in tune with the music.
From everything I've read and watched, it appears to be a very faithful port with a few new bits here and there.
The language barrier is real for me, simply because I have a mild case of OCD when it comes to reading. I sometimes find myself reading lines over and over again (some days are worse than others). I can power through, but it does mean I don't want to play a game where I read everything.
I understand the reasons why it is like it is - as helpfully posted above - but it just puts me off.
I have no idea how many people feel the way I do, but I imagine a dub would have been a big deal for some. I know it would have been for me.
I'm curious if there will be other Three Houses references. I saw in the first trailer that Mamori had a Garreg Mach Officers' Academy uniform on as a costume.
Having the characters suddenly switch voice and language whenever they sing would be weird in it's own way.
From what I can get, each character in Japan is voiced by some famous singers and artists. So they probably want to preserve their original voices and performance.
Also, sorry to say this but I don't really get the big deal about dubbing. I sometimes play in english this kind of anime games because some voices have such a high pitch in japanese that it's disturbing. Although, the VAs from TMS are great.
I think that english speakers are very used to hear their language and we, as spanish speakers, are used to not hear our own language (neither read it, because spanish sub is not as common as some would like).
Also, sorry to say this but I don't really get the big deal about dubbing. I sometimes play in english this kind of anime games because some voices have such a high pitch in japanese that it's disturbing. Although, the VAs from TMS are great.
I think that english speakers are very used to hear their language and we, as spanish speakers, are used to not hear our own language (neither read it, because spanish sub is not as common as some would like).
"Morgana, I don't think we're in Mementos anymore."This looks......wrong somehow.
Joker without his trademark smug smirk is just... off.This looks......wrong somehow.