A sport from the transient period the place there have been Swap and New 3DS simultaneous launches.
If it wasn’t solidified that Hearth Emblem was a valued franchise at Nintendo, Hearth Emblem Warriors was a part of the onslaught of video games that solidified that. 2017 noticed the launch a number of Hearth Emblem video games, together with the thriving cell sport Hearth Emblem Heroes, the superb 3DS remake Hearth Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, and close to the top of the yr, this right here Hearth Emblem Warriors sport. The second try from Koei Tecmo to make a Nintendo Warriors sport was way more assured than Hyrule Warriors, which was vital as a result of it did not have the shock and awe of the spinoff to hold some missteps. That is the primary of three Nintendo Warriors video games on Swap (technically the primary of 4 if we rely Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Version) and it truthfully stacks up nicely regardless of being the primary out on the system.
Syrenne McNulty: Hearth Emblem Warriors ****ing guidelines. I feel that plenty of the unique characters and authentic dialogue are hilariously mediocre. I feel that the character choice that they picked is, nicely, understandably, very shallow. I want that they’d possibly had three fewer characters from Hearth Emblem Fates and three extra characters from Hearth Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. However general, the recurring loop of going into the map battles the place there’s a bigger grid and you’re going by taking over particular person fight challenges, partaking within the gameplay, accessing the weapon triangle, and bringing in from Hyrule Warriors Legends on the Nintendo 3DS with the ability to information your different models in battle. That is the primary one in every of these Warriors spin-offs that has that on console. I feel only a tremendously nicely thought-about gameplay movement for this being a launch yr title for the Nintendo Swap. I actually assume that that is general such a powerful bundle. I performed this for possibly 400 hours and generally I nonetheless get the urge to return to it.
Donald Theriault: My chief criticism about Hearth Emblem Warriors is that the character choice is simply too restricted each in sport choice – apart from a pair of later unlocks and the OCs, you get 3DS and Marth and that’s prefer it – and character decisions inside these video games. I do know far too nicely that Heroes was a going concern when this launched, however the truth that it took till the ultimate DLC to get a lance unit that wouldn’t get their stuff completely pushed in by a stray arrow when the weapon triangle was imagined to be in full impact is extraordinarily irritating. In the event that they leaned extra into the crossover elements by including, I dunno, the Path of Radiance / Radiant Daybreak casts and a few characters from the world of Blazing / Binding Blade there’d be much more interesting characters and lots of extra choices for workforce constructing. We had been only a yr faraway from a musou on the 3DS that had 4 universes advisable, and it ran positive (Except you performed it on the unique 3DS, you poor soul. There’s a cause the 3DS model of Hearth Emblem Warriors is New 3DS unique).
The core gameplay and the sport’s tackle a Legend mode is plenty of enjoyable, and the principle story is simply the correct size to be enjoyable but in addition heat you up for the actual endgame grind. It ran nicely for an early Swap sport and even held up nicely in multiplayer again within the day, I think about working it on OLEDs now would most likely see it run higher. But when I by no means see the warring royal households of Fates once more, I’d be a lot happier.
