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Fire Emblem Red and Blue
Aug. 24th, 2011 08:33 pmSo, that rumor about the new "Fire Emblem Blue Sacred Sword and Red Demon Lance" game is really making tracks. Still seems to be horseshit, though, and not just on account of the ridiculous name or the introduction of bizarro new elements (the titular weapons) into Elibe. I mean, after some of the crap IS pulled in FE12, I'm not willing to say anything is out of the question, but this rumor seems to have stemmed from 2ch, which has spawned other garbage "leaks" in the past.
This post here at Serenes Forest covers some of the other rumors to come out of 2ch:
1) An FE8 sequel set twenty years later (3DS). No thanks. Reminds me of my joke story about "Prince Etain" coming to town. You get an FE game set 20 years after an existing game, that means characters you know and love are D-E-D dead.
2) New FEs for the Wii and 3DS to be announced at E3 2011. Didn't happen.
3) 20th anniversary game for the Wii to come out in 2010. Didn't happen.
4) Wii Fire Emblem with an "all star cast" slated to come out in 2011. Didn't happen, which is likely for the best. I'm not even sure how that would work.
I do kind of like the idea for a Pokeymanz style FE where you trade characters back and forth between games. Kind of, as in, it would irritate the hell out of me if they actually did it. I also wouldn't mind a departure from the gameplay norm, at least theoretically I wouldn't. The franchise has needed fresh ideas since FE7 (which was a kind of a fresh idea, which may account for its popularity among English-speaking fans). FE8 was lukewarm rehash. FE9/10 jettisoned a lot of the things that IMO made Fire Emblem, well, Fire Emblem, and in any event they didn't sell. FE11 and FE12 were a pair of remakes-- one that didn't add enough new material to please people, and one that IMO added too damned much new material. So, now what?
I can tell you one thing-- whatever IS does next, it will piss "the fanbase" off. Fire Emblem fans hate everything, especially Fire Emblem. Oh yes.
This post here at Serenes Forest covers some of the other rumors to come out of 2ch:
1) An FE8 sequel set twenty years later (3DS). No thanks. Reminds me of my joke story about "Prince Etain" coming to town. You get an FE game set 20 years after an existing game, that means characters you know and love are D-E-D dead.
2) New FEs for the Wii and 3DS to be announced at E3 2011. Didn't happen.
3) 20th anniversary game for the Wii to come out in 2010. Didn't happen.
4) Wii Fire Emblem with an "all star cast" slated to come out in 2011. Didn't happen, which is likely for the best. I'm not even sure how that would work.
I do kind of like the idea for a Pokeymanz style FE where you trade characters back and forth between games. Kind of, as in, it would irritate the hell out of me if they actually did it. I also wouldn't mind a departure from the gameplay norm, at least theoretically I wouldn't. The franchise has needed fresh ideas since FE7 (which was a kind of a fresh idea, which may account for its popularity among English-speaking fans). FE8 was lukewarm rehash. FE9/10 jettisoned a lot of the things that IMO made Fire Emblem, well, Fire Emblem, and in any event they didn't sell. FE11 and FE12 were a pair of remakes-- one that didn't add enough new material to please people, and one that IMO added too damned much new material. So, now what?
I can tell you one thing-- whatever IS does next, it will piss "the fanbase" off. Fire Emblem fans hate everything, especially Fire Emblem. Oh yes.
