The support system actually debuted in Gaiden, but it was limited to Celica and Alm only; if you placed them both near each other, they'd gain a significant CRIT boost.
I'm actually a big fan of the dismount feature. Any experienced fan will tell you that a horse breaks nearly every game thery're in in half. They're usually the dominant class in just about every game they're in. Dismounting is a pretty clever way to break up that dominance, horses are still great but they shine brightest during outdoors maps. So instead of fielding a squad primarily composed of cavalry, you're encouraged to experiment with other team compositions in order to have a solid indoors team
That does make sense, but do you think that cavaliers are really dominant or OP in FE3? I didn't, plus it also means that there's no reason not to promote a PR since their RES bonus is going to be pointless compared to a DR's enhanced stats. Maybe it's because I'm playing the FE's in order but I haven't felt that a nerf was needed for them yet. Thanks for the comment it got me thinking
@@GamesBrained they aren't quite as dominant in archanea. Non mounted units actually have relatively decent movement in the games, mounted units are generally locked to lances, and they hadn't been given the busted stuff yet. Plus systems like the dismount and sword lock when dismounted serve to nerf them. Still, having more movement is better than having less, and too often mounted units meet the benchmarks needed to hit reliably and kill enemies in one round of combat just as easily as nonmounted units, making the nonmounted units almost redundant.
Mystery of the Emblem is probably what made me into a diehard fan of the franchise. I started with Blazing Sword, Binding Blade & Sacred Stones, but it was when I played this on the original cartridge with my friend that I fell completely in love with the franchise.
Yayayay. That was great! i love this game so much and you did the entry so much justice just like you did with all your previous reviews. My favorite parts of these are your plot synopsis. i think you always do a great job with balancing the amount of plot points/brevity so a person who's unfamiliar wouldn't get lost. The next entry adds tons of staples to the series, the most famous being the weapons triangle, but i personally think the biggest thing it brings to the table is the advent of the level/exp coefficient.
Thanks so much Chaz. I really loved your recent Genealogy video. Sorry that I don't know your primary social media of choice, but could you contact me back here or on Twitter if you'd be interested in joining in some fashion for the FE4 video?
Some Jagens have good character growths, but because of their levels, they usually don't get much exp early on, meaning if they are overused in the early game, *nobody* grows.
So, spoiler free heads up: Genealogy is a game with way more playthrough variations than any other game in the series. So many of your actions can have ripple effects later on that you definitely won't have seen everything after just two runs.
I played through Mystery of the Emblem on an official cart a few months back, and I was searching for a video like this at the time. Needless to say, I jumped when I saw this in my recommendations. This game needs more love in the West.
10:18 Fun fact: This action actually confirms that General Lang is the smartest character in all of Fire Emblem. Nobody else runs away when challenged by Jagen.
Thanks for covering this! It's amazing to see how well they re-did Shadow Dragon as well as add to the story! It was interesting to hear your thoughts, as well as learing about a game that has been yet to be experienced in the west
Dismounting is supposed to be a nerf to cavalry, who usually get ahead of your other units and trivialize them. Forced dismounting indoors is supposed to be for balance. Also no mention of how shards affect stat growths?
This right here, dismounting was meant to nerf mounted units in two ways. One, they can not access swords while mounted, this is a big deal due to lances weighing a lot more and Cavaliers and paladins tended to start with average speed at best meaning that if you wanting to use your mount back to back you were not going to be doubling as much. This made the sword fighter units much stronger and snipers as well especially with the nerf to javalins and bows just being much more useful.Two this change was also meant to make mounted units worse indoors so you don't just use all fliers and mounts all the time.
I actually think the dismounting system is a very good idea. Fire Emblem has always had a struggle with balancing mounted units, considering the immense benefits of having a mount. Dismounting is an interesting way of handling this problem, but is definitely at its worse in this game. I actually think it works great in FE5 because of how it works in tandem with the fatigue system. The fatigue system actually gives merit to not deploying units for certain chapters. For example, if you have been working Finn to death over a series of outdoor maps, you can just not deploy him in an indoor map, allowing him to recover without hurting your army. It really rewards the player for planning ahead and optimizing which units to bring in each map.
I've noticed that everyone who likes the dismounting system keeps talking about how it works well in later games. In FE1 - 3, I felt that either the inability to enter certain terrain, or mediocre stats on mounted characters kept them from being over-relied on. It sounds like the dismounting system will be more useful or measured in the future than I felt it was in this one.
@@GamesBrained In terms of utility in outdoor maps it doesn't get better. There is still little point to dismounting in basically any situation. However, mounted units also got a massive buff in the Jugdral games. They got the ability to move the remainder of their movement after attacking (for example: a mounted unit with 8 move attacks an enemy 4 tiles away. After combat the mounted unit can move 4 tiles because they didn't use up all of their movement to initiate the battle.), while not being able to perform any other action. This is a very powerful mechanic that would give mounted units a very large advantage over their unmounted peers if there were no mechanics in place to keep mounts in check. This is where dismounting comes in
Brought here from the Choopi Choosi, Chaz Aria LLC. And i was very entertained! Im interested to see how you enjoy the next two games, as they are surely the most unique of them all.
Everyone should come here. Shane is so underrated and puts out these extremely high quality, scripted videos, and they seem to go under the community's radar.
This is an absolutely terrific retrospective, I can't wait to check out your other videos. Keep up the great work! I look forward seeing you dive into FE4 and experiencing its unique and memorable qualities.
Your retrospective series is so good! It deserves so much more attention. As someone who got into the series with awakening and retroactively played all the other games, it's so interesting to see your perspective on the gradual evolution of Fe. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on genealogy!
Does anyone else think this game should've been included in the SNES Mini world wide? Don't get me wrong, I loved what the stock games had to offer. But Something as BIG as Fire Emblem deserved a bit more recognition, in my opinion.
Nice video! Just finished this game last week myself, and I agree for the most part. Can't wait to see what you have to say about the next few games. Just make sure you include the Kaga Sagas in this retrospective series!
I absolutely love this retrospective and Mystery of the Emblem deserves all the love it can get. I love how you talked about franchises with a 1st game which is the start of a new series, then the 2nd game which tries something different and takes, Starfox 2 comes to mind as it’s kinda sort of like Fire Emblem except everything happens in real time and it also has Zelda Elements too. Then there’s the 3rd game which builds upon the 1st and in some cases the 2nd while implementing new features to make it more better and accessible and to enhance the experience, basically the 1st game but on steroids Lmao. Metroid 2 is also worth mentioning and then we have Super Metroid which is leaps and bounds the best in the series to many.
I think it would be really cool if a Fire Emblem game that had a dismount mechanic somehow had a character that was based around using dragoon tactics as in, using his horse to get places fast and fighting dismounted.
I know it’s late but FYI most of the later fire emblem games let you get away with using a few objectively bad units. The only time where you’ll need to use solely the best of the best is when you’re trying the hardest difficulties or attempting to speedrun or LTC (complete the chapters in the fewest turns possible)
Can't really say much as i've only played its remake (FE12) but that game was honestly one of my favourites in the series. 1 - 3 and part of 8 are the only FEs I haven't played, and while I don't plan to beat 1 & 2, i definitely want to give 3 a shot. I was always under the impression that FE4 was when the games stopped being so unintuitive and clunky, but clearly i was mistaken.
It absolutely wounds me that FE 3, 4, 5, and 6 have NEVER been remade or ported outside of Japan. They did release FE1 on Switch for a very limited time. I found it a bit too clunky to enjoy. The 3DS remake of FE2 is a masterpiece that has yet to lead to more remakes. So sad.
Actually playing through FE3 right now (it’ll be the last game I need to play before I can say I’ve finished every single one). Loving it so far, even though I just beat FE1 not too long ago. I’m always really anticipating these retrospectives, so keep up the good work!
Sirius is Zeke, Est returns to Zofia, Palla stays lonely and thirsty, Malicia and Marth get married, Samto was Navarre the whole time, Ogma has a kid named Dieck and than throws him into the outrealms, and kris was secretly mark the whole time.
At the beggining of this video, you mention the 'threes' of Nintendo, one of which being Kirby, where you show off Kirby Super Star (which was indeed very popular and loved). However, that's the 4th game (after Dreamland, Adventure and Dreamland 2). Just to clarify.
In book 1 there was an item I found that gave +7 or something to move. I gave it to Doga the Armour Knight and from that point on he could move like 10 spaces a turn and became one of my top 3 best units for the whole game. It almost broke him in the OP way. Only magics could even think about killing him.
zerorock41 the first few, before the franchise was really established had a generally similar feel, with each having differences and quirks, rather than the “Zelda II” style difference.
I am trying to play this game but snes9x just will not detect that it is there. I am checking the correct folder and extracted it but it just won't show up on the list ;.;
I kept hearing about the deep story in FE series only to find that in most cases it is just bloated instead of deep. I loved the games but playing them as an adult made me feel like maybe for someone who watches anine it might be deep but compared to many classic fantasy books it is as generic as they come. Great video, reslly enjoyed it.
Wait, how do I actually play this? I've never downloaded a game in this way before, when I downloaded the patch I couldn't load it. I think I need a "header". What's that? How do I do this?
I disagree with your opinion on dismounting. It seems to me like people always complain about how overpowered mounted units are compared to foot units, yet any time any attempt is made to punish the player for over-reliance on them, be it a desert chapter or forced indoor dismounting, they complain just as much.
@@GamesBrained In your video, your points against forced indoor dismounting essentially boiled down to the idea that a player can end up "hamstrung" in certain maps thanks to having the characters they've invested in weakened. I think this was an intentional design decision, personally. It's pretty well-known that mounted units and fliers in Fire Emblem games are the best units, because movement (ESPECIALLY unimpeded movement) is the best stat. You pointed out the importance of positioning in your Fire Emblem Gaiden video, so it follows then that units who can be move further, offering more positioning options, are your best units on the whole. You will start to see a pattern in efficient play for most games in this series where infantry units take a major backseat to cavaliers/paladins and fliers because of this. I personally believe that the player is intended to build a party of varied classes in these games, so it is a failure of game design when the optimal strategy is to use only one or two. The forced dismount feature is then meant to be the punishment for relying too heavily on too few classes. The first indoor chapter is presented early enough in both books that base-level dismounted units are still capable of contributing in them, and if the player decides afterwards that they want to keep focusing exclusively on units that will be "hamstrung" in certain chapters, well that's just a failure in long-term planning... ...or, at the very least, it is in Thracia 776, where each unit has individual weapon levels, and so your kickass pegasus knight from the beginning of the game gets stuck wielding a basic steel sword indoors and likely shouldn't be fielded. In FE3, dismounting isn't nearly as much of a handicap as you make it out to be in your video. Since there's no weapon triangle in this game, all different weapons really have going for them are damage, accuracy, and weight. Since there are no available axe fighters in the entirety of book two (the section of the game that the mechanic was clearly designed around), your choice is entirely down to light, accurate swords, or the much heavier, slightly less accurate, and slightly stronger lances. An iron lance weighs 6, while an iron sword only weighs 2. Now, it's been some time since I've played FE3, but I don't think the speed penalty for dismounting is more than three, meaning that a dismounted unit can actually double more enemies, with a higher accuracy, than they can while mounted. Yes, they can't move quite as far as a dedicated foot unit, but the cramped quarters in most indoor maps make that less of an issue anyway. Also, I know that lances have 1-2 range going for them, but javelins are actually really really bad in FE3 (you literally cannot double with them and they're incredibly weak), and the exceedingly player-phase based nature of most of the maps makes the mere presence of 1-2 range weapons less of a necessity anyway. So long story short, I think forced indoor dismounting is a fine feature, and if anything, they didn't go far enough with it in FE3. I personally think it was a mechanic that they aced in FE5.
@@Drayze1 Now that I have time to write more, let me clarify my stance. I agree that dismounting does push players to making a balanced team, which is definitely a good thing. However, I just don't think it was handled that well in this entry, and having a gauntlet of indoor maps at the end of Book 2 is mainly where my problem is. It's fine to say that one just shouldn't bring fliers or mounted units here, but an average player wouldn't assume that and may find units that they've come to love gimped for the sake of an under-fleshed out feature. All of the game up until this point was a pretty fair balance of indoor and outdoor, until there is a sudden reliance on indoor stages to make the one-location ending extra climactic, I suppose. To me, this is more of a 'gotcha!' than a very good way to balance mounted units; without the player looking ahead or using a guide, it feels like a huge break in the established level formula. It could be said that the player knows they are entering a tower, an indoor location, but I'd say that there is no way to know that the ending won't take one back outside, maybe to fight Medeus around a crumbled base, etc. Also, it kind of stinks to have to (if trying to play optimally) bring Book 2 Minerva along just to have her chat once with Maria at the very end; her poor stats and growth rates had her benched so fast in both of my play-throughs. This is what makes me suspect dismounting wasn't an originally planned feature and may have been slapped on extra after the level design was already set, and why I said it felt superfluous or an unnecessary hindrance. It really sounds like the dismounting is used way better in the later games, and you've got me looking forward to FE5 from what you've said. Honestly everyone else has been warning me about FE5 but you're the first person to actually get me a little hyped for it, lol. Having started my FE4 playthrough, I obviously can say that the cavalry reaaaally need balancing there, so I can't wait to experience for myself their attempt to fix it. Thanks so much for your comment and reply, I really appreciated hearing your perspective!
@@PurpleRupees ok I’ll have to check it out eventually then. I have an analogue Super Nintendo and it’s so awesome. I’d probably just buy reproduction cartridges of each of the fire emblem Super Nintendo games
I despise mystery of the emblem with all my being. Book 2 is serious torture. I can’t get past chapter 2, which seems to almost entirely rely on luck to actually beat. That’s not fun. The only possibility of me actually winning would be to ignore the thief, but then that’s just a tease? What am I missing?
The support system actually debuted in Gaiden, but it was limited to Celica and Alm only; if you placed them both near each other, they'd gain a significant CRIT boost.
Haha, so it was only available in the very final mission? Interesting. Good to know!
@Abdullah Jesse didn’t fucking work
Doesn't this start in FE1 with Palla/Catria/Est's combo?
@@marshaltito641 That's the triangle attack, wich is an automatic crit if they are correctly positioned.
I'm actually a big fan of the dismount feature. Any experienced fan will tell you that a horse breaks nearly every game thery're in in half. They're usually the dominant class in just about every game they're in. Dismounting is a pretty clever way to break up that dominance, horses are still great but they shine brightest during outdoors maps. So instead of fielding a squad primarily composed of cavalry, you're encouraged to experiment with other team compositions in order to have a solid indoors team
That does make sense, but do you think that cavaliers are really dominant or OP in FE3? I didn't, plus it also means that there's no reason not to promote a PR since their RES bonus is going to be pointless compared to a DR's enhanced stats. Maybe it's because I'm playing the FE's in order but I haven't felt that a nerf was needed for them yet. Thanks for the comment it got me thinking
@@GamesBrained they aren't quite as dominant in archanea. Non mounted units actually have relatively decent movement in the games, mounted units are generally locked to lances, and they hadn't been given the busted stuff yet. Plus systems like the dismount and sword lock when dismounted serve to nerf them. Still, having more movement is better than having less, and too often mounted units meet the benchmarks needed to hit reliably and kill enemies in one round of combat just as easily as nonmounted units, making the nonmounted units almost redundant.
@Silent Dawn I have already started Genealogy, and even from Chapter 2 I can tell you... Yeah it's a totally different story lol
Mystery of the Emblem is probably what made me into a diehard fan of the franchise. I started with Blazing Sword, Binding Blade & Sacred Stones, but it was when I played this on the original cartridge with my friend that I fell completely in love with the franchise.
That’s awesome! My first game was Sacred Stones, but Thracia 776 was the game that I still consider my favourite FE game
That’s literally what happened to me this year lol
my first game was Heroes, I started play that 1.5 years ago and I already played fe13,fe14,fe15,fe16,fe11,fe12,fe8 + Tms and Warriors.
Yayayay. That was great! i love this game so much and you did the entry so much justice just like you did with all your previous reviews. My favorite parts of these are your plot synopsis. i think you always do a great job with balancing the amount of plot points/brevity so a person who's unfamiliar wouldn't get lost. The next entry adds tons of staples to the series, the most famous being the weapons triangle, but i personally think the biggest thing it brings to the table is the advent of the level/exp coefficient.
Come to his next FE4 stream. It's fun. He killed Ayra cause we all kept our mouths shut and didn't tell him anything.
Thanks so much Chaz. I really loved your recent Genealogy video.
Sorry that I don't know your primary social media of choice, but could you contact me back here or on Twitter if you'd be interested in joining in some fashion for the FE4 video?
Personally, my favorite staple added by Genealogy is the level up jingle sounding like the one we know and love today.
Chaz Ⱥriα LLC#6948 is my name on discord and is the best way to collab with me
Some Jagens have good character growths, but because of their levels, they usually don't get much exp early on, meaning if they are overused in the early game, *nobody* grows.
So, spoiler free heads up: Genealogy is a game with way more playthrough variations than any other game in the series. So many of your actions can have ripple effects later on that you definitely won't have seen everything after just two runs.
Great work as always. It’s always nice to get insight into the older Fire Emblem games that I’ve never tried.
I hope you tried the remake its fun although i did regret starting it on hard as wrys ended up dying😂
I played through Mystery of the Emblem on an official cart a few months back, and I was searching for a video like this at the time. Needless to say, I jumped when I saw this in my recommendations. This game needs more love in the West.
Also I'm playing through Genealogy right now, so I can't wait for your video on that!
I'm doing streams of Genealogy currently over on ShaneBrained Plays. Check it out if you're into that sort of thing ruclips.net/user/gamesbrainedplays
Mystery of the Emblem is still one of the best games in the series.
Also lol Book 1 has like 5 cut Chapters
10:18
Fun fact: This action actually confirms that General Lang is the smartest character in all of Fire Emblem. Nobody else runs away when challenged by Jagen.
I love these videos as someone who loves fire emblem but who hasn't played the really old ones
Thanks for covering this! It's amazing to see how well they re-did Shadow Dragon as well as add to the story! It was interesting to hear your thoughts, as well as learing about a game that has been yet to be experienced in the west
Dismounting is supposed to be a nerf to cavalry, who usually get ahead of your other units and trivialize them. Forced dismounting indoors is supposed to be for balance. Also no mention of how shards affect stat growths?
This right here, dismounting was meant to nerf mounted units in two ways. One, they can not access swords while mounted, this is a big deal due to lances weighing a lot more and Cavaliers and paladins tended to start with average speed at best meaning that if you wanting to use your mount back to back you were not going to be doubling as much. This made the sword fighter units much stronger and snipers as well especially with the nerf to javalins and bows just being much more useful.Two this change was also meant to make mounted units worse indoors so you don't just use all fliers and mounts all the time.
Geneology of the Holy War is next YES, I can't wait
His first stream of FE4 was today. Join us for the next stream why don'tcha?
I actually think the dismounting system is a very good idea. Fire Emblem has always had a struggle with balancing mounted units, considering the immense benefits of having a mount. Dismounting is an interesting way of handling this problem, but is definitely at its worse in this game. I actually think it works great in FE5 because of how it works in tandem with the fatigue system. The fatigue system actually gives merit to not deploying units for certain chapters. For example, if you have been working Finn to death over a series of outdoor maps, you can just not deploy him in an indoor map, allowing him to recover without hurting your army. It really rewards the player for planning ahead and optimizing which units to bring in each map.
I've noticed that everyone who likes the dismounting system keeps talking about how it works well in later games. In FE1 - 3, I felt that either the inability to enter certain terrain, or mediocre stats on mounted characters kept them from being over-relied on. It sounds like the dismounting system will be more useful or measured in the future than I felt it was in this one.
@@GamesBrained In terms of utility in outdoor maps it doesn't get better. There is still little point to dismounting in basically any situation. However, mounted units also got a massive buff in the Jugdral games. They got the ability to move the remainder of their movement after attacking (for example: a mounted unit with 8 move attacks an enemy 4 tiles away. After combat the mounted unit can move 4 tiles because they didn't use up all of their movement to initiate the battle.), while not being able to perform any other action. This is a very powerful mechanic that would give mounted units a very large advantage over their unmounted peers if there were no mechanics in place to keep mounts in check. This is where dismounting comes in
YAAAAYYYYYYY!!! You didn’t quit!!! Please keep going with these vids!!!!!
Brought here from the Choopi Choosi, Chaz Aria LLC. And i was very entertained!
Im interested to see how you enjoy the next two games, as they are surely the most unique of them all.
Everyone should come here. Shane is so underrated and puts out these extremely high quality, scripted videos, and they seem to go under the community's radar.
@Henry RUclips flagged this comment for some reason and I had to approve it. Apparently RUclips really does hate me lol
@@GamesBrained No they hate me because they remove my comments
This is an absolutely terrific retrospective, I can't wait to check out your other videos. Keep up the great work!
I look forward seeing you dive into FE4 and experiencing its unique and memorable qualities.
Your retrospective series is so good! It deserves so much more attention. As someone who got into the series with awakening and retroactively played all the other games, it's so interesting to see your perspective on the gradual evolution of Fe. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on genealogy!
Does anyone else think this game should've been included in the SNES Mini world wide? Don't get me wrong, I loved what the stock games had to offer. But Something as BIG as Fire Emblem deserved a bit more recognition, in my opinion.
Agreed. Thankfully you can mod it to include the game
Oh I already did. All 3 of them. 😂 took a while to get the patches to work, but they work now.
I wish i could use frameskip on my snes mini to speed up some animations but i don't know how haha
Nice video! Just finished this game last week myself, and I agree for the most part. Can't wait to see what you have to say about the next few games. Just make sure you include the Kaga Sagas in this retrospective series!
I absolutely love this retrospective and Mystery of the Emblem deserves all the love it can get. I love how you talked about franchises with a 1st game which is the start of a new series, then the 2nd game which tries something different and takes, Starfox 2 comes to mind as it’s kinda sort of like Fire Emblem except everything happens in real time and it also has Zelda Elements too. Then there’s the 3rd game which builds upon the 1st and in some cases the 2nd while implementing new features to make it more better and accessible and to enhance the experience, basically the 1st game but on steroids Lmao. Metroid 2 is also worth mentioning and then we have Super Metroid which is leaps and bounds the best in the series to many.
I love how much effort you put into these. Keep up the fantastic work!
One of my absolute fav FEs.
I think it would be really cool if a Fire Emblem game that had a dismount mechanic somehow had a character that was based around using dragoon tactics as in, using his horse to get places fast and fighting dismounted.
Loved it. There's so much information. I liked the part when you explain the story. Keep up the good work.
I know it’s late but FYI most of the later fire emblem games let you get away with using a few objectively bad units. The only time where you’ll need to use solely the best of the best is when you’re trying the hardest difficulties or attempting to speedrun or LTC (complete the chapters in the fewest turns possible)
Can't really say much as i've only played its remake (FE12) but that game was honestly one of my favourites in the series. 1 - 3 and part of 8 are the only FEs I haven't played, and while I don't plan to beat 1 & 2, i definitely want to give 3 a shot. I was always under the impression that FE4 was when the games stopped being so unintuitive and clunky, but clearly i was mistaken.
I’ve been waiting for this that I’ve literally played the entire game and a few others in the series
It absolutely wounds me that FE 3, 4, 5, and 6 have NEVER been remade or ported outside of Japan.
They did release FE1 on Switch for a very limited time. I found it a bit too clunky to enjoy.
The 3DS remake of FE2 is a masterpiece that has yet to lead to more remakes. So sad.
Actually playing through FE3 right now (it’ll be the last game I need to play before I can say I’ve finished every single one). Loving it so far, even though I just beat FE1 not too long ago.
I’m always really anticipating these retrospectives, so keep up the good work!
Can we please get Mystery of the Emblem outside Japan now that we briefly had Blade of Light in the west
Fire emblem was games of thrones before games of thrones
How so? Because they are medieval fantasy themed? That's where it ends if you ask me.
Oh shoot now I gotta finish my fe12 playthrough before I watch this
Sirius is Zeke, Est returns to Zofia, Palla stays lonely and thirsty, Malicia and Marth get married, Samto was Navarre the whole time, Ogma has a kid named Dieck and than throws him into the outrealms, and kris was secretly mark the whole time.
@@kingofthebis1068 *Throws him into the outrealms* lol
2:49 I would have had a different question, namely 'will I ever know the feeling of sunlight again?'
How'd I miss this video? I've been waiting for it for so so so long and I even hit the bell-
I dont think ive ever heard of anyone getting friendzoned by their wife
and thats great
Fire emblem The quest for the infinity stones
Game series changing drastically cannot stand the test of time? Boy do I have a series called Rance for you
I really enjoyed Shadow Dragon on the DS. I may have to buy an English translation on the SNES.
Congrats on landing a Triangle Attack on Hardin, lol. They're tricky to pull off but always satisfying.
At the beggining of this video, you mention the 'threes' of Nintendo, one of which being Kirby, where you show off Kirby Super Star (which was indeed very popular and loved). However, that's the 4th game (after Dreamland, Adventure and Dreamland 2).
Just to clarify.
Right as I finish FE3 a few days ago, this video is posted. Google is growing even smarter....
I was thinking the same thing.
Since their not giving us New Mystery! They need to give us FE3 for the Switch like they did FE1!
Hears off to war
Fire emblem fans: huh neat
Megaman fans: *Kicks intro overdrive*
In book 1 there was an item I found that gave +7 or something to move. I gave it to Doga the Armour Knight and from that point on he could move like 10 spaces a turn and became one of my top 3 best units for the whole game. It almost broke him in the OP way. Only magics could even think about killing him.
I can't help but feel bad for Hardin
10:34 Char Aznable
0:56 I wouldn't call it unsteady, since it's still really beloved, but Final Fantasy?
zerorock41 the first few, before the franchise was really established had a generally similar feel, with each having differences and quirks, rather than the “Zelda II” style difference.
I am trying to play this game but snes9x just will not detect that it is there. I am checking the correct folder and extracted it but it just won't show up on the list ;.;
Soooo "third time's the charm" is a thing here?
0 dislikes as any masterpiece should be😤
Oh you jynxed it
My friend Wade showed me this video
it's not that big of a mystery, it just unlocks treasure chests...
Lol
So even Fire Emblem has Char clones.
Gonna rewatch this one because I wasn't here at the very beginning.
Growth is nice to have, but base stats and weapon rank/level are just as important, if not more.
Depends a lot on the unit
@@kentknightofcaelin4537 yeah, for early game units, growth is more important while late game units need good base stats
I kept hearing about the deep story in FE series only to find that in most cases it is just bloated instead of deep. I loved the games but playing them as an adult made me feel like maybe for someone who watches anine it might be deep but compared to many classic fantasy books it is as generic as they come. Great video, reslly enjoyed it.
If you haven't already, you should check out the Thracia 776 plot.
@@infinityJKA currently playing 4, wanted to play it before Thracia...
I actually tend to agree. There are exceptions (Thracia and 3H) but the writing hasn't always been top notch
10:38 Blonde hair, dressed in red and wears a mask? Is that Char Aznable moonlighting? Lol
Wait, how do I actually play this? I've never downloaded a game in this way before, when I downloaded the patch I couldn't load it. I think I need a "header". What's that? How do I do this?
It is possible to find the game with the patch already applied. Have you made any progress since you posted this comment?
@@Robstafarian Yeah, I just got FE7 instead. I'll play 3 later.
Who's here instead of buying the first game on switch ?
Good luck with Genealogy. That's all I'm gonna say.
Damn, this guy is going to lose his mind when he played FE4, the best FE in the god damn series baby!
I disagree with your opinion on dismounting. It seems to me like people always complain about how overpowered mounted units are compared to foot units, yet any time any attempt is made to punish the player for over-reliance on them, be it a desert chapter or forced indoor dismounting, they complain just as much.
I don't think I made any of those points against the system in this video? How do you disagree in regards to how it works in FE3?
@@GamesBrained In your video, your points against forced indoor dismounting essentially boiled down to the idea that a player can end up "hamstrung" in certain maps thanks to having the characters they've invested in weakened. I think this was an intentional design decision, personally.
It's pretty well-known that mounted units and fliers in Fire Emblem games are the best units, because movement (ESPECIALLY unimpeded movement) is the best stat. You pointed out the importance of positioning in your Fire Emblem Gaiden video, so it follows then that units who can be move further, offering more positioning options, are your best units on the whole. You will start to see a pattern in efficient play for most games in this series where infantry units take a major backseat to cavaliers/paladins and fliers because of this.
I personally believe that the player is intended to build a party of varied classes in these games, so it is a failure of game design when the optimal strategy is to use only one or two. The forced dismount feature is then meant to be the punishment for relying too heavily on too few classes. The first indoor chapter is presented early enough in both books that base-level dismounted units are still capable of contributing in them, and if the player decides afterwards that they want to keep focusing exclusively on units that will be "hamstrung" in certain chapters, well that's just a failure in long-term planning...
...or, at the very least, it is in Thracia 776, where each unit has individual weapon levels, and so your kickass pegasus knight from the beginning of the game gets stuck wielding a basic steel sword indoors and likely shouldn't be fielded. In FE3, dismounting isn't nearly as much of a handicap as you make it out to be in your video. Since there's no weapon triangle in this game, all different weapons really have going for them are damage, accuracy, and weight. Since there are no available axe fighters in the entirety of book two (the section of the game that the mechanic was clearly designed around), your choice is entirely down to light, accurate swords, or the much heavier, slightly less accurate, and slightly stronger lances. An iron lance weighs 6, while an iron sword only weighs 2. Now, it's been some time since I've played FE3, but I don't think the speed penalty for dismounting is more than three, meaning that a dismounted unit can actually double more enemies, with a higher accuracy, than they can while mounted. Yes, they can't move quite as far as a dedicated foot unit, but the cramped quarters in most indoor maps make that less of an issue anyway.
Also, I know that lances have 1-2 range going for them, but javelins are actually really really bad in FE3 (you literally cannot double with them and they're incredibly weak), and the exceedingly player-phase based nature of most of the maps makes the mere presence of 1-2 range weapons less of a necessity anyway.
So long story short, I think forced indoor dismounting is a fine feature, and if anything, they didn't go far enough with it in FE3. I personally think it was a mechanic that they aced in FE5.
Thanks for clarifying!
@@Drayze1 Now that I have time to write more, let me clarify my stance.
I agree that dismounting does push players to making a balanced team, which is definitely a good thing.
However, I just don't think it was handled that well in this entry, and having a gauntlet of indoor maps at the end of Book 2 is mainly where my problem is. It's fine to say that one just shouldn't bring fliers or mounted units here, but an average player wouldn't assume that and may find units that they've come to love gimped for the sake of an under-fleshed out feature. All of the game up until this point was a pretty fair balance of indoor and outdoor, until there is a sudden reliance on indoor stages to make the one-location ending extra climactic, I suppose. To me, this is more of a 'gotcha!' than a very good way to balance mounted units; without the player looking ahead or using a guide, it feels like a huge break in the established level formula.
It could be said that the player knows they are entering a tower, an indoor location, but I'd say that there is no way to know that the ending won't take one back outside, maybe to fight Medeus around a crumbled base, etc. Also, it kind of stinks to have to (if trying to play optimally) bring Book 2 Minerva along just to have her chat once with Maria at the very end; her poor stats and growth rates had her benched so fast in both of my play-throughs. This is what makes me suspect dismounting wasn't an originally planned feature and may have been slapped on extra after the level design was already set, and why I said it felt superfluous or an unnecessary hindrance.
It really sounds like the dismounting is used way better in the later games, and you've got me looking forward to FE5 from what you've said. Honestly everyone else has been warning me about FE5 but you're the first person to actually get me a little hyped for it, lol. Having started my FE4 playthrough, I obviously can say that the cavalry reaaaally need balancing there, so I can't wait to experience for myself their attempt to fix it. Thanks so much for your comment and reply, I really appreciated hearing your perspective!
If a character only level up 2 or less stats, I restart
Can you turn off combat animations in this game? I feel like this would be an arduous experience otherwise.
Yes you can. This game is slow but the animations at least look great.
@@PurpleRupees ok I’ll have to check it out eventually then. I have an analogue Super Nintendo and it’s so awesome. I’d probably just buy reproduction cartridges of each of the fire emblem Super Nintendo games
@@cd4playa1245 One annoying thing about turning them off though is you don't see what stats you get when you level up. Just a LEVEL UP text box.
This is the one with Mycen right
That's fe2. Aka Gaiden
I despise mystery of the emblem with all my being. Book 2 is serious torture. I can’t get past chapter 2, which seems to almost entirely rely on luck to actually beat. That’s not fun. The only possibility of me actually winning would be to ignore the thief, but then that’s just a tease? What am I missing?
Oh boy, growths that don't fit their class? I can't wait to see if you ever mention Leonardo's dumb AF stat growth spread.
Buddy, Castlevania IV is a masterpiece. III not so much.
Phenomenal video! Looking forward to more videos like this : )