Fire Emblem Fates: Difference between revisions

The game is divided into three separate campaigns: '''''Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright''''' (Japanese: {{hl|ファイアーエムブレムｉｆ白夜王国|Faiā Emuburemu if Byakuya Ōkoku}} ''Fire Emblem if [[Hoshido|White Night Kingdom]]''), '''''Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest''''' (Japanese: {{hl|ファイアーエムブレムｉｆ暗夜王国|Faiā Emuburemu if An'ya Ōkoku}} ''Fire Emblem if [[Nohr|Dark Night Kingdom]]''), and '''''Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation''''' (Japanese: {{hl|ファイアーエムブレムｉｆインビジブルキングダム|Faiā Emuburemu if Inbijiburu Kingudamu}} ''Fire Emblem if Invisible Kingdom'').<ref name="nindirect-jp-20150402">{{Cite web|published=2 April, 2015|retrieved=2 April, 2015|url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nintendo_direct/20150402/index.html|title=Nintendo Direct 2015.4.2|site=任天堂 (Nintendo Japan)}}</ref><ref name="versplit-us">{{Cite web|author=VincentASM|published=2015-06-16|retrieved=2015-06-18|url=http://serenesforest.net/2015/06/16/fire-emblem-fates-releasing-two-separate-versions-west/|title=Fire Emblem Fates releasing as two separate versions in the West|site=Serenes Forest}}</ref> The ''Birthright'' campaign has the player side with the Hoshidan army, the ''Conquest'' campaign has the player side with the Nohrian army, and the ''Revelation'' campaign has the player side with neither and eventually unite members of both nations to their cause. Physical copies of the game are published in two separate editions for ''Birthright'' and ''Conquest'', and the side not purchased first by the player is available as [[Downloadable content in Fire Emblem Fates|paid downloadable content]] at a lower price than the retail cartridge. ''Revelation'' is available only as downloadable content. Digital copies purchased from the Nintendo eShop in Japan and the PAL regions initially download the first several chapters, then the player chooses one campaign to be downloaded and must pay for the others; North American digital copies come in the same configurations as their physical counterparts.

The game introduces Japanese-style equivalents to the traditional weapons in the ''Fire Emblem'' series: the [[wikipedia:Katana|katana]] (刀), a form of single-edged sword, the [[wikipedia:Naginata|naginata]] (薙刀), a type of polearm with a weapon triangle advantage over swords, the club (Japanese: {{hl|金棒|kanabō}} [[wikipedia:Kanabō|''kanabō'']]), a truncheon-like weapon, the yumi (Japanese: {{hl|和弓|Wakyū}} ''Japanese bow''), a Japanese bow, and the scroll (Japanese: {{hl|呪|Ju}} ''spell''), fan-like talismans used to cast magic. [[Knife|Dagger]]s return to the series from their previous appearance in ''Radiant Dawn'', and are accompanied by their Hoshidan counterpart, the shuriken (Japanese: {{hl|手裏剣|shuriken}} ''shuriken''). The [[weapon triangle]] has been altered to encompass all weapons: swords/katanas and tomes/scrolls defeat axes/clubs and bows/yumi, axes/clubs and bows/yumi defeat lances/naginata and daggers/shuriken, and lances/naginata and daggers/shuriken defeat swords/katanas and tomes/scrolls.

[[Monsters]] make a return, with a golem like monster bearing the Mouth of Truth ([[Stoneborn]]) as a face appearing in the CGI trailer.<ref>http://serenesforest.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Jan_001.jpg</ref> There is also another large built monster, defeated by [[Xander]] in the trailer, who appears to be wearing some sort of mask ([[Faceless]]).<ref>http://serenesforest.net/wp-content/gallery/january-2015-nintendo-direct/Jan_016.jpg</ref> In the April direct, this monster was shown to be called "Nosferatu" ({{h|ノスフェラトゥ|Nosuferatu}}).

The game also features damage to a unit's armor, in the Nintendo direct, Corrin is seen attacking an axe using enemy, when the enemy takes damage, their pauldrons shatter.<ref>http://i.imgur.com/TsiDwjd.png</ref> The masked monster mentioned earlier also loses its mask when damaged, as demonstrated by Xander. This feature is purely aesthetic, and has no direct effect on gameplay. This was actually present as a feature in {{FE13}}, but only seen on [[Grima]]; his face plate is destroyed past a certain amount of damage.

Some [[terrain]] bonuses have been altered; for example, water tiles now subtract 10 [[avoid]].<ref>http://i.imgur.com/tWGKubm.jpg</ref>

Although the game was confirmed for localization when it was first announced in January, it was announced at E3 2015, where its English name, ''Fates'', was confirmed. Unlike the preceding games, {{title|Shadow Dragon}} and ''Awakening'', ''Fates'' was localized in-house by Treehouse at Nintendo of America instead of being outsourced to 8-4. During E3, Nintendo of America featured ''Fates'' several times on its Treehouse gameplay stream, demonstrating the game in English albeit at a relatively early stage of the localization process: debug information was displayed on the bottom screen at various points, the translation of [[My Castle]] had not been implemented, and the game apparently crashed during the playing of a cutscene.<ref>{{Cite web| author=VincentASM | published=June 17th, 2015 | retrieved =June 17th, 2015 | url=http://serenesforest.net/fire-emblem-if/pre/treehouse-day-1-analysis/| title=Treehouse Day 1 Analysis | site=Serenes Forest | type=webpage }}</ref>

Nintendo's South Korean subsidiary has confirmed that ''Fates'' will be the first ''Fire Emblem'' game to be translated into the Korean language and officially published in South Korea.<ref name="korea">{{Cite web|published=2015-06-11|retrieved=2015-06-18|url=http://nintendo.co.kr/PR/press_list.php?cPage1=1&cPage2=1&idx=206|title=한국닌텐도, 「Fire Emblem if」 외 닌텐도 3DS 소프트웨어 발매 예정 라인업 발표|Site=Nintendo Korea}}</ref>

Owing to the long window between Japanese and English release a group calling themselves "Team If"<ref>https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/56220-team-if-fire-emblem-if-fanslation-all-chapters-and-paralogues-done/</ref> began work on a full text fan-translation of the game. The translation effort was bolstered when international previews and footage revealed the removal of the face petting [[My Castle]] minigame from international releases.

The initial project was cancelled in March 2016,<ref>http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/03/fire_emblem_fates_fan_translation_project_shuts_up_shop</ref> but the patch received an update by a different team in December 2016 who used the same name.<ref>https://github.com/TeamIf/FireEmblemIf-FanTranslation</ref><ref>https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/67613-fire-emblem-if-fan-translation-under-new-management/</ref>

As of December 31st of 2020, ''Fates'' (counting ''Birthright'', ''Conquest'' and ''Revelation'' as separate purchases) has sold over 3.03 million units worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=CESA White Book 2021: additional shipment data for Nintendo games (Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS)|url=https://www.perfectly-nintendo.com/cesa-white-book-2021-additional-shipment-data-for-nintendo-games/|author=CESA|published=May 1, 2022|site=Perfectly Nintendo|retrieved=May 12, 2022}}</ref>

*According to rankings posted on Nintendo's Japanese website, ''Fates'' was the 9th top selling title on the Japanese eShop in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/software/feature/3ds_ranking.html?iltab=ranking_3ds_2015|title={{lang|ja|戰渦連戰ニンテンドー3DS 歴代ダウンロードランキング｜ゲームソフト {{!}} 任天堂}}|site=Nintendo.co.jp|retrieved=February 19, 2022}}</ref>

|eng-mean=Official English sources occasionally use "Revelations" when referring to the path.<ref>{{Cite web| quote=Fire Emblem™ Fates for Nintendo 3DS - Revelations, Maps | author=Nintendo | retrieved = January 5th 2017 | url= http://fireemblemfates.nintendo.com/dlc/ | title= Fire Emblem™ Fates for Nintendo 3DS - Revelations, Maps | site= fireemblemfates.nintendo.com | type= Webpage }}</ref> This is presumably in error.