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A Hero Rises
“ | The most popular hero can be yours! | ” | — Website tagline |
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A Hero Rises (Japanese: アスク王国国民投票 Ask Kingdom's National Voting) is an anniversary polling event associated with Fire Emblem Heroes that first ran in two rounds in 2018 associated with the game's first anniversary, and was later repeated in 2020 and 2021 in association with the game's anniversary in those years. No edition was held in 2019; the differently-structured Find & Vote Heroes! event was held that year instead.
Overview
Unlike Choose Your Legends, the polling for each version of A Hero Rises consists exclusively of characters already in Fire Emblem Heroes at the time.
The purpose of the 2018 edition of A Hero Rises was to determine the hero given to players after the completion of Xenologue 3: The People's Hero. The first round, featuring every playable character at the time, ran from February 2 to February 13; the second round, featuring the four top contenders from round one, ran from February 16 to February 20. The 2020 and 2021 editions had their first rounds, which ran from February 2 through February 9 of their respective years, determined the lineups of the respective March editions of the Voting Gauntlet, and the winner of that Gauntlet was distributed to all players for a month soon after the conclusion of the Gauntlet.
The normal variations of several characters original to Heroes are ineligible for voting, presumably due to the developers being unwilling to give out extra copies of these heroes due to gameplay reasons. Across all editions to date, these characters are Alfonse, Anna, Sharena, Veronica, and Bruno. Surtr, Laevatein, and Loki were also ineligible in the 2018 edition, but the embargo on these characters was lifted from the 2020 edition onward as they have since become playable; Hel, Plumeria, and Triandra were ineligible in the 2020 edition, but their embargoes were lifted for the 2021 edition; Gustav was ineligible in the 2020 and 2021 editions as his normal variation is still not playable, and was joined in this distinction by Ótr and Fáfnir in the 2021 edition. Seasonal variations of these characters extant at the start of an event are unaffected.
Voting
Similarly to the Choose Your Legends, a voter may vote once per day, and if they have a My Nintendo account they can track their previous votes on their Battle Ballot page. A day in this case begins at 3:00 AM UTC. Users without a My Nintendo account cannot view their previous votes. If a day of voting is missed the voter cannot "make up" their missed vote, so they become limited to one less overall vote; if there are seven days of voting and the first day is missed one can only vote six times if they make sure to vote every subsequent day.
One voter can vote for the same character multiple times, or they can choose to vote for a variety of characters.
Characters are organized by unit color (red, green, blue, colorless) as well as number of taps recorded on the home screen by players worldwide within said color. Upon choosing a color the voter is presented with a list of characters to choose from. After confirming a vote for a particular character, a link to a phone wallpaper featuring the chosen character was provided.
After voting for a specific character, the voter was given a link to a phone wallpaper featuring said character. There exists a wallpaper for each of the candidates available to each edition.
A Hero Rises 2018
Wallpapers
- Main article:
:Category:A Hero Rises (2018) wallpapers
Results
- Main article:
A Hero Rises/2018 Results
First round
The top four characters, and thus the characters that would move on to the final round, of the first round are as follows:
First round | ||
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Placement | Character | Votes |
1 | Ike: Vanguard Legend |
136,844 |
2 | Hector: General of Ostia |
83,666 |
3 | Tharja: "Normal Girl" |
38,659 |
4 | Azura: Lady of Ballads |
28,521 |
Final round
The results of the final round are as follows:
Final round | ||
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Placement | Character | Votes (Change from first round) |
1 | Ike: Vanguard Legend |
130,622 (-6,222) |
2 | Tharja: "Normal Girl" |
126,199 (+87,540) |
3 | Azura: Lady of Ballads |
71,780 (+43,529) |
4 | Hector: General of Ostia |
68,032 (-15,634) |
A Hero Rises 2020
Wallpapers
- Main article:
:Category:A Hero Rises (2020) wallpapers
Results
- Main article:
A Hero Rises/2020 Results
First round
The top eight characters, and thus the characters that would move on to the final round, of the first round are as follows:
First round | ||
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Placement | Character | Votes |
1 | Altina: Dawn's Trueblade |
47,639 |
2 | Alfonse: Askran Duo |
21,965 |
3 | Sothis: Girl on the Throne |
20,694 |
4 | Leif: Unifier of Thracia |
17,756 |
5 | Sothis: Silver Specter |
16,955 |
6 | Azura: Vallite Songstress |
15,409 |
7 | Alm: Saint-King |
15,376 |
8 | Edelgard: The Future |
14,808 |
Final round
- Main article:
Voting Gauntlet/2020 § March 2020: AHR 2020 Finals
The bracket for the ensuing Voting Gauntlet applied an unusual pattern in regards to seeding; instead of the anticipated 1-8, 2-7, 3-6, and 4-5 matchups with the 1-8/4-5 and 2-7/3-6 matchup winners meeting in the semifinals, the seeds were applied 1-5, 2-6, 3-7, and 4-8; the semifinals still applied the expected logic as far as the stronger seeds were concerned.
A Hero Rises 2021
Wallpapers
- Main article:
:Category:A Hero Rises (2021) wallpapers
Results
- Main article:
A Hero Rises/2021 Results
First round
The top eight characters, and thus the characters that would move on to the final round, of the first round are as follows:
First round | ||
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Placement | Character | Votes |
1 | Seiros: Saint of Legend |
23,258 |
2 | Lyn: Ninja-Friend Duo |
22,211 |
3 | Dimitri: Savior King |
16,605 |
4 | Freyja: Lady of Nightmare |
15,879 |
5 | Corrin: Child of Dusk |
15,281 |
6 | Edelgard: Adrestian Emperor |
14,515 |
7 | Byleth: Fell Star's Duo |
13,909 |
8 | Micaiah: Dawn Wind's Duo |
13,441 |
Final round
- Main article:
Voting Gauntlet/2021 § March 2021: AHR 2021 Finals
Unlike the previous year, the bracket for the ensuing Voting Gauntlet applied the anticipated seed combination (1-8, 2-7, 3-6, and 4-5 matchups, with the 1-8/4-5 and 2-7/3-6 matchup winners meeting in the semifinals).
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
A Hero Rises |
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Spanish |
El trunfo de un héroe |
The triumph of a hero |
French |
Un héros émerge |
A hero emerges |
German |
Heldenwahl |
Heroes choice |
Italian |
Splende un eroe |
A hero shines |
Traditional Chinese |
亞斯克王國國民投票 |
Ask Kingdom's National Voting |