In what has change into a welcome development with Nintendo Directs, the reveal of Fire Emblem Engage not solely got here with a agency launch date however an in depth one at that. This title will come proper originally of the yr on January 20, 2023.

As with all mainline video games within the collection, Fire Emblem Engage will probably be unique to Nintendo Switch. Unlike PlayStation or Xbox, each of which have begun permitting their exclusives to at the least migrate to PC ultimately, if not straight away, Nintendo has but to budge on preserving their greatest franchises locked to their {hardware}.

The solely trailer given to this point for Fire Emblem Engage was the announcement trailer from the Nintendo Direct.

In it, we’re launched to the setting of Elyos, which includes 4 areas surrounding one holy space within the center. These lands survived a vicious battle in opposition to the Fell Dragon 1,000 years prior however had been capable of overcome by summoning heroes, aka Emblems. Now, nevertheless, it appears the Fell Dragon is about to return.

We get a flashy, very cinematic have a look at the primary solid of characters unleashing their strikes and skills earlier than the primary hero, Alear, makes use of his ring to summon Marth.

It seems that Alear has been asleep for 1,000 years and is definitely a Divine Dragon. These are members of a royal household of dragons from the previous.

After extra gameplay, we get a touch on the plot. Alear refers to somebody asking him to deliver all of the rings and use them to revive peace to Elyos. We know the rings are what enable him to summon Emblems, however this does indicate that there could also be extra to their energy than that.

It must also be famous that, whereas not featured within the trailer, Alear could be both male or feminine, relying in your choice.

Besides the cinematic moments, the trailer additionally did showcase a great deal of what precise gameplay will appear like in Fire Emblem Engage.

Right off the bat, the over-head, grid-based system will look immediately acquainted to those that performed prior video games. You and your group will seem on the map with coloured squares indicating the place you’ll be able to transfer and assault. Each unit has its personal stats, weapons, and skills to handle and plan round. The traditional weapon triangle additionally seems to return.

What’s new is the Engage mechanic that permits models to summon Emblems of heroes from prior video games, such because the beforehand talked about Marth, Roy, Byleth, and lots of extra. When summoned, the unit will considerably fuse with the Emblem, nearly appearing like a Stand from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure that grants that unit new expertise, stat buffs, weapons, and extra. Each character might want to equip a selected ring related to an Emblem to summon them, which could be swapped round.

We don’t know if there may be some price or restrict to summoning Emblems, however there may be doubtless one thing in place to steadiness the mechanic.

We additionally see some hub space exploration. While it doesn’t look as strong or deep as what we had in Three Hopes, at the least to this point, there does seem like a big city and chateau that can act as your base. Here we get some glimpses of retailers and even an space the place you’ll be able to customise the outfits of your characters. These seem like restricted to altering their high and glasses or accent.

What isn’t proven, however doubtless included indirectly, is the power for Alear to make use of their Divine Dragon potential to alter right into a dragon type. This has been potential when Divine Dragons had been featured in previous video games, so ought to make a return right here.

While we do know you’ll be able to work together along with your group and even Emblem heroes on this hub, it stays to be seen whether or not there will probably be any in-depth relationship system in Fire Emblem Engage.

Fire Emblem Engage is not going to function any multiplayer part. This ought to come as no shock, for the reason that collection has by no means correctly featured any type of multiplayer help.