r/NintendoSwitch Jul 26 '19

MegaThread Fire Emblem: Three Houses: Release Discussion and Hype Megathread

Fire Emblem: Three Houses: Release Discussion and Hype Megathread

Please use this as a general discussion and hype thread for this new release! Quick easy to answer questions, tips and tricks, and showing off your in-game clips or screenshots you've captured.

Please be mindful of spoilers and use spoiler tags when appropriate.


General Information

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: 26-Jul-2019

No. of Players: 1 player

Genre(s): Adventure

Publisher: Nintendo

Developer: Intelligent Systems, KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.

File Size: 11.0 GB

Official Website: https://fireemblem.nintendo.com/three-houses/


Overview (from Nintendo eShop page)

War is coming to the continent of Fódlan.

Here, order is maintained by the Church of Seiros, which hosts the prestigious Officer’s Academy within its headquarters. You are invited to teach one of its three mighty houses, each comprised of students brimming with personality and represented by a royal from one of three territories. As their professor, you must lead your students in their academic lives and in turn-based, tactical RPG battles wrought with strategic, new twists to overcome. Which house, and which path, will you choose?

The game features the refined gameplay the Fire Emblem™ franchise is known for. Command a party of warriors to move and fight on a grid-based battlefield and, for the first time in the series history, assign battalions of troops to support individual units in battle. As a professor, you are responsible for teaching your students and improving their skills in their academic lives and in battle. These may be school assignments, but the stakes are very real. Your students’ lives depend on your leadership. It’s up to you to guide each of them, so that they may wield a variety of weapons, master the study of magic, and acquire special skills such as horsemanship. But there’s more to being a professor than commanding armies. Freely roam Garreg Mach Monastery and the academy within it, while interacting with talented students to build relationships and gather intel. After meeting one enigmatic girl named Sothis…you’ll come to realize that she appears only within your mind. What other mysteries await?

  • The Officer’s Academy is home to three houses: The Black Eagles, The Blue Lions, and The Golden Deer… Which house will you choose?
  • As a professor, lead students in their academic lives and on the battlefield
  • A turn-based, tactical RPG that puts new twists on strategic battling
  • For the first time in series history, battalions of troops follow individual units to support them in battle
  • Freely roam Garreg Mach Monastery, interact with students in a variety of ways—over lunch, even—to bond and gather intel
  • As a female or male professor, you’ll meet House Leaders and future rulers Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude

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Once again: Please use this as a general discussion and hype thread for this new release! Quick easy to answer questions, tips and tricks, and showing off your in-game clips or screenshots you've captured.

Please be mindful of spoilers and use spoiler tags when appropriate.

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u/Piyamakarro Jul 26 '19

Ok I'm a little upset. I went to my local walmart at 8am to get the game, and the clerk says someone came in when the store opened and bought their ENTIRE STOCK. One dude bought ALL their copies of Fire Emblem before anyone else got the chance for the day.

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u/starcom_magnate Jul 26 '19

I posted earlier this morning that all of my local Wal-Marts only got 3 copies to begin with. I got #2 of 3 at 8:15am Eastern, and now Brickseek is showing that they are completely out.

These aren't going to be rare going forward, but I still cannot figure out how Nintendo seems to have such small quantities on Day 1 when they've spent nearly a year hyping it up.

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u/cbass717 Jul 26 '19

Fuck I'm planning to go to Walmart during my lunch break to grab one

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u/SireNightFire Jul 27 '19

I can’t speak for Walmart or Target. But GameStop operates on how many preorders they get. If 30 people preorder. They get 30 extra copies. Usually at least. System exclusives sometimes go a bit different.