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Fire Emblem: Three Houses pre-release information
Fire Emblem: Three Houses was announced in the Fire Emblem Nintendo Direct in early 2017, though no more information on it was provided for about a year and a half until Nintendo's E3 presentation on June 12th 2018.
Pre-release history
Initial announcement (January 18, 2017)
The game was initially announced early in 2017 on January 18th in the Fire Emblem Nintendo Direct. At the time it was announced without subtitle and was only presented with the broad release date of "2018". Nothing of the game was shown during its initial announcing except for a generic Fire Emblem logo. This drought of information would continue for the entirety of 2017, with Intelligent Systems focusing on the soon-to-be-released products Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Fire Emblem Heroes and Fire Emblem Warriors instead.
Full reveal (June 12, 2018)
After about a year and a half of no information the game finally received a proper reveal trailer and gameplay at Nintendo's 2018 E3 showing on June 12th. They announced that the game would release in Spring 2019, marking a delay from its initial 2018 release window.
Notably, unlike previous Fire Emblem series reveals, the first footage revealed in any region showed English gameplay instead of Japanese. Unlike Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE, Fire Emblem Fates, and Fire Emblem Warriors, Three Houses was not played by the Treehouse Staff during the post-presentation live stream.
Outside of Nintendo's official pre-release materials, 8-4, the company responsible for translating Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Fire Emblem Awakening, and Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, announced on Twitter that they were not involved with the localization of Three Houses.
Reveal trailer observations
Curiously, there are minor statistical differences between the English and Japanese trailers. It is unclear what this may imply, such as semi-random base stats or ongoing balancing, at this point. A compilation of the differences are featured below
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Edelgard appears to possess more defense (end) and resistance (rsl) in the Japanese trailer, according to her battle stats in the bottom right. | ||
Matching Edelgard's increased defensive stats, Mercedes is forecast to do less damage to Edelgard in the Japanese trailer. In the English trailer it seems Mercedes may have fought someone before this footage was recorded, as her Iron Sword has been reduced by two durability points compared to the Japanese trailer. | ||
Edelgard's HP is inconsistent in this scene between the two trailers, possessing 30 in the Japanese one and 29 in the English one. Additionally, Edelgard's HP is at 29 in an earlier point of the Japanese trailer, despite being the same level, 3, as this segment. | ||
Byleth's damage output and critical chance is higher in the English trailer. Hilda is also forecast to do more damage to Byleth in the Japanese trailer than the English trailer. In the English trailer Hilda's Iron Bow and Byleth's Iron Sword both have less durability (45) than in the Japanese trailer (50); it is unclear if the durability has been lowered or if the characters used their weapons some before the footage was taken in the English trailer. |
Trailers
A list of promotional trailers and videos are provided below in chronological order.
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E3 reveal trailer: English Japanese |
June 12, 2018 | Initial reveal, shows first gameplay; notably in English. Several characters make their first appearances in this trailer: Byleth, Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude, Hilda, and Mercedes make their debut appearances in the gameplay segment. |
Gallery
- Main article:
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January 18, 2017 announcement
June 12, 2018 initial reveal images
The first screenshots of the game, most of these were provided in the E3 press kit and feature scenes from the reveal trailer.
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Game logo and artwork of a currently unknown character.
Screenshot showing Edelgard and her Aristocrat class.
Moving Edelgard.
Viewing the combat forecast of Edelgard's engagement with Mercedes.
Gameplay featuring a very high level of zoom; the camera is almost ground level. The cursor is hovering over Edelgard.
Byleth walking around a building.
Byleth outside a castle.
Byleth in an alley.
Another shot of Byleth exiting an alley.
Edelgard agrees to training.
Selecting a weapon for Edelgard to train with.
Byleth getting a critical hit.
Viewing the combat forecast of Byleth's engagement with Hilda.
Claude attacks a Kingdom Soldier.
Dimitri and his soldiers take up a formation.
Cutscene featuring numerous mounted warriors, possibly Pegasus Knights, Cavaliers and Paladins.
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Unknown green-blonde-haired woman standing before a barrage of arrows.
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The green haired woman under attack from a viking-like enemy.
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A closeup of the woman.
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Another shot of the woman.
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The green-haired woman holds a damaged item, possibly a sword.
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A grizzled warrior wields an unknown whip-sword weapon. He appears to be allied with the viking-like enemies that appear in other scenes.
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