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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. After another long drought of information the game received a concrete release date and more detailed trailer during Nintendo's February 13 2019 Nintendo direct.
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. |
Nintendo Direct trailer (February 13, 2019)
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After another long period of silence the game resurfaced in Nintendo's Feburary 2019 Nintendo Direct. Prior to the airing of the Direct, Three Houses was confirmed to appear in the broadcast on Nintendo's social media accounts.[1] During the Nintendo direct the game was confirmed for a worldwide release date of July 26th 2019.
With the game's appearance in the Nintendo Direct, official pages went up for the game across several different languages. In particular, a Japanese Nintendo article for the game confirmed that the character artist for the game is Chinatsu Kurahana (Japanese: 倉花千夏).[2]
The Seasons of Warfare special edition of the game for North America, containing an artbook, sound selection CD, steelbook case, and calendar, was also announced on Nintendo of America's social media account.[3]
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. | |
Nintendo Direct: English |
February 13, 2019 | Nintendo Direct trailer. First major storyline details are revealed, more gameplay footage is shown, 7/26/2019 release date is confirmed, and Seasons of Warfare edition is announced. |
Gallery
- Main article:
:Category:Three Houses pre-release screenshots
January 18, 2017 announcement
June 12, 2018 initial reveal images
Screenshots of the game released in press kits after the airing of the during E3 2018.
A preliminary version of the game logo and artwork of Sothis.
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.
February 13, 2019 Nintendo Direct images
Screenshots of the game released in press kits after the airing of the new trailer in the February 2019 Nintendo Direct.
Moving Bernadetta towards some enemy units.
Caspar attacks a Western Church Soldier with his Iron Guantlet.
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Caspar in a dining hall with another student.
Edelgard executes a Coordinated Gambit.
Byleth coaches Dorothea.
External links
References
- ↑ "Tune in 2/13 at 2pm PT for a Nintendo Direct featuring around 35 minutes of information on upcoming #NintendoSwitch titles, including new details on #FireEmblem Three Houses!." — Nintendo of America, Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) | Twitter, twitter.com, Published: February 12, 2019, Retrieved: February 13, 2019
- ↑ "また、キャラクターデザインを手がけるのは、イラストレーターの倉花千夏さんです。" — Nintendo, 三つの国と、三つの学級、そしてあなたの物語。『ファイアーエムブレム 風花雪月』7月26日に発売決定! | トピックス | Nintendo, topics.nintendo.co.jp, Published: February 12, 2019, Retrieved: February 13, 2019
- ↑ "A special edition of #FireEmblem: Three House is also deploying to the battlefield! Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Seasons of Warfare Edition comes complete with an artbook, sound selection CD, steelbook case, and calendar." — Nintendo of America, Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) | Twitter, twitter.com, Published: February 13, 2019, Retrieved: February 13, 2019
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