Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is the latest mashup of a Nintendo franchise with Koei Tecmo’s Musou gameplay that has crossed over with major media franchises such as The Legend of Zelda, Berserk, One Piece, Persona and even Attack on Titan. The last collaboration from both publishers was 2020’s Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, which combined elements from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with the Dynasty Warriors gameplay formula while serving as an alternate universe prequel to the 2017 open-world adventure game.

Now, both companies have combined forces for a similar take on Intelligent Systems’ Fire Emblem: Three Houses. However, this time things seem very different from the original. The new trailer reveals that this story will follow a timeline in which player character Byleth remains a mercenary and seemingly acts as an antagonist towards new protagonist “Shez” (whose name and gender can also be changed). The player is once again able to choose one of the game’s three houses to side with throughout the game’s narrative, and the trailer also reveals that Support Conversations will return, allowing players to forge relationships with party members to raise their performance during combat.

There are few developers more capable of adapting Fire Emblem: Three Houses to a new gameplay style than Koei Tecmo and Omega Force, as both developers assisted Intelligent Systems with creating the original game. As such, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes looks to be an exciting new take on a game fans have already more than familiarized themselves with in the nearly three years since its release.

It will also be exciting to see how the game handles making original protagonist Byleth into a villain this time, with the game dubbing them the “Ashen Demon.” Perhaps the player’s choices on Shez will influence whether they are able to recruit Byleth to their side at some point during the game.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes will release on June 24, exclusively on Nintendo Switch.

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