Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn
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| Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn | |
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| Developer(s) | Intelligent Systems |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) |  February 2007 [1] Q2 2007 [1] |
| Genre(s) | Tactical RPG |
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| Rating(s) | ESRB: Rating Pending (RP) |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn (ファイアーエムブレム 暁の女神 Faiā Emuburemu: Akatsuki no Megami?) is an RPG video game announced for the Wii on May 9, 2006 at the E3 convention [2]. However, only a few sequences of animation have been shown and only one gameplay video has been released. What little has been shown indicates that the FMV cutscenes will be rendered in the same cel-shaded manner as those in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance on the Nintendo GameCube, and gameplay videos show that the engine from Path of Radiance is intact.
Official artwork for two of the game's characters were also made public at E3. One is an image of an older Sothe, a character that originally appeared as a playable Thief unit in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. The other character, Mikaya (ミカヤ?), is a new character whose role is currently unknown, although she is depicted casting some form of magic in the E3 trailer. A video of the game depicts her wielding light magic. [3]
The Japanese subtitle Akatsuki no Megami was confirmed on September 14, 2006[4] Although the direct translation is Goddess of Dawn, the official English language title has yet to be announced. Video footage of the game from the same event depicted Mikaya and some of the new cast during both a story sequence and a combat scene.
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[edit] Characters
[edit] Sothe
In Nintendo Power volume 206, Nintendo confirmed that the green-haired figure in the sketch released at E3 is indeed Sothe. Nothing about his role is currently known beyond the fact that he is a playable character. As of November 2006, he and Mikaya are the only characters to have their official artwork released to the press.
In Nintendo's E3 2006 trailer, Sothe and Mikaya appear to be fighting Begnion troops (in Path of Radiance, Begnion soldiers wore red armor). Whether Begnion is a major antagonist or simply a part of a skirmish is pure speculation, however. Sothe's promotion and importance to the story have yet to be revealed, although a recent scan has shown that his starting class is "Thief", as it was in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. His weapon in the video is a knife called Kard and in the weapon description it says "Only Sothe can wield it" and it´s a "B" rank knife with 15 Critical percentage
[edit] ミカャ - Mikaya
A wielder of Light Magic, Mikaya is assumed to be the main Lord by many. This claim is largely based on her early release to the public, as well as a clip of gameplay in which the autocursor (a device that returns the cursor to the main character) found its way to her. In another clip, she was seen using the Light Magic tome, Rexaura, against the Beast King Caineghis. She also has the new skill, "Healing Hand" which allows the user to sacrifice some of their own HP to heal an ally. A recent scan has her class being "Light Mage". And a recent gameplay video reveals a conversation with Sothe in which it seems that they already know each other. The player selects the command "Talk" when they are in adjacent spaces and it goes (as translated) as this:
Mikaya: It´s good to see you here... Sothe: ...Same too...
In another preview, it is revealed that Mikaya can speak in Galldr, the tongue of the heron clan. What significance this has is unknown.
[edit] エディ - Edie/Eddie
Eddie was assumed by some to be a Myrmidon (most likely playing a similar role to Mia in battle), or a potential return of the Mercenary class (which was briefly retired in Path of Radiance). Some had also speculated, based on his apparent importance (as shown in one gameplay video), that he could be another Lord. The former of these three was proven, however, with a recent scan having his class name as Swordfighter (or Myrmidon when translated).
[edit] ノイス - Noys/Noyce
Noyce is a mustached Fighter with red hair. Noyce has a new skill, "Protection" which allows the user to take damage for a chosen ally. He is seen using it to protect Laura in a recent clip. Also, in a recent scan, he can be seen as an enemy.
[edit] レオナルド - Leonard
Leonard is a blonde Archer with long hair who seems to join early in the game. Leonard may fill in the Gordon archetype, which is the first archer that accompanies your main lord.
[edit] ローラ - Laura
Laura is a healer of some sort (most likely a Cleric due to being female), and is another member of the group. As with Leonard and Noyce, little else is known. In the chapter in which she was featured, the objective is to escort her to safety, so she may only officially join the "Dawn Group" at a later date. In a recent clip she was being protected by Noyce's "Protection" skill.
[edit] Caineghis
One of the trailers revealed a scene in which Caineghis, the king of Gallia, was engaged in combat with Mikaya. As to whether this was an actual clip of gameplay or merely a demostration of the game's combat system is unknown. The latter is assumed to be true by some, as Mikaya did what appears to be a Critical Hit while her Critical Rate was zero.
It is interesting to note that Caineghis does not use the Beast Laguz weapon of the previous game, Claw, in the clip. Rather, his weapon is a set of teeth, sometimes dubbed "Fang".
[edit] Muarim
An ally Beast Laguz was seen in a screenshot in a Japanese ad. Although it was not confirmed to be Muarim, the character bears striking similarities to him, and is referred to as Muarim by most fans. In the screenshot, he used his fist to uppercut the enemy soldier while in human form, which may mean Laguz can fight outside of their animal form in the game. Like Caineghis, he was also equipped with the "Fang" weapon.
[edit] Groups and Places
[edit] The Dawn Group
This group of fighters is apparently Mikaya, Sothe, or Eddie's own group of mercenaries, or at least a reasonable facsimile. [citation needed]
[edit] Begnion
Begnion is assumed to have the role of major or partial antagonist. In the first clip shown, Sothe and Mikaya were fighting men in reddish-pink armor; the colors of Begnion soldiers in Path of Radiance. In later clips, cursor highlights of enemies revealed their identity as "Imperial Soldier", and Begnion is Tellius's only empire (barring events that take place in the timeskip).
[edit] Gameplay
A playable demo kiosk was made available at the November 2006 Nintendo World event held in Japan. Unlike most games designed specificly for the Wii, Fire Emblem makes use of the Virtual Console classic controller. While the game may seem an apparent choice for point-and-click gameplay with the Wii-mote, no such feature was available at the event or confirmed for the final release of the game.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Game FAQ's Game Info.". Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
- ^ "Fire Emblem release on GameSpot". Retrieved on 2006-05-10.
- ^ "Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn Japanese video". Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
- ^ "1up reveals name Goddess of Dawn". Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
