Fire Emblem's new Direct is August 4, but all I see is another game running from GTA 6's November launch
Nintendo just announced a 20-minute Direct for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave this Wednesday. The game itself is a Switch 2 exclusive, first for the series, and it's dropping September 17. That's the part that caught my eye.
September is absolutely packed this year. We've got publishers cramming everything they can into that window, and it's not hard to figure out why. Nobody wants to be anywhere near GTA 6 in November. Rockstar's beast is going to eat the entire holiday season, so everyone's trying to get their sales in early.
The Fire Emblem stuff itself looks decent enough. Four champions fighting in a tournament, some kind of crest ability system, social events between matches. But honestly, I'm just sitting here thinking about how many games I'll be ignoring in September because I'm saving up for the Ultimate Edition. $70-$80 for a standard copy of Fire Emblem, $120 for the special edition. That's cute. I've already got my $100 set aside for Leonida.
It's kind of funny watching the industry scramble. Call of Duty is doing the same thing, trying to get their launch in before GTA 6 sucks all the oxygen out of the room. Smart move, but I don't think it'll matter much. Once that second trailer dropped, everything else became background noise.
Source: GameSpot · Curated content.
September's crowded but I'm supposed to care? I don't have time to finish one game a month with work and the kids' schedules. Publishers can scatter all they want. My money's locked in for that Ultimate Edition and the pre-order bonus. Everything else is noise until November.
ok so that part about noise is dead on.
Everything else is noise until November.
i've got my ultimate edition locked in with that vintage vice city pack and honestly september could have ten fire emblems and i'd still be staring at the calendar waiting for the 19th. publishers know rockstar's about to swallow the whole quarter!
BigMike's got the right frequency.
Everything else is noise until November.
I'm over here with my pre-order locked in, Ultimate Edition and that Vintage Vice City Pack ready to roll. Some strategy RPG with crests ain't gonna cut through the static! You could drop a whole festival lineup in September and I'd still be queueing up Flash FM classics, waiting for that Leonida mood.
Publishers can run to September or even early October. It won't matter. That November 19 date is the only track on the playlist that counts. Rockstar's about to drop the biggest needle drop in years. Everyone else is just background music!
ngl i thought fire emblem was a car modding brand
september can have fifty games idc. i'm out here babysitting for standard edition money while y'all drop $100 like it's nothing. my bank account is the real background noise fr