The wait is finally over.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30615
Fire Emblem: Awakening is due for a North American release, as reported by Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime.
He mistakenly revealed the localization in conversation with Kotaku's Stephen Totilo immediately after the Wednesday 3DS software showcase, and only realized the information wasn't in the press kit afterwards.
No date was revealed about the upcoming title, but its release is now confirmed. The title came out in Japan on April 19 this year.
UPDATE: Nintendo's Twitter and Facebook posted the following confirmation: "We are excited to confirm a NEW game announcement coming to the US: the new 3DS Fire Emblem! More info to come."
Why was this not revealed in the 3DS press conference we just watched
Check the updated story.
"He mistakenly revealed the message in conversation with Kotaku's Stephen Totilo immediately after the Wednesday 3DS software showcase, and only realized the information wasn't in the press kit until afterwards."
Why was this not revealed in the 3DS press conference we just watched (at least, I didn't see it there)? Or was that one of the titles listed in that final collage of upcoming 3DS titles? I didn't get a good look at that.Agree, Reggie should have been Not Impressed and then Lackey brought out Fire Emblem.
Check the updated story.
"He mistakenly revealed the message in conversation with Kotaku's Stephen Totilo immediately after the Wednesday 3DS software showcase, and only realized the information wasn't in the press kit until afterwards."
So in other words, Reggie didn't mean to announce Fire Emblem for NA right now?
Check the updated story.We need more goof-ups like this then. Seriously. Nintendo's absurd silence on games far off in development is getting ridiculous.
"He mistakenly revealed the message in conversation with Kotaku's Stephen Totilo immediately after the Wednesday 3DS software showcase, and only realized the information wasn't in the press kit until afterwards."
We need more goof-ups like this then. Seriously. Nintendo's absurd silence on games far off in development is getting ridiculous.
Wait what? Fire Emblem has that big of a fanbase that getting it localized for NA is winning a Press Conference? I thought it was one of Nintendo's more ultra-niche franchises?
This bit of info is something new. Nothing at the conference was news.This is actually how it got revealed. Reggie asked Stephen what he thought and Stephen kept asking "where's the news?" and then asked where Fire Emblem was and Reggie just says "it's coming." Then there was a moment of confusion as everybody realized what happened. "It was in the press kit, wasn't it?" "No." And then he joked about having to notify his media team and then he was whisked away.
They didnt show it because they only showed 2012 games
If Reggie "confirmed" it by mistake, should we still consider it an actual confirmation? He was clearly confused, so isn't just as likely that he was just mistaking it for another game?Well, NoA tweeted and announced on Facebook that it's coming, so I'd say that's as official as it gets.
Granted, since we already know it's being localized for Europe, there shouldn't be any reason not to at least release it here as an eShop exclusive... So common sense may say it will definitely be coming-- but the fact that it was specifically kept off the press kit list could still suggest some uncertainty. With that in mind, I'm baffled how everyone seems to be jumping on this as being an official confirmation, when the context hardly makes it 100% credible. Or am I missing something?
They didnt show it because they only showed 2012 gamesI have a hard time believing NOA only has 3 Mario games and 2 eShop Pokémon games for the rest of 2012 on 3DS. I mean okay, maybe Fire Emblem is 2013 (perhaps the significant DLC lengthening what should be a shorter localization window) but come on. Where's Animal Crossing? Where's Layton? Where's Flipnote? Where's Dragon Quest? Where's anything else new really? Is Mario & Pokémon really it?!
I have a hard time believing NOA only has 3 Mario games and 2 eShop Pokémon games for the rest of 2012 on 3DS. I mean okay, maybe Fire Emblem is 2013 (perhaps the significant DLC lengthening what should be a shorter localization window) but come on. Where's Animal Crossing? Where's Layton? Where's Flipnote? Where's Dragon Quest? Where's anything else new really? Is Mario & Pokémon really it?!
Right after the Fire Emblem confirmation, somebody asked about Animal Crossing, but then the Fire Emblem thing blew up.Level-5's American branch isn't a full publisher and they've been in place nearly a year now. They still work with American publishers, which is why Nintendo published Layton 4 and Bandai is publishing Ninokuni.
Layton is handled by Level-5 now that they have US offices.
I have a hard time believing NOA only has 3 Mario games and 2 eShop Pokémon games for the rest of 2012 on 3DS. I mean okay, maybe Fire Emblem is 2013 (perhaps the significant DLC lengthening what should be a shorter localization window) but come on. Where's Animal Crossing? Where's Layton? Where's Flipnote? Where's Dragon Quest? Where's anything else new really? Is Mario & Pokémon really it?!
Well, 2012 is half over already... Think about it, how many Nintendo-published usually come out in during a 6-month period? The number of games shown are more than reasonable. The reason it seems like a lot less is because this year they chose to only focus on games would be out this year. At the last two E3s Nintendo revealed plenty of new 3DS games which were mostly all far off leaving the 3DS with a huge software drought in between. So, they clearly decided to focus this E3 on immediate releases.
Don't forget, we already know Nintendo is planning to have another event where they'll being revealing the price for Wii U. It's a pretty fair assumption that they plan to unveil their more far off titles at that time, since it's not far off anyway.
im new to fire emblem can anybody recommend a ds fire emblem to get before awakening?
