Rowan, Lianna, and the other heroes successfully rescue Yelena, and so Darios sacrifices Oskar to complete the ritual. Rowan and Lianna pursue him to back to Aytolis Castle, where they discover Yelena has been captured and Oskar intends to sacrifice her to fully revive Velezark. However, during an attack on a Gristonne fortress, Velezark successfully possesses Darios and steals the Shield of Flames. Rowan and Lianna travel across Aytolis, rallying support from heroes from the nations of Ylisse, Hoshido, Nohr, and Altea. The group learns that Darios's father Oskar is seeking to revive the Chaos Dragon Velezark, and they must power up the Shield of Flames with Gleamstones created from the power of heroes from other worlds in order to stop his evil scheme. The three make their escape from Aytolis Castle, but in the process are separated from Queen Yelena, who gives them the Shield of Flames before being captured. Additionally, Lyn from The Blazing Blade appears to have been pulled after the events of the game while Celica from Shadows of Valentia appears to have been pulled sometime after the start of The Pilgrimage but before the end of Land of Sorrow.ĭuring a routine sparring match between the royal twins of Aytolis, Rowan and Lianna, and their friend Prince Darios of Gristonne, mysterious portals open in the sky, from which monsters appear and attack. The characters of Fates are pulled in shortly after the events of The Path is Yours in the Revelation route. The characters of Awakening were pulled sometime after the Plegia-Ylisse War but before the Valm Invasion. The characters of Shadow Dragon were mainly pulled an unspecific time after the events of the Dark Pontifex chapter. While a separate universe, several characters from past Fire Emblem titles are pulled to the world to fight. The story focuses on the two Kingdoms of Aytolis and Gristonne. The story of Fire Emblem Warriors takes place in another dimension outside of all previous main series titles of the Fire Emblem franchise. The trailer concluded with a slated release of Fall 2017 and a version developed specifically for the New Nintendo 3DS was also announced for a Fall 2017 release.ĭLC was initially announced for Warriors with 9 bonus characters to be added in three separate packs.

During a Fire Emblem Nintendo Direct, gameplay was shown of Chrom in battle. The trailer briefly teased Chrom from Fire Emblem Awakening.

It also marks the third time Nintendo characters have appeared in a Warriors game: the first was Takamaru from The Mysterious Murasame Castle, who appeared as a guest character in the Wii version of Samurai Warriors 3.įire Emblem Warriors was briefly showcased during the Nintendo Switch Presentation on January 12, 2017. Fire Emblem Warriors marks the second time a Nintendo IP has received a Koei Tecmo Warriors styled game, the first being Hyrule Warriors.

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