Earlier this year, Nintendo revealedFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, the unexpected and surprising sequel to 2017’sFire Emblem Warriors. Unlike the prior entry, which was a crossover title between some of themost popularFire Emblemtitles likeAwakening,Three Hopeswill exclusively focus on the cast and setting of 2019’sFire Emblem: Three Houses. More specifically, it will take place in an alternate timeline of events that sees the three house leaders Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude in a new adventure separate from what fans saw inThree Houses.
Alongside this new set of events that put the game’s plot into motion, Nintendo gave fans a look at the new looks that each house leader would be spotting after the game’s time skip. It also had fans speculating which characters would end up returning and who would be playable, given the cast of students inFire Emblem: Three Houses.While the game has already confirmed the three house leaders and new protagonist Shez as playable characters, Nintendo has placed a spotlight on two more playable characters: Hilda and Hubert.
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Hilda Goneril is a student from the Golden Deer Houseas well as Claude’s retainer. Fans know her to be described to be spoiled and lazy, but an incredible asset to their army when built accordingly. Hilda is typically seen using an axe weapon, andThree Hopeswill continue this trend by giving her a heroic relic from House Goneril, Freikugel. In a brief gameplay clip uploaded by Nintendo, Hilda can be seen using the axe and smashing her opponents with a special attack that breaks apart the ground.
The other clip uploaded on Nintendo’s Twitter shows Hubert,Edelgard’s retainer from the Black Eagles, utilizing dark magic to attack his foes. His magic seems to come out in giant waves that can also pierce his enemies with spikes. He can be seen finishing off his combo string with a darkness-based explosion triggered by a snap of his fingers.
These clips show off how different each character plays, as well as giving them some personality in terms of fighting and aesthetics. Arecent trailer forFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopesshowed that Dedue, the retainer of Blue Lions leader Dimitri, will become a playable character as well. He utilizes a more tank-like and slow moveset, using an axe and shield together. It also highlights a bunch of new and returning characters, such as Byleth in a new antagonistic role with Shez becoming the protagonist and fellow student of the House they choose to side with at the start of the game.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopeslaunches for Nintendo Switch on June 24.
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