The Switch might have the smallest list of games overall when compared to the other platforms this year, but it has the most exclusives of any of them. We’re not sure they’re all going to make it to market this year, but even just a few of them will make the system worth owning. Couple that with the growing third-party support and the thriving indie seen on the system, and you have a...
While playing through the recently released Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, I got the urge to go back and play my favorite entry in Nintendo's long-running series, known in the States simply as Fire Emblem. The game was released in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance, and it was the first time North Americans got to experience the series without emulation or hints from Super Smash...
Nintendo finally wrapped up counting the votes for its most popular Fire Emblem characters after it held a poll over the week before the launch of Fire Emblem Heroes. And wouldn’t you know it, neither of the winners is from the popular Nintendo 3DS games. Instead, the GameCube and Game Boy Advance games reign supreme. Ike from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, and Super Smash Bros, topped...
The Fire Emblem fanbase is getting fired up for a brand new game in their beloved series, one that promises a world of new features and additions on top of what Awakening introduced three years ago. It wouldn’t be a stretch to call Fire Emblem Fates a sort of Fire Emblem sandbox with the amount of things you can do in it. Build a castle, reproduce, you get the idea. Not that there is...
We're in the process of running through our most anticipated games of 2016 for each platform here at TechnoBuffalo. Today we have the Wii U. It seems like the Wii U will be hit with solid games this year, but the selections are slim. Blame that on the approach of Nintendo's NX. Of all the titles confirmed for the Wii U in 2016, these are our most anticipated. We'll be updating this...
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem is still in development and is still the absolute best team-up in the history of the planet Earth. The game, known as Genei Ibun Roku #FE in Japan, is back in the spotlight and as baroque as ever with three new trailers showing off characters and a bit of gameplay. Honestly, I don’t know what I’m looking at here. An anime? A game? An animated music...
The latest patch for Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. has just confirmed the existence of two characters that had only been hinted at in the past. YouTube users TripleXero and MemeScreen have dug up footage for both Roy and Ryu. First up, Nintendo’s own swordslinger Roy will be joining the fray, joining his Fire Emblem cohorts Prince Marth, Ike, Lucina and Robin. I had no idea Fire Emblem...
Nintendo's Fire Emblem franchise has finally made the leap from a pure strategy game to a life simulator. The transition has been slow in coming, but a new announcement from this weekend's Nintendo Direct makes it official. The latest game in the franchise, Fire Emblem If, will allow players to make a "My Castle." Building a "My Castle" will open up a whole new level of customization...
I’m still a fan of Fire Emblem, but in an effort to get more fans aboard following the surprise success of Fire Emblem: Awakening, Nintendo has decided that the series needs to be stripped of a few more teeth. For one thing, the next entry, Fire Emblem If, will be scrapping weapon limits, allowing for weapons that will never break. It might not be a sentiment shared by many, but I...
Fire Emblem If will have two separate campaigns. They will be split by White Kingdom and Black Kingdom. White Kingdom will be much more approachable, and it’s been built with fans who joined the series with Fire Emblem: Awakening in mind. Black Kingdom? Not only will it be harder, but will also feature more complicated victory requirements in conflicts. Masahiro Higuchi of developer...