Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Developer(s)	Koei Tecmo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release Date(s)
Nintendo Switch	WW: June 24, 2022
Nintendo Switch	WW: June 24, 2022
Platform(s)
Genre(s)	Action role-playing Hack and slash
Rating(s)
ESRB	05
PEGI	03
CERO	02
ACB	03
GRAC	01

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is a hack and slash game from Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was announced in a Nintendo Direct on February 9, 2022. It is the second Warriors-style Fire Emblem game, after Fire Emblem Warriors. Three Hopes is based off of the world of Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Gameplay

Much like its predecessor, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is a hack-and-slash action role-playing game with gameplay similar to the Dynasty Warriors series. Players control characters from Fire Emblem: Three Houses including Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude, and a new character, Shez, who like most avatars in the Fire Emblem series, can be either male or female.

Plot

The game takes place on the continent of Fódlan and features a new story set in an alternative timeline to that of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. In the tradition of Three Houses, the game has at least three unique storylines: Scarlet Blaze, Azure Gleam, and Golden Wildfire, each following one of the three house leaders. It diverges from the storyline of its predecessor game in that Byleth, the playable character of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, serves as an antagonist. Three Hopes introduces several new characters to fight alongside the cast of Three Houses, including Shez, a mercenary Byleth previously encountered, and Arval, a mysterious white-robed being who opposes Sothis in the game's cover art.

Playable characters

• Shez
• Edelgard
• Hubert
• Dimitri
• Dedue
• Claude
• Hilda

Release

The title was initially revealed at a Nintendo Direct held on February 9, 2022 with a trailer revealing only the returns of Byleth, Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude. On April 12, 2022, a trailer titled "Mysterious Mercenary" was released, announcing that Byleth would serve as an antagonist, Shez would be a new protagonist of selectable gender, Hubert, Dedue, and Hilda would be playable characters, and that the game would feature three diverging paths, similar to Three Houses. Over the course of May 2022, three trailers were released focusing on the Black Eagles, Blue Lions, and Golden Deer respectively, with each revealing updated designs for all of the students from Three Houses. A final trailer was released on June 8, 2022 confirming the return of the Ashen Wolves characters from the Cindered Shadows DLC story in Three Houses. After the trailer was posted, a demo was released on the Nintendo eShop later that day, which allowed progression up to Chapter 4.

Reception

The game received an aggregate score of 80/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. While critics felt that Three Hopes improved upon its predecessor with good performance and increased depth and appealed to fans of the Warriors games, they noted that it would fail to compel those who did not favor its signature hack and slash gameplay.

Trivia

• Three Hopes marks the final voice acting appearance of Ferdinand von Aegir's English voice actor, Billy Kametz who passed away on June 9, 2022, 15 days before the game's release. His reprisal as Ferdinand in the game also marked Kametz's final credited Nintendo role.

External links

• Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes at GameFAQs