Fire Emblem: Awakening Demo Available on NA eShop

The Fire Emblem: Awakening demo is now available on the eShop. I'm downloading it now.

Immediately off the bat the game is really polished and the 3D effect is done quite well. There's a nice amount of field of depth and layering with the text dialogue. Also, the voice work in English is actually pretty good! The graphics look nice and the combat system is pretty good, especially pairing attacks. The demo has a 30 limit try and only has casual mode on it and not much customization of your avatar character. There's now also a first person mode that's pretty cool.

For whatever reason, I never seem to like demos so I'm not gonna bother w/ this one and just go straight for the pre-order... I will only cancel it if people wind up saying it's completely worthless.

I really enjoyed the demo.

Buying this game as soon as possible.

Will download after work today. Funny thing is I picked back up my copy of Age of Empires: Age of Kings (DS) the other day and got right back into it. Its a great game, but each level can take hours to complete so I put it down for a couple of years, but im right back into it. Ive never played a FE game, but it should be pretty similar to Age of Kings.

The story seems to really have developed in this game. The other ones had a pretty shallow story to me, like less character development than non-main CO in Advance Wars.

I loved the demo. The game just felt smooth, polished, and was really fun. I'm looking forward to the 4th very much now.

I just played the Demo. I'm glad I preordered the game.

I can't take Marth seriously with those sunglasses.

The story seems to really have developed in this game. The other ones had a pretty shallow story to me, like less character development than non-main CO in Advance Wars.

Sora278

I havent like any of the previous Fire Emblem games but I actually enjoyed the demo very much. I might even buy this game when it comes out!

The Battle system was smooth and easy to pick up on and the visuals were very impressive.

The story seems to really have developed in this game. The other ones had a pretty shallow story to me, like less character development than non-main CO in Advance Wars.

Sora278

I'm so far behind in the series. I haven't even finished the first one.JustPlainLucas

[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]I'm so far behind in the series. I haven't even finished the first one.El_Zo1212o

Seriously? Sacred Stones was great but Fire Emblem is easily the better game.

[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"][QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]I'm so far behind in the series. I haven't even finished the first one.PhazonBlazer

Seriously? Sacred Stones was great but Fire Emblem is easily the better game.

The Sacred Stones (for the record it's my first Fire Emblem game & so I will be very sentimental & protective of this game) is more surperior, it has better charaters development & after you beat the game, there's still plenty of content to unlock like monsters & hidden characters. But I wouldn't knock the first Fire Emblem that's released outside of Japan, it still had a splendid story, but you can't really use every character in the game in 1 play through though & there's not much to unlock. But everybody's opinion(s) will differ. But I would like a sequel for the first (U.S.) Fire Emblem game.

I've preorder Awakening & I'm really looking forward to it. I won't get the demo due to low memory on my card.

[QUOTE="Sora278"]

The story seems to really have developed in this game. The other ones had a pretty shallow story to me, like less character development than non-main CO in Advance Wars.

El_Zo1212o

There has to be more in the main story to me no matter how much of an optional story development you can get because you just know how they react to that one person..

About the demo, I loved Sully.

About the demo, I loved Sully.

Sora278

I hate the grunts and moans in the conversations. I wish they were either fully voiced or not. It gets aggrevating after awhile.

I hate the grunts and moans in the conversations. I wish they were either fully voiced or not. It gets aggrevating after awhile.

usmfan84

LOVED the demo and can't wait, obviously. :P

The story seems to really have developed in this game. The other ones had a pretty shallow story to me, like less character development than non-main CO in Advance Wars.

Sora278

Skip Fire Emblem and go right to Sacred Stones. Far and away a superior game.

I wonder if it's worthy to find a copy of Radiant Dawn. So many mixed opinions about that game. Loved PoR though.King_Dodongo

Played the demo a few times now, I'm going to preorder the game when I'm out next.

I just saw this notice on Amazon yesterday: "Potential Shipping Delay Delivery of Fire Emblem: Awakening pre-orders may be affected by manufacturer shipping delays . Amazon apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. "

I wonder if such problems will persist?

[QUOTE="King_Dodongo"]I wonder if it's worthy to find a copy of Radiant Dawn. So many mixed opinions about that game. Loved PoR though.Bigboi500

I hate the grunts and moans in the conversations. I wish they were either fully voiced or not. It gets aggrevating after awhile.

usmfan84

Skip Fire Emblem and go right to Sacred Stones. Far and away a superior game.Legolas_Katarn

From the years I was leading the Fire Emblem Union here I seem to remember the vast majority liking FE7 more, I enjoyed both though. Played about the same, had good characters through supports, liked the branching promotions, hated that you could grind for XP with the game as easy as it was already but I just ignored it. I think I prefer 4, 5, and 9 to the others.

I don't like the new pre-battle summary. Being able to see the individual potential specs like damage, hit chance, and critical chance was much more useful when deciding whether or not to proceed than a projected outcome.El_Zo1212o

i hate how they pronounce chrom either krom or chrome just pick one VAs (psst go with krom, its hotter)

but wooooowowow i was always psyched for this game but its really good from the demo. and the special edition 3DS is beau. aah~! hopefully the game gets the series a fanbase so i can actually buy more stuff from my favorite series.

[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"] I don't like the new pre-battle summary. Being able to see the individual potential specs like damage, hit chance, and critical chance was much more useful when deciding whether or not to proceed than a projected outcome.BrunoBRS

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"] I don't like the new pre-battle summary. Being able to see the individual potential specs like damage, hit chance, and critical chance was much more useful when deciding whether or not to proceed than a projected outcome.El_Zo1212o

Not much of a fan of the simplified interace myself. It can be rather misleading when you've got a 100% chance to hit, will OHKO, and will attack twice for extra measure if they aren't dead, yet the game says you'll still take damage from fighting. >.> It's also...large, making me look all over the place for information. Not sure why they put that in. Perhaps for people who can't calculate damage quickly?

Thankfully, you can change it via the touch-screen. Just hit the button that says "FULL". :p

If there's another minor issue I have with this game is the battle animation/dialog graphics. Sort of wish they stayed with the Radiant Dawn/Path of Radiance style animation. Not a fan of the Final Fantasy crystal chronicles-esque style of character design. Its not a huge issue but it did bother me when I first started the demo...

No need to even play the demo. Every Fire Emblem has been fantastic, even the 'meh' ones, like Shadow Dragon. Theyre all good games, and I will be picking mine up day 1.

One of the reasons I got the 3DS yesterday but also to catch up to some DS games and anticipating the new X and Y Pokemon.

If there's another minor issue I have with this game is the battle animation/dialog graphics. Sort of wish they stayed with the Radiant Dawn/Path of Radiance style animation. Not a fan of the Final Fantasy crystal chronicles-esque style of character design. Its not a huge issue but it did bother me when I first started the demo...

tocool340

Seems like Gamestop cut off preorders today, the girl there said they are worried about being able to fill all orders already in. Amazon has a related notice on their preorder page. I guess they didn't make enough copies, at least not in for the first shipment :PWill47