Will we see more Fire Emblem Echoes games?

[DeoGame]

So... the trailer for Three Houses is out and was met with a mixed reception. I'm personally not feeling it, it looks too much like a JRPG and not enough like an SRPG. That being said, it does set an interesting precedent for the future of the series.

FE often takes a while on the first installment on a new console to get an engine in place. Now that one is, they could remake more games, although they would have to be 3D which poses an interesting challenge. The Echoes team themselves have expressed an interest in making more remakes (particularly Binding Blade or Famicom Wars), but it may not be so easy.

Pros of a remake:

- Maps are pre-designed

- Story in place

- Characters established.

- New global audience

- Cheaper

Cons:

- Change to 3D or make a new engine (unless its the Tellius duology)
- Development Costs are higher on Switch

- Potential fan backlash if yoi change too much

- Echoes sold incredibly respectfully given the release time and content, but wasn't a home run.

Personally, I desperstely want remakes. If they want to court a new audience, cool! But they risk leaving behind those who stuck with them and prefer the older styles. I think mainline for new fans, Echoes for existing is not a bad compromise until they run out of games to remake

 

[ryseing]

The 6/7 combination remake is inevitable if only to straighten out the canon between the two games and get Western nostalgia dollars.

Honestly don't know if they'll do 4 or 5.

 

[HiroTSK5]

Fire Emblem 6/7 but the maps are done in a style not unlike the Link's Awakening Remake.

I feel like that would be a good way to retain the aesthetic of those games but on an HD system.

Not sure how that would translate to the attack animations though.

 

[Lusamine]

For every 2 new entries we get an Echoes sounds fair.

 

[Prof Bathtub]

Quite possible, but given the time invested in Three Houses, I don't think we can expect any more than one further series entry for Switch. I'd be absolutely fine with remakes with the level of visuals seen in the 3DS echoes, but that's probably not what the market deems acceptable.

 

[Xavi]

Genealogy of the holy War or bust

 

[Common Knowledge]

Yes, I hope, and think, they'll continue them. I don't see why they'd bother with the "Echoes" moniker if they weren't planning on it being a series of remakes. Although I do hope we'll see a Tellius HD collection soon, perhaps before any other one. That's just me being selfish though.

 

[Strings]

Fire Emblem 6/7 but the maps are done in a style not unlike the Link's Awakening Remake.

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Sorry, but no thank you >.<

I'm up for a remake of basically anything that isn't Shadow Dragon or Sacred Stones (not that I dislike that game, just that some aspects are too similar to Gaiden). My favourite FE is a remake (12).

... Will they though? I have no idea. For all we know, Three Houses is a 4/5, 6/7 or 9/10 duology, and they need all their manpower for that.

 

[NeonZ]

Quite possible, but given the time invested in Three Houses, I don't think we can expect any more than one further series entry for Switch. I'd be absolutely fine with remakes with the level of visuals seen in the 3DS echoes, but that's probably not what the market deems acceptable.

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The next game probably will come faster since they'll already have this hd engine ready. That said, in spite of their statement about Echoes doing fine, the known numbers seem low, and the lack of actual number milestone announcements by Nintendo or IS make it look like its sales can't actually have been as good as they say.

Even if there is a new remake, I don't think they'd use the Echoes branding again. It'd likely stand on its own.

 

[ggdeku]

I don't think modern IntSys is interested in the tone and themes of older FE games, but it would be pretty funny to see them tackle something like FE4 and how different it would end up.

 

[Tfritz]

The 6/7 combination remake is inevitable if only to straighten out the canon between the two games and get Western nostalgia dollars.

Honestly don't know if they'll do 4 or 5.

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we're talking about fire emblem, so i assume when you say "combination remake" you mean "two separate titles sold at full price"

 

[Garrod Ran]

give me my man Sigurd, you cowards, let me kill arvis early and let him be happy with Deirdre, even as a DLC

 

[Aexact]

I think the 8-4 tone of localization and Hidari's artsyle heavily influenced my positive impression of Echoes. Never did play Shadow Dragon.

No guarantee that either of those things will reappear in a new remake.

 

[Strings]

we're talking about fire emblem, so i assume when you say "combination remake" you mean "two separate titles sold at full price"

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FE12 remade the Satellaview maps/'game' in addition to 3 and included a bunch of new maps/chapters in the prologue, so you never know.

 

[Tfritz]

I think the 8-4 tone of localization and Hidari's artsyle heavily influenced my positive impression of Echoes. Never did play Shadow Dragon.

No guarantee that either of those things will reappear in a new remake.

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that's for the best. shadow dragon was hideous and what little new content it did add was basically sacrilege.

 

[Deleted member 11413]

I'm not sure if they will keep the Echoes branding, but Intelligent Systems will keep doing remakes of FE for sure.

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

FE12 remade the Satellaview maps/'game' in addition to 3 and included a bunch of new maps/chapters in the prologue, so you never know.

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You can't be seriously comparing a DS remake to the amount of work and money of a Switch game. Also FE 6 and 7 are fairly different games sharing common background's. Doing a combined remake of things like FE4/5, FE6/7 and FE9/10 like some fans want is just being stupid and leaving money on the table while doubling(at minimum) the amount of work.

 

[Deleted member 11413]

I think the 8-4 tone of localization and Hidari's artsyle heavily influenced my positive impression of Echoes. Never did play Shadow Dragon.

No guarantee that either of those things will reappear in a new remake.

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All the games they have left to use as a base for a remake are all much better than Gaiden though, so we have nowhere to go but up.

 

[Aveyn Knight]

I really want more Echoes.

But combo games are an impossible dream. Yeah, they did it with Mystery of the Emblem, but games had way smaller budgets and the games were simpler.

There's no way they wouldn't want to profit from remaking games separately. It's why we got a Shadow Dragon remake and not a remake of Mystery of the Emblem with both books.

 

[Deleted member 11413]

The 6/7 combination remake is inevitable if only to straighten out the canon between the two games and get Western nostalgia dollars.

Honestly don't know if they'll do 4 or 5.

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I don't see why they wouldn't do 4 or 5. 4 is way more beloved than Gaiden ever was, and 5 holds up really well even today for the most part, plus it was a really limited release so it would benefit a lot from being remade and having a wider release.

 

[NeonZ]

FE12 remade the Satellaview maps/'game' in addition to 3 and included a bunch of new maps/chapters in the prologue, so you never know.

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FE12 was missing all of Book 1 though. Of course, part of that is that it just reused graphics and engine from Shadow Dragon (even missing some FE3 features as a result like unmounted pegasus knights and cavaliers), so there would be hardly any difference, but the fact we got Shadow Dragon and New Mystery as separate games in the first place in spite of them being mostly known in Japan as the bundled FE3 (since it sold better than the original FE1 and retconned FE1's more Roman inspired aesthetic in favor of the usual medieval fantasy that the series carried from then on) shows that a remake actually combining two games would be very unlikely.

 

[Strings]

You can't be seriously comparing a DS remake to the amount of work and money of a Switch game. Also FE 6 and 7 are fairly different games sharing common background's. Doing a combined remake of things like FE4/5, FE6/7 and FE9/10 like some fans want is just being stupid and leaving money on the table while doubling(at minimum) the amount of work.

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For context, something like Valentia has 60 different missions/maps without counting dungeons, which is roughly the same as 6 and 7 combined. And I'm not really saying it's likely so much as conceivable, if you know what I mean?

 

[Woylie]

voted yes mostly as wishful thinking

i'd like it to be like pokemon where the remakes fill in gaps between mainline titles.

 

[Deleted member 17627]

I think we'll probably see one every five years. If we are going to go at that pace though, I really hope they remake 4 and 5 first. But dang, does the series director really want to remake 6/7. Doesn't help that behind 4, 6/7 are the biggest fan favorites that have yet to get a remake (9 lies between them, but I don't see a remake of the Tellius games happening for a long time).

I mean, heck, look at this art they made for the release of the Binding Blade + Blazing Blade soundtracks that released last October:

 

[Richietto]

I hope.

 

[Hailinel]

My greatest Fire Emblem wish is for the Jugdral games to be remade and get the respect they deserve.

 

[King Dodongo]

SoV was amazing, so hopefully.

 

[VZ_Blade]

Echoes was fantastic, so hopefully.
Can't wait for a FE4 remake.

 

[Nightengale]

Genealogy of Holy War Echoes and Blazing Sword Echoes would sell very very well.

 

[Giolon]

I hope so! Remake the one with Lyndis from the GBA!

 

[Deleted member 28523]

getting rid of the amazing gba sprite work seems like a big misstep but yeah it's inevitable. at least do my boy gonzalez justice

 

[Arthoneceron]

Yes. Genealogy or Radiance duology for me would be awesome.

 

[Mortemis]

God I hope so. Really enjoyed SoV, and as someone who got into the series at awakening, I'd love to play the older games remade.

 

[Vamphuntr]

I wish we could get a Path of Radiance/ Radiant Dawn combo. Just keep the maps and gameplay intact but update the visuals.

 

[Ryengeku]

Sign me up. It feels like Fire Emblem is becoming a bigger franchise so I hope they'll have enough motivation to remake all of them if Three Houses does well enough.

 

[Illusion]

Three houses was the direction I feared the IP was heading, after my distaste with Fates unless they do more games like Echos I think I'm officially done with this series moving forward.

Bring on the remakes!

 

[Chalphy]

I think for now the focus is going to be on creating new characters to add to Heroes and merchandising. Maybe when the Switch is being phased out we'll see another remake.

 

[Dekuman]

I think so. Remakes make sense. After Three Houses, they may remake an older Fire Emblem to fill in the Switch release schedule for 2020-2021. It will reuse Three Houses engine and assets. It makes sense.

 

[batfax]

I mean, I hope so. There's no real guarantee, but it would be extremely nice for the entire series to reach the west via remakes in between mainline entries.

 

[Tfritz]

I mean, I hope so. There's no real guarantee, but it would be extremely nice for the entire series to reach the west via remakes in between mainline entries.

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It'll be a hot minute before they get around to doing Mystery of the Emblem again.

 

[1upsuper]

I hope so. I'd really like to see 4, 5, and 6 remade. Thracia especially.

 

[Aaronrules380]

I'd like a remake of Genealogy so I can experience the game firsthand without needing to pirate it

 

[Strings]

Who would y'all want to see handling art for remakes, if Hidari is busy?

kazuma kaneko

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While I would love the shit out of this, he's presumably busy overseeing SMT moving forward :P

 

[Tfritz]

Who would y'all want to see handling art for remakes, if Hidari is busy?

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kazuma kaneko

 

[KtotheRoc]

Maybe. I certainly wouldn't mind. I enjoyed SoV, for the most part.

 

[Tfritz]

While I would love the shit out of this, he's presumably busy overseeing SMT moving forward :P

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it's a joke because he's dead irl

 

[CSX]

I hope so. Would love to experience the old FEs that never came to the west with a fresh coat of paint :)

 

[Hailinel]

it's a joke because he's dead irl

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No he's not.

Also, that's kind of tasteless to suggest as a "joke".

 

[leder]

What if they did de-makes of the Tellius games? Like instead of updating them to Three Houses quality for switch, use the 3DS style FE sprites. The games and the story are great on their own, but would benefit from a snappier experience. Giving the games' original bad 3D a modern HD remake wouldn't be that compelling on its own IMO, but a snappier, tighter experience that the 3D/2D games could offer would.