To those who are hyped/ interested at the upcoming Fire Emblem game, which versions are you going to buy?
Nohr is a militaristic nation styled to resemble European kingdoms. A child was born into the royal family of the neighboring Hoshido kingdom. At sometime after their birth, they were kidnapped by the Nohr royal family for unknown reasons. At around the same time, Azura, a princess of Nohr, was kidnapped by the Hoshido.
In contrast to the peaceful Hoshido, Nohr is subject to terrible weather conditions, leading to poor crop yields and a lack of law and order. In order to expand Nohr's influence, King Garon orders his children to invade Hoshido. The kingdom worships the dragon Anankos.
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Hoshido is a peaceful nation which is styled to resemble feudal Japan, both in its people and its culture. Hoshido is the birthplace of the Avatar. However, they were kidnapped as an infant and raised in the neighboring kingdom of Nohr. At the same time, Azura, a princess of Nohr, was kidnapped by Hoshido.
Granted, there is a choice of picking neither sides but at the moment there is no information what you will get out from not picking a side.
Before you asked what are the differences other than the different factions and aestestic, the gameplay is different in the two versions-
Hoshido
The Hoshido path will have a traversable map similar to Awakening, Sacred Stones, and Gaiden. The player can level up characters outside of the storyline chapters by paying a fee to initiate a Skirmish, similar to using a Reeking Box. Like Awakening, map victory conditions will mostly be either rout the enemy or defeat the boss.
Nohr
The Nohr path will be more structured, having no external battles outside of the storyline chapters much like most previous Fire Emblem titles. Experience and funds are much more limited and more victory conditions will be present such as defending a base, breaking through the enemy lines, and turn restrictions for certain maps.
If you're more into the looks of the characters, here are the characters that appears in each versions-
http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Hoshido
http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Nohr
If that is enough information for you, which versions are you going to buy first?
As for me. I am somewhat torn but I am most likely to buy Nohr first since I prefer the European knights more than feudal Japan samurai. Even then it doesn't set well with me that Hoshido (inspired from Japan) is a "peaceful" nation. Sure it's probably have a hidden agenda (since it is mention they kidnapped that Nohr girl Azura) but still.
Now I said torn since I kind of prefered being able to travel on the map and gain more experiences, golds and items from the skirmish battles outside of the story. Ironic that I used to hate this feature for making the overal game too easy but I have now gotten used to it.
Ok sure the whole casual and phoenix modes is the solution to this problem but still, it's going to get me to think more and be caution with my gold spending and which characters to level up the most.
PS- Here is the source of the info- http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Fire_Emblem_if
Nohr is a militaristic nation styled to resemble European kingdoms. A child was born into the royal family of the neighboring Hoshido kingdom. At sometime after their birth, they were kidnapped by the Nohr royal family for unknown reasons. At around the same time, Azura, a princess of Nohr, was kidnapped by the Hoshido.
In contrast to the peaceful Hoshido, Nohr is subject to terrible weather conditions, leading to poor crop yields and a lack of law and order. In order to expand Nohr's influence, King Garon orders his children to invade Hoshido. The kingdom worships the dragon Anankos.
Hoshido is a peaceful nation which is styled to resemble feudal Japan, both in its people and its culture. Hoshido is the birthplace of the Avatar. However, they were kidnapped as an infant and raised in the neighboring kingdom of Nohr. At the same time, Azura, a princess of Nohr, was kidnapped by Hoshido.
Granted, there is a choice of picking neither sides but at the moment there is no information what you will get out from not picking a side.
Before you asked what are the differences other than the different factions and aestestic, the gameplay is different in the two versions-
Hoshido
The Hoshido path will have a traversable map similar to Awakening, Sacred Stones, and Gaiden. The player can level up characters outside of the storyline chapters by paying a fee to initiate a Skirmish, similar to using a Reeking Box. Like Awakening, map victory conditions will mostly be either rout the enemy or defeat the boss.
Nohr
The Nohr path will be more structured, having no external battles outside of the storyline chapters much like most previous Fire Emblem titles. Experience and funds are much more limited and more victory conditions will be present such as defending a base, breaking through the enemy lines, and turn restrictions for certain maps.
If you're more into the looks of the characters, here are the characters that appears in each versions-
http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Hoshido
http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Nohr
If that is enough information for you, which versions are you going to buy first?
As for me. I am somewhat torn but I am most likely to buy Nohr first since I prefer the European knights more than feudal Japan samurai. Even then it doesn't set well with me that Hoshido (inspired from Japan) is a "peaceful" nation. Sure it's probably have a hidden agenda (since it is mention they kidnapped that Nohr girl Azura) but still.
Now I said torn since I kind of prefered being able to travel on the map and gain more experiences, golds and items from the skirmish battles outside of the story. Ironic that I used to hate this feature for making the overal game too easy but I have now gotten used to it.
Ok sure the whole casual and phoenix modes is the solution to this problem but still, it's going to get me to think more and be caution with my gold spending and which characters to level up the most.
PS- Here is the source of the info- http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Fire_Emblem_if