Everything we know about Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is right on the horizon. Despite only just being revealed in February 2022, the game is already slated to be released on June 24, 2022. This has become somewhat of a trend for Nintendo to announce and release games in short order, and we appreciate not being forced to wait years for games we’re excited about.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, as with mainline every entry in this series, is coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch. None of the mainline games have ever seen a release on any other platform, so don’t hold out hope of this game coming to PC or any other console, unfortunately.

The announcement trailer opens with some imagery of armies marching and views of the world of Fodlan before we see our first familiar face, Byleth. We then get a flashy montage of sorts where we see a handful of characters in battle, including Edelgard, Dmitir, and Claude, using some special moves, and mowing down dozens of enemies in typical Warriors fashion. Each character gives a few lines of dialogue we can’t really glean much from regarding the goings-on, but thankfully other sources give more insight into the plot of the game.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes will consist of four story paths you, as Byleth, can progress down based on the choices you make. Despite taking place in the same place, and with the same characters, as Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the events of that game won’t impact the story of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Based on the trailer, and the new antagonist that seems to be the main focus of conflict, some speculate that the three houses will team up against this new threat, even though we do see them engaged in combat in the trailer. How you choose to interact with the other houses might be some of the decisions that impact which story path you follow.

Whether you’re a fan of it or not, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is following that tried and true Warriors-style gameplay for the most part. On the field, you can expect to take control of one, maybe multiple, characters from Fire Emblem: Three Houses and travel through massive battlefields, completing objectives, leveling up, and cutting down hundreds upon hundreds of grunts in your path. You will have special moves that can deal damage in wide areas, long-range, over long distances, and more, unique to each character.

There will also be mounts, which is not a new addition to the formula, except that dragons will be rideable. This gives the character tons of mobility, and presumably brand new moves as well. Speaking of giant monsters, we also see a few massive beasts that you will need to contend with that look like the boss-style enemies seen in Hyrule Warriors for this game.

The trailer also showed a small glimpse at the battle map portion of the game. This shows the regions you have control over, areas you need to conquer, and some more details on them. One shown off in the trailer was called “Prepare for the Conquest of Garreg Mach” which had an enemy level of 8, an objective of “Clear a path for the conquest of Garreg Mach by defeating the Church of Seiros army” and separate rewards for getting an S rank and a Capture reward.

In terms of playable characters, Warriors games often have a very extensive cast to pick from. For now, however, we only know of a select few that will be playable in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Based on the trailer we know that Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude, and Byleth are confirmed to be playable, but we also see different versions of each of them that might count as completely different characters. We also expect that Byleth will have both a male and female form to pick from as well. If the previous Fire Emblem Warriors’ initial roster is anything to go by, which had 25 at launch plus nine more added later, there’s still plenty of room for surprises on this roster.

While the trailer didn’t say, we can thank the game box for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes to confirm that it will allow for both one and two players. This is almost certainly a co-op mode, as has been common for just about every Warriors game that does include multiplayer, and would feel right at home on this Switch version. According to the details from retailers, multiplayer will be limited to local play only, meaning you can’t join or host online sessions with friends.

No DLC plans have been made at this time, but the Warriors games, especially ones partnered with Nintendo, have very good track records for providing plenty of DLC. New characters can almost be assumed to be added, if not more modes, maps, and more. The amount of content each Warriors game gets is almost too much at times, so you can feel safe getting your money’s worth out of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.

Pre-orders are up on most major retailers for physical and digital editions of the game. GameStop and Target both have them for your normal retail price of $60, though there is a Limited Edition floating around that, for now, looks exclusive to European markets. This edition includes the Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes game, an art book, tapestry map, five acrylic figurines, and a character postcard. Hopefully, we in the west get a chance to get our hands on this addition as well, but for now, only the basic version looks to be available. We’ll keep you updated should that change.

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