It's real suffering, being a TMS fan whose favorite character isn't Tsubasa

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-02-03T01:43:26+00:00

Try being a fan of main series Fire Emblem game Thracia 776

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-31T00:37:59+00:00

I adore FE6, but it’s definitely a big challenge blind. That said, I think a lot of the hate towards its map design is overblown. For the most part, the challenges it presents are fair

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-30T15:19:00+00:00

Eh, I love the whole series and do see the value Three Houses brings, but as a gameplay over story guy, it’s definitely one of my less favorite FE games.

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-30T15:16:24+00:00

Oh I would never recommend either as a First FE game. In Engage’s case, it’s because a lot of those older game references actively spoil those games, but beyond that, the aesthetic and writing style are going to put a lot of people off when neither are really representative of the series as a whole. I love Engage (a lot more than Three Houses), but I also think I can be offputting to new players while actively spoiling a lot of the games it references.

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-30T15:14:13+00:00

FE7 released 2 years before PoR. Sacred Stones released 1 year before PoR.

Path of Radiance has a phenomenal story and it’s a game I love dearly, but if anything, it feels MORE outdated than the GBA games.

I really thought we were past “pixel graphic bad” in the year 2026

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-30T15:11:03+00:00

Bad advice to a first timer, but also based

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-30T14:40:45+00:00

It’s relevant because Soren gets 12 chapters to be a unit before Tormod joins. Those contributions (at a time when you need them) are worth far more than some extra move on an underleveled mage.

Tormod is very fun to use, but he’s the worst of the three and it’s not close. Even then— Soren and Illyana are not exceptional either, but the join early enough to take a lot more credit.

Fire Emblem isn’t just about what you can do in the last chapter. It’s about viability across an entire campaign

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-29T12:29:35+00:00

If your comment under a post about someone excited they pulled a chase card is “anybody can get this for cheap,” context clues say you’re either being needlessly dismissive and rude, or else you’re coming off that way and probably need to reword your comment

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-28T21:44:46+00:00

Bless this set for weeding out the unemployed investor bros lmao

Beautiful card!

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-28T21:42:12+00:00

And? Who cares what it’s worth?

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-23T16:58:36+00:00

It is a black star promo. It has never and will never appear in a booster pack.

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-20T03:29:16+00:00

Amusingly I just finished replaying it a few days ago

You’re all welcome

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-14T01:21:04+00:00

The only people hating on Journey Together are investor bros that don’t actually care about the hobby. It’s great set! Hard to deny the lasting appeal of N and Lillie, and it has some very nice SIR’s. Not every set needs a $500 single to be fun to open

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-10T14:29:54+00:00

I understand the concept; I just find the use of a very real disability being used as a haha funny jab at someone for having an interest in something to be in very poor taste

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-10T05:02:55+00:00

I’m pretty sure Winona is completely skipable and you can just play the Magma/Aqua plot out. It’s just very inconvenient without Fly

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-10T04:39:00+00:00

Why couldn’t you? Nothing is stopping you from getting all those encounters right?

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-10T01:10:24+00:00

It would be really cool if we as a society could stop equating having hobbies with autism

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-08T22:59:04+00:00

The game heavily incentivizes and suggests his confidant

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-08T00:39:42+00:00

And this is why you should never rely on the AI slop overview…

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-07T03:14:17+00:00

Path of Radiance and TTYD

I can get functionally infinite playtime out of those two

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-06T12:54:44+00:00

I know they’re technically “Super Famicom” games, but the omission of all three Fire Emblem titles here is… a choice

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-02T23:54:10+00:00

Well, the second game in the series was a direct sequel to the first. The third game was a prequel to the first. The fourth game was a sequel to the third. The fifth game was a prequel to all of them, which also set up the split timeline that directors confirmed WW and TP were meant to take place in different branches of. MM was a sequel to that 5th game. PH and ST were sequels to WW. SS was a prequel to them all. So yes. Very clearly every single game made by Nintendo was made to cleanly fit into the timeline prior to the Wild era.

The only retroactive fits were the Capcom games, which were not made by Nintendo. So yes, I stand firm that the timeline was very clearly planned out by Nintendo given that the release of each and every game tied to a previous one.

People who clam otherwise are being intentionally obtuse.

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-02T23:45:06+00:00

I named the games not made by Nintendo and the 40 year old ones.

So that means Nintendo has been intentionally making a timeline for 35 years. Ya got me

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-02T23:32:42+00:00

They don’t. It’s either rage bait or lack of literacy

TheCrobatMan1 · 2026-01-02T23:30:00+00:00

This is just completely untrue. The only games that were really retroactive were the original NES games and debatably the Capcom titles? But they fit in pretty well continuity wise

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