ThroughFamitsu, Nintendo revealed the Amiibo functionalities and part of the online features ofFire Emblem Three Houses,along with two new TV commercials. Amiibo allergic players should rejoice as unlikeFire Emblem Fates, Amiibo linked toFire Emblem Three Houseswon’t be unlocking grandiose things such as exclusive classes.
Setting Amiibo at the “Amiibo Gazebo” in-game will make random items appear randomly on the ground for the protagonist to pick up. Nintendo, however, noted that usingFire Emblemcharacters Amiibos will grant you better and rarer items.According to Destructoid,settingFire Emblemcharacters Amiibo also unlock variousFire Emblemseries BGMs to use in-game.
Next, part of the online functionalities has been detailed. WhileFire Emblem Three Housesis a single player game, online functionalities will allow players to influence each other to some extent. If you head into battle while online, you might come across the souls of deceased soldiers from “other worlds”. Reaching them will get you items and “other good things might happen”.
Having online mode on will also make transfer students from “other worlds” appear in your own Officer Academy. These characters are students characters from other players. You’ll be able to buy items from these characters a bit cheaper than what you’d pay for at shops, and you may also play mini-games with them. It was also previously revealed that we’ll be able to compare our actions with other players online around the world, seeing their statistics week by week.
Needless to say,Fire Emblem Three Houses' online functionalities can only be used with a Nintendo Online subscription.
Born from a collaboration between Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo,Fire Emblem Three Housesis quite differentfrom the past entries in the series, so you might want toread moreabout it to not gettoo lostwhen pickingup the game.Trailersforeachof thehousesalong with anoverview trailerhave been published as well. The game’s English launch trailer can also bewatched here.
Lastly, Nintendo published two newFire Emblem Three Housescommercials in Japan. You can find both below.
Fire Emblem Three Houseslaunches exclusively on Switch worldwide on July 26.you’re able to preorder the game on Amazon.
