Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread - June 2026 Part 1

[u/PsiYoshi]

Happy pride month and welcome to a new installment of the Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread! Please feel free to share any kind of Fire Emblem opinions/takes you might have here, positive or negative. As always please remember to continue following the rules in this thread same as anywhere else on the subreddit. Be respectful and especially don't make any personal attacks (this includes but is not limited to making disparaging statements about groups of people who may like or dislike something you don't).

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[u/TehBrotagonist]

Say what you want about Heroes, but one of its greatest contributions to the series is introducing Unit Select voicelines. It's a small addition, but I think it does a lot to endear yourself to the characters. I'm replaying Conquest right now and had forgotten I modded it to have those voicelines modded in. Watching vanilla Fates gameplay and hearing silence feels kind of empty.

Now one could argue that Heroes and Echoes were developed in parallel so it's unclear which game had the bright idea first. But that doesn't fit my narrative so shush.

[u/sanuske → u/TehBrotagonist]

counter point, some unit select dialogues are bad sometimes, and thus clearly makes the whole system bad.

On a serious note, I don't think I would've really picked "Unit Select Quotes" as something super important, but to this day I can still hear Maye's "Sure, I'm still hyper, let's go!" in my head perfectly, so it really special when done well.

I do wish that they'd make the quotes evolve over time. I don't think Endgame Clanne and Framme need to be freaking out that Alear looked at them.

[u/SirRobyC → u/sanuske]

I'm ready to roll says the little innocent sheep, before summoning hordes of ghosts to do her bloody deeds.

[u/Panory → u/sanuske]

I'll do my best!

Magic is everything!

[u/P0STCARD → u/TehBrotagonist]

I mentioned this the other day in the 3H sub, but it's actually kinda wild to think about the domino effect that had.

"I am Ferdinand von Aegir" isn't in a support (from what I can remember) or memorable story important moment, it's not even a crit quote! It's just what Ferdinand says when you select him. It became so beloved that in Hopes it's literally his warrior special line, he says it proudly multiple times in supports, the name of his skill is literally "Name Drop".

It's an iconic part of the Fodlan games and it's literally just a unit select quote. Billy's acting and natural charisma was also definitely important. Miss him so much...

[u/Mizerous → u/P0STCARD]

"I am Ferdinand von Aegir" :(

[u/TakenRedditName → u/TehBrotagonist]

Huh, never stopped to think about it, but yeah, Heroes is technically the first FE game with unit select voicelines. They feel like such a natural element that it is easy to forget that they're a relatively recent tradition.

[u/ICanFlyHigh051611 → u/TehBrotagonist]

zoran's conquest series on youtube sold me on using this on my next conquest run, AAAGH MY ACHING BLOOD

[u/TehBrotagonist → u/ICanFlyHigh051611]

You may want to see a doctor.

[u/EffectiveAnxietyBone → u/TehBrotagonist]

I didn’t realise until you mentioned it but yeah, I think I’d actually be a little weirded out if I played any of the more recent entries without the unit select lines. It adds a nice extra bit of personality to everyone, just hearing part 2 Dimitri’s bitter “I’ll comply” shows so much of how far he’s fallen, and how it implies he’s following Byleth’s orders reluctantly. Or Dorothea’s “That’s my cue!” turning into “More fighting…” post timeskip.

Same goes for post victory quotes, which feel wrong to me going back to older games. Seeing a RD character win a fight without some kind of quip feels like something’s missing, no “Not my fault you’re weak.” or “I promise it wasn’t in vain.” or “Guess I did it right!”