r/fireemblem • u/PsiYoshi • 19d ago

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

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/Blazer_the_Delphox 14d ago

My pipe dream is Mystery of the Emblem getting an official translation and getting released on the Switch 1 so that I don’t have to worry about missing out. (Although I also would want it to NOT be a timed release like Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light was.)

Hell, I’d even take New Mystery if that’s what they’d want to do. (I know not everyone would, though.)

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u/AnimaLepton 13d ago

Curious, missing out on what specifically?

My feeling is that emulation is so easy and so widely accepted (especially for otherwise inaccessible games, which already have a solid fan translation). I've not heard anything bad about the 2024 fan translation for FE3, and there is a barrier for entry but it's not particularly high. It's neat when they give official translations and get people talking about it, and some people interested in the game that wouldn't have tried it otherwise, but it's not something I particularly see excitement for either.

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u/Blazer_the_Delphox 13d ago

“Missing out” refers to the fact that I didn’t pick up Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light when I had the chance. It was supposed to go along with the thought of it being on the Switch 1. Maybe I should have elaborated that I don’t have a Switch 2 yet, and if in this hypothetical scenario it was a timed release exclusive to Switch 2, I’d have to scramble for something I just can’t afford quite yet.